yea! post-op period sharing!

for the ladies in the bunch,  one thing they don't talk much about in my WLS support group is the major monthly bloating that my period brings on! holy cow, was this what all my skinny friends were talking about?! i can go up or down 5 lbs. depending on the time of the month. i never had a bloating or weight gain issue that i was able to notice before WLS, and now i'm ready to buy stock in motrin, a medication i never saw the use of before surgery. the swollen belly is crazy.  but yeah, i'll take the bloating any day over what i used to feel like/look like. bloated. all the time. -kari

Kari:   This, too, is a major issue for me also.  I can tell when I ovulate, and then the entire week beforehand I'm in swell hell (belly, wrists, feet, ankles).  Of course, I crave salty crunchiness during the entire . . .err. . .period, which only compounds the problem.  Ahh, yes, the feminine mystique is a wonder. . . ~Erin