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It's May 1 -- What's on your menu?

Partlypollyanna
on 5/1/23 7:35 am

RNY on 02/14/18

24 lbs is a lot! Great job Amy!!

HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150

Jen

Icecream Dreamer
on 5/1/23 8:34 am - Central Coast, CA

RNY on 06/26/17

24 lbs!!!
Girl, remember how you wouldn't even lose a couple of lbs? You need to celebrate and pat yourself on the back.
I am doing the happy dance for you.
Celebrate every single oz that is going down.

SW:261 6/26/17 GW:150 10/6/18

CW: 142

PGW: 140-142

Grim_Traveller
on 5/1/23 9:02 am

RNY on 08/21/12

Those little stitch nubbins are seriously annoying.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

H.A.L.A B.
on 5/1/23 11:50 am

RNY on 05/14/08

I had that happened to me all the time. The disolvable stitches first can break into a smaller pieces then into smaller, etc. Sometimes they start moving to the outside and can irritate. Shortly after surgery- I would trimm them close to the skin. Later on (a good few months) I would just pull our the smaller pieces.

After my 360 body lift - I had small pieces of stitching coming out for a few years... (lots of stitches were put to saw me back together).

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

Ymaliz
on 5/1/23 4:16 pm

RNY on 11/21/16

Oh wow, thanks for letting me know. It feels weird so I may trim it myself.

RNY 11/21/16 - HW/SW 309 LW 150

REVISION 4/10/23 - HW 240 SW 225 CW 164 GW 155

Emiepie
on 5/1/23 1:12 pm

RNY on 08/11/14

You're doing great! Safe travels.

RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150

catwoman7
on 5/1/23 1:36 pm, edited 5/1/23 6:36 am

RNY on 06/03/15

they call that "spitting sutures" - I had a couple of those when I had my breast/arm lifts. It's been so long I don't remember - but I think he did cut them out. It was a relief when they were gone because they got pretty painful after awhile.

RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)

HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163

catwoman7
on 5/1/23 1:42 pm

RNY on 06/03/15

P.S. yes, generally internal stitches ARE dissolvable, but these are ones that are rejected by your body, so it's trying to push them out. Once they're more-or-less out, I don't think they'll dissolve - or if so, it'll take them FOREVER.

RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)

HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163

Ymaliz
on 5/1/23 4:17 pm

RNY on 11/21/16

Good to know! Thanks.

RNY 11/21/16 - HW/SW 309 LW 150

REVISION 4/10/23 - HW 240 SW 225 CW 164 GW 155

lmfontana4
on 5/1/23 4:57 pm

RNY on 03/24/21

You can take a pair of cleaned scissors to snip the stitch if it is snagging on stuff. You will need a very small pair to get the stitch. You may need to take a tweezer to grab the stitch first.