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Not yet but starting in November I’ll be making a career move to day shift in my same position (I currently work nights). It’s a shift difference pay cut but I’m ok with it because it’ll mean better sleep and the ability to do more on my days off.

Don’t know if this thread is still very active but thought I’d say hello just in case. 42 year old queer NB living in London. My bypass surgery is in two weeks and just started my pre op diet today. Nice to find some community on here!

I stopped smoking cigarettes ( 30 plus years smoking). I actually never really liked pot. I found it made me feel stupid but I smoked hashish instead. Different high it could function on it. In highschool I would get high listen to Rush and do homework all throughout grade 11& 12. Those were my two years of my best marks( not a joke but 80s& 90s were constantly my marks then... I stopped cigarettes (2006)and also unconsciously stopped smoking hash also. Don't miss it and feel great. Definitely clearer thoughts and my lung function has vastly improved. Here in Canada a smoker would not qualify for bypass surgery so if you wanted in to the Program you have to stop. I am very glad I did. Bypass surgery has given me an opportunity to reset myself. I have Improved my eating habits, health, and overall well being. Sometimes you just have to make changes and stick to them. They are not easy choices and successes big or small will help character development. I recommend you should do the things that best help you succeed in your weight loss journey, smoking and drinking are things that will lower your opportunities at truly being your best. My struggle right now is I like to eat late. I have been doing it all my life and that is my next hurdle to overcome. I read some tips and many words of encouragement here. I hope that you can find some inspiration from everyone here. We all struggle and need help sometimes. I wish you good health and best of fortunes in your weight loss journey.

I was initially scheduled for the RNY on November 8th, but they just changed my date to October 18th! I'm so excited!

I have a friend of a friend didn't do well after having a bypass it was reversed and then they sleeved her and she did better. (not sure what the problem was but must have been bad enough for them to revisit surgery)

Now looking at sugery in November and was wondering about the 1st 2 weeks of post-op fluid diet. Was it easier to sip room-temp liquids, warm, cold, or cool? Did the fluid temp affect how your recovering pouch reacted? Could you sip more of one temp over another? Did the warmed fluids like broth fill you up faster? Did you you include milk in your protein shakes or just go with water? Thanks in advance!

I am having the bypass on Monday Oct. 10th. But I am second guessing it all because of the hair loss. I know it's a common thing that happens with something this traumatic with you body and it happens suddenly. What has anyone done to help the hair loss not be as bad? My hair is super thin as it is and I am just scared it will completely fall out. Sent from my SM-S906U using BariatricPal mobile app

I have sleep Apnea and I know they had me bring my machine to the hospital with me. And they set it up in my room, the night I was there I didn't even notice I was wearing my machine because of how tierd I was between the pain meds and the extra groggy feeling from the anastasia I slept pretty hard.... I do tolerate my machine pretty well, but I have had it for about a year and a half or so now. It definitely took me at least 6 months to really adjust to it... mine does have a small water tank, and I have a few different masks I've tried before I found the one I'm comfortable with and use each night..... I do know several people that have had either the sleeve or a bypass done who had sleep Apnea, but didn't need there machine for more then 6-8 months after surgery .... each person is different but I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and I too Congratulations on your surgery date. Sent from my SM-G996U using BariatricPal mobile app

Had revision surgery on 9/5/22 revision surgery When from the gastric sleeve to a gastric bypass

If it's the same doctor who did your sleeve, then the post op diet and progression will likely be the same; if it's a different doctor, then it will be whatever they normally do, but usually the sleeve and bypass are treated the same (there's usually more difference between doctors' practices than there are between procedures.) While there are variations, you will probably be set back to much the way you were with your sleeve, and will evolve to eat similarly over time. Weight loss will not usually be as quick or as much (and may be disappointing if you are expecting a lot,) as you have already learned how to eat around a small stomach, and the size difference isn't nearly as much as between a virgin WLS and natural stomach.

I was approved today for my revision. I had a sleeve done in 2017. HW 255, LW 160, CW 210 😒. Anyway, I’ve had this horrible GERD and put off my revision all through COVID, I have Barrett’s esophagus, I’ll vomit from the reflux, bad teeth, and sores in my throat. So I’m getting this done, pretty nervous!! So my questions are- (wish I asked my dr, I was so nervous at my appointment my mind was blank) what is the diet like compared to the sleeve? Same? What does the restriction feel like compared to having a sleeve? I still have some restriction but can eat way more than I could the first year out from my sleeve. I’m hoping for weight loss along with getting this GERD resolved. So this is a fresh start I’m grateful for!

