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1 minute ago, GreenTealael said:

Oh yes...

That’s what she said! πŸ˜‰πŸ˜€πŸ˜…πŸ˜‚

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8 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

Me. So embarrassing that i just look people dead in the eye when they hear it and pretend it was them... πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

Hilarious!!! I'm so gonna steal thisπŸ˜‚

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@ms.sss I am freezing all the time before surgery my heat was at 60 window open fan on. I’ve been home for a week now and my heat is at 72 degrees, 2 comforters and a heating pad and I’m still cold I hate this.

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Everything said in this thread is me to a T. Lol. I wondered if it was only me. Makes me feel better to hear you all say the same

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On 03/28/2019 at 13:21, ms.sss said:



It's normal to feel c-c-c-c-old after surgery and have the need to wear sweaters/socks/blankets All. The. Time.




Side note: I am the only one in my hot yoga class who wears socks and long sleeves to class. Sometimes I even keep my yoga jacket on for the first half of it.


How long ago did you have surgery? Have you had your Iron checked?

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1 hour ago, xiluvmababekayx said:

@ms.sss I am freezing all the time before surgery my heat was at 60 window open fan on. I’ve been home for a week now and my heat is at 72 degrees, 2 comforters and a heating pad and I’m still cold I hate this.

Yeah, being cold is annoying. But I have to say I prefer it over being so hot all the time. Before, the slightest exertion would result in me being a hot, sweating mess. Then I'd be all flustered about being sweaty and then end up sweating some more. *sigh*

So now socks are a fixture on my feet (I only see my feet now when I shower!), and I drink hot Water all day.

I want to say it has gotten slightly better, but it may just be because the weather is getting warmer. *shrugs*

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2 minutes ago, ms.sss said:

So now socks are a fixture on my feet (I only see my feet now when I shower!),

Hmmm... hadn't considered having to wear socks all the time post-op. My poor hobbit feet only tolerate socks begrudgingly when there is snow on the ground (okay, so that's still at least six months of the year here). I hope that maybe I'll miss this after-effect of surgery.

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53 minutes ago, girlonfire22119 said:

How long ago did you have surgery? Have you had your Iron checked?

I'm a couple days past my 5 month mark. I had my labs done last month (around mid-feb), and all was good except I was a little high on B12...so they asked me to reduce the frequency of taking my B12 vites, that's about it.

I remember reading somewhere that body temp goes down during active weight loss phases, but I can't be sure...I'll have to go do some research on that later to confirm...

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7 minutes ago, MrsGamgee said:

Hmmm... hadn't considered having to wear socks all the time post-op. My poor hobbit feet only tolerate socks begrudgingly when there is snow on the ground (okay, so that's still at least six months of the year here). I hope that maybe I'll miss this after-effect of surgery.

Ah, a fellow Canadian 🍁

I also eschewed socks before (they made my feet sweat!) If I wore them out, I would take them off as soon as I got home. Now they are my bffs.

Being cold afterwards is pretty common, I understand, but everyone tolerates it differently...your hobbit feet may be OK au naturel. :)

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3 minutes ago, ms.sss said:

Ah, a fellow Canadian 🍁

I also eschewed socks before (they made my feet sweat!) If I wore them out, I would take them off as soon as I got home. Now they are my bffs.

Being cold afterwards is pretty common, I understand, but everyone tolerates it differently...your hobbit feet may be OK au naturel. :)

There aren't many of us here... glad to meet another bariatric patient from north of the 49th parallel.

As for the socks, I will adjust if I have to. But I won't like it. ;)

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Oh do I have news for you, not only do we have B.C. the ever present Ontario and P.Am we recently acquired a Newfoundlander and a P. E. I., and while you were inactive a Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, but I think they have both moved on to the thinner life. I think the PEI is maybe having her surgery on shore in Labrador, but of course they all have my well wishes! Told the Maritimers and PQ I would sing O Canada in their success, but I think they didn't mind the threat and still had success. I had 5 years of French , grades 7 through12, I really should take the challenge of learning it in French, one of my instructors was from Alabama, so some words have a drawl . When I. talked to my penpal in Dollard Des Ormeaux( Montreal suburb) I think it was all she could do to keep from giggling. Haven't. heard from her for a while , her hubby was a professor at McGill, I think Chemistry.

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