I don't even know anymore

I AM SORRY TO HEAR OF YOUR PROBLEMS...SCARY FOR YOUR FUTURE.

I THINK YOU SHOULD SEE A SPECIALIST AS IN ENDOCRINOLOGIST WHO KNOWS ALL ABOUT METABOLISM AND THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM.  I DON'T SEE DIABETES THERE AS YOU WOULD HAVE LOST WT.  HE/SHE WOULD KNOW ALOT ABOUT THE THYROID,

YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IS CONSIDERED GOOD NOW AS DOCTORS LIKE IT LOW NOW.  GO FIGURE.  I RUN SIMILAR TO THOSE NUMBERS.

I ONCE HEARD TO MAINTAIN A CERTAIN WT AS IN YOUR PRESENT WT OF 196 YOUR EATING APPROX. 1900 CAL.  TO GO BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE, EXAMPLE 120 LBS WOULD BE 1200 CAL AND OF COURSE YOUR AGE HAS ALOT TO DO WITH THAT...I AM 70 YO AND I AM A SLOW LOSER THEN I HAVE TO EAT LESS.

MY KIDNEY DOCTOR ONCE TOLD ME (HE KNEW ABOUT MY VSG) THAT HE HOPED I COULD GET TO AROUND 700+ (BEING THE LOW NUMBER) WOULD BE SAFE.  I WAS STRUGGLING, AT THE VERY BEGINNING, TO GET IN ANY FOOD!  LOL

GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND TAKE SOME OF THIS GOOD ADVICE YOU HAVE GOTTEN FROM THE OTHERS AND MYSELF.  WORTH A START.

HUGS, ALESE INFL

Deactivated Member, I am just dropping in ut the statement you made about your face, hands, etc swelling...PLEASE go see your surgeon or primary care!  That is nothing to guess about.