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This is the place to share your Weight Loss Surgery journey with other members. Please start your own thread to tell us more about yourself. Do you have weight loss surgery? Who was/is your surgeon? How much weight have you lost, what changes have you noticed, and what challenges have you overcome?

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  1. Anyone getting banded in January

    By Peanutband,
    • 291 replies
    • 17,650 views

  2. 2 Week Pre-Op Liquid Diet

    By /KiMbErLy/,
    • 30 replies
    • 17,160 views

  3. feeling like food is stuck in my throat

    By BabyGirl2730,
    • 11 replies
    • 16,895 views

  4. Resleeve after 8 years and 6 months

    By deana03,
    • 12 replies
    • 16,803 views

  5. NEWBIES..... LETS STICK TOGETHER

    By pattiecakes79,
    • 268 replies
    • 16,797 views

  6. Anyone else considering sleeve with BMI ~32

    By highhopes,   
    • 23 replies
    • 16,648 views

  7. Long Term Effect-Gastric Sleeve

    By jewels1227,
    • 32 replies
    • 16,574 views

  8. Insurance Through Postop

    By blackcatsandbaddecisions,
    • 31 replies
    • 16,349 views

  9. June sleevers?

    By Healthier2day1227,
    • 236 replies
    • 15,947 views

  10. Can you eat a low carb high fat diet after the sleeve

    By Awakenedtigress,
    • 6 replies
    • 15,916 views

  11. Will We Have To Sip Forever?

    By jasleeve,
    • 26 replies
    • 15,878 views

  12. 9 Months Post-Op Progress Picture

    By ashleyxx,   
    • 76 replies
    • 15,402 views

  13. How many sizes have you dropped?!?

    By rensterness,
    • 72 replies
    • 15,390 views

  14. Little Green getting little(r)

    By Little Green,
    • 177 replies
    • 15,324 views

  15. Bikini Pic - share yours!

    By SleeveNZ,
    • 106 replies
    • 15,238 views

  16. Anyone know anything about The Dominican Republic?

    By Sassypaws,
    • 11 replies
    • 15,166 views

  17. I need to do this, no matter what

    By Micoxv,
    • 191 replies
    • 15,149 views

  18. What are you telling people?

    By mom2lscw,
    • 40 replies
    • 15,015 views

  19. Killian's Gastric Sleeve Journey

    By Killian,
    • 119 replies
    • 15,013 views

  20. HELLO, any oldies out there? I'm almost 63 and want to live.

    By FatAttack,
    • 252 replies
    • 14,941 views

  21. Any December Sleevers

    By Pepper123,
    • 278 replies
    • 14,872 views

  22. My Ongoing Story :)

    By Beckyyb93,
    • 109 replies
    • 14,844 views

  23. Grocery List Post Gastric Sleeve Surgery

    By jasleeve,
    • 15 replies
    • 14,500 views

  24. Elevated Alkaline Phosphatase, Ast & Alt Levels

    By Ms. VSG4health,
    • 7 replies
    • 14,309 views

  25. September Sleevers!

    By Smashley23,
    • 228 replies
    • 14,306 views

  26. What a 150 lb weight loss looks like...

    By nikki82,
    • 163 replies
    • 14,229 views

  27. Compression Garments?

    By julielynn22,   
    • 13 replies
    • 14,195 views

  28. Looking for a (Lap Band) Dr in South Africa

    By thiyekhile,
    • 35 replies
    • 13,906 views

  29. Where is everyone from?

    By atontor,
    • 251 replies
    • 13,879 views

  30. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

    By Anxiously Awaiting,
    • 39 replies
    • 13,813 views

  31. What Did You Name Your Sleeve?

    By pretty-pink,
    • 87 replies
    • 13,685 views

  32. A record of my experience... from start to finish... rants and all!

    By njgal,
    • 99 replies
    • 13,569 views

  33. sleeve pain after drinking liquids 4 days post-op

    By finallythin,
    • 5 replies
    • 13,428 views

  34. Low BMI and still having VSG

    By christina420,
    • 32 replies
    • 13,378 views

  35. Anyone Regret The Surgery?

    By steph1558,
    • 94 replies
    • 13,290 views

  36. Top 10 bucket list after weight loss

    By Tbird49,
    • 39 replies
    • 13,074 views

  37. Capt Derel's Gastric Sleeve Surgery Journey

    By Capt Derel,   
    • 140 replies
    • 12,969 views

  38. My personal VSG journey take 2

    By JerseyJules,
    • 104 replies
    • 12,912 views

  39. Burning Pain Next To Belly Button Post Op

    By RossJL,
