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I had the Gastric Sleeve surgery in July 2014 and saw a raft of changes immediately in my eating and in my shape. It was in response to a co-morbidity of being obese that I am having this operation as I was diagnosed with Intracranial Hypertension, a condition that is damaging my optic nerve.
Along with my optic nerve damage I am affected by multiple conditions both directly and indirectly linked to or hampered by my obesity:
sleep apnoea, which is untreated; reflux; difficulty breathing, often leaving me out of breath; plantar fasciitis and a possible heel spur; a near constant presence of pain to some degree fluid retention and swollen ankles; bulging discs; and gallstones. The surgery has changed my life and I am a new woman... currently a size 18 (down from 28) and fitter than ever.
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I had the Gastric Sleeve surgery in July 2014 and saw a raft of changes immediately in my eating and in my shape. It was in response to a co-morbidity of being obese that I am having this operation as I was diagnosed with Intracranial Hypertension, a condition that is damaging my optic nerve.
Along with my optic nerve damage I am affected by multiple conditions both directly and indirectly linked to or hampered by my obesity:
sleep apnoea, which is untreated; reflux; difficulty breathing, often leaving me out of breath; plantar fasciitis and a possible heel spur; a near constant presence of pain to some degree fluid retention and swollen ankles; bulging discs; and gallstones. The surgery has changed my life and I am a new woman... currently a size 18 (down from 28) and fitter than ever.
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Height: 163 cm
Starting Weight: 165.1 kgs
Weight on Day of Surgery: 149.7 kgs
Current Weight: 100 kgs
Goal Weight: 79.8 kgs
Weight Lost: 65.1 kgs
BMI: 37.8
Surgery: Gastric Sleeve
Surgery Status: Post Surgery
First Dr. Visit: 05/12/2014
Surgery Date: 07/18/2014
Hospital Stay: 4 Days
Surgery Funding: Combination
Insurance Outcome: n/a