amberakamom

YAY! I'm having that "problem" now too!

I could feel it the first week...

I can't remember exactly, but i think my surgeon got about $5,000, plus I had to pay a $1500 program fee. The hospital stay on the other hand, billed my insurance $77,000!!!!!!!!!! INSANE! I think they only got about $2,000 though.

How many calories are you eating? Maybe not enough? I lose best at around 1300-1400 calories.

I'm sorry, that doesn't sound fun! You really should've been given pain meds. Try a heating pad too.

I had one. They put it in after I was asleep, and it stayed in until the next day before I left.

I had one spot that was sore longer than the others. My surgeon said it was his "working incision." I'm pretty sure I was totally pain free after 2 weeks.

I have a Realize band. I think it's just what my surgeon normally uses.

I NEED that to happen! My poor deprived husband...

Milk of Magnesia is amazing for BM's. Start with 1 tablespoon. I took 3 tbs and couldn't leave the house!

Don't feel bad for us, feel bad for our spouses! lol I have lots of gas too. and its SUPER painful gas if I don't take tiny bites and eat tiny meals.

what if you are never hungry? Just go by the clock?

I had diarhea for the first couple weeks. Now its more of the opposite problem.

I hate my calcium supplements. I am looking for a different kind, but in the meantime, I was wondering why we need them. Anyone want to buy a giant bottle of Bariatric Advantage wild cherry calcium lozenges? I also have a giant bag of chocolate bariatric advantage protein, that I will never use. And why does it have to be citrate?

ok, so is calcium with Vit D, just as good as citrate?

That sounds like a good plan! I haven't had my first fill yet, so I'm not sure how it works.

That sounds like a lot to me!

I don't exercise as much as I should. I do arms, while watching tv, every other day, and when I think about it I do an exercise show. If you have OnDemand, check out ExerciseTV. There are TONS to choose from. Anything you could ever want to do.

Once I started getting more calories in (like 1300-1500) I started losing more. You're not eating enough, even if you were losing.

Ok, so I have been having these pains since Weds., about 6 days now. I've been hoping it's just gas or a new kind of period cramps or something, but 6 days of this seems like a long time. On a scale from 1-10, this is a 9 on the pain scale. It feels like realllly bad gas pains, almost like labor. I get it in the lower left, and right abdomen, and it's also vaginal and rectal. Weird, I know. It's like being stabbed! Also, it's never in more than one spot at a time. It isn't consistent. Sometimes it is there for a few hours, sometimes it's just one stabbing pain for 5 seconds. Has anyone experienced this? I am almost 4 weeks post-op. If it's still bothering me tomorrow, I'm going to go in to the doctor.

I'm in So-Cal but I am already post-op.

AHHHH I'm just now seeing this forum. I'm here now! lol

Also bowel movements have been difficult.

No, I'm not sure. I HOPE that's what it is, and that's why I haven't gone to the doc.