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Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

In a gastric sleeve surgery or vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG), the surgeon removes most of your stomach and forms the rest into a tube-shaped sleeve from your throat to your small intestine. These forums are for sleevers, potential sleevers and revisional sleevers! Talk about the VSG diet, nutritional supplements, weight loss and sleeve complications.

35,710 topics in this forum

  1. 1 year approaching in October

    By jennijo,
    • 8 replies
    • 90 views

  3. Not going to be Popular...

    By GreenTealael,   
    • 13 replies
    • 181 views

  4. 6 weeks post sleeve

    By KRush88,   
    • 7 replies
    • 254 views

  5. I was able to control my type 2 diabetes

    By Vsg_redemption,
    • 4 replies
    • 51 views

  6. Hair loss getting worse

    By BajanSleeve,   
    • 0 replies
    • 33 views

  7. Surgery in 12 days...Do I buy things beforehand?

    By Oct517,   
    • 2 replies
    • 54 views

  8. So excited!

    By Irene H.,
    • 6 replies
    • 119 views

  9. Afraid that I'm going to let fear of pain prevent me from going through with surgery

    By Oct517,
    • 31 replies
    • 509 views

  10. Side by Side

    By FatGuy5000,   
    • 13 replies
    • 234 views

  11. I made it, thank the Lord!

    By The Preacher,
    • 8 replies
    • 144 views

  12. Fear

    By Crystalmartin82,
    • 6 replies
    • 92 views

  13. Non Scale Victories

    By wiscogal,
    • 418 replies
    • 15,973 views

  14. All I want to eat is cheese!

    By sleevedllama,   
    • 53 replies
    • 609 views

  15. Still no date.

    By theresahyatt19,
    • 4 replies
    • 113 views

  16. Any updates for 4 months out sleevers?

    By AllyJonesVSG,
    • 12 replies
    • 182 views

  17. November surgery scheduled

    By diabladepaz,
    • 2 replies
    • 65 views

  18. How do you Move it?

    By Leia,   
    • 7 replies
    • 91 views

  19. Hernia, liver biopsy?

    By CrankyMagpie,
    • 3 replies
    • 62 views

  20. I hate protein shakes

    By AllyJonesVSG,   
    • 87 replies
    • 2,472 views

  21. Spark (advocare)

    By JB29,
    • 2 replies
    • 54 views

  22. Confused

    By Beachladee3,
    • 2 replies
    • 82 views

  23. Any one go home the same day ?

    By rosie6,
    • 25 replies
    • 601 views

  24. October 2018 Sleevers

    By kdiddle31,
    • 57 replies
    • 1,182 views

  25. What is a typical amount of weight loss?

    By D.Grant,
    • 2 replies
    • 107 views

  26. July Sleeve

    By peggilyn72,
    • 432 replies
    • 11,039 views

  27. Stalling Early ON

    By Samiam1130,   
    • 5 replies
    • 164 views

  28. Post op pain - be honest

    By tahoegirl96118,
    • 35 replies
    • 894 views

  29. 40 something sleevers?

    By Letsgetgoing2018,
    • 127 replies
    • 3,701 views

  30. Post-Op Question

    By xJennifer35x,
    • 6 replies
    • 165 views

  31. Should I cut my hair? (Hair Loss)

    By AstroCat,   
    • 68 replies
    • 2,317 views

  32. anyone order BariaticPal subscription box?

    By fluffy562,
    • 0 replies
    • 55 views

  33. Restriction - Do you still feel it? Will it always be there?

    By Letgo,   
    • 14 replies
    • 333 views

  34. Whey protein intolerant?

    By Jodi1980,   
    • 4 replies
    • 92 views

  35. Losing too fast?

    By Spatulachick,
    • 3 replies
    • 176 views

  36. Worried that I am failing

    By qweenla,
    • 10 replies
    • 251 views

  37. No pre op fast?

    By smm86,
    • 7 replies
    • 119 views

  38. Two questions.......Being sleeves after Lapland.....Opinions on driving to soon

    By aapb79Gmail.com,
    • 8 replies
    • 128 views

  39. Im exhausted 11 days post-op need advice

    By kick butt take names,
    • 20 replies
    • 422 views

  40. August 2018 sleeve surgery!!

    By susunorm,
    • 271 replies
    • 6,277 views

  41. 19hrs and Hurricane Florence is still here

    By Liz C,   
    • 7 replies
    • 199 views

  42. Pureed Foods

    By kim38401,
    • 3 replies
    • 125 views

  43. The Yo-Yo of LIFE & SLEEVE

    By ChunkyChicTrying,   
    • 19 replies
    • 1,040 views

  44. Pannulectomy at 65

    By hopeful one,
    • 8 replies
    • 415 views

  45. Can we talk about staying hydrated?

    By diabladepaz,
    • 13 replies
    • 433 views

  46. WLS and PVCS

    By ZizerZazerZuz,
    • 2 replies
    • 103 views

  47. Any MAY sleevers???

    By SmileyMay,
    • 868 replies
    • 19,496 views

  48. *** September 2018 Sleevers ***

    By macadamia,   
    • 238 replies
    • 5,357 views

  49. How long have was your longest stall??

    By Leo85,
    • 7 replies
    • 221 views

  50. 12 hours to go

    By Bowties,   
    • 5 replies
    • 126 views

  51. December Sleevers 2017, how ya'll doing?

    By Jade5,
    • 3 replies
    • 118 views

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    • SleeveinIL

      SleeveinIL

      Saw the surgeon yesterday. He is very pleased with my loss thus far. I am averaging about 10 lbs a month. Turns out my nutritionist and my surgeon have vastly differing ideas on how many calories I should be eating right now. Nut put me on 1K a day. Surgeon said nope, they are wrong, go to 800/day. Too bad I have been following what the Nut advised. I could have lost more weight already. Oh well, I will do it now! I am also going to add another day of working out to help break this stall I have been in since 8/28. I am very happy as this week I was able to get into a size XL shirt and I am wavering on pants sizes, but I am wearing a lot of size 18 that are too big or are getting too big. The inches are still dropping off nicely. I saw my parents for the first time after a long time this past weekend (they live out of state) and my Dad who never says anything gave me some super nice compliments. My sister also did...her words as we were trekking through the airport on a long upward ramp were along the lines of "Before the mind was willing but the body wasn't. Now your mind and body are in sync. Before we would have had to have stopped at least once and now you aren't even phased by this." What a great thing to have someone recognize. 
      · 1 reply
      1. AshAsh1

        AshAsh1

        I was there yesterday too! My appointment was at 1:30pm. And its crazy that they told you 800 calories per day, when they told me 1k yesterday, but I've got my own agenda lol.

    • CrankyMagpie

      CrankyMagpie

      Had my final pre-op appointment today. Next Wednesday my liquid diet starts. It's getting real.
      · 2 replies
      1. Orchids&Dragons

        Orchids&Dragons

        You'll do great! I've got faith in you!

      2. SleeveinIL

        SleeveinIL

        It got real for me about day 4 of the liquid pre-op diet! LOL You will do great. You've got this.

    • Shannon lee

      Shannon lee

      Has anyone reading this lied about your weight just to get the surgery done?
      · 4 replies
      1. skinnylife

        skinnylife

        The surgeons office will weigh you pre authorization for surgery. How do you lie?

      2. MargoCL

        MargoCL

        How can you lie, like @skinnylife stated they weigh you at the surgeon's office and throughout each of your pre-op steps. There is no lying in this, everything is documented, double checked, etc.

      3. Coachthex32

        Coachthex32

        I had to gain 20 lbs. Makes no sense. High Blood Pressure, almost diabetic, and sleep issues (stop breathing in the night).

      4. Leia

        Leia

        I dont think I could have if I wanted to, they'd been weighing me regularly for 6+ months before the surgery, and then again the day of.

    • Lucy81

      Lucy81

       I don't know what to do for my birthday being that I just had weight loss surgery I know that I have a lot to be grateful for
      · 1 reply
      1. iattcom

        iattcom

        What would you normally do?

        Instead of planning a meal, what about an activity that you enjoy.

        If the weather is nice, plan a picnic and explain that you are not eating and will not be providing a cake instead if you wanted you could have birdseed bags that people could use to feed the birds or the ducks in a pond at the park where the picnic would be held. Everyone could bring their own lunch if they wanted to attend and you would only have to make little birdseed bags.

        If nature walks are more your style, do something along those lines and just let everyone know that for your birthday you are planning an activity and not a party. There will be no cake and ice cream if that is what they are looking for, they can just stay home.

        You could ask your friends to join you in a day of caring and you could all volunteer together somewhere either serving at a soup kitchen, helping at a shelter or a children's center or even a senior center.

    • GreenTealael

      GreenTealael

      I managed to finally break my old school manual Italian espresso maker... Is this a sign? 
      · 2 replies
      1. abefroman329

        abefroman329

        Of what?

      2. GreenTealael

        GreenTealael

        Of what indeed. I thought at first I should give up coffee, nonsense.h Then I thought I should go out for coffee with friends more. Then I thought I should go to Italy for coffee with friends and get a new maker...

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