Here is my update..... and excuse

I went away for years and did a recent post about how the boards are "dead" and all the people I used to chat with are nowhere to be found and there are very few posts compared to years ago. I also went away so I became part of the problem. For me, I was doing well so dropped out of doing posts and giving updates. A lot of people post as they have questions and are seeking answers or trying to find people with similar issues. I posted a lot before surgery because I was seeking answers. After surgery I posted less often and then disappeared as I felt like a super star and felt I didn't need support.

here is my update............

I had surgery in 2014 and got down to 248. I put on some weight the last year as I quit eating healthy. I decided a few months ago I wanted to be a lean mean fighting machine so I went back on the bariatric diet and have been excercising 7 days a week. The weight is coming off at a rapid clip and am down to 238 with a goal of 190. I have developed urinary issues again after starting the bariatric diet again and excercising a lot. I thought there must be a connection as I had urinary issues shortly after surgery but there is no connection. I had some testing today (it about killed me) and the urologist said that I have an under active detrusor or neurogenic bladder. It means that the signals in the spinal cord area are not sending good signals to the bladder and thus it is hard to urinate. There is actually a device that can be implanted to cure the issue as it sends electronic signals to the spinal cord/ bladder. It is crazy because I never had any sort of urinary issues until I had VSG.

Welcome back, I don't post as much either. Glad you are getting back into n track

Sorry about the detrusor issue. I wonder if it is linked to VSG - I've not seen anyone else mention it. Have you checked out pubmed to see if there's any research supported link? It's great that there's a fix action.

Good for you for getting back on track with your weight loss!