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really the only ones that can answer that for sure is your own doctor and surgeons team. Most insurance have a requirement of 6 months of weight loss attemps/supervision. your bariatric team should be the ones to let you know as everything progresses.

6 hours ago, MountainClover said:

Do they fill you up? Since they are 200 calories I would not want to use them as a snack but a Meal Replacement.

i typically cant eat the whole thing at once. Its really dense but good. I can probably eat the whole thing in maybe 30-45 minutes which is how you are suppose to be but i am not a slow eater at all lol

My job has a bunch of different low carb or Protein type Snacks i always try out some and we recently got these two new ones in and omg they are delicious!!!! Also found pizza in my frozen food section made by Quest which does the low carb low sugar snacks. bought one. It was... ok... makes you miss the real deal lol

1 hour ago, gojackets said:

Thank you all for your responses on your experience. I have seen people ask or post about everything but this. If I was the only one, I definitely would have reached out to my Dr. It is getting better, but I still can't sleep any way except on my back and it's driving me crazy. Happy New Year to you all!😚

i could not sleep in a bed for almost 2 months. i slept on a recliner or couch sitting up. it is annoying lol

yup that one hurt the worst during my recovery and was much more bruised than the others. Took a couple months before it went back to normal.

After my first set of test i had to take extra Iron supplements because my levels were a little low. After taking it the next set of test 3 months later it came back normal. I typically always get my test results back before the doctor even calls me. My hospital has a portal where you can view all of your test. When i had my HIDA scan i got the results posted on my account before i could even get back home and that was last friday and i still have not gotten a call or anything from the surgeons team to let me know how it went lol. But yea let us know what test exactly came back out of range once you find out. I always get my own lab test done apart from what my surgeon does. i buy them online and go to a lab to get the blood drawn. I just went a few days ago and did another liver panel and the one result that was out of range was getting closer to being in range so thats good.

What specific test came back out of normal range? because a liver panel has like 10 different test... I have one that recently came up high which is called biliruben and the surgeon had me sent out for a ultrasound and when that came back normal last Friday i had a HIDA scan which is a nuclear medicine test and that came back normal so nothing to worry about for now.

Last couple weeks i have felt a lot bigger than usual. Like a lot more fat than usual on the stomach i am like wtf am i gaining more weight? But i check the scale and its the same as it was a couple weeks ago. almost 9 months out the weight loss slowed down dramatically. For the previous 30 days i have only lost maybe 3lb which sucks but it is what it is. I am taking my first flight since weight loss here in the next 2 weeks and i have always bought first class tickets because well coach seats are tiny and horrible for overweight people. Now i can fit in them and my wallet is so happy not to buy a first class ticket lol.

one of the most popular ones called fairlife says its gluten free. The shakes taste amazing and its what i lived on before and after surgery lol.

Just now, PNWgrandma said:

LOL. I will remember this. My biggest fear is the pain. I am a big ole baby and have a low tolerance to pain. hahaha.

I hate pain... i hate needles with a passion. believe it or not not much pain after surgery. Yes moving the wrong way will hurt but you are on pain meds and you will get a script for the good stuff. I got a big bottle of liquid hydrocodone. I maybe used it twice. THe pain after surgery was the air in your chest that pain medication does nothing for. Once you get thru that pain you are golden.

2 minutes ago, PNWgrandma said:

I am contemplating buying one just in case. My friends said it was a life saver

in the hospital after i woke up the binder was well tight and it was bothering me so i removed it when the nurses left and lets just say i regretted it,... That binder held in all the fat and prevented everything from moving. I had them put it back on lol

2 hours ago, PNWgrandma said:

Has anyone used an Abdominal binder right after surgery?

they literally put one on me before i even woke up from the surgery. Told me to keep it on for several days post op.

for after the hospital a walking cane helped a ton with getting around the house and especially getting up out of a chair.

So i packed a bunch of stuff. After surgery i literally needed nothing other than my charger for my phone lol. I slept most of the time.

hi... Let us know a bit more information. what was your starting weight? height, current weight... Any issues... ect... Welcome to the group.

chew? and only 2 days post op? What are you eating? Most people are on a strict liquid only diet for a few weeks after surgery to allow the stomach to heal. i did fairlife Protein Shakes for the first couple weeks after surgery. Once i was approved for soft foods the first thing i ate was a quail egg. I did quail eggs because they are much smaller and two little eggs was still too much at that time.

insurance... oh thats funny. Mine were like HELLLL NOOO! lmao. I had to pay my surgery in cash basically. But others in my bariatric center that had insurance that covered it many took 6 months + but yes call. I would call the bariatric center and your own insurance company to see what the hold up is.

Some people can take a week or so before they go number 2. I had sleeve but it took me 5 days before i went number 2 and it was painful lol. My doc prescribed medication to get me to poop.

I waited 2 months or so before i started again. No issues whatsoever. I smoke daily. Just be prepared with healthy Snacks when you get the munchies.

Had my Hida Scan done this morning. 2 hours of lying on a table in a tube lol. ugh. but it wasnt that bad. Injected with the radioactive tracer waited an hour in the machine, then an IV of something to get your gall bladder to empty out and do its thing. The results got posted online before i could even arrive home lol but everything came back normal No issues at all. so thats good. No surgery needed.

No but a few days ago at work a women came and told me she has a booth at our local farmers market where she sells baked goods all very low carbs and sugar. I cant wait til she reopens after the holidays because i soooo wanna try some lol

Dude everyday all day long haha. Smoke it, Vape it, concentrates, edibles ect... No issues at all. Only difference is 1 the edibles can hit a bit harder. and 2 like someone already said is the munchies... I try to keep healthy Snacks stocked up. Good thing is because our stomachs are smaller you fill up very fast. so say 1 slim jim will satisfy my cravings.

2 minutes ago, kcuster83 said:

Yeah, I have heard that before too.

Right now I eat per my plan, about 1000 calories a day but sometimes as much as 1200.

i stopped keeping track after the 2nd month lol. It drove me nuts when i would cook and add things and trying to figure out calories and carbs and such. i was like F that lol

1 minute ago, kcuster83 said:

yea, it sucks! haha

I have my 9 month follow up next week, I am just gonna check with the Dietician and see if he has any pointers to get it moving again. Currently, I am just following my plan and trying to wait it out.

My one pointer given by my nutritionist recently was to "eat more" lol. I was like WTF? and she was like if you eat less you can gain weight. she went on and on explaining it but i forgot haha. basically make sure you are on a stable diet getting around the same calories everyday

YOOOO i am right there with ya lol. I gained what 4lb in Water weight. Lost it but still stuck at the same weight as last month. UGH!!!! LMAO