oldandtired

My doc's office gave us a list (if we wanted to use it) which told us which ones took what insurance. If you think your head is wrapped tight, LOL, go with one of theirs. For me, it was just another thing I had to do to satisfy the insurance requirement. She asked me things like, "Have I ever wanted to hurt myself?" (No.) But really?? Are you going to answer "yes," knowing she probably would not clear you for surgery? If you answer yes to that, you don't need to do such a lifestyle change. Also---in the "For what it is worth" department, and in my humble opinion, ONE visit to a shrink will never answer any of your head questions... so it isn't helping anything but satisfying the insurance. Also, mine was a ZOOM meeting.

I weigh *almost* every day, in the morning, after I pee, in panties and nothing else. (Why? I don't know-I just do, lol) Sometimes, when I hit a stall, I will stick out my tongue at the scale, but...😄

Well, I'm sorta happy so far. Weight loss has slowed to a crawl; but I was tired of dieting, too. Physically, it's hard to eat too much. I generally don't get hungry, so I'm happy. I still lose, but so slowly. It's all such a personal thing! I know all I have to do is cut back a little more and I would lose more quickly. i guess if I started gaining, I would jump back on the strict bandwagon..

With me, it is so odd. I cannot eat certain sugars.. they made me sick or nauseated, or my stomach will actually hurt. I have not figured out why one will and why one won't, but nevertheless, I had what the doc called "food avoidance" for the 1st 6 months. My advice? Eat the way you feel, but watch those scales. I have heard some people on here go back on the liquid diet for a period of time to reset their stomach. I also find that just a bite or two is enough to satisfy whatever I am craving for. I ALSO have learned to regret things I have eaten, especially when you get the "foamies."

I am, by most anyone's reckoning, "old." I was alone too. I had a friend take me and bring me home, but otherwise, I was/am alone. Go by the paperwork the doc gives you as to "Do's and don'ts" and set up with your water, and sleep. Put a trash can there by your bed, or wherever you tend to sleep. (For me it was my couch.) Take it slow. BUT it is a very easy operation, even for me at my age, in my late 60's.

(Someone may have posted this before, if so, I apoligize..) My steering wheel is no longer touching my tummy. I am rather short, so I always have my seat forward, usually as far as it will go. And it was rubbing my tummy. Now it isn't!

You can have your appointment with your bariatric doc, but unless he knows what it is, go to your regular G.P. -- I have found through life that specialists, if it is not in their narrow little field, tend to not be as helpful as you might think. Besides, it is good to play "catch up" with your regular doctor.

Visiting this board to change my ticker, Whoo-hoo!

Sorry-- I am near Augusta, too far for you. Surely there you have several choices?

I had it for a few months, eventually it would be only when I turned over on my side in bed. Then one day i noticed it was gone. Healing...

Mine (I have Medicare as well as Tricare) had (this is from memory) 6 months of meeting with my primary, filling out a paper each time about whatever diet you are on, plus how much weight you lost on it. one meeting (all this before surgery) with a psych, one meeting with the dietitian, getting stomach scoped. My BMI was >35, and I had high blood pressure, so I qualified.

I have Medicare and Tricare. Roughly 6 months. Monthly visits with my GP, psych, and I would have been scoped to look around in my stomach except for the fact I had it done some 10 months earlier for some other thing. Also meeting with a nutritionist. Just jumping through the hoops. (The psych was SO funny. "Do you ever think about suicide?" Sure, like I would tell you if I had! Duh!!)

Mashed potatoes were a must for me. It was, for a while the only thing that didn't cause waves of nausea or make my stomach hurt. Tomato soup was another. No protein, but sometimes....

That's sort of non-specific-- if you are going to the doctor about having weight loss surgery, he will tell you/give you a diet that you must adhere to. As I understand it, it is to reduce the size of your liver, so that it doesn't get in the way during surgery. You need to ask the doc.

Baggy britches? LOL panties are loose!

I have found that anesthesia will cause memory loss - for a little while. You are doing a great job losing! Your hormones are having a fit too. Talk to a professional about your depression!

I understand about the hummus thing, because I used to be ALL about sweets, and now all I want is sour/tangy. Tomato soup is my new best friend.. 🤤

I agree with the above posters...however, regardless the reason, go back to SOMEBODY and tell them to put you on another drug, one that actually helps the symptoms. There's quite a few different drugs for nausea. Get a better one. It's called quality of life. Docs frequently won't do anything unless you stand up for yourself.

Three weeks out, you are still healing. Go to your GP, address your concerns. He should be able to tell you if something is going on above and beyond normal healing. Let him in on your symptoms AND your concerns. If he is good at his job, he will address any problems he sees with you, and/or tell you to wait a little longer. That said, I assume the overseas doc is sharing his files with someone on this side of the "pond."

For me, it was nausea. I was given some nausea suppositories 😳 and that got old FAST. I was not typical, and my nausea continues today, though not as bad. If the medicine/dosage is not doing the trick, ask the doc/your medical team...

Hey I was 6 months out and thought I had dodged that bullet, only for it to have bitten me at this time. All I can say is take your vitamins religiously, it helps way more than you think. GIVE IT TIME. If you're older, try that Rogaine stuff.

LOL I told everyone. If you tell one or two, it will "get around" anyway. I tell it as if I was gutsy to get it done...and I think we are just that!!

I have the same thing, 5 months P.O. I figure it's because the food goes through so fast? EIther way, I just take Imodium or gas pills, depending on which I need at the moment. I hope it will straighten out on it's own.

I crossed my legs the other day, and the heel of the leg I crossed knocked up against the calf of my other leg. I had not realized my legs had been too fat to cross properly. Made me smile..

Wow, this sounds like something most of us here are not equipped to advise on. All I can say is go back to the doctor and push it until they do something different. Maybe to a gastroenterologist?