I do not know anything about the Gastric Surgery sorry but I have lost about 30 lbs since January. I do not have a exercise program at all but do what I can. I have been watching my carbs and no soft drinks so far has worked well for me. I do take a break on the weekends but I do not over do it. Then pick it up again on Sunday. Also have been eating a lot of meat, chicken, drinking a lot of water adding a little lemon juice or one of those additive things to water and when I eat a sandwich it is with those burrito wraps. Hoping you are well today.

Bear57- thank you, watching what I eat should be the first thing I do and try and get it off that way. It's just been so tough. Urgg

karla1988, it was tough to begin with but it gets easier as you go along. I have gone from 285 to about 255. The MG is still with me but it is good to know I am feeling better about me and can laugh and enjoy life again to heck with this MG I am going to do what I want till I can't. You can do it I bet, if I can I know you can just dig your heels in. Good Luck to you.

Try a google search with the terms
gastric bypass myasthenia

It appears that some people who had gastric bypass with MG did well after the surgery.

Karla,
Dieting without exercise is hard but what I have found is I wrote down everything I put in my mouth for the first 2 weeks of eating healthily. I then realised how much I had eaten unconsciously. Plenty of homemade veggie soup---I know it is summer there--and no white bread, rice etc. I have managed to lose weight and still have the occasional treat.
L

karla,
What has helped me is to do all my self control at the grocery store, then I never have to worry about those things calling from the cupboard all hours of the day, because they are not there. My hubby eats things I avoid, but he buys them and I can pretend they are not there, and I really don't know where he keeps them when not eating them :-)

And until I reached a certain level of prednisone, no matter how good it tasted, no matter who fixed it, no matter how much it cost, if I was not hungry, I just didn't eat it. I hadn't realized how much I was eating to please other people. You can ask for recipes of things you didn't finish or otherwise show your appreciation. It always works best to serve your own plate. Alcohol is an appetite stimulant, full of calories and doesn't mix well with MG and our medications.

If hunger is no longer a clue, just eat less of everything than before and weigh every day so it doesn't creep up and get you from behind.

Good luck. The hospital is not the best place for us unless absolutely necessary! b.

Just be careful, with any type of operation.
Almost a year ago, two simple ''procedures'' - sent my MG symptoms soaring. (an upper GI endoscopy and a colonoscopy, on the same afternoon.)
Even now, almost a full year later - I am a long way from being recovered.
As b. said: the hospital is not the best place for us unless absolutely necessary.
Many antibiotics, anesthetics, and other routinely used drugs, during surgeries?
Can be ruinous for people with MG.
- Ross