Gastric Bypass in 2 months

[fontofnoknowledge]

I would like to know if anyone on here has had a Gastric Bypass. I have jumped through all the hoops and am now just waiting for surgery date which should be in the next 8 Weeks. I would like to hear from anyone who has had a Bypass or Sleeve . (Not a band it's a very different Operation) .
It appears to be a very taboo subject on MN - (I have even felt the need to name change) and despite there being hundreds of threads on the latest diet, there is surprisingly little about the only scientifically proven longterm sustainable weight loss treatment for those with obesity or morbid obesity.
I am after any advice for the immediate post op period and the process of moving from liquids to solids and any other advice really.

Now. Drinks are fine and can be done in about a normal amount of time.

Just back from body attack! I nearly died !!

Sofa - are you closer to the Elusive 100kg?

Going ok at this end although had to take kids to Wagamama and watch them stuff their faces whilst I sipped a miso soup. Ouch.

No :( this last week I seem to have just stalled... I've upped my excersise and am hoping it will be there by the end of June!

Any news on your date yet @fontofnoknowledge ?

Hi Sofa,
Sorry for slow reply. I had my MDT last Friday. Had got very excited because I had understood the NHS pathway to be Tier 3 then surgery. I had assumed the 'next appointment ' to be pre op.. but no. Yet ANOTHER WAIT. So I have driven over three hours to my nearest Bariatric centre for 6 months to be sat in a 'group session' and have a food label explained to me like I'm 4 yrs old. (An average appointment was 40 minutes. ) Only to now find that this appointment was the one where I get the OK (thought I already had that !)
Anyway... Now I am on the surgical list but 'not before October' .
Arghhh !!!
.. and breathe... and remember I am fat so I must be made to be grateful they are doing anything at all.
I have been on steroids for years and then anti depressants for insomnia that are now used as appetite stimulants in the elderly !! but I am fat so despite it being regarded as a serious health issue ... and despite having serious health issues due to obesity I have to wait 4 times longer for help on the NHS than someone who has liver disease from alcohol abuse and lung disease from smoking. ?
As you can see.. I'm still grumpy almost a week later but at least calm enough to type now 😆

Oh wow. That must have felt like a real set back. To get yourself mentally prepared and then have the goalposts moved!

But it is going to happen. Another few months in the grand scheme of things isn't that much.

I can't believe they make you jump through so many hoops and wait so long! It's crazy.

I bit the bullet and actually joined the gym today!! I'm going to get some personal training sessions to start me off and just keep up the persistence!

I've just bought a load of high protein meals from cook. A portion does 2 meals and they are going down well. I think I'm finding thinking about cooking a lot of effort for such small portions.

I'm also really struggling with the forceval :( at least 50% of the time I'm vommiting within 5 minutes of swallowing the tablet. I don't really know how to approach this other than maybe go back to the chewable vitamins for a while. They are such big tablets. And i think its hit and miss as to whether it goes in straight or not.

My gp has reduced my thyroxine following my last blood test. And i still have that fear that low thyroxine will make me put on weight and undo everything. It's particulary hard as my levels have been stable for 12 years. So a change now feels like it's related. But he will test again in 2 months. If he wants to reduce again I might ask for a referal to an endochronoligist

Have a look at maybe taking some spray vitamins if you can? I bought some on Amazon, they're by BetterYou and it's MultiVit Daily Oral Spray. I don't know how good the vitamin levels are in it, you may need to double the dose, but it's got to be better than having nothing because you've brought the Forceval back up.

How's it going Sofa?
I'm getting on well, weight loss has slowed down, but the inches are coming off.

Starting to get comments about my loss and having to get rid of a lot of clothes that simply fall/drop off, which is a lovely problem to have.

Eating is fully back to normal, though my desire to eat is still not as it was before. I've not had any dumping/adverse reactions, though i have been careful, but this week has been busy & so I've slipped into bad habits - skipping meals, convenience foods etc

I had McDonald's pre a theatre show on Monday. Ordered a chicken strip meal with water, but could only manage the chicken strips and a few chips. Need to be much more organised!

its going well. still not at the 100kg mark though! another kilogram to go. I'm hoping to be there by next week! my surgeon cancelled my 8 week check up.but no concerns as its all going so well.

I often order the grilled wrap of the day if going to mcdonalds, I can eat approximately half and its carbs protein salad and reasonable calories and i avoid the chips/drinks issue. I try not to beat myself up, normal life happens sometime unhealthy things happen, i just tell myself its way better than before when i would have had a big mac, chips, milkshake and nuggets on the side, and still been hungry a couple of hours later.

I would say my eating is totally normal now, just really small amounts, trying to stay healthy though. have added in soft fruits as a snack occasionally,

lots of people are noticing and i've joined the gym! yay

god that sounds like i go to mc donalds all the time! i think i have been 4 times since surgery.

Font it's so disappointing isn't it. You think you make it through all the hurdles and then another one gets put in its place.

Fingers crossed the date is set quickly and all goes ahead

I knew what you meant Sofa!

Glad the food is going well. I too am finding fruit is a trusty snack to have.

Fingers crossed for the 99.9kg scale!

Anythingconsidered and Sofa thanks for your posts, yes it was disappointing but I am over it now.. I started this journey 2yrs 2 months ago and even got on to the operating table... so am not going to get depressed about another few months - and as I have now received a copy of the letter from the Bariatric team setting out my surgical plan in writing !!! I will focus on that and not use my frustration as an excuse to eat my weight in bread . (I don't have a sweet tooth luckily but LOVE bread.. )

In a separate note and another one to add to my list of things I'm looking forward to when I'm a healthier weight..

