Congratulations!!!

I'm over 2 1/2 years out and knock on wood complication free but it is my understanding that we may develop nutritional deficiencies (anemia, osteoporosis, metabolic bone disease) avoided obviously by keeping up with our vits daily and watching our lab work. There are some studies linking neurological issues to GBS (seizures). Also some post-ops have issues with reactive hypoglycemia (glucose levels) There is also sadly a large % of post-ops who regain.

Hmmm that is all I can think of right now... if more come to me I'll post 'em.

~Michelle

Sorry can't help,only 3 and half months out,but this is an interesting post.Andrea x

Sorry,forgot to say well done xx

There is a high percentage of people who gain their weight back?

Did anyone see the Doctors program where they talked about a woman who lost about 100 lbs. and then gained 50 back? They did some kind of procedure on her where they went in through her mouth and reduced her stomach size from the inside.

It was weird. I think we have to get our habits down, eating correctly and exercising or this may happen to all of us? Kind of scary to think of having a procedure like that done, it seems very risky.

Oh I forgot to add that she had GPS and was about a year out (I think).

I'm not quite 2 months out and have only lost 25 lbs. I'm kind of worried about that. I lost 20 within about 2 weeks and then 5 in the last 1-1/2 weeks.

I'm worried that I'm one of those people that GBS isn't going to work for. I can eat pretty much anything, although I haven't had any bad carbs yet. The only thing that seems to bother me is if I forget and eat too fast, it hurts then comes back up after about an hour. But I can eat a lot more than 4 oz. so I really have to watch that.

Hi all, in response to DIASMITH, I heard about this procedure on the news about 5 mos. ago! Interesting but scary. Eggface and so many of you have had GREAT success and I hope I follow suit. I need to get my old habits in check and quit the sugars and carbs(bad carbs) they are the #1 cause of constant cravings! Thanks for the response, keep them coming!

I am almost 19 months post op and havent had any real bad side effects. Just one nagging one- extreme sensitivity to some types of sugar. I can have sugar in my tea and can tolerate it but if it is in food I get very ill. No other health issues but the one. I am still loosing slowly . total lost is now 188 pounds lost. it just comes off slower after the year mark.

There is a procedure that My Dr. does that is called Sclerotherapy (sp?) they kinda "pleat" the stoma to shrink it down.

There is another procedure called the "Stomaphyx" but I do not know how this one works, all I know is it is also done like an endoscopy.

God Bless!

Janelle

That is what I hear from alot of people is that you will gain the weight back, so why go through the surgery and just diet and exercise. My surgeon gave me a tool to use to lose this weight and get a healthier lifestyle. I just take it day by day. No sugars, no junk food, no fast food, no fried foods and no carbs. So if I go through today without eating any of this, then I was a success for that day. I am only 7 weeks out, but I hope that I just concentrate on today and let tomorrow take care of itself.

Also congratulations on your weight loss. That is awesome!