Good Morning all, it's been awhile since I have posted, but quite honestly I love reading through everyone's progress more as I learn and gain strength from you all. Anyway, my second visit to my surgeon went quite well -- I can now lift 15 lbs. and was told my recent xrays looked fine. Also, the surgeon said that I could return to work, he did suggest going part time for the first couple of weeks, which is what I am doing. I go in every other day for about five hours, handling it pretty well.
I do have a question about appetite and weight loss, before my surgery my I had a pretty healthy appetite -- weighed about 146 lbs (carried it well, wore a size 8). After the surgery, a week later, while still in the hospital, I dropped down to 135 lbs. I've since been weighed at the doctor's office and now weigh 124 lbs. Dropped down to a size 4, before I sit down to eat a meal, I feel starving -- but exactly half way through my meal my appetite shuts off, totally full to the point that my stomach hurts. Of course I spoke with my surgeon about this, his explanation was that my stomach has stretched out longer from the surgery. He said my stomach was being pushed down for so long along with my other organs. It kind of makes sense except that if the stomach is being squished all those years, would'nt that also make me feel full faster also?
Has anyone also experienced this, and how long did it take to put back on some weight?
I do have a question about appetite and weight loss, before my surgery my I had a pretty healthy appetite -- weighed about 146 lbs (carried it well, wore a size 8). After the surgery, a week later, while still in the hospital, I dropped down to 135 lbs. I've since been weighed at the doctor's office and now weigh 124 lbs. Dropped down to a size 4, before I sit down to eat a meal, I feel starving -- but exactly half way through my meal my appetite shuts off, totally full to the point that my stomach hurts. Of course I spoke with my surgeon about this, his explanation was that my stomach has stretched out longer from the surgery. He said my stomach was being pushed down for so long along with my other organs. It kind of makes sense except that if the stomach is being squished all those years, would'nt that also make me feel full faster also?
Has anyone also experienced this, and how long did it take to put back on some weight?
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