    • 12 replies
    • 12,767 views

  40. Any May 2014 sleevers?

    By Nessa39,
    • 203 replies
    • 12,610 views

  41. My BMI is only 28.2 with surgery scheduled!

    By addygirl,
    • 46 replies
    • 12,467 views

  42. GEHA insurance ( united health care)

    By cricketcree,
    • 7 replies
    • 12,451 views

  43. BORICUA..wepppaa

    By dat_sweetmami,
    • 259 replies
    • 12,412 views

  44. True Results - Houston

    By dhales,
    • 37 replies
    • 12,303 views

  45. Mexico or Bust!

    By pnw218,
    • 106 replies
    • 12,280 views

  46. Pain eating after surgery?

    By LisaM,
    • 5 replies
    • 12,270 views

  47. My sleeve Day 1

    By XXShelXX,
    • 158 replies
    • 11,957 views

  48. Self pay from Tx!Cheap Dr.?

    By KRYSTL166,
    • 15 replies
    • 11,848 views

  49. 41 BMI what are my chances of approval

    By kgranite79,
    • 14 replies
    • 11,705 views

  50. Follow my Gastric Sleeve journey from Day 1 post op!

    By dreamscometrue,
    • 117 replies
    • 11,416 views

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    • ChunkCat

      ChunkCat

      Thank you everyone for your well wishes! I totally forgot I wrote an update here... I'm one week post op today. I gained 15 lbs in water weight overnight because they had to give me tons of fluids to bring my BP up after surgery! I stayed one night in the hospital. Everything has been fine except I seem to have picked up a bug while I was there and I've been running a low grade fever, coughing, and a sore throat. So I've been hydrating well and sleeping a ton. So far the Covid tests are negative.
      I haven't been able to advance my diet past purees. Everything I eat other than tofu makes me choke and feels like trying to swallow rocks. They warned me it would get worse before it gets better, so lets hope this is all normal. I have my follow up on Monday so we'll see. Living on shakes and soup again is not fun. I had enough of them the first time!! LOL 
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    • BeanitoDiego

      BeanitoDiego

      Still purging all of the larger clothing. This morning, a shirt that I ADORED wearing ended up on top. Hard to let it go, but it was also hard to let go of those habits that also no longer serve my highest good. Onward and upward!
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    • Onedayatatime365

      Onedayatatime365

      Looking to connect with others who are also on the journey of better health. Post-Op Gastric Sleeve (4/11/24).
      · 0 replies
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    • jparadigm

      jparadigm

      Happy Wednesday!
       
      I hope everyone is having a lovely week so far! 
      It's been a bit of a struggle this last week...I'm hungry ALL the time.
      · 1 reply
      1. BlondePatriotInCDA

        BlondePatriotInCDA

        Have a great Wednesday too! Sorry you're hungry all the time, I'm pretty much the same..and I'm sick of eating the same food all the time.

    • ChunkCat

      ChunkCat

      Well, tomorrow I go in for an impromptu hiatal hernia repair after ending up in the ER over the weekend because I couldn't get food down and water was moving at a trickle... I've been having these symptoms on and off for a few weeks but Sunday was the worst by far and came with chest pain and trouble breathing. The ER PA thinks it is just esophagitis and that the surgeon and radiologist are wrong. But the bariatric surgeon swears it is a hernia, possibly a sliding one based on my symptoms. So he fit me into his schedule this week to repair it! I hope he's right and this sorts it out. He's going to do a scope afterwards to be sure there is nothing wrong with the esophagus. Here's hoping it all goes well!!
      · 4 replies
      1. AmberFL

        AmberFL

        omgsh!! Hope all goes well!! Keeping you in my thoughts!

      2. gracesmommy2

        gracesmommy2

        Hope you’re doing well!

      3. NickelChip

        NickelChip

        I hope it goes well! Sending positive thoughts for a speedy recovery!

      4. AmberFL

        AmberFL

        How are you doing? any update?!

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