I had gastric bypass surgery 10 years a ago. I had the revision in June and have only lost 10 pounds. I feel like it was a waste of time. There isn’t a restriction on how much I can eat. It is very discouraging.

Thank you! This is the best thing I’ve ever done for me! My surgeon repaired the hiatal hernia (Type IV-massive) by finessing my digestive system down into my abdomen where it should have been, closed the hole in my diaphragm, performed gastric bypass, and ‘fashioned’ a new stomach the size of an egg. I have not had heartburn, reflux, and I can’t imagine being more pleased than I am right now. Let me know if you have any questions.

Hi - 5 weeks post op from Gastric Bypass. I am having bloating in my abdomen and discomfort (feeling full ALOT).. Sometimes I have nausea. I understand this can happen after I eat but this is sometimes when I wake up (10+ hours since eating) I am also struggling to have bowel movements. I took a stool softener every day before surgery to help but I've been told not to take since somedays are mainly diarhea. I am losing weight but worry. Thoughts?

Go into the forum drop down box, choose Gastric sleeve surgeries and in there you will find 42 pages of November sleeve buddies. My husband also had trouble with his machine. It took time to tolerate it. He had to change his mask and also have a water reservoir to make him comfortable. Is your worry about the surgery or the time in hospital or when you are at home? From what I have read on here, people do not have Apnoea for long after surgery. Getting rid of your machine will be one of the biggest bonuses Congrats on your surgery date

Hi everyone. 👋 I am a 175kg/385lb 23-year old female from Australia and am due for my VSG on November 30th. I am wanting to know how everyone with Obstructive Sleep Apnea went with their surgeries? I have trouble tolerating my CPAP, however I am trying my best and keeping it on longer and longer each night. Have recently just quit nicotine vaping too and am really struggling. I'm hoping to find some friends or support networks for people who are going into surgery around a similar time as me. Any and ALL advice/opinions are welcome! 😊

Hello from Canada. My reasons for surgery is peaked at the thought of my new born daughter needing me. I just turned 50 when she was born (my first and only). I thought I could not bear the thought of dieing at 65 from some complication due to poor health. I am diabetic and also suffered from ever increasing pains. Back, hands, shoulder pains. It never seem to end a new ache every day almost. I lost and gained weight too many times and had been looking at bypass surgery for over ten years as an opinion but was still undecided and often spoke and researched about peoples success and failures. I'm trying to be very realistic with my expectations of where I am am going from where I am. I have read here about some struggles some are having with staying with the strictness of the new diet routine. How some struggle with keeping food down and even reading about a concerned wife telling us about her husband eating beacon and eggs at week 3 or 4. He seems to have giving up or is in denial about how he had to rethink his relationship with the foods that have lead him to do the surgery in the first place. We all will struggle some more than others. This forum will for me allow me to be inspired and hopefully inspire in return to be better and push through the hard times ahead. If we're easy we would not be here. But we are here to help and encourage. Blessings for everyone and continued success. Keep at it!!

Well. There is something up. By no means am i eating a lot. But i am thinking of stirring things up by doing aall protein shakes for a couple of days. I will admit, i did think with bypass it would be easier. I almost think its harder in some ways welp, we shall See if it works prior lapband patient band removal 11/18/21 sw 257 surgery date was 1/18/22 because of covid it was rescheduled to 2/1/22

Do yourself this favor and stick to your pre op diet until surgery day anyways so you can really think this through. I think you are just having last minute jitters. I had sleeve so I can’t really speak to dumping other than only about 30% of bypass patients dump to any degree and many of them who do can still have sweets and fat just in much smaller portions. Once you are back to regular food, traveling and eating out shouldn’t be an issue (it is also doable during the staged return to eating it will just take some planning). You will eat smaller portions, but you will be able to eat most of the same foods you eat now (I can tolerate everything I ate before). You will of course make healthier choices the majority of the time and eat smaller portions but I eat at restaurants all the time. In terms of catching up with friends over dinner I think you will be an even better dining companion because you will be less focused on the food and more on the conversation. I go out with my best friend now and I have noticed that our conversations tend to go deeper and our lunches run longer but I actually think that’s kinda cool. As for the glass of wine, teams seem to be all over the map about when or if they allow alcohol again. My team was fine with it after 3 months but of course it’s empty calories so everything in moderation. I honestly think you are starting to morn the loss of food a little and that’s not uncommon. If you find that you really have a hard time with all this you may want to consider a bariatric therapist. As I’m sure you have heard, the surgery will fix your stomach but it takes some work on our part to fix our brains and that’s a very important part to being successful with all this. And if you really aren’t ready, there is no shame in rescheduling. This is a major surgery and only you know if you are ready.

Hi. I’m new here and I’ve been reading several posts. I’m getting the gastric bypass on 19 October 2022, following removal of the gastric lap band. I am terrified and now I am thinking about cancelling the operation altogether. I am terrified of how things will be to travel and eating, catching up with friends for dinner and a glass of wine and don’t get me started on what I’ve been reading about dumping syndrome! I’m not going into this very lightly and have given it quite a bit of thought but now that the surgery day is almost here (currently doing the pre-op diet) I’m starting to really freak out! I’m from the Australia, Sydney so any help will be greatly appreciated thank you

We're surgery buddies! I'm getting bypassed on Nov 8 as well!

I had my surgery (bypass) back in 2019, I got down to 175 stone. I started sertraline 7 months ago now, and have gained nearly 20 lbs. Albeit my diet hasn't been the greatest, but I feel horrific and starting to hate the way my body looks again. Any tips for getting back on track? I snack/graze too much but don't feel strong enough to go back to old/good habits!! Any tips for diets to try/how to lose weight again

I was hoping the OP would return so we could discuss some of the things posted here, but they have not. As such, I wanted to take a bit of time to delve a bit deeper into what was posted in the event anyone reading this was confused. Sorry, but this will be a long post. The TL;DR version is that most of what was posted was inaccurate. Let's start with this section: Dumping syndrome (feeling very sick when eating certain foods), is really variable for both Sleeve and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass patients. Some people have this, and some don't. It's generally accurate to say that dumping is more common in gastric bypass but regardless, relying on this as the way to keep you from eating things you shouldn't, is just not a good strategy. As I mentioned before, neither surgery fixes what's between your ears, so if you go into WLS expecting that this is going to keep you from binge eating, you likely won't be successful. Stomachs can stretch, but it takes repeatedly overeating for this to happen. I wanted to make that clear since some people are overly worried about this. As long as you stick to plan, this should not be a concern. Again, not a good strategy expecting dumping syndrome to "fix" you. Fix your eating problem first, then have surgery to help you get to a healthy weight. The OP seems to have a misunderstanding about how fat cells work. White Adipocytes (fat cells), store lipids (fats) as droplets in the body of the cell. The volume of the droplet stored in each cell can grow or shrink as needed. The point is that the number of fat cells one has does not determine some sort of "baseline" amount of fat you will store. Yes, obese people often have more fat cells on average, though this is somewhat determined by genetics, overall body mass, as well as how long you have been obese. The OP is correct in that you can grow new fat cells if you exceed the capacity of your existing adipocytes to store lipids. What's not correct is that this somehow makes it more likely that you'll gain weight if you overeat. If you overeat, you'll gain weight regardless. This is factually wrong. Yes, being cold does require your metabolism to work harder to keep you warm. Studies have shown that on average, if you were to exercise in a very cold environment vs. a warm one, you can burn as much as 30% more calories when subjected to cold. Keep in mind that this effect only occurs when you are exposed to cold however. Let's take a simple example to illustrate how little of a difference this makes: Let's say your basal metabolic rate is 2000 calories. If you burn 30% additional calories in a 15 minute session of shivering as the OP suggested, that means you'd burn about 21 extra calories. (2000 calories divided by 24 hours is about 83 calories. That times 30% equals about 25. Divide 25 by 4 since it's 15 minutes of shivering and you get about 6. So if you take the OP's advice, you'd burn about 6 extra calories for your 15 minutes of shivering. Now if you actually workout (rather than just sit), in a cold environment, you can certainly increase the calories burned, but again, it's limited. I hope you see that this is not a good way to actually lose weight. Plus, we should be exercising for other reasons like to improve our cardiovascular health. Shivering won't do anything for that. If you want to know the real way to exercise for weight loss, you need to do strength training. Why? Because as you strength train, you also increase your basal metabolism. In other words, you burn more calories even when you're not working out.

I am in South Florida and was self pay, my Sleeve total came to $11,500. Bypass may be a little more. I used Dr Shillingford and had a great experience. Might be better than going to Mexico.

I had called Blossom, and they apparently do not perform Gastric Bypasses. But thanks!