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Hi everyone I'm having the issue of a large "apron" also after losing 185 lbs.I suppose at around the two year mark(10 months from now)I'll look into the surgery.Our support group speaker 2 months ago was a plastic surgeon from our medical group who explained everything pretty well and I got to...

Hi MJ I'm 14 months post op and my son is out about 6 weeks-My long term goal is 1200/80.1200 calories and 80 grams of protien per day-My sons targets are 800/80.I've had a good run in the last 14 months and sort of stopped losing @ about 178.Then summer hit and I started working outside more...

Hi Ibreonka In my first weeks I went thru a phase lkie you're going thru-I didn't tolerate cream anything as it sent me directly to the white throne !-I somehow found out that cottage cheese and ice popcicles were going to be my staple foods for a little while-After a while I did add tuna and I...

Our support group meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7:00 PM in the York Vo-Tech High School Cafeteria-The meetings are open to anyone that is interested in bariatric weight loss solutions,information,or just simply curious.Patients,family and friends are always welcome to attend and...

Hi YankeeGirl All of us are with you for your big day tomorrow-You did all the things your program required and now you're going to be able to start your new healthier life-I know you're nervious but it will be over before you know it-it's a whirlwind of a few days but we all got thru it and you...

Hi Desertgirl Just keep going and doing what you're doing-we all get stuck sometimes-your body thinks you're trying to starve it and it's trying to protect itself-soon you'll start dropping pounds again and then you'll get stuck again sometime down the road-I did it 5 or 6 times in the 55 weeks...

Congratulations Valentine0047-You're off to a great start and taking all the right steps to continue your success-Go get um' Ron

Hi GCooper Most bariatric programs incorporate classes with regular meetings usually one or sometimes two per month pre op.These classes serve as the supervised diet and nutrition program that most insurance companies require and are really important to your long term success as a post op...

Hi cbrusso & ascooke Tom has given you a great summary of the what and why-I don't know of anything to add other than that I've never regretted doing this for one minute,in fact it's the best thing I've ever done for my long term health.Everyone has fears and doubts and that's pretty natural...

Hi Lori At least they are starting you out ok-the instructions for the liquids right after your surgery are in line with everyone else-the next step is blender foods and that lasts a few weeks,then most likely the solid foods after that stage.I had my second post op doctor appointment at about 5...

Hi Pat99 Down 40 already !Cool !You go girl ! Ron:cool:

Reading these posts is incredable to me-Pat99 has it right-post op procedures should be detailed and written as there is no way any patient can know or remember all the stages of eating and what foods go with what stage as foods are introduced back into your system-We were given detailed written...

Some hair loss is quite normal in post-op patients due to the bodys stress response-it does grow back-it usually shows up a few months after surgery.

The pain area you describe is in the area of your pouch.If it continues I would cosult your Doctors' office without delay-you should still be on post op blood thinners also-the are a lot of unpleasant possibilities here and I would urge you to be very careful and to stop any solid foods now!-I...

The solid food thing has got to be off program this early post-op.Revisit your discharge instructions and your pre-op material too.Somewhere it should give you guidlines for reintroduction of foods and a timetable for those things.At 2 weeks it's unlikely that you would be on anything but...