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Hi I am 8 mths post op for a gastric sleeve and I have reached my goal weight and have had an amazing journey! I love the new me and am so very happy with my decision to have the surgery even with 3 mths of infection that followed. but about 3 mths back I started feeling pain in my tail bone, I really thought I had hurt it in a fall I had taken so I had X-Rays but it was ok. Now Im in constant pain, sitting is sometimes unbearable and sometimes even lying down is painfull. the bone seems to stick out. I have been reading of lots of weight loss stories with this issue but no-one has reported on a great relief for this issue. Please if you have a solution that works, a medication that helps or an injection or surgery that will relieve it please let me know before I go crazy. I won't regain weight (170 lbs gone) but I would do just about anything else to get relief.
I don't even mind being cold all the time, and not liking food much any more... but the pain in my butt is killing me one seat at a time.
That is sooooooooo awesome I can't wait and yes we will be like AA buddies only we will be WL buddies lmao...just used AA as an example lmao
Tracey Dick-Olson
on 8/16/15 9:59 am
I will look for you. It is always good to have as much support 
as possible when embarking on a journey like this. My husband is also coming with me as we are doing this together.
Just curious what this entails. I am going to red deer for everything from calgary..not far. But I was just wondering if they want to know about the day you were born up till today and whether or not your crazy. That could take a very very very long time lol.
Tracey Dick-Olson
Please make sure to say hello. I will have my husband Ivan with me. He has to learn about all this as well :) I am short, blond with short hair with purple and brown chunky streaks
Tracey Dick-Olson
on 8/16/15 9:41 am
Hi Tracey
Looks like we will be going to the same orientation. Don't be scared of not getting in? Stay positive and Believe. Our lives are about to change. 
well it sounds like you have a good plan in motion. It will all work itself out, you just had surgery, give it a wee bit more time and things will work out and you will get in the groove.
good luck
Hi scomeau83,
How did you make out with the referral? I am starting the weight wise classes on Aug 28th and was curious to see what the process is...any insight would be appreciated. I am located in Fort McMurray as well :)
Thank you for your response!!!
The care I received at The Royal Alexandra was exceptional, it was the whole respiratory failure thing and stint in ICU that made things harder. And I don't think any one is at fault. There are risks with surgeries, I am on CPAP, I left surgery needing 4 Liters of oxygen when I do not need oxygen at home. I was told that is not unusual and goes away. I was one of the small figures of people who have a serious problem after surgery.
I had the Gastric Bypass surgery. I have since spoke with my nurse and dietitian at the Edmonton Bariatric clinic. I was told that the ability to actually feel like you can feel the change of your internal arrangement is normal, the full heavy feeling is normal, the not feeling hungry, the difficulty getting in the needed fluids and etc. Which made me feel a lot better. However, my dietitian did tell me that the 2.5 to 3 cups of fluids I am consuming right now is not enough. At this stage after surgery I should be aiming for about 7 of the required 9 cups of fluids per day. GASP, I have not even been at half of that per day. It felt really daunting to hear that.
But she was great, we made an actual meal plan and I am really going to try it hard core tomorrow, it will get my 7.5 cups working 7 am through 10 pm in a day. It feels daunting right now with how I feel so full without even putting a single thing in me.
It's so weird because in the two years of prep for this surgery from referral to surgery and everything in between you think you are prepared and then BAM - it's go time, **** gets real and it's hard. But, hard in a totally different kind of way. lol
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