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  1. redreddinghood

    Discouraged

    Yes my gallbladder has been out since 1996...but I do have liver issues...or I did before the surgery was one of the other reasons I had to have RnY and not the sleeve..I didn't actually have this surgery for "weight loss," I was under the 40 percent bmi...it was the ibuprophen and Celebrex that...
  2. redreddinghood

    Discouraged

    Like I think it was Ralph said? Start focusing on the THINGS you CAN do now..and stop worrying about the weight loss how fast or how slow its coming off...it didn't get there in a year and its NOT all going to come off in a year! A woman in the TOPS Magazine had her bypass in 2006 I believe it...
  3. redreddinghood

    Discouraged

    Discouraged...laughing my head off...I so understand where you are coming from..water nauseates me too...has since surgery...and everyone tells me I have to exercise..more...and I say to them YOU have to stand before you can walk..and I am to lightheaded to stand for long periods of time...being...
  4. redreddinghood

    Discouraged

    Hi CashBaby Why are you discourage ..I had my surgery on 22 of jan 13 for several months I only lost very very little..was the pancreas..was so insulin resistant took that long for my body to even know it had had bypass surgery! Last april I joined TOPS to help me even though I was hardly...
  5. redreddinghood

    11 years out and they discovered i have a fistula from my bypass surgery.

    just curious what did you end up doing..oh my gawd and I though I had problems!
  6. redreddinghood

    What are your favorite post-op soft foods and how do you prepare them

    Where would i buy duck eggs? I buy fresh farm range eggs still couldnt tolerate them/? Thanks...
  7. redreddinghood

    What are your favorite post-op soft foods and how do you prepare them

    I so wish i could eat eggs...but cant even after a year!! Only bread i can eat is 1/4 slice of sour dough toasted. i can tolerate mash potatoes and yogurt...i can eat most fruits. It has been rough...I so wish i could tolerate what others seem too! You will get way under 200 if you are...
  8. redreddinghood

    Embarrassing problems with gas .

    Dont forget the loose stools as well as the gas...its awful...all of it....loose weight the right way and dont have the damn surgery!!!! Just saying!
  9. redreddinghood

    Happy New Year Frank! Well its nearly been a year since i had the bipass surgery and i felt...

    Happy New Year Frank! Well its nearly been a year since i had the bipass surgery and i felt like i was in a cage right after the surgery and I still feel like i am in that cage..but the door is open now...i guess..where before it was shut and double locked! I have had a very rough year...down...
  10. redreddinghood

    Feeling Horrible Post-Op

    thanks for the info...dont feel as bad that i just cant get the fluids in...nor the protein drinks...thanks so much!
  11. redreddinghood

    Feeling Horrible Post-Op

    Thanks for that info...but its five weeks tomorrow and i still have it...just not getting my protein down...gave up in real food....however i did get a very small cup of french onion soup down yesterday...and no nausea....so thats what i am having for lunch today again! I went to a support...
  12. redreddinghood

    Frustrated with unsupportive family

    Thanks Angel...and i will consider this my family!!! thanks so much....
  13. redreddinghood

    Help for Gas!

    Thanks Frank...I certainly hope so....lol....you have helped me tremendously!
  14. redreddinghood

    Nausea

    Are you telling me you are still getting nauseated a year out!! oh you are a lapband maybe that is different...???
  15. redreddinghood

    Help for Gas!

    Thanks for that information....when i can finally be in a social event I will remember to get some of those! Thanks! Between nausea and gas...doubt if i will ever be out in the world!
  16. redreddinghood

    Feeling Horrible Post-Op

    What i want to know is when does the nuasea go away or does it?//?
  17. redreddinghood

    was wondering how you are doing now??? let me know?

    was wondering how you are doing now??? let me know?
  18. redreddinghood

    Its been 25 days since my surgery...feels like a million!

    Thanks so much ....when that day happens YOU will be the first to know!!!! smiling....
  19. redreddinghood

    Its been 25 days since my surgery...feels like a million!

    Awww the reason that i sound like i have an attitude...is I was hoping the chronic cough, which was just horrible..my vocal cords are all calloused due to the coughing, all probably caused by insaids taken for a truama to my right knee..i was a nurse...and all these side effect, including...
  20. redreddinghood

    Its been 25 days since my surgery...feels like a million!

    I wouldnt call it happiness...but more like accepting on what i have done! Its like spilt milk...got to go forward now, no since looking back....I am going to try a cup of home made hot chocolate...see how that makes me feel....I was so hot blooded before this surgery....now i just cant get...
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