I'm so excited to be this close to surgery. I don't have a date yet. I go back to the surgeon on Jan. 8, 2014. I expect we will set a date then (hopefully). January 29 ends the 3 month "diet" period. So I think I'm looking at surgery in February.

My hair is coming out too .. Went for my 3 mo checkup today. I had been having some dizzy spells.. Apparently I'm anemic and dehydrated. I need to start taking 2 iron pills daily and also she said I might want to take a stool softener with that .. I'm so tired of pills!! But hopefully this fixes things

I got so constipated with just ONE iron supplement that I literally could not poop. With 3 stool softeners a night and milk of mag. I was getting all of my fluids too. I had to literally stop taking iron.

In addition to hair loss ---- Anyone else been in a stall for two/three weeks? I am at 205 and have been for almost three weeks. I am dying to see a 199. My crippled *** might even do a cartwheel to celebrate I swear. IF I ever get there!

Yup. I'll do that. And then when it breaks you'll start losing several pounds a week. Then a pound here n there. Then several pounds... Lol

Hair sheds when dry and there is a handful when wet. Ugh. I just had a big loss but pretty sure I'm now in a stall. No scale so my daily weighing habit is on hold (I'm on vacation). Loving all the NSV's though.

Did this thread die out?? How is everyone doing?

Edited July 15, 201412 yr by Darianna75

Doing good. Finally broke a plateau this a.m. and the scale moved down. Almost a month. Thought I was at the end of loosing but thankfully loss has started again. Whew!!!!

hair has always been thin but now it's thinner. Gets any worse I'll be getting a wig.

Flying Wed 1st time since surgery. I have to take Dramaine because I get air sick. Don't for see any problems except the shuttle has to pick me up at 3:30 a.m. Ugh.

Hope all are doing well.

Hair sheds when dry and there is a handful when wet. Ugh. I just had a big loss but pretty sure I'm now in a stall. No scale so my daily weighing habit is on hold (I'm on vacation). Loving all the NSV's though.

How's everyone??? How's everyone's labs? I started taking iron. It's awful. Didn't think constipation could get worse. I'm up to a total of 83 but still have 70+ to go. Exercising going much better. Hair loss in full swing.

Looking forward to hearing from all the Feb/March gang. Hope your all doing great!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't get labs till next month. Can't take iron due to bad constipation. I take stool softeners now and gummy chewable fiber. I'm in a size 14. Frist time in more years than I can count. Goal is a 10.

All labs good except very low iron and reserves .. Supposed to take iron pills 3x a day I can only handle it once (with a stool softener) the iron makes me nausea so I have to take before I go to sleep so I don't notice

I have my 5 month follow up on August 5th so I won't know lab stuff til then. I'm anxious to see how those turn out... I'm always worried I'm not getting enough of something or that I am going to be deficient.

I'm down 95 lbs. Excited to reach -100 lbs, as I've got something planned for myself!

Weight loss is slowing down but I'm ok with that as I have been losing so rapidly so far... I'm already ahead of schedule.

I have lost a ton of hair and it continues to fall out. Luckily I have a lot to lose but it's still sad to see it go. But I just keep telling myself it's temporary and it will come back. Worth it!

I'm 5 months out and happily down 85lbs! Current weight is 203...soooo close to onderland! Hoping to hit it soon, but trying to just enjoy the journey and not focus so much on the scale too.

My labs are good but I've been losing slow most of my journey. I'm actually in another stall . I'm gonna refocus and maybe take a step back to reboot myself. I would love to finally be comfortable in a pair if shorts before summer ends.

My labs are also good. The only thing that was "low" on them was my b12. But not super low. My number was like 328, and it can go as low as in the 100's, but my doc prefers bariatric patients to be over 500. I got a b12 shot this month and will get one next month. Will be interesting to see of it went up at all.

Any of you still on this board? Is like to know how you're doing. [emoji4]