Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

Anyone else going to Tijuana on this day??

I am soooo excited! I finally got my surgery date and I'm just do anxious to get to after surgery. Now starts the liquid diet and I think that's going to be hard but I'm tough. I can do this!

I am so confused as to why I have gained 6lbs since surgery on 04.09.2012 and I am not dropping anything. I am still sore and swollen but make sure I walk some and do the bands...not as much though. What am I doing wrong????

Seems like it is taking FOREVER!!!! started this process in May 2011. still no surgery date. BMI 40.1 no co-morbidities. ECG done met with DT Sabapathy and took physc tests. took 4 hour class. Anyone? Thanks Mel

I just joined this group. I have just started the process for revision from a lapband.. The band slipped and I have only lost 60 lbs. since 5/09. I saw a new surgeon last week and wanted a bypass, but he thinks the sleeve will work for me. I am glad since it is less surgery. I have been getting alot of good info on these message boards. Seems like most people are having good luck with the sleeve so I am looking forward to getting it. I know it will be a while. It seems to take forever to go thru the process, but it will be worth it.

I work at a small but very successful company it's only 8 of us in the office. I had to tell my boss that I was going to start a program to lose weight because I had to do the 6 Month for the insurance company. I don't know if i regret this because now my boss is always asking how i'm doing (wish I don't mind) but I notice that the other employees now tend to look over when I'm eating as if to see if I'm following the diet It's so uncomfortable. They still don't know I'm having surgery I have just started this journey my secont weight in is in May I truly don't know how I'm going to handle the wait and the constant people looking over me to see if I'm sticking to the …

Hi All, So I wanted to make an "ALL CALL" for us 20 somthing sleevers. I don't have any scientific proof BUT I think the recovery, weightloss, and other issues may have something to do with age. I am 25 and getting sleeved on Jan. 22. I am the mother of a goregous 7 month old and a wife for the past 2 years. I just wanted to make this forum active again. With that said? What's your story? How was recovery? How's Life?!

About once a week sometimes longer I have an episode of vomiting,cramps and diarrhea. I thought it was the celebrex so I stopped that. Then I thought it was the advil so I stopped that. I thought it was the tuna sandwich so ........ I do have a chocolate kiss or two and I have had it after that but it has no rhyme or reason. I'm 4 months out from band removal and sleeve conversion. Any ideas?

And surgery this morning, now in my hospital room with the chills and low grade fever . Pain was worse than I thought Ughhhh

I'm scared, excited, nervous... ready! I've had my life "on hold" for several weeks while waiting. I'm ready to move on and start with this new me! I missed out on life by hiding through my 20's. I'm 30 now and ready to "live" my 30's and enjoy my husband and toddler daughter. I started at 258 before pre-op, now down to 244, 84 more pounds to go! Any advice of what to take to the hospital? Anybody else getting sleeved on Friday 4/20? Ahh! I can't believe this is really happening!!

Hello everyone I am new to this forum. I just got my surgery date today 5/15/12 and it has hit me that this is really happening! I am so nervous!!!!! I have never had a surgery before so needless to say anesthesia is frightening to me. Also scared of pain, even though I have a pretty high pain tolerance.. Looking for some people to tell me how they are doing from recent VSG surgery. Thanks for all your help. Lindsay

HI ALL, I live in the Orlando area and want to hear from other VSGers. Would like to find a walking budding for post op (8/24/11). My surgery is with Dr. Marema in St. Augustine. He is super nice and the hospital is in a lovely area of historic Florida. Welcome all greetings, advice, comments, whatever!

My date is next Monday, 4/23, moved up from the 30th. I'd love to hear from someone who's a year out, what went well, what hasn't, what you would change if you could go back (other than not gain the weight in the first place, LOL). I'm so impressed with the stories everyone has and hope I have as much courage and dedication to it as you all seem to. Wish me luck!!!

This might seem a bit off topic and I’m not really sure what forum this belongs in. It is a serious topic for sure and would almost border on being political. I wonder how everyone else feels about this subject. We have all kinds of protected classes within our society, such as gender, race, sexual orientation, disability, etc. Do you think obesity should be the next protected class? I’m sure we have all felt as though we were treated differently due to our weight. This might include not getting a job or promotion. Perhaps you’ve been given the cold shoulder by sales people when they’ve chosen to wait on someone else. How about a dirty look when you sit next to so…

Its a possible side effect after getting the sleeve so I was wondering if anyone has this? How many percent of people have heartburn trouble?

I was sleeved 2-15-2012, just over 2 months ago. I have had some ups and downs. Overall though I am doing great. Much better than I was expecting to be doing at this point. I started at 320lbs and now weigh 272.. As of today I have lost 48 lbs since before my pre op diet and 40 inches!!! My blood pressure is normal now when it was super high before. I move around so much easier and I find that I can stand and go for hours when before I had to stop and rest all the time. I think the hardest thing for me is over coming the mental part. I still can't believe such a small amount of food can feel me up. It feels great that food does not control my life anymore. I would eat…

Hi. I am getting my sleeve on april 2, I cant wait. Just wanted to say Hello Laura

Hi, I have a lapband (May 2005), lost about 35 lbs, gained 25 back and I have a lot of discomfort with the band. I was really down on myself for not losing weight with weight loss surgery and though shoot, I'm just so far gone even surgery can't help me. So about 2 months ago I was having a lot of pain and thought maybe my band slipped and I called the doc - he confirmed it's not slipped but it clearly isn't working for me (normal reasons - lack of weight loss, throwