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I just want to say that without OH, I would have gone crazy in the years and months after my surgery. I am SO VERY grateful.
It's hard to believe my surgery was nearly 11 years ago. So much has changed, and also? So much has stayed the same. At my core, I am still the woman who weighed 343 pounds. I am still drawn to too many carbs and not enough vegetables. I still struggle to find balance.
I am sure in a room of WLS grads, you guys already know that surgery doesn't solve everything, but it's a chance. What we do with that chance makes ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
I just wanted to pop in and say hello and that I wish everyone the best! This journey is tricky and tough, but worth it!
Jasmine Myers, joyful wife, mother, and WLS graduate of nearly 11 years. Having walked a complicated journey toward wellness, I've developed a passion for helping others find their own paths to peak health. The company I work for is conducting an important obesity-related research study. Check it out here.
Good morning all. I need some advice from the brain trust.
I had RNY in January of 2011. Things are going well. I started at 350, got down to 230, and am currently at 250, where my body REALLY likes to stay. (Well, it would like to be bigger, but it certainly doesn't want to be any smaller.)
I've got a supra-scapular nerve impingement that is making my life hell. Right now, the only solution is opiates. My doc switches me from hydrocodone to oxycodone and back again in order to keep me from developing and maintaining an increasing tolerance to the medications, and while it has worked o****il recently, I'm starting to develop rebound headaches that are almost as debilitating as the shoulder pain. (This, they say, is a common side-effect of overuse of acetaminophen. Don't worry, though, I'm still way below levels that can damage my liver.)
Anyway, my pain management doc wants to put me on Hysingla. This is an extended release hydrocodone medication. He knows about my bypass, and assures me that this pill "dispenses" in part of the intestine that will be unaffected by my bypass. I'm still dubious. If I try it, I'm stuck on it for a month. I'm afraid I'll take one, it will pass through too quickly, and I'll be in constant misery.
So, does anyone here have experience with Hysingla ER, or even Zohydro ER (another similar medication) or any other ER medications 5 years out from an RNY? Is it even worth trying, or should I refuse and just deal with my current level of pain or go up in dosage on my short acting opiates? (I mean, that's a decision my PM doc would make, not me, but that seems the only reasonable alternative, right now, to the ER medications.)
Hoping for some first hand knowledge, or even second hand knowledge. I know my WLS doc said "no extended release medications ever," but my PM doc says, "Yes I know you had RNY, but this will work fine."
Thanks,
Rev.
TMI question, so I really have no option but a TMI response. :)
Yeah, I pretty much have a one way valve too.
Even 5 years out after RNY, I can get rid of the last couple of bites if I mistakenly eat a little more than I should, but once food is "down the hatch," it's only coming out one way. As a result, when I get to the point that I need to vomit (stomach flu, food poisoning, whatever it is; I read once that 80% of what we call stomach flu is actually mild food poisoning, so I don't know), my body responds by churning the food intestinally until it makes its way out.
I have no encourage words to offer -- but misery loves company. You're not alone; maybe that knowledge will help.
Good luck!
It IS tough. I am a little over 2 years out with the Sleeve. Surgery was great...no complications....everything text book wonderful...then... Last May I had Rotator Cuff surgery and have only gotten full use of my arm this past January. Took months of work to get it back to full range of motion. I got really down...into a major funk. So all my exercising and then my healthier eating habits just tanked. So now am trying to lose the 35 pounds I gained back in 2015. I KNOW what to do...know I can do this....but it sure does help having support. I often feel like a failure now and I know that's not true. I lost over 130 lbs....but regaining has been tough on my knees too...so now going back to the basics and doing my best one day at a time. You're certainly not alone in this Lopesmom....there are many WLS patients that gain a little or a lot or ever all of it back...it's great that you are working on it now and not 45 more pounds down the road. WE did this before...WE can do it again!
I know for myself.....I am going back to the basics. 1-2 protein shakes a day....lots of cottage cheese....low-fat (usually string) cheese...greek yogurt...lots of tuna and salad...chicken....fish...and LOTS of water. Get the sugar and salt out...that will help your knees greatly. I don't know about you, but any time I eat salt or sugar...I feel it in my knees the next day. Just take it day by day and know you are NOT alone!
Sorry for the late reply but I am just now seeing this. I wouldn't normally comment but you probably should be made aware that being sleeved you have no pouch to "test".
The whole 5DPT is kind of a scam anyway. It's just another diet, and since you've have WLS you don't need to diet ever again. Go back to your post op eating plan: dense protein first, non-carby veggies when you have room. Eliminate or drastically reduce carbs and especially sugar.
I too had have had regain. Once was 40+ pounds and the last time was about 50lbs. I succeeded in losing it both times by doing just what I explained above. At over 7 years out I am now at my lowest post op weight EVER. I don't count calories. I do monitor sugary snacks because I dump severely and have reactive hypoglycemia. (The good news for me is that I when I don't eat candy and such I don't have to worry about the dumping/RH so it's all optional for me.)
You definitely can get the weight back off and maintain. It's not easy, but it's much easier than it was pre op.
Good luck to you. Hang around here awhile, post and help newbies with questions. It might sound odd, but staying involved here has helped me stay committed. When I dropped the site for a few months here or there I would almost always come back with some form of regain. =)
Do not eat 3 hours before going to bed and raise the front of your bed a few inches. Ask your doctor for a new PPI. Acid reflux is nothing to play around with. It can lead to esophageal cancer.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
A few things that help mr with this.
- Do not lay down for at least two hours after eating
- eat lighter meals for supper
- weigh and measure and under eat your sleeve
- track your food for triggers including drinks. For me water enhancers are killers, power aid as is plain water. I put a slice of fruit in my water
- I take a pantoprezinol Ppi
just what hat is helping me for today. Good luck.
Dr Ponce de Leon Mexico VSG 4 Jun 12. I lost 57 lbs on my own before having a VSG. This is by far the best thing I have ever done for myself.
You are going to have to make the tough choices!! What is your motivation to lose weight? Is it to just look good? Is it for your health? Is it to be able to enjoy your children, or grandchildren? Whatever it is, you need to keep that in the forefront of your mind. It seems that when our focus turns from outward to inward, and we focus just on ourselves, that these things happen. While you are the one losing the weight, it really is not all about you! It is about your family, your job, your recreation, your grandchildren, or any number of things. What I am trying to explain here is that, while we WANT to lose weight, if we do it just for us, we never will. We need some external motivation. If we stay focused on ourselves, it is too easy to go back to bad habits, since "Who is it really affecting? Nobody! Just me!"....and that is NOT a good attitude or approach. It seems like that, in your mind, you figured that once you lost the weight, you could go back and eat whatever you wanted. That is NOT what WLS is about and you have to understand that. It is a life-changing, life-saving, decision. While you may be able to go back and eat most of the foods you enjoyed before, you cannot and SHOULD not be eating a LOT of it! Find something to occupy you...a hobby (not cooking!)....taking classes for something...volunteering somewhere....something that is OUTWARD, not INWARD.
And just so you know, I had RNY 2/2004 and lost 285 lbs. in 14 months. It has been just over 12 years and I am still at my goal weight and enjoying the life that I missed for so many years!
You can do it, because you did it before, so you know you have it in you. You just have to determine which is more important....eating all the food you want, or having the life you want! It really is that simple!
Best of luck!
Thanks, i will def keep that in mind. I have to plan out my menu for next week, as well. I still use protein shakes because they also give me nutrients and such, and when they are nice and cold, yummy.
I am in the same place that you are in right now and I lost over 200lbs and was feeling great but then then things happen I got depressed and I have gained 100lbs and I am not feeling any where near happy about that I am not sure what is worse the depression that made me gain the weight or the depression that I feel with the weight that I have gained!!!! I just know that this is not what I want and I am not going to stay here I am going to lose this weight again I have already lost 5-6lbs in the past 3 days!!! You just have to start!!
