Hi, it's been three months since my sleeve and weight loss wise everything is fine. Two questions for you all: last time I had my period I had a bout of very severe cramps. Never had that bad cramps before. This time it was "cold sweat & nearly passed out" bad. I suppose there may be hormonal changes with this rapid weight loss or something. Gyn exam said everything normal.

Second question, this week suddenly I got an outbreak of acne on my face. Hasn't had that in years! Is this common at this point or just me?

Oops, this should have gone in the POST VSG forum.

I've had this happen to me twice now since surgery almost 6 months ago, but I always had bad cramps, just not like this. My acne hasn't been any worse since surgery, but I always (and continue) to have breakouts at different points in my cycle.

You are definitely not alone. I have had this happen twice now with the major cramps.

Now, with the acne, I swear I look like a puberty ridden 14 yr old. My skin was pretty flawless before surgery. I would get the occasional pimple here or there, but now I break out at least twice a month. I also had to buy some of those Biore blackhead remover pore pads for my nose and chin. I chalked it up to crazy hormonal changes and hope my skin settles down soon.

Glad I'm not alone - though I wouldn't wish those cramps on anybody else. Ugh. Hope things get back to normal when I've lost the excess weight - but still, I'd rather be slimmer and have cramps than fat without... That's how good this feels