Enjoying the heat. Just been to Europe for a week. Scorchio ! But not much fun with sweaty bits, chafing, general knackedness of trying to move whale body around in the heat..
don't even start me on the horrors of wearing a swim suit. (Thank god for a private villa and pool) or I would never have had a swim..

How is everyone doing. ? What sort of weight loss have you achieved? How are you feeling.

Also interested in how your relationships are. Not just DH/OH but kids parents and close friends. ?

thats the spirt @Anythingconsidered !!

I'm not sure chaffing has improved here... in fact it may be worse due to skin.... hmm. Lucilky I was never bothered by my body and would happily rock out a bikini even at my biggest.

i'm almost at 25kg loss!! in 2 months thats around 40% of my extra weight gone, I still a long way off thin though. I'm feeling great, the desire to eat crap food has definitely improved. but i have been treating myself to an occassional mini milk on these hot days,

enjoy that bread!! t hats the one thing I can't eat as it bloats and is very uncomfortable, I thought i'd miss it like crazy, but actually its not been too bad. So eat all that bread now with thick butter ;)

I did have a bit of a disagreement with my mum as she bought dh a lot of chocolate for his birthday. I told her that it wasn't very supportive, and she did take it all back and switch it for something else. my kids have been amazing really supportive, my DH still doesn't really get it at all... he made me dinner last night, and when i pointed out that he served me up what i could eat in a week in a single meal. so i'm finding his lack of effort to understand slightly disappointing. I don't think he has really clicked the long termness of the surgery, i think he is acting as though i'm on a diet and will slip back into my usual habits eventually. I'd also like him to do more cooking for the children, Its hard to be motivated to cook when i can eat so little. but i guess after 20 years that habit isn't likely to change easily.

I'm also loving my fit bit. it really helps keep me motivated to reach my step goals and log my calorie intake.

Font: It was the bread thing that I fretted about the most. I think I could have lived on sourdough and rustic French bread, and I really worried about it. Truth is, I haven't missed it at all; you end up eating so little that every thing you put in your mouth matters and there is so little nice bread around day to day that there is always something tastier to choose. It's a bit like the mcdonalds thing - why bother with the fries when it just takes up room? Same with wraps: if you are only going to eat 1/4 of it, you may was well just have the filling.

Restaurants haven't been too bad so far: had soup as a main in one and then said it wasn't my thing after having a bit of it: had raw tuna in another as a main which was easy because you always only get a tiny portion, and had a starter-sized chilli in another, and no-one batted an eyelid at leaving all the rice because everyone knows people on Atkins. I have to do a lot of client entertaining and all has been ok so far. I've told most of my friends and they have been very supportive; since 'coming out' I've found that quite a few friends know people who've had gastric surgery, so no negativity.

Is anyone else struggling with keeping the eating/drinking separate? It is driving me to distraction. I really WANT water with my food and hate just having a sip or two. And my day is spent with 'waiting to drink' or 'waiting to eat'. Do you get into the zone eventually, or give up on the rules (or am I the only one bothered by this?).

YASSSSS!!!! 99.5kgs!

that is all

Woohooo Sofa I'm so jealous!

Well done -must be a great feeling.

Oh well done!

Hey sofabitch Anythingconsidered Theblessedcheesemaker . How is everyone doing in the heat xx

Hi, had a band fitted 14 years ago. Lost 11.5 stone in 18 months and have kept it off. After holidays Christmas etc I will be up 4 or5 pounds but make myself lose it immediately as an taking no chances of going backwards. I am now normal BMI and my life is so much better.

I have never had any problems with the band however if I was starting off I would probably go for sleeve or bypass now.

For all of you nervous of the surgery, it’s worth it. The freedom of clothes shopping, not worried if seats look sturdy enough, will the seat belt fit on the plane etc make it all worth while.

Hi there! Just about rtft.

I had a bypass at the end of February and I've lost just over 4st. 60lbs in fact. Making slow but steady progress now but getting much much better at knowing what I can manage, what I can and can't eat etc. Starting to fit into stashed clothes in the cupboard and starting to feel a lot fitter.

Well done everyone else . You're all doing great. And for those of you still waiting. Keep the faith. You'll get there and after the first few days it's great.

Oh wow, I'm half excited, half terrified. I had a consultation with the surgeon this evening and am booked in for a bypass in 2 months and having an endoscopy this Friday.

@fontofnoknowledge

Hello, All is good here, things are going great. the little slump seems to have moved and i'm back to loosing pretty quickly again,

I was 95.7 this morning.

i'm not drinking enough for this heat... its most noticeable in the mornings as i used to wake up bursting for the loo... now i don't... and pretty strong urine.

Still going strong at the gym... can feel my fitness levels starting to increase.

Having to make a real effort to remember to eat though... popping on here has just reminded me its 3pm and I've only had a coffee at day! I never thought i'd be someone that forgets to eat!

The initial mental struggle has past and i'm not craving any shit food. but I am finding the range of things I want to eat is pretty small.

Still really struggling with the vitamins... probably only taking them one in 3 days. I'm also suffering with indigestion more than i ever used to. but certainly not to unmanageable levels.

Still no regrets... and I've now lost 50% of my extra weight in a little over 3 months!!