Hi guys I am new here and looking for September surgery buddies!! Mine is scheduled for the 12th! I am so excited! Who’s with me???

15 minutes ago, Cassandra Maughan said:

I have been around 500-600 the last few days and just started my 3rd week

That is where I have been too. 800, if I get through all of it today is a huge jump.

6 minutes ago, nymisc said:

That is where I have been too. 800, if I get through all of it today is a huge jump.

I found a great article on calories here but will double check with doctor. How Many Calories Should I Eat After Gastric Sleeve: A Quick Guide (drjalil.com)

On 8/1/2022 at 8:08 AM, SpartanMaker said:

I'm new here as well. Scheduled for Sept 20th.

I'm a little disappointed with how little weight I've lost but other than that I can't complain - how about you?

I'm a little disappointed with how little weight I've lost but other than that I can't complain - how about you?

How much weight have you lost so far?

I've only lost about 11 pounds - my surgery was 9/20

4 minutes ago, kellyarw95 said:

How much weight have you lost so far?

About 13 lbs

About 13 lbs

Since the 20th? That's over half a pound a day! That seems really good to me! However I know when you don't meet your expectations, it sucks. You got this though! I keep hearing most Dr's don't care about how much you lose until after you start regular food anyway! The rest is just a transition.

1 minute ago, Band2SleeveGurl77 said:

About 13 lbs

My surgery was also 9/20. I’ve “only” lost 4 lbs since surgery. During the preop diet I lost almost 20.

im trying not to stress about it too much but it is a bit disappointing. Just have to remind myself constantly it’s the long term benefits that matter. But yea. I hear you.

Just now, Garfield1987 said:

My surgery was also 9/20. I’ve “only” lost 4 lbs since surgery. During the preop diet I lost almost 20.

im trying not to stress about it too much but it is a bit disappointing. Just have to remind myself constantly it’s the long term benefits that matter. But yea. I hear you.

Omigosh that actually makes me feel so much better - my doc didn't have me lose prior so I expected big numbers in the first few weeks. Thank you so much really appreciate it.

My HW 230 my SW 220.4 I had my surgery 9/28/22 CW 213.6. I see lots of these post about not losing weight. I think its because we are all different all bodies are not the same. I do hope and pray that we all get to our weight goal. ?

On 7/27/2022 at 3:59 PM, Slwhurst said:

Hi guys I am new here and looking for September surgery buddies!! Mine is scheduled for the 12th! I am so excited! Who’s with me???

Hi my name is Maria, mine is scheduled for this Wednesday coming the 28th.

How are you feeling?

3 minutes ago, kellyarw95 said:

Since the 20th? That's over half a pound a day! That seems really good to me! However I know when you don't meet your expectations, it sucks. You got this though! I keep hearing most Dr's don't care about how much you lose until after you start regular food anyway! The rest is just a transition.

Oh really?! That makes sense bc i went to doc today and he didnt even comment on my weight loss - you are so right, I shouldnt get wrapped up in it, but its hard lol. Thank you for the kind words, this is a journey

Incase anyone needs a little extra hydration these are wonderful, my doctor suggested these or liquid iv these are a little cheaper, you can get them from Amazon and they have alot of different flavors, my mom even found an apple cider one ....

Incase anyone needs a little extra hydration these are wonderful, my doctor suggested these or liquid iv these are a little cheaper, you can get them from Amazon and they have alot of different flavors, my mom even found an apple cider one ....

I love the watermelon and berry.

I started my vitamins day 2 after surgery. Multi, B12, calcium, added biotin ,and amino acid, and my protein shakes . Lucky me had only pain for two days after surgery.

On 9/29/2022 at 2:45 PM, kukuiokalani said:

hello september friends!

i had my gastric bypass on 9/7 and my food progression isn’t entirely going to plan.

i was supposed to move on to puréed but my new stomach was rejecting it so i tried backing up to full liquids again, and now THAT’S being rejected. i have an appointment next monday for an endoscopy to see if there’s something wrong or if they need to adjust my stomach pouch or widen my new stomach connection. apparently this can be a pretty common and my surgeon said once you start vomiting it steps your stomach healing back a couple steps.

i am endlessly happy for my surgery and i knew this was an anticipated hurdle. thank gods for the six months to prepare for my life post-op.

update re my rny post-op endoscopy:

so the goal was for the endoscopy surgeon to send a scope into my new tummy pouch and widen the passageways if they were too tight.

good news: my tummy pouch was fine.

bad news: i have about 2 cm of very severe narrowing along the roux limb about ten cm below my stomach pouch. basically only clear liquids can get through. the doctor said it looks like my large intestine is severely squishing the connection from of small intestine that moved up to join with my stomach pouch.

i don’t know what the next steps are yet. i am supposed to follow up with my bariatric surgeon and i sent her a portal message this afternoon when i recovered from anesthesia to schedule a follow up.

i am happy to know that i haven’t been doing anything wrong or progressing my foods too quickly, etc. i’m very hopeful that this will be a safe fix. i imagine i might need another laparoscopic surgery to move or reposition my guts, but i have no idea. o.O