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    Re: My honeymoon period may have ended...

    Your honeymoon period hasn't ended because you're still losing weight. Some months you'll lose more, some months less. Most people don't have a steady loss. Don't sweat it.
  2. Thread: sad day for me

    by niamh
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    Re: sad day for me

    There are a few things that I struggled with soon after surgery, but then could tolerate again after a while. So you never know. I'm a big milk drinker as well, but I never had an issue since...
  3. Thread: alcohol

    by niamh
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    Re: alcohol

    It's not a lot of people, it's just an increased risk compared with pre-surgery. Overall, alcoholism is still relatively uncommon. But something to keep an eye on particularly if you're a regular...
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    Re: No holds barred, honest evaluation of Dr. Almanza

    I'm glad you had a positive experience, and obviously many people on here have had great results with Almanza.

    From a medico-legal perspective, I don't believe that a signed consent form in a...
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    Re: was anyone scared to die during surgery?

    I was anxious about dying on the table. I cried as well as I was put under. I just reminded myself of the odds and of the fact that I take risks like getting in a car every day. There's no...
  6. Re: Think I'm doing everything right, but cannot lose a pound!

    My advice is to look at the long game. I get worried when people start exercising like maniacs to try and control weight loss.

    Try and separate exercise from weight management. Exercise because...
  7. Re: To sleeve, or not to sleeve....that is the question...

    I initially looked at the band, then I cancelled and tried again myself because of all the longer-term complications. The only selling point for it was that it was reversible, and since I didn't...
  8. Re: OMG, I think I have stretched out my sleeve stomach....HELP!!

    My advice is don't panic. I stopped feeling the same feeling of definite fullness about that stage, but once I moved onto solid foods it all came back.

    The change in sensations and feedback is...
  9. Re: Deciding on the sleeve - what about wanting to eat big still

    To say that they are operating on your stomach and not on your brain is an oversimplification.

    The reason for saying this is that the operation reduces the amount of ghrelin production. Ghrelin...
  10. Re: Yes There Are Stupid Questions, and This Might Be One Of Them

    Back to the OP ..... introduce more good fats to slow down the weight loss. Olive oil as a dressing on salads, avocados, nuts as snacks, full cream milk, oily fish. By far the easiest way to...
  11. Thread: Stall!!!

    by niamh
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    Re: Stall!!!

    Assuming you are following your guidance, you're not doing anything wrong. Your body is regrouping and will start again. Lots of people experience a stall at this stage.

    I had lots of stalls...
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    Re: Question from a newbie

    There's a myth that bypass patients lose more. All the randomised controlled trials and metareviews I've read say that the average losses are not significantly different, and that the complication...
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    Re: My Delightful VSG turned Nighmare

    OP - sorry that your second experience hasn't lived up to your expectations. Sounds like you have two separate issues you're now trying to work out how to deal with.

    1. You believe Almanza may...
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    Re: Looking for sleevers around the age of 60.

    If all goes smoothly, and you don't have a very physically tiring job, no. If you do lots of walking and moving around you may find yourself tired. Don't expect too much, and prepare your workplace...
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    Re: GP won't write letter for super release...

    For some reason your response hadn't shown up when I wrote my post. Really pleased you've found a different doctor. Great result - you want someone who is completely on board for your follow up as...
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    Re: GP won't write letter for super release...

    I agree with the above suggestion. Speak to your surgeon, they will know the names of GPs who are on board, then you can just switch your GP.
  17. Re: Tire of breacking my head over a surgeon now one incision surgery ???

    my assumption is that there is less dexterity for the surgeons with a single incision. Reality is as an obese person you will probably have stretch marks and loose skin on your abdomen. A few teeny...
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    Re: Has anyone driven their car on day 3

    My surgeon advised that I couldn't drive, so regardless if I'd felt I could or not, I wouldn't drive because if anything happened my insurance would be voided. If your surgeon hasn't mentioned it,...
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    Re: stalling at 4 months

    Yep probably just a stall. My loss went in fits and starts. Toward the end I thought I was going to end up about 10lb heavier when I stayed about the same for six weeks, then all of a sudden I...
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    Re: Starting to regret it 32 months out

    Alliejc, I had my surgery a month after you in September 2012. I'm sorry to hear you're having a rough time of it, and haven't found a 'new normal' which feels ok. It feels as though some people...
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    Re: Advice for Relatively Newly Sleeved VSG Folks ...

    Ann .... great post, fucking champion :)

    Apart from a few years of difference in age and some geography, I feel like our journeys have been very similar.
  22. Thread: Which one is it?

    by niamh
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    Re: Which one is it?

    Research shows that the level of ghrelin production is on average greatly reduced, that is correct. I imagine there is individual differences in this, and reading people's experiences on here there...
  23. Re: My Pre-Sleeve Diet does not look like anyone else's and I am worried about that!

    My pre-op diet was low fat low cal (1000 cals) and I was a start weight of around 235. Yours sounds pretty similar to me.

    The point is to reduce the fatty liver. Low fat intake is great for...
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    Re: Weight loss not the problem... and I'm scared!

    First, I'm getting more terrified each day as my surgery is on Monday and I keep questioning myself if this is right or not. Is this a normal response?
    Yes! I was shitting myself beforehand. ...
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    Re: 100 pounds down and NOW no period...WTH??!!

    Sometimes rapid weight loss can interfere with periods during the period of loss - your body can get freaked out by the rapid change (it doesn't know it's good for you - for all your body knows...
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