Question:
i had surgery 2 years ago and now i have weight the same for about 8 months
is there some thing i can do to break this. also a girl friend told me that i should be wearing a medicla id. is this true & if so what should it say? — Sshannon H. (posted on June 24, 2003)
June 24, 2003
Well, what a coinscidence!!! We have same doctor, and I'll be 2 years out
in Aug. I had a TT in Jan. I've been on the plateau from hell for the
last 8 months also. I did lose 10 lbs from the TT. But I must admit, I
have not been exercising and gettting all my protein in. I have a sit down
job, and this size 9 feels so comfortable. I'd love to lose another 30 lbs
though! [email protected]
— Phiddy B.
June 24, 2003
Same with me. 25 months out and no loss since around 18 months. And I still
have 30 lbs to lose. :(
— Danmark
June 24, 2003
Hi...same for me...I'm 22 months out and haven't lost a pound since Nov.
02...I'm at 153lbs, and completely happy with where I am, wearing 8/10
pants, and medium shirts...I do wear a Medical ID bracelet, but I bought a
regular curb link bracelet and bought a Medic Alert charm, so it looks more
like a bracelet than a medic alert. Mine simply states "Gastric
Bypass - NO N.G." meaning no blind NG tube in the E.R. if I ever end
up there unconscious. I also carry a medic alert card in my wallet that
goes into more detail, "Gastric Bypass - No blind N.G. - Endoscopy
only", so that they know to use an endoscopy to place the NG if
necessary. Denise 316/153
— lily1968
June 25, 2003
I just answered something similar in a previous post. No matter how far
out we are, if we want to get the loss going again, its a matter of
lowering the calories going in and/or working harder to expend the calories
going out (heart pumping, regular sweating types of exercise). I'm in the
same boat at 16 months post, haven't lost anything since 13 months post op.
Kinda happy where I'm at but stopped 7 pounds shy of goal and if I want to
get there, all I have to do is follow the formula above. As for the
medical bracelet, I asked my surgeon and he said that the NG tubes used to
intubate (spelling?) don't go in far enough to hurt the pouch so a bracelet
was not necessary.
— Cindy R.
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