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mariamitani    405

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I just wanted to say I'm stuck again scale won't move everyone I know says I lost enough weight but I want to take off another 10 pounds for my own comfort. Anyway all my weight loss is post op I never was given a pre op diet.. I ate full food up until the day before surgery. I was 258 before surgery and am now 165 I want to be 155 I am 5'6 and have never been this small in all my life but I still feel fat I know some people cant understand it but I do at times I see the changes in pictures but when I look down and sometimes when I walk past the mirror I see the old me I wonder if my mind will ever catch up to what I really am.

Take new pictures of your self, and stand infront of a mirror daily and look at your new body! I had the same issue but these two things have helped me allot to see the new me. Also when your out grab a pair of pants or shirt your old size of the rack and look at them then at your self in the mirror its amazing

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rholt35    32

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Before and after

Left side 2012 OC Fair

Right side 2013 OC Fair

Sleeved 12/11/12 -60lbs

WTG you are doing great

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MommyofFive    243

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Take new pictures of your self' date=' and stand infront of a mirror daily and look at your new body! I had the same issue but these two things have helped me allot to see the new me. Also when your out grab a pair of pants or shirt your old size of the rack and look at them then at your self in the mirror its amazing[/quote']

I TOTALLY understand how you feel. In fact, I often adjust my shirt (which used to be tucked into my fat rolls) only to realize there's nothing there. I'm in a size 8 but still grab a 14 or 16 first. It's only been 8 months so maybe I'll get used to how I feel. It's funny, I used to feel like a skinny girl stuck in a fat girls body. Now I feel like a fat girl stuck in a skinny girls body. Lol!! The head games we play......

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kitkat    76

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Here is a progress pic

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And a cute hair cut!

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Sadlers1999    169

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Have many of you cut your hair because of Hair loss? I did I'm so ready for long hair :(

I have hypothyroidism. I lost hair because of that and it never came back just because I was on thyroid medicine. Lost more hair with surgery and it is slowly coming back. I have never had really long hair, though, because of my thyroid problems. Hair length is not much different than it was prior to surgery. Looking at your picture, though, I would say you are very blessed with beautiful hair regardless of length.

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stacygrdnr    92

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Like extensions?

Well I've never been a fan of stuff you gotta glue in or sew in. I rock wigs. So much easier and more versatile. .

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stacygrdnr    92

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Well I've never been a fan of stuff you gotta glue in or sew in. I rock wigs. So much easier and more versatile. .

Wrong pic. Sorry..lol

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doreen70    268

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Yup, I cut my hair too. I always had hair fall due to hypothyroidism but at month 4 it was pretty significant so I took the plunge. I really didn't want big gobs of hair everywhere.

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jen1211    203

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Here is a progress pic

You look great! ;-)

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AlbanyDan    32

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Take new pictures of your self' date=' and stand infront of a mirror daily and look at your new body! I had the same issue but these two things have helped me allot to see the new me. Also when your out grab a pair of pants or shirt your old size of the rack and look at them then at your self in the mirror its amazing[/quote']

It may be a Guy thing but I put on pants that I couldn't close before December 2011 surgery. Now I wear them with belt that I had to put two new holes in and can slip off the pants without opening them. Give yourself a break. You've come a long way. The weight didn't go up over a few weeks but we get anxious when it stops going down daily or weekly. I add different exercise to get scale moving again. I reduced treadmill from mile to. 5 and started on recumbent bike for 30 minutes. It's also easier on the knees.

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      Iʻm roughly 6 weeks post-op this morning and have begun to feel like a normal human, with a normal human body again. I started introducing solid foods and pill forms of medications/supplements a couple of weeks ago and it's really amazing to eat meals with my family again, despite the fact that my portions are so much smaller than theirs. 
      I live on the island of Oʻahu and spend a lot of time in the water- for exercise, for play,  and for spiritual & mental health. The day I had my month out appointment with my surgeon, I packed all my gear in my truck, anticipating his permission to get back in the ocean. The minute I walked out of that hospital I drove straight to the shore and got in that water. Hallelujah! My appointment was at 10 am. I didn't get home until after 5 pm. 
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Oh yeah, something I wanted to rant about, a billing dispute that cropped up 3 months ago.
      Surgery was in August of 2023. A bill shows up for over $7,000 in January. WTF? I asks myself. I know that I jumped through all of the insurance hoops and verified this and triple checked that, as did the surgeon's office. All was set, and I paid all of the known costs before surgery.
      A looong story short, is that an assistant surgeon that was in the process of accepting money from my insurance company touched me while I was under anesthesia. That is what the bill was for. But hey, guess what? Some federal legislation was enacted last year to help patients out when they cannot consent to being touched by someone out of their insurance network. These types of bills fall under something called, "surprise billing," and you don't have to put up with it.
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      I had to make a lot of phone calls to both the surgeon's office and the insurance company and explain my rights and what the maximum out of pocket costs were that I could be liable for. Also had to remind them that it isn't my place to be taking care of all of this and that I was going to escalate things if they could not play nice with one another.
      Quick ending is that I don't have to pay that $7,000+. Advocate, advocate, advocate for yourself no matter how long it takes and learn more about this law if you are ever hit with a surprise bill.
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Some days I feel like an infiltrator... I'm participating in society as a "thin" person. They have no idea that I haven't always been one of them! 🤣
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    • ChunkCat

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      Thank you everyone for your well wishes! I totally forgot I wrote an update here... I'm one week post op today. I gained 15 lbs in water weight overnight because they had to give me tons of fluids to bring my BP up after surgery! I stayed one night in the hospital. Everything has been fine except I seem to have picked up a bug while I was there and I've been running a low grade fever, coughing, and a sore throat. So I've been hydrating well and sleeping a ton. So far the Covid tests are negative.
      I haven't been able to advance my diet past purees. Everything I eat other than tofu makes me choke and feels like trying to swallow rocks. They warned me it would get worse before it gets better, so lets hope this is all normal. I have my follow up on Monday so we'll see. Living on shakes and soup again is not fun. I had enough of them the first time!! LOL 
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Still purging all of the larger clothing. This morning, a shirt that I ADORED wearing ended up on top. Hard to let it go, but it was also hard to let go of those habits that also no longer serve my highest good. Onward and upward!
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