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About .:princesszelda:.
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- Birthday 05/26/1994
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Gender
Female
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Age
24
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Height (ft-in)
5-05
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Start Weight
333.2
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Current Weight
167.6
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Goal Weight
175
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Body Mass Index (BMI)
27.9
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Surgery Date
02/22/2018
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Surgery Type
Duodenal Switch
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.:princesszelda:. reacted to a post in a topic: 375 days since my surgery
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Hey everyone! I meant to post this on February 22nd, 2019, but I got busy with graduate school and work got busy as well. So, it may be a little late for this, but better late than never! I had the biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch bariatric surgery on February 22nd, 2018. Today is March 4th, 2019. So, it has been 375 days or 53 weeks and 4 days or 1 year and 10 days since I have had my surgery. On the day of surgery, I weighed in at 333.2 lbs. When I weighed myself on February 23rd, 2019, I weighed in at 189.4 lbs. My BMI on the day of surgery was 55.4, which, accordin
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Hey everyone, As of last week, I have officially lost over 100 lbs since I had weight loss surgery! Technically, if you count the special diet before surgery, I have lost a total of 115 lbs. Anyways, I have noticed something over the past couple months. I see that the number on the scale is going down, my clothes are really lose on me, etc., but for some reason, my mind refuses to believe that I am losing weight or anything like that. It is like I still have the mindset of an obese person. It is almost like my mind refuses to believe that I am losing weight or my mind hasn't made the conn
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Cindy Lou Who reacted to a post in a topic: Gas pains or something else entirely?
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Gas pains or something else entirely?
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That shirt is so funny!! I was constipated for almost 2 weeks to 1 month after surgery. I don't think I actually pooped until I added pureed food to my diet. Now after being almost 6 months since I had surgery, I go 1 to 2 times a day or once every other day. However, if I eat anything really high in carbs, fats, and sugars, I am in the bathroom 15 to 30 minutes after that meal. Anyways, to CelticGirl, I like everyone else's suggestions by taking a stool softener or eating prunes or drinking prune juice may help with your constipation issue. -
Breakfast: One egg white, some veggies, and water Lunch: 4 ounces of Beef tips and gravy, 1 sweet and spicy banana pepper, and water Dinner: 2.50 ounces of chicken, 32 grams of fat free sour cream, 1 sweet and spicy banana pepper, 28 grams of reduced fat shredded cheese, and a tortilla shell wrap Snack: Two protein bars and a granola bar
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Hey everyone, I have noticed that since I had weight loss surgery, I have had problems sleeping. Before surgery, I had problems sleeping and would use either ZzzQuil or Melatonin pills (obviously, I don't use them together). However, after I had weight loss surgery, it seems like my sleeping troubles got worse. I think maybe since I am losing a lot of weight in such a short amount time, my hormones are probably out of wack and is causing my sleeping problems. I have a post op appointment today and I may ask the doctor about this among a whole list of other things I want to ask them.
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NerdyToothpick reacted to a post in a topic: Gas pains or something else entirely?
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Sometime after 5:30 am, but before 6:00 am yesterday, I woke up in bed with the most severe sharp stabbing pain in my abdominal area. It was probably one of the worst pains I have ever experienced. It felt like someone took a knife and stabbed me in the abdominal area. I normally sleep on my right side, so I tried switching sides and seeing if laying on my left side would make the pain go away, but it did not make any difference whatsoever. A few minutes went by and I had to go to the bathroom to take a poop. So, after that was done, I kind of felt better, but the pain was still there. When I
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.:princesszelda:. reacted to a post in a topic: Hair falling out 4 months after weight loss surgery
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On the bottle, it says to take 3 iron a day. So, I just follow the instructions on the bottle. I usually take a multivitamin and an iron in the morning, another iron and multivitamin and my vitamins D3 and biotin at lunch, all four calcium vitamins at dinner. The doxycycline is usually taken 2 hours after taking the calcium or multivitamin. So, for example, if I take my pills at 8 am, I usually wait until 10 am to take a doxycycline. For dinner, if I take the calcium at 5 pm, I usually take the doxycycline at 7 pm. My Adderall is usually taken at breakfast and lunch time.
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So, as the title says, 4 months after weight loss surgery, my hair is falling out. I thought I would be one of the few individuals whose hair would not fall out, but alas, that is not the case. I know people lose about a 100 strands of hair a day, but what I am experiencing is not that. It is probably 2 or 3 times the normal amount. When I take a shower, it is probably 3 or 4 times the normal amount. I have had to clean the shower drain a lot more than usual because the water would not drain right because of the hair that would collect in the shower drain. I was made aware that I was goi
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The medications I take everyday are the following: chewable Bariactiv multivitamin (twice a day) chewable Bariactiv Calcium (four times a day) chewable Bariactiv Iron with Vitamin C (three times a day) Nascobal Vitamin B-12 Nasal Spray (once a week) Vitamin D3 (Once a day) Biotin (Once a day) Adderall (Twice a day) Doxycycline for Acne (twice a day) I have never had blood pressure problems before surgery. I had no health problems whatsoever before surgery. I am pretty much "healthiest obese person" you will ever meet. The only times my b
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tchau reacted to a post in a topic: Almost passed out
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Hey everyone, Ever since I had surgery, I have noticed that there would be times where my vision would fade in and out or my vision would go black, I would get dizzy and lightheaded (my head would feel like it was floating in air, my ears would get full and my hearing is muffled), and I would start to feel woozy and all of those things only would happen when I stand up after sitting. When I get up out of my chair too quickly, I would experience those symptoms for probably no more than 10-30 seconds. Sometimes, I would have to hold onto the wall until everything subsided and went away.
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Hey everyone, Before I continue, I want to make a few things clear, which are I have never been on a date before, I have never been in a relationship before, and I have never kissed a guy before (meaning I haven't even had my first kiss yet) or had sex yet. So, I'm pretty much a virgin and I'm ok with that. I'm focusing on graduate school and my career right now and I don't have the time to be in a relationship right now, but that doesn't mean I'm completely closed off to the idea. If I meet a guy tomorrow and we start dating in a couple months, I would be open to the idea. If it is mean
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I had the biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch bariatric surgery on February 22nd. This maybe TMI (too much information), but I had a couple of questions. Before I go any further, my surgeon explained the procedure and the effects and everything about it before the surgery. I am only asking these questions as it will help me feel better and will also tell me that I'm not alone in this. My questions: After surgery, did the color of bowel movements change? Before surgery, my bowel movements were the normal brown color, but after surgery, there is still some brown, bu
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For those that have had the duodenal switch done, how much weight do you lose? Some of the research I did on this type of bariatric surgery have said that the average weight lost after 1 to 2 years after surgery is anywhere between 100-200 pounds. On the day I had surgery, I was 333.2 lbs and I am currently 293.8 lbs. My goal weight is 175 lbs. For those that were roughly around the same weight I was, were you able to get under 200 lbs 1 to 2 years after surgery? If you were not around the same weight as me, were you still able to get under 200 lbs?
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Hey everyone, There is something that has been on my mind for awhile and I was wondering if there are any others that are thinking/wondering the same thing as well. Ever since I had surgery, I have noticed that my thought process and the way I look at food has completely changed. For example, before surgery, I could eat two cups of spaghetti and meatballs without no problems and I would still be hungry afterwards. I would also, in this example, view that portion as small. Now after surgery (before I continue, I just want to make it clear that I have not had a bite of pasta in a coup
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One of the creams/ointments was to help prevent infection. Two of the ointments/creams was to help with dryness and irritation of the skin. Two of the creams/ointments was to help with pain and inflammation. So, out of the creams and ointments I was given, the only one that helped the most was the lidocaine cream/ointment; that helped numb the problem areas. Another one that helped was this one cream/ointment that was pretty much diaper rash cream and moisturizer in a bottle (I think it was called dimethicone protectant). I don't know why I was given so much stuff. My surgeon goes throug