You?ll find you can do anything you want 2 do post op I think .

Its so sad that so many of us talented and lovely little creatures have been forced 2 give up on lifelong held dreams because of our very serious body struggles.

After all - we don't have cancer or another life threatening condition! We?re not even old usually! But we?ve been beaten down and discouraged.

Which is why it?s SO nice to live vicariously... and enjoy third hand a newbies amazement at their much improved health , mobility and beautiful new looks!

Much love , hugs and understanding.... (())))

please keep us posted :)

I so value your response. THANK YOU! I learn so much from your posts.

Speaking of zinc and vitamin C the statistic is that you?re 75 % less likely to contract Covid if you?re exposed to it if you took Airborne that day .

Since I read that I take Airborne all the time especially when I?m working on a set exposed to hundreds of people or even shopping.

Zero Covid so far Thank God ( I did get tested again a few days ago - resoundingly negative :) )

and no I don't own stock in the company though I should probably buy some lol

Don't get discouraged! While there are other challenges ahead, watching the pounds melt away made the challenges feel fairly minor. Also, you might be feeling a bit of post-op depression; that's very common but should fade quickly.

Getting in enough fluid was a struggle early on -- not because of restriction, but because it took a while to form the habit. Now I'm pretty good; especially since I noticed that I feel a sense of well-being when I drink 2+ liters per day.

Figuring out how much I could eat of different kinds of foods without getting the "foamies" was a bit frustrating. I think this is fairly individual; the foods that bother me may not bother you, and vice versa. You have to experiment, adding new foods slowly. It was a year before I could handle cauliflower and broccoli. Even now I have to be careful with "dry" foods like falafels. I can eat them, but I have to watch the quantity.

As I lost weight, I felt so much better physically. I felt stronger, but I didn't have much endurance for a while. I felt great, so I would often forget that I had surgery recently and would overdo things. I think it was about 9 months before I had all my endurance back.

At the same time, the first year was so wonderful and exciting that none of these things were as bad as they might sound!

As a new post op I am struggling with drinking enough fluids at this time. I am worried about the struggles I will come up against further down the road. What barriers/struggles have you found the hardest after weight loss surgery?