Hello, I ran across this thread because Im having VSG surgery in 3 weeks and was doing research for myself, however my father in law had gastric bypass surgery several years ago and after about 1 1/2 yrs post surgery he was diagnosed with an ALS type condition. He was never fully diagnosed because they couldnt figure out what was causing it but it mimicked ALS. I have no idea if he was malnourished or not. Unfortunately we just attended his funeral 4 days ago. He had about 1 good year after his symptoms emerged before he started infusions. He survived for 10 yrs before the Infusion's stopped working. Was wheel chair bound and unable to feed himself at the end. So sorry for your brother and what he's going through. I sure hope they find a connection! I believe you may be onto something. I always thought that was weird myself.

Ok you life takes over sometimes -

anyway I'm still hanging there not as good as I expected this is hard y'all don't get comfortable with old bad habits

so technically I have been doing well

a hard boiled egg - water - protein shake

a little chicken and a slice of tomato

my slip up was I had 2 glasses of wine last nite ugh

and my kids and grandkids arrive today for a week so this will continue to be a challenge but I got to do it - I'm still only down 1 pound this is going to take awhile to get off but I believe I can do it .

I'll check back with you in later this week staying accountable wish me luck ??
cheers

Mo

Ok -

so I made a plan and I'm trying to tell myself baby steps - you see Hubby and I moved to a community 2 years ago it's like living on vacation everyday

we play games a friends house - we drink wine and appetizers on the dock -

we boat- we jet ski - we golf so it is super hard to put unreal expectations on myself so rather than giving up and throwing in the towel on my first day I'm instead going to say what I did ok and each day will get better and easier -

so I started off with my morning tea

lunch I had a protein shake

dinner I was suppose to have a shake again but hubby grilled a filet minon ugh and cauliflower

so I ate about a inch cube of steak and couple florets of cauliflower had water to drink

was still hungry a couple hours later so I ate three jalapeño stuffed green olives lol

not too terrible and the he scale today came down one pound

wish me luck report back tomorrow ???

I just popped back in as well I am 14 years out and recently gained some weight back too

So I am trying to go back to what I did after surgery going to do protein shakes for at least a week -

then soft foods - then cut all sugar alcohol and carbs and see if I cant get back to my comfortable

weight - it isnt alot 10 pounds but i know too well that if i let it keep going I all be right back to where

I was . So Ill be posting daily about my journey wishing you the best

Mo

try drinking the shake with a straw from a closed top container. If you can't smell it as much you may not be able to taste it as much.