foundthesun

Send Message

Block

Add Friend

Endoscopy yesterday and still having pain... - I had an endoscopy yesterday in the morning. Everything was OK except enteritis which is like inflammation of the small intestine (instead of the stomach, which is gastritis). M...

Anxiety and this surgery post-op - I have been dealing with nausea issues as I brought up before...did all the big tests (including a check for an internal hernia) and nothing. My pouch is fine, there is no hernia (...

Just a bit of an update. -  I've been feeling sick for the last month. After a battery of tests, including a fairly useless ER stay (though I did get a CT scan, which...at least showed there was no blockages...

Feeling like I'm going crazy. -  This is more a rant than anything else. I've been dealing with pain in the area people keep claiming can be a Petersen's hernia...except it likes giving me pain sometimes in my ba...

Ugh! Bad reaction. :( -  I must've eaten something too fast when I ate lunch today (what I ate is something I can usually eat OK), and man my stomach made sure I knew it. Talk about ouch! I didn't puke, a...

Liquid diet. -  Just a bit of an update....been having stomach issues on and off for the last week (and two days). Last night I ended up having one heck of a reflux-y episode, something I haven't...

Bah, pain. -  Just here to vent a little.  Ten months out, nearly 130 pounds down. Recently got hit by what I thought was a stomach flu/UTI two punch, which I mentioned last week. Week la...

Stomach flu or? -  How does one figure out what is a stomach flu (or food poisoning, who knows x_x) and what is something caused by your weight loss surgery? I'm about 10 months post-op...woke up...

Medication post-surgery. -  I finally was hit by my annual sinus infection finally - the first after my surgery. What would you guys suggest I take as a sinus medication? I have antibiotics and something for...

When can I eat salad? - When did you all start on eating raw veggies? I've found some really great suggestions for salads on various boards for post-wls patients, but I was warned away from anything but c...

Abdomen pain. - I hope everyone is feeling well today. Me? Not so much. It's about a month and a half since my surgery, and two days ago I started getting a bit of pain in my lower left abdomen...

First real 'party' today post-op - help!! - So, before I begin - I would like to mention in a little over a month now I've gone from 363 to around 320. Whch is CRAZY for me, seriously. Looking forward to seeing that big 2-0-...

First milestone reached. - I feel almost silly mentioning this as something /big/, but today I tried my (cheap) electric scale and for the first time in months it didn't come back with an error message. I'm ...

Good and bad. - Haha, I feel like I only come here to whine - I promise I'm still  positive about this surgery! So I'll start off with this - I went for my first doctor's visit this week post-...

Post-op heartbeat - Let me preface by saying this: I'm 25, I had my surgery Monday (5/28) where they also took my gallbladder out, and I have had a diagnosis of generalized anxiety since I was, oh, 18...