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Has anyone been approved after weight loss with HMO to have the xtra skin mass removed.  Whats it take?

Same here. 4yrs Post op and gain 20lbs. I am trying to lose the weight. I am a nurse so i am on my feet and lifting patients through the day. I swim for a hour once a week. I need help with my eating though. I was recently put on Addreall and i have NO desire to eat. I actually forget it lunch time and before i know it its time to go home. I drink coffee throught the day and fruit. And just bake meat or seafood for dinner. No very much. UGH I need help! 

I am one day post op and I was belching before I even left the hospital! I take the smallest sip of water and I have series of belches! It's quite embarassing. I can hardly sleep for all the belching. Sometimes they are real deep and painful. When will this end?

 Hi all, I've scheduled another SWAPKINS March 3, 2012 10:30a - 2:30p. Mary, Mother of the Church (look for this sign) Room: The Mary Center (on the lower level) 3333 Cliff Road Burnsville, MN   There is excellent parking, building access, and there will be carts available to bring in your swap-ables and take your goodies home. Tell everyone you know! Forward this email! The event just gets better with every person who comes.    ------ Do you have clothes that haunt your closet - the clothes that don't fit quite right? Or maybe they do fit, but you don't feel great when you wear them because they aren't your style, or you just don't need them? Would you really like something new to wear? Maybe you've changed jobs or gained/lost some weight and you need some clothes, but you don't want to spend a lot to get something new?   COME TO SWAPKINS! We will have tables and clothes racks loaded with clean clothes in good condition. Clean out your closets and bring clothes to share. Check out what we've got and take home what you like. NO MONEY IS EXCHANGED. We will have men's, women's and children's clothes - everything from casual clothes to dressy. Also outerwear and accessories. The mix is different everytime, but it's always good stuff!   It's hard to explain how much fun it can be to bag up and get rid of clothes. No garage sale tagging! No bargaining with a consignment shop. Just bring them and *poof* they're gone and you KNOW they've gone to a good place.   It's hard to explain how much fun it is to walk into a great big room full of clothes and pick up anything you like and take it home, AND IT'S FREE.   We need bringers (who will bring things to share) and takers (to 'shop' the shared stuff). You can be one, the other, or both! It is not required that you bring anything to the event to take anything away. Everything at the event is free.   Email with questions. See you there! Jen   P.S. If this note was forwarded to you and you'd like to be added the the email list, send a note directly to swapkins@yahoo.com with your name and email address. ===   SWAPKINS is a community event that began in 2006. Participants bring clean, clothes in good condition. The clothes brought in are placed on tables marked with sizes. Then attendees “shop” the tables of clothes with sizes that they can use.  All remaining clothes are donated to charity. No money is exchanged.   This event is typically scheduled every 3 to 6 months. Most participants are from the Twin Cities area, but some do come from outstate Minnesota and Wisconsin .    

Congrats on your sleeve! I was just sleeved Thursday (Feb 2nd). The only pain I have at all is the drain site. I am able to swallow whole pills and for that I am grateful. I tried the liquid form pain med and I threw it up:( Scary after stomach surgery! I am having trouble getting all the liquid I need in. I feel like I have to be sipping something constantly. I wanted to weigh myself at the hospital, but didn't want to ask. I weighed when I got home and it says I am 1lbs. down. I don't pay to close attention to the scale when it weight loss/gain is within 5 lbs as I have heard anyone can fluctuate 5 lbs in any given day. I look forward to seeing your progress and thanks for sharing your blog:)

 Hi my name is Amy and I am three years post op.  I lost a total of 103 lbs but have put about 35-40 of it back on.  I have recently started exercising again but need some help getting back on track with food intake. please let me know if you have any suggestions of taking this weight off and getting back on track. Thanks in advance!

 Hello, I had surgery 11/29/11, and I just had a bowel movement that was full of grease!! I was in complete shock!! Has this ever happend to anyone?

  Hello Friends! 

We're very happy to announce two important topics for the OH cruise in March that will be presented by Colleen Cook from Bariatric Support Centers International:  1: Hope and Help for the Pain of Regain and 2: The Success Habits of Weight Loss Surgery Patients. 


We've been hearing that some members are looking for cabin mates to split the cost of the OH cruise in March!  Be sure to visit http://www.obesityhelp.com/events/2012-Obesityhelp-Cruise.ht ml , scroll down to the bottom where comments are so you can all talk about it and share info, or post on the message boards!  There's still room according to Royal Caribbean, and the more, the merrier!  There is one cabin left in our block, and still many outside our block, so come cruisin' and get recharged. Book at 1-800-401-9948. Our OH code is 2201863! 

This is going to be a great time to get very good information (and a suntan) and support from Dr. Stapleton, Colleen Cook and Bo McCoy in our conference sessions at sea!  Join us! This is a great way to make some new friends from around the country...we're aiming to really have some fun! 

      

i am wondering if anyone has heard of any heart problem post-op RNY, i am 2+ years out and have had low BP (go figuer) but have noticed heart racing etc and increase in anxiety which they are wondering if its related to the heart... i had someone i knew that was having some cardiac problems post op and had said they were finding something related to the low BP etc., i no longer have contact with that person to find out more so figuered i'd try here... anyone heard anything?

thanks 

 Hey I had my RNY on Monday 12/11/11 I'm doing OK I am probably going to be off 4 to 6 weeks just to get used to things. A few of my fellow medics have had the surgery,with varying success. In the beginning it's good but as they returned to work they had hard times maintaining a routine. I'm hoping to use the off time to get into a rhythm of working out. As far as eating I'm with the other post probably going to have to plan ahead with a cooler of go to snacks good luck