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Congratulations on your success! I'm scheduled for a revision in December and I'm so afraid I will not succeed,, since I had very little success with the lap band.

Hey there! I see in your other activity that you had a consult on 9/1 in Nashville. How did that go? Wondering if they thought surgical intervention was recommended, or more one-on-one time with a nutritionist?

Have you tried to get disability with the COPD? Don't know what the limits are. I have Fibro and many other illnesses and know the pain of walking. Chronic fatigue, chronic pain, diabetes and high blood pressure to include a few. I start with very mild yoga. Stretching mostly, and 5 minutes of walking. After a couple of weeks move up to another 5 minutes. Use a walker if you have to. I do. It helps with the knee pain. Takes the pressure off my back and knees both.

Check with your insurance. Many plans do cover the surgery. Praying for you!

I thank you all for your information it is helpful and I will call my health insurance card thank you I appreciate your advice

My doctor said wait 6 weeks before lifting. I also have a weaker upper body strength area, so its my problem area. I expect my arms to be loose and hangy before I get to tone, but I have a feeling that it may be an area I may consider getting skin surgery for.

Oh ok. That is something that keeps me from wls. Im trying to look at the bigger picture and focus on the health benefits. But I gotta be honest and say the fear of the loose skin haunts me. But I'm seeing that even if I somehow manage to lose weight without wls, I am still going to have a lot of loose skin. Thanks for sharing your progress

Any time.

This morning I had a swallow study @ 8:00 a.m. to make sure there is no leaking inside my new stomach.

The radiologist cleared me to go home so after Dr, Johnston checked the x-ray he came to my room and explain the 1st week consist of clear liquids for 7 days.I got back for my post-op visit on September 7th so he can explain the 2nd-week menu.🤸🏿‍♀️🤸🏿‍♀️🤸🏿‍♀️🤸🏿💝😍😜😻😻😻

@chemica Melissa Campbell Thank you, Thank you Thank you !!!! Baby Girl you are on your way. i wanted the gastric bypass as well, but do to the amount of scar tissue from my previous C-section didn't allow it.My husband o.ked it while I was under anesthesia so when I came to he told me first thing. Don't worry you will lose the weight you want.At the time I made that decision I was 275 and the day of surgery I was 255lbs. That 20 lbs made a big difference and if I do everything I'm told to do I will have no problem getting to my goal of 135lbs.

wow so that means if every

thing goes true for me to do my surgery date is sep 20 which am down to 223 already

I just had gastric bypass about 19 days ago. I can tell you what I felt. Remember each person is different and each drs technique is also different. So this is from my experience. I hope it helps.

My surgery was at cleveland clinic. My Dr uses some sort of block, so for the first 72hrs my entire stomach area was numb. Which made for lovenox shots easier and painless. I felt pain on the inside from the rerouting of my plumbing. It hurt a lot. I had kidney removed 2 years ago and the pain was worse then that. But I also feel because of this huge drug epidemic in my area, they are afraid to use a lot of post surgery meds. Which is sad, I said I will never have a surgery again. Not even skin removal because the pain wasn't controlled enough for me, so when I lose my 120 extra, I will be carting a deflated balloon. Sorry off topic.

Start to keep the little medicine cups they give your pills is. As u will need to sip, no bigger then that all your protein and liquids from. I have had to force things down, because i didn't feel it. Set an alarm for every 15 minutes and then sip whatever is the choice of drink. It sucks but you will get used to it. And it will be second nature. But your body needs protein to heal, so sip up. Even if you don't feel it.

Gas pain was huge for me after surgery and has taken a good 2 weeks to get rid of. I was swollen and huge. I slept sitting up. I got a bed wedge from brookstone, I used a coupon from bed bath and beyond, for 20% off and it was on sale, for 60.00, this saved me and I still use it. It converts into 8 different positions so you will still use it as you heal more. Walking was also very helpful with gas pain. Remember not too use a straw as it will put more gas in your tiny little crabby baby belly. My best advice is listen to your body and your Dr. Take it slow. You don't want a leak.

I have had dumping 1 time ,because I got a high protein smoothie at the mall, and it still had way to much sugar in, so I paid that night.

That's about all I can say. Is be patient and go slow. Pain is all relative to the person and subjective.i know that's not what you were looking for. Happy thoughts and remember people have traveled this road before and have done just fine.

I had Gastric Bypass on July 14, 2017 and here's how I felt thereafter:

• I never felt hungry therefore I did not want to eat...but had to. I still feel this way right now.
• I was supposed to eat 3 meals and 3 snacks immediately after surgery, but could only eat maybe 2 meals the first week.
• I don't have cravings for food. In fact, I sometimes feels disgusted when I see food.
• My first 2 weeks diet consisted of a liquid diet. Weeks 3-5 is the puréed stage. Week 6+ will be regular food.
• I had problems drinking water in the first week because I wasn't able to swallow. Now I am able to drink close to 60 oz.
• I had gas pain in the first week, but that subsided in week 2.
• I didn't feel pain where I had surgery, which was nice. All the incisions healed quickly.
• I was constipated, which was a nightmare (you need to get your fluids in to avoid this problem).
• I was very tired and napped a lot.
• I was able to walk on a treadmill for 15-20 mins in week one. Starting week 2, I was able to walk 5 km /3.10 miles on a treadmill. I walk that amount 6 days a week.
• I lost quite a few pounds during weeks 1 and 2 post op, but then stalled in weeks 3 and 4 (I'm currently ending week 4).
• Although the numbers on the scale haven't moved much lately, I have noticed that my clothes fit better. I suppose I am losing inches which is pretty cool.
• I do feel a little bit depressed when I don't see the numbers on the scale go down. I have discovered that I am impatient about my weight loss and this factor is playing head games with me.

All the best with your surgery. Never look back and have regrets. Instead enjoy the new you!

I hope and pray everything works out great for you! Congrats on getting your journey started too. Sometimes we start one thing and realize we need to take care of another (or a bunch) to get our bodies healthy again. Do what you need to to get everything working as it should or best it could. If you need to wait a few months, then it'll be a blessing due to just getting prepared and healthy altogether! 😊 Keep us updated! We're here to encourage and cheer you on!

i know if i have to have WLS again.... (emergency band removal two weeks ago, after 8.5 years).... I'll get the Mini GB. I've seen too many people get the sleeve only to gain it all back

I think with any wls you've got the chance to gain it back. All depends on your lifestyle afterwards. My sister had the bypass and gained everything plus more back. Didn't take care of issues and habits beforehand. My opinion, any can be successful. Just have to work hard at it still.

I had a friend that had RNY and never got anywhere near goal and has regained about 1/3 of their loss. They had surgery before I did. I learned from all of their mistakes, and that helped me not make those mistakes and be successful. So think about what they did, what they did wrong and try not to follow in those foot steps.

The things I saw my friend do was, not follow the post-op food steps. Eat the same just smaller (that won't last with time), and fad diet instead of finding a sustainable way of eating for life.

Are you having problems with your Sleeve? I personally haven't had any revision. But my hubby had his Lap Band for 13 years. It eroded into his liver and it was a mess. He was sick for 9 months with abcesses. Tried again 1 year ago but the scar tissue was amost solid on his right side so they did the Sleeve on him. I had my RNY almost 4 years ago. I have done well. I do hear of others having revisions so maybe someone will read your post. Good Luck

No, no problems w sleeve. Just no more weight loss. Tho doing same things. So surgeon says revising to a bypass will get the ball rolling again. Thank you for answering!

Pat

It is most likely just due to fluid retention from the IV, etc. Things will start to drop very soon. Just keep focusing on your recovery and sipping water/juices, etc.

Thank you for the update. I'm still on the medication at 9 months out but I find I can go a day in between without it now. My dr thinks I may be able to come off it totally after 2 years post op. It doesn't bother me much being on the meds and he says there is no long term issues with it.

I should have reached out to you sooner. You seemed unhappy last time I messaged you. I wish you felt more positive about where you are. Are you talking to a professional? You've come so far and have done so well that I wonder if you got to your goal weight you would still have concerns.

I would also like to lose 20 or so more pounds and I plan to push to get there but if it crawls back up after I won't let it get to me. I'm 2 weeks away from a breast reduction so I'm going to step up the meal replacement protein shakes and really watch my carbs. Dieting is such a mind game though, every time I try to make a push for weight loss it seems to backfire and I have cravings and eat worse.

Would you consider doing more protein shakes for meals? At least for a bit to jump start weightloss again?

That's a good idea, I should switch back to my morning coffee shake for a month and see what happens... I think my down moods might be cycle related, I am going to see if maybe my estrogen is low.

Good luck on the breast reduction recovery.

Congrats and good luck!

Good luck with your surgery. I am 10 days post op and can't believe how well it is going. your new life will just amaze you.