Ok, sleeved ladies, I have a question. Do you find you have more restriction at that time of the month? I read people with the band experience it but I would swear I am experiencing it now. I'm 2 months post-op today so I suppose it could still be the healing process. Am I nuts or are others finding the same thing?

very interested in that question!

Ok, sleeved ladies, I have a question. Do you find you have more restriction at that time of the month? I read people with the band experience it but I would swear I am experiencing it now. I'm 2 months post-op today so I suppose it could still be the healing process. Am I nuts or are others finding the same thing?

I don't know, since my original banding that TOM hardly ever happens anymore.

Not... that I am complaining!

First of all, I am older than WASA and it's not fair that your TOM hardly happens. LOL. My TOM of the month came to an end this AM and the restriction seems a tad less. I'm going to see if others experience this and watch for posts.

Ok, sleeved ladies, I have a question. Do you find you have more restriction at that time of the month? I read people with the band experience it but I would swear I am experiencing it now. I'm 2 months post-op today so I suppose it could still be the healing process. Am I nuts or are others finding the same thing?

Yes, yes and yes! I had the same thing with the band... I also become easily nauseated, so I have to be super careful what I choose to eat.

I haven't particularly noticed anything different... and I'm annoyed that I'm still getting TOM too. I'm too old for this shite to quote a famous movie character.

I haven't particularly noticed anything different... and I'm annoyed that I'm still getting TOM too. I'm too old for this shite to quote a famous movie character.

I really thought that after I was done losing weight that TOM would be back in full force. Not so. TOM has happened maybe every 5 months or so? I'm okay with it. ;o) (Looking to Mother Nature and kneeling before her - thanking her.)

Yes, yes and yes! I had the same thing with the band... I also become easily nauseated, so I have to be super careful what I choose to eat.

Thank you! I thought I was going nuts. LOL. As for the nausea, that happens if I "take one more taste" after "full" has registered. I had a thin chicken cutlet for dinner and got through 2/3's of it. There were maybe 4 bites left but I am fighting the "clean your plate" mentality and tossed them instead.

I am trying to get away from the "clean your plate" mentality too and I think I am making progress but still can not say that I toss out any portion of my skinny cow ice cream bars. I hope that changes with my sleeve... GEEZ WHAT AM I SAYING DAHHHHH

Fighting that clean your plate mentality is not as easy as it sounds.

I would rather have my TOM than all the horrid things that came with menopause.

It came, it left and it was never a bother.

I am trying to get away from the "clean your plate" mentality too and I think I am making progress but still can not say that I toss out any portion of my skinny cow ice cream bars. I hope that changes with my sleeve... GEEZ WHAT AM I SAYING DAHHHHH

Things that melt in your mouth slide right on down so you'll still be able to eat it all.

My TOM is a pain. I even get cramps now. I would ovulate maybe 4x a year before I had my second kid. Now I'm regular as clockwork and I'm really late getting into menopause. I hate it!

My TOM is a pain. I even get cramps now. I would ovulate maybe 4x a year before I had my second kid. Now I'm regular as clockwork and I'm really late getting into menopause. I hate it!

I'm afraid to make fun of you guys too much in fear it will jinx me. ;o)

My Mom went through Menopause in her early 40s. After she went through Menopause she grew big boobs. It's about the only aspect of my Mom I hope she passed onto me. ;o)

Right now I am freaking out because when I left for Arizona I only brought enough hormones to last a week and I am staying another week since my dad fell and broke his hip. I don't want to be without my hormones! I didn't have that problem when good old TOM came around.

Hmm...so I gotta ask this of you girls, my husband would have no clue! I have an IUD...will getting the sleeve next week mess with that? I have very very light TOM now with the IUD, like hardly there light! I sooooo don't want that to get screwed with, its the reason I had to get it in the first place!

Your operation will be in the abdominal cavity and the IUD is the pelvic cavity so you have nothing to worry about.