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You will not lose the weight like you did when you had the WLS in the beginning. You can work your surgery the way you did in the beginning, Measure your portions, you don't have to fill the tummy just cause it is bigger. You can lose that weight again, but it will be slower and harder.
I have some regain as most do but I still have 130 lbs less than when I started. It's hard work, it's not easy, no one said it would be easy. I for one would never tell anyone it is.
Good Luck
...and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly...on a broomstick.
We are flexible.
Darlene
Hi fellow senior sufferer! The great thing about the Butrans patch ( Buprenorphine, yes an opiod) is that nothing is taken orally, not a pill nor a liquid, so will not blow up our tiny stomachs...it is absorbed transdermally (through skin) and therefore doesn't inflame our digestive system by direct contact beforeitstarts working. If my doctor agrees to next higherdose, I think I will have optimal pain managementasitseems to be working. For breakthrough pain, on thise superbaddays, I will still take an NSAID supository ( again to avoid direct contact by an aggresive pill or liquid in my pouchie and small intestine). The NSAID which works for me is 50 mg DICLOFENAC(Voltaren) absorbed through lining of lower colon, and this happens maybe once month or so, so nit muchdanger of heart congestion/ heart attack from cumulative daily use, and previously took it for up to a month for extended arthritis reliefon active holidays ( riskingspintaneous ulcers anywhere as med is systemic absorbed into bloodwork, but danger mostly for ulcer in sygmoid ( lower colon) where suppository comes into contact with colon and is absorbed, a risk was was willing to take, but now that extended use of NSAIDs results in heart failure ( GOOGLE IT), I will only use very rarely for those breakthrough pain days I need to get out of bed and function. There are other NSAIDs for arthritis also available in suppository but am sticking with 50 mg Diclofenac for extreme pain, just one suppository in addition to the Butrans patch, and only very rarely....
If you try the Butrans patch, post here as would like to know if it works for you! It is not an NSAID so is ok for gastric bypass, unlike NSAIDs.
Jen
I am thrilled to see this . I suffer so much and take tramadol and sit here waiting for stomach to blow! I am thin now but gosh arthritis sucks . Hugs fellow suffer era. I am 67
Thank you for posting back to me. It meant a lot for me to hear back from you about your own mom. You did a good thing taking care of your mom like you did. Both of us will always have that special bond of caring for our mom's like we did in their time of need.
I see a Red Cardinal bird every day and I do believe it is my mom letting me know she is with me still.
Thank you again for answering my post.
HUG'S
on 5/16/17 7:30 pm
Hi Phil! Congratulations on your amazing loss! I am 63 and will be having RNY surgery on June 12. I hope to have as good a result as you! :)
on 5/16/17 7:25 pm, edited 5/27/17 5:44 am
Oh Judy,
I'm so sorry to read this. Losing one's mom is, I think, a terribly deep thing. How wonderful that you were able to take care of your mom the way you did! I am sure that it made such a difference to her to be cared for by you during her most difficult and vulnerable time! My heart goes out to you.
I personally believe that we all survive the death experience, albeit in a different way than before. I believe that our departed loved ones are safe and okay, that they are aware of us, that love transcends death, and that in time we will see one another again.
Be very kind to yourself and patient with yourself as you adjust to this big change. Hang in there. It takes time. May you find comfort and peace.
Congratulations! The hardest part is changing the way we THINK and cope. That will always be a challenge. I still struggle to continue and get to my goal. But I will NEVER regret having this surgery..it's such a big step and a challenge but wow, imagine if we did NOT try!? Kudos to you!
Greetings, Darlene
Seems like the old timers have gotten too busy to chat...such a shame since we mostly all gave such good and needed support to the newbies. My crazy life is keeping me so busy that I wonder how I used to cope before I "retired".
Welcome, Sunny. We used to have a lot of people checking in but, you know how these things go.I had an RnY Jan 2006 and have lost 148 pounds but still have a ways to go. Now especially since I have to lose 30 more pounds to get two knee replacements. I am very positive and have just completed a five year battle (medication after surgery & treatments- for the second time)) with breast cancer.
I am an illustrator by trade, so though I've tried to retire, it didn't happen. Hubby is retired. Married 7 years with two brilliant sons and now two step-grand daughters, 14 and 11, who I enjoy so much, teaching them arts, crafts, cooking and lifeskills.
Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Phil, I am 50 years old, I had RNY surgery October 2016 and I am fairly new here. Since my surgery I have lost 100 pounds and have exceeded my surgeon's weight loss goal.
I work for the Department of the Army in Warren, Michigan.
