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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.


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  1. This is interesting for those considering the sleeve....

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  2. questions?

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  3. Ur view please - Sleeve vs Bypass

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  4. My Dr keeps saying no to the sleeve?! help!!

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  5. I'm a medium!

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  6. Lap Band vs. Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy?

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  7. How long to eat a "meal"?

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  8. Hospital Charges/Costs!

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  9. My Journey...Insight?

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  10. Lap Band Vs. sleeve gastectomy?

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  11. One Month Out

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  12. I'm Revising from Band to a Sleeve

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  13. How much weight have you lost???

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  14. Anyone considering the SLEEVE? MX Dr.'s?

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  15. PB/Slime/Stuck?

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  16. I'm sleeved!

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  17. Clinical Trial for transoral approach to gasric sleeve

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  18. Had the sleeve done 2 years ago

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  19. One year surgiversary!

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  20. LapBand with Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy ?

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  21. New here and getting VSG

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  22. Gastric Sleeve

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  23. Pregnancy with the sleeve

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  24. Roll call!

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  25. Lap band vs sleeve and surgery in Mexcio

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  26. Question about the Sleeve

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  27. whats the gastric sleeve?

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  28. Lap band vs gastric sleeve and surgery in mexcio

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  29. Lap Band vs Gastric Sleeve

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  30. Sleeve question

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  31. I'm APPROVED, but I want a sleeve......

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  32. Ron Lester and the vertical sleeve

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  33. Newbie weighing option band vs. sleeve

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  34. Anyone heard of "the sleeve"?

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  35. Lap band vs. sleeve

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  36. Help! Dr. is suggesting "sleeve"

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  37. 'Gastric Sleeve' obesity procedure tested - abc7.com

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  38. Back and considering "the Sleeve"

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  39. Gastric Sleeve Procedure

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  40. Gastric Sleeve Procedure

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  41. Gastric Sleeve?

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  42. Gastric Sleeve Surgery

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  43. The Sleeve

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  44. band vs sleeve

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  45. band vs sleeve

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  46. I can't handle the puddle!

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  47. Question for all June sleevers

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