Dating after DS...the poop issue.
I recently was told about Bath and Body Works concentrated room spray, I bought it this weekend and my family hasn't stopped thanking me since. Lol. Also, I started Devrom and it helps a little bit, I take 4 capsules but it says you can go up to 8. I felt very informed about my surgery but the bowel movements and smell was something I was not ready for.
Gina
I just bought a bunch of those to try. I am going to laugh when my husband reads the credit card statement! poo-pourri! LOL!
Banded in 2001 at 217 lbs - Band to DS revision 10/25/11 at 310 lbs
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Amy Farrah Fowler
on 10/21/11 12:16 pm
on 10/21/11 12:16 pm
I paid full price for a tiny bottle of that stuff, then several months ago i found a HUGE bottle at a garbage sale for 50cents!!!
I was saving it for traveling with others who needed to share a hotel room, but my current regime of pro-biotics saved me.
You never know what you may find a garbage sales.
I was saving it for traveling with others who needed to share a hotel room, but my current regime of pro-biotics saved me.
You never know what you may find a garbage sales.
That is awesome! And SO not on the list of things I keep my eyes open for at yard sales!
My order from them came super super fast, fwiw, and thus far I love it. Smells really lovely, not perfumey or heavy at all, just fresh. Of course I don't have the DS poops of DOOOOOM to try it on yet. Soon enough! :)
My order from them came super super fast, fwiw, and thus far I love it. Smells really lovely, not perfumey or heavy at all, just fresh. Of course I don't have the DS poops of DOOOOOM to try it on yet. Soon enough! :)
Banded in 2001 at 217 lbs - Band to DS revision 10/25/11 at 310 lbs
If life with your band sucks, you are not alone and it's not your fault. Check out the failed lap band group!
If life with your band sucks, you are not alone and it's not your fault. Check out the failed lap band group!
Here is my theory. It really helps you find out a guy's true nature when you have "the talk" with him about your rearranged internals and the poop/gas smells. I figure that I have been surgically altered and with that comes some down side. The good side is that I am a healthier and happier person.
If a man is mature enough to handle this talk and the consequences well then he is probably a decent guy. Having to have uncomfortable talks with my husband has brought us a 100x closer. I also told him my starting weight and current weight around a year after surgery. There were no longer any secrets from him and I felt FREE. I let him see the real me. Good, bad and ugly and he still loves me. I can now walk around naked and all saggy. Oh well. We are able to laugh about gas/poop now. He's honest when I need to do some more spraying and I am still FREE to be me.
There are worse things that can happen to people. We can have accidents or illnesses that cause us to lose a limb, our sight, be paralyzed, get dentures, lose our hair, etc. How would this person handle those consequences? If they can't handle poop/gas, probably not too well. I know this sounds overly analytical or morbid but it's more for the serious dating period. If you are comfortable having sex then you should be comfortable enough to talk about our downsides. I just would feel better saying "Don't go in there for a while" or you might want to use the bathroom first. I would feel worse trying desperately to hide it and do a poor job. Let him know first that it isn't going to be pleasant. Hope that helps! Matches and orange spray are my go to products. And flush often. Now if I can only be this comfortable at work.
If a man is mature enough to handle this talk and the consequences well then he is probably a decent guy. Having to have uncomfortable talks with my husband has brought us a 100x closer. I also told him my starting weight and current weight around a year after surgery. There were no longer any secrets from him and I felt FREE. I let him see the real me. Good, bad and ugly and he still loves me. I can now walk around naked and all saggy. Oh well. We are able to laugh about gas/poop now. He's honest when I need to do some more spraying and I am still FREE to be me.
There are worse things that can happen to people. We can have accidents or illnesses that cause us to lose a limb, our sight, be paralyzed, get dentures, lose our hair, etc. How would this person handle those consequences? If they can't handle poop/gas, probably not too well. I know this sounds overly analytical or morbid but it's more for the serious dating period. If you are comfortable having sex then you should be comfortable enough to talk about our downsides. I just would feel better saying "Don't go in there for a while" or you might want to use the bathroom first. I would feel worse trying desperately to hide it and do a poor job. Let him know first that it isn't going to be pleasant. Hope that helps! Matches and orange spray are my go to products. And flush often. Now if I can only be this comfortable at work.
i went to visit a male friend who knew nothing about my surgery for 2 weeks. my schedule is pretty regular, and i just made it coincide with showers. i'd go in, turn on the fan, light a candle, do my business, take a nice long shower... and by the time i was done, with all the shampoo/soap, etc... you couldn't really tell at all.
I adore citrus magic air freshener, it is very natural and uses essential oils, it is also a non aerosol, so no sound, which helps to be more discrete... Also for your own home try lighting an aromatherapy oil burner, if you have one, good strong clensing smells are tea tree oil, lemongrass, rosemary. All of which are natural, they linger a long time and they are kinder to the environment...
You can get a small can of citrus magic and have it in your purse ready to go..... for when you go
You can get a small can of citrus magic and have it in your purse ready to go..... for when you go