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Topic: weird pain
I am not sure if what I am experiencing is a normal thing or not. Last night, I tried aViactive chewable calcium. I chewed and chewed and chewed it as it was quite gummy. This morning when I woke up, I have a pain in my left midsection, not like the pain from the surgery, but almost like a blocked feeling that gets worse sometimes. I had my surgery on 3/12. The more I moved around, the better it got, but now that I am at work and am sitting, it comes and goes. I am drinking some hot tea to see if that will help and so far it has...has anyone else had this type of pain I am lamely describing?
Topic: RE: Nausea, Help! Anyone else feel nausea alot????
I just spent 4 days in the hospital because I was malnourished. I was very behind in my protein and really nauseated. My doc is really big on protein. I wasn't getting in the amount of protein I was supposed to. He requires his patients to get in 60-80 gms of protein in/day- no matter how...protein shakes, etc.. If you are very nauseated and can't eat, you need to contact your doc again.
Hope you feel better soon!
Janie
Topic: RE: am i taking in to many calories
I really believe that as time goes on and we are able to eat a little more then we should stay full longer. Since our stomachs are so small our intake is not that much so we get hungry more. I think it will get better once we start eating more stuff. I stay full longer when I do a protein shake or smoothie but with food I always get hungry quicker.
Where in Alexandria do you live. I live in Lorton now but I was born and raised here in Alexandria. I also work here in Alexandria. Maybe we can workout or go walking after work some days.
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Montego
Topic: RE: am i taking in to many calories
Hi Mo,
I have been hungry a lot too. I thought that hunger would go away. I wonder if it is a matter of eating to fast?
Topic: RE: PCOS and stall already? do i need my metformin
Becky,
I am not familiar with PCOS but I know I thought I would have lost more by now. I only lost 12 lbs since surgery and that was during the 1st week. Everyone keeps telling me that if I were bigger to begin I would have lost more by now...I am not too sure about that.
I am going to pray that we are losing slow for a GOOD reason.
Necole
Topic: RE: has anyone noticed your loss yet?
I have not noticed anything at all. My family keeps telling me that they notice a difference in my face and my mid section. When I went to the Dr 1 week post op I had lost 11 lbs. Now I am almost 3 weeks post op and I only lost 1 more according to my home scale. My aunt told me not to go by my scale only the one at my Dr's office. I know I am doing what I am supposed to do so I wonder if my surgery failed. I am praying that I have not allowed myself to get excited and expecting a miracle just to be disappointed. I want to lose the rest of the weight so bad. I started Pilates for buns and abs...IT HURTS.....but I can live with it. I did more than 1/2 of Billy Blanks Cardio Boot Camp dvd yesterday. I am going to be on a workout kick because I want this weight off. I know Rome was not built in a day..but I feel as though my extra weight was built in 2 days so I want it off in 7...
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. Topic: RE: has anyone noticed your loss yet?
I can't see it in myself but my family is like wow, how much have you lost? I can only notice in my clothes. I was 260 when I had my surgery on 03/02/07 now I am 225.
Mo~
Topic: RE: PCOS and stall already? do i need my metformin
I have PCOS too and was very concerned about not being able to lose the weight...but my PCP told me that WLS helps with PCOS. I have had stalls as well over the past week and afer reading that practically everyone has (except for the men...grrrrr...hehe) I am convinced that this is not a problem. What seems to help me is that I start looking at the Before and Afters again...and I read the journals...I try to find the part in their journal where they were at wear I am at and inevitably they had the stall too! Then I look at their after and KNOW that I will be there soon enough!
Hope this helps!
Rita
Topic: RE: has anyone noticed your loss yet?
My family has said much the same things about the face and my stomach area. I have noticed this difference in my clothing. I heard once a while back ago (I think it is when I was in weigh****chers) that the 10% mark (when you lose 10% of your body weight..ie i was 311 and when I lose 31 lbs) that is when you start to look different and your body actually is MUCH healthier! I am four pounds away from that mark!!! Woohoo!
Rita
311/284.4/140
Topic: RE: Itchy Skin! Is this a normal side affect?
I don't have dry skin either and I have itched, however most of my itching happened in the hospital when I was on morphine. The nurse said that the morphine causes some people to itch. Are you still on your pain meds? Maybe that is contributing. Now the only place that itches for me is my incisions, and that is due to the fact that they are healing. If it continues I would contact your primary doctor first..it may be something completely unrelated to the surgery!
Rita
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