I found this group quite by accident, but I’d rather think it was
fate. I am contemplating gastric bypass surgery at the suggestion of
my regular doctor. Have met with the doctor who was referred to me
and am in the beginning paperwork phase. Don’t know much else to say
right now, but I’m glad this group exists as I live in a very rural
area and have no access to “face2face” support.
Keya
hello all!
I have a proximal , at 7 months out, 100 pounds gone for life, i
pray! i dont dump, sugar does not bother me, i found out by making
some mistakes and waited to dump and did not……i dont have problems
with anything, and i now must use will power, which i dont have….i
am a bit disgusted that i am not sensitive as others to help me stay
away from things longer, but, alas this is my fate…..so i am losing
very slowly now…..sometimes only a couple pounds a month…..i am
hungry all the time and just trying to up my metabolism with
exercise….i hired a personal trainer, that makes me go to work
outs…….hoping i will find energy to keep going soon and then the
workouts will be just another part of my day instead of another thing
to push into my hours of full time work and part time school and
study…….it is just that i have seen others put the wt. back on,
and i am really scared of my own problem of failing myself…….i
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Can anyone in this groups shed some light on the exercise place called “Curves”?
I saw an ad in the paper for it and looked it up on their website. It didn’t go
into cost or anything like that, and I called their phone number and got an
answering machine. Before I make an appointment for a consultation, I’d like to
hear from anyone here with experience using them. Please include costs. I have
a bad habit of joining gyms and things like that and not going. I also have 4
bulging discs in my back and neck, and a bad knee, so I have to be careful with
what exercise I can do. I would appreciate any insight on this subject.
Thanks. Barb
I am trying to find out if anyone takes flaxseed oil since their
gastric bypass surgery. I was having problems with severe
constipation and tried all of the usual reliefs without success. A
non gastric bypass friend suggested flaxseed oil, and it worked, but
now I am wondering if it is safe to use daily.
I take it in the morning, with my breakfast, ferrous fumerate and
sublingual B-12, but I don’t know if it could interfere with the
absorption of my iron or breakfast protein. Anyone have any input on
this? Thank you. JOyceR
[Moderator’s note: The person whose input would be most important for questions
like this is your doctor. List members are reminded to seek advice on medical
issues from their primary care providers rather than following hearsay generated
on an Internet list!]
I just wanted to thank Barbara Herrara and everyone else in this great support
group for their often brutal honesty. I am pre-op. Waiting for insurance
approval with a tentative date of 2/19. I know it will probably be more like
2/26 or into March sometime. During this waiting period, I have often had
doubts about what this surgery will do to my body, my psyche and my family. I
am so scared about being sick after the surgery, having complications and giving
up my way of eating forever.
Reading that post about Barbara and the pantyhose and her subsequent posts on
the positive changes in her life have given me hope and a new outlook on this
whole experience. Yes, giving up eating how I eat now is worth it, my health
and being here for my husband and kids are worth anything I will go thru. Being
able to put on a pair of pantyhose and be comfortable, go on rides at great
america, go on an airplane, take long walks, etc. are just icing on the cake 
!
So, thanks everyone for allowing this pre-op into your life, it has really been
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I am new the group and I am contemplating gastirc bypass surgey (either the r-y
or the band). But I am concern about having children with the bypass surgery.
I just turned 30 (Jan. 1), and want to eventually to have children. I was told
that most obsterticians do not recommend preganancy for woman that have had
bypass surgey. Is that true? Has anyone that has had the surgery, and had a
successful pregnancy afterward? Thanks.
-Nikki
Hi Everyone,
I am presently 2.5 weeks post op and I have transitioned to soft proteins.
Scrambled egg, very soft chicken, melt in your mouth beef, cottage
cheese…..all of the stuff that falls into that category.
My problem is, I still don’t get a full feeling. I can eat up to about an ounce
of soft food haven’t yet finished a whole scrambled egg. I never get a full
feeling I get a feeling that the food is backing up and is getting
stuck….OUCH!!! But there is no warning, one bite makes the difference and it
is to late then. If I felt a full feeling I would know to stop. No pressure on
the pouch, no feeling at satisfaction, nothing! Just from one bite to the next
and stuck! It takes about a half an hour to pass and is the pits.
Any advice would be really appreciated. I see my doctor and nutritionist today
so I am going to ask about it. But, if anyone else has shared the same
difficulites and over came them please share the secret. It is getting so that
sometimes it is hard to just swallow water. Sure hope I haven’t messed anything
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Hi All,
I am 6 weeks out and have hit a plateau. I have lost 47 pounds since my
surgery, which I am VERY thankful for. I am losing inches, but I guess I just
need reassurance that I am not failing at this too. I know the inches should be
the only reassurance I need, but I am so afraid that I will not lose the weight.
I know, I know…hide the scales and forget them for awhile, but that is hard to
do.
My husband thinks I eat the wrong foods, but I always eat protien first and I am
even drinking protein shakes for breakfast. I double up on them to try to get
my protien in and even though I don’t exercise every day, I do exercise at least
three times a week….cardio for 30 minutes.
Also, I am in the Northeast Arkansas area and am wondering if there are any
other people on this list that knows of a support group or would be interested
in getting a group together.
Shelia
I’ve picked a surgeon, Dr. Christopher Evanson from Carmel IN St.
VIncents Bariatric Hospitals. Has anyone had him as a surgeon and
what do you think of him?
Thanks
Lisa
Denise!
i noticed in your signature that you got your surgery at a bariatric
treatment center in columbus. i am getting ready to have mine at the
new BTC near philly. i don’t know, but i guess that they all follow
approximately the same guidelines for surgery. my surgeon told me
that from the colon back to where they connect to the *old* stomach
is approximately 200 cm…now…what is that gonna make me? medial?
distal?? he said that he would consider it medial…but i didn’t
think that *that* was the measurement that they used for determining
proximal, medial, distal…
so…do you know?
thanks,
kelly