Comments on: Gastric Bypass Surgery for my Type 2 Diabetes

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:01:05 +0000

I feel your pain.

Oh will lose weight but it will be uneven and “lumpy” for quite a while. You are losing fat but your skin has been shaped by that fat for many years and it doesn’t shrink as you lose weight.

You need to go to the gym and work out. You don’t need to train for the Olympics but you need to do toning (weight training, lots of low weight reps) to convince your skin that it needs to tighten up

In 8 months to a year your body will settle into what it thinks is its normal shape. You may end up getting tummy tuck type of cosmetic surgery to tighten up here and there because the skin may just not tighten up as much as you want. It happens to a lot of us.

By: January

January — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:43:16 +0000

I had gastric bypass in january, have lost weight everywhere except my boobs, what is going on?

Everyone says that is the first place you lose weight but not in my case what can i do?

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:14:50 +0000

It will come along. I know the dietary training kind of overwhelmed me so they basically broke it down to “get the protein, everything else will come along with it”. Know what you mean by the water and staying hydrated. I remember being 4 days out and having this large Ukrainian nurse that keep saying “howdy” with a Natasha accent telling me I had to drink my shot glass of water every hour or she was going to hurt me! Just don’t push it too soon. I ended up stretching my pouch (too much information??) by over eating and only ended up losing about 90 pounds in the end. I dropped to 240 within about 5 months but then “floated” back up to 270. Not as much as I would have liked to lose but still better than the 360 I was when I went in.

By: Ken Savage

Ken Savage — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:10:48 +0000

thanks Mike. I had my surgery 2 weeks ago and I’m doing ok. Finally got past the part where everything was sore and my body was acting weird.

Now on to trying and get my 60g of protein/day. And water is tough to drink too. Hard to stay hydrated all day.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:42:27 +0000

welcome to the other side. Had RNY about 7 years ago. Don’t worry the free fall will slow down in a month or two. Kinda freaked me out at first. Years of trying to lose weight and not doing so chnaged to 60 lbs in 30 days. I still have a belt with 14 inches of holes punched in it as I lost weight.

By: ken

ken — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:36:52 +0000

im alive

By: Ken Savage

Ken Savage — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:13:29 +0000

Are you waiting to find out if you can get this surgery too? Good luck Vaughn.

By: Vaughn Goodwin

Vaughn Goodwin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:07:08 +0000

I just found out about your operation and I have type 2 diabetes also. I live in Somerville. I saw your tweet via Google Real Time Search. I am also a Health Care Organizer and want to support you in your quest for f-ing off diabetes. I am waiting to here back from MGH for my appointment with the MGH Weight Center. Take care Ken and email me.