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Hey Y'all! I'm going to keep it short. I've had severe anxiety for the majority of my life. After having the DS, my PCOS is getting better, which means my hormones are closer to where they should be than they ever have been. Which means my testosterone is lower, my estrogen higher, and I'm...

Sorry for not responding sooner! I'm not getting my alerts! @Munchkin @Settledownnow I'm actually not doing great. When I got home from having my DS done, I didn't even use my pain meds, except to help me sleep through the night. I can hardly move after this surgery!! My stomach is...

Yes Ma'am, I agree.

@Larra Yes ma'am, I do understand. I didn't take it that way at all. To be honest, the intern was this little overachiever that seemed like the one that's always trying to impress her superiors with all the stuff she can do by herself. @Whit I agree!! I mean, it was just a few hours after...

@Susan in Tennessee There was a staple from my original DS surgery that had scar tissue grown over it. It was in the perfect place, so that as the scar tissue grew, it tightened my intestine more and more. The Dr. said as soon as he got in there, it very was obvious. He said once he clipped...

@Charris My DS surgeon is who performed the obstruction removal, as well. He was pretty wonderful. His staff is mostly composed of interns. There was one in particular who was just really adamant on sending me home asap, and back to work in a week!! Once I came back, the rest of the team...

Hey y'all! I just wanted to hop on and tell y'all that I just had emergency bowel obstruction surgery. Wow...Talk about pain! I had the most intense pain on Sunday night. My husband paged my doctor, but never got a response. I ended up passing out on my bathroom floor from the pain and...

So happy to see you happy!!! I hope that was your last surgery, and you can just enjoy being fabulous!!

@kirmy Girl, ya kicked me in the feels! LoL... Got me choked up a bit. I'm not even a year post op, and I struggle so hard trying to get this shit right, and get right with my damn self; and this post gave me a little feeling of "You have it in you to be okay". I'm happy for you, and proud...

@JackieOnLine No, you'e fine! I agree! I've been a lifelong athlete, even at my heaviest. My Entire Life, I have been Extremely muscular. I think what has shocked me the most is how much muscle I've lost in this process. My husband and my son have always credited me with Super Human...

Y'all really do help me so much! Thank you for your encouragement. It does sometimes take y'all telling me these things to calm my anxiety! I really appreciate it.

Thanks, @southernlady ! So far, I've lost 100lbs... I still have 40 to go. Of course, when I first began I tracked every morsel. Now, I keep track of my protein, and I watch out for carbs, but I haven' been so precise. You're right, I need to track my macros and make sure I'm doing as...

Hey Y'all! I just wanted to check in with everyone and say hello. I'm really bad about putting myself out there, but I keep trying to work on it. I'll be 6 months post op December 1st, and my weight loss has all but stopped. In the last two months, I think I've maybe lost 10 lbs. I know it...

The normal range for copper is 72-166 and I'm at 179. Zinc range is 66-134, and I'm at 70. I agree, I definitely don't want to mess up my other vitamins!

Hey Y'all! Hope everyone is doing well! I haven' been posting much lately because I just haven' had much to say, and I usually don't know enough to answer any questions; but I'm still here! My copper levels have been high, and my nurse asked me to switch to a multi Vit that doesn' have...

@GrammyLuLu You might want to try shoes on, rather than order online! Before I had my son, I wore an 8.5. After I had him, my shoe size grew right along with my ass! I ended up wearing a 10 by the time I had surgery (5.5 months ago). I'm now back down to an 8.5/9 depending on the shoe...

@Mini Me It gets so much easier! LoL, I was the same way, in that everything tasted awful! Itwasthesameforsmells, too! It'll pass. You're doing great getting in 60g protein already. Keep it up, and I swear, it'll start paying off. Some things will suck for quite some time; but the...

What dosages of K1 and K2 are you taking?

Thank you for posting this!

I was told to take 1000mg ov Vit C to counterbalance the copper. Do y'all agree? Is that enough?