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Well, I haven't read it, but I shouldn't think for a minute that they are suggesting that wls physically causes more people to commit suicide per se. But maybe the psychological elements could? For instance, I remember reading that any major life event (and losing massive amounts of weight IS...

Blimey - maybe I shouldn't have had the DS after all! My usual since the op is 2 in the morning and 1 at night, but if I eat a lot of carbs (well, not a lot by normal standards, but a lot compared to none) I can easily go about 6 times a day!! Sometimes I feel I'm never away from the bog. Of...

I know exactly where you're coming from, and in fact said it to my GP a couple of days ago! I feel so much lighter, I can wear clothes that haven't fitted for so long, and my mobility is so much better but it depresses me that what others see is still really a very fat person!! As for the slow...

Came across this bum "easywiper" today and I could have done with one when I was in hospital and for a while after I came home. I improvised one from a coat hanger but this looks as if it would do the biz very nicely. Having said that, this is not a recommendation - I haven't got one - so don't...

Just thought I'd chip in with a word about my surgeon Mr Ameet Patel (so charming, good looking and totally caring) who might be a good compromise. He works privately from either the Princess Grace (private hosp) in London or (for a lot less money) in King's College (i.e. NHS) where you stay in...

Got to be a big roast dinner with all the trimmings for me!

I actually slept in an armchair for the first week or so, but that was more because I had a problem getting in and out of bed and live alone.

I do get a bit cheesed off with having to keep posting this, but I do so in order to stop people paying out for supplements that don't work, or worrying their hair won't come back. Perhaps it could be made a "sticky"? Telogen Effluvium What is Telogen Effluvium (Hair Loss related to WLS, for...

Phatgirl is right - the sleeve isn't very common here in the UK yet, but is gaining popularity since I had mine in 2007 when it was very rare to have it as a "stand-alone" op (which is what I hoped mine would be). In fact, just before I found your post, I had myself posted this on a thread...

I had the sleeve done in May 2007. I wanted a bypass originally but that was unsuitable for me because I had gastric ulcers. I saw the sleeve as a sort of "permanent band" with no need for ongoing fills and unfills, no chewing meat until it's liquid etc. After the op you are left with about 20%...

Found this on an old post when I was looking for something else, and thought it might reassure you "I have the neatest scars and he glued them so I could shower and bath the same day as he doesn't use dressings." That sounds like good news!

Your question "Also I remember the surgeon saying something about not dieting too hard as this is bad for the 'joins'...I don't really understand this and hope someone can shed some light on it...my thoughts were that if you diet badly it will be harder to heal....(???)" seems to have got lost...

Sorry, just got to dispel that myth that taking vitamins of any sort will stop your hair falling out - there is nothing you can take in/rub on as the "damage" was already done at the time of your op. I've already been there once, and it grew back curly after previously being only slightly wavy...

Just got to ask, though its not really connected to what you wrote about! I was looking at your photo gallery and under the one of you and your partner it said "Forensic Florist" - is that your job? What on earth does a FF do? God, I'm so nosey!

When I realised that another few pounds would make it impossible to wipe my own bum!

I think it should be mentioned again that this boy had a VSG (sleeve) operation. It's nearest equivalent would be like having a permanent band I suppose, though it is not reversible as the larger part of the stomach has been removed. What has to be remembered is that with the sleeve there are no...

Just to agree with phatgirl and fuze - my operation was changed from a bypass to a sleeve (and now a full DS) because of my tendency to have excess acid and ulcers (I have to take non-steroid anti-inflammatories for arthritis, which probably exacerbates things). I take Omeprazole twice a day -...

Because unlike the majority of people on this forum, Postop and I have had the DS not the band or bypass. The DS is a very different animal because of the malabsorption issues, and many people find that their BM's are at least 100% more pongy than previously. Some (but not lucky me) also have...

The bit about lifting your nightie (well, in my case the hospital one, as I never wore my own) - I was always wearing pants as well, which they just pulled down - and not that far down as none of the wounds were that low. But one thing (haven't read the whole thread, so apologise if it's been...

Hi there - as you know I recently had an endoscopy and I take Omeprazole. Nobody even mentioned that I should stop taking my Omeprazole so I didn't. But the other thing I want to say is that I was offered "light sedation" or a "numbing throat spray". I went for the latter as you had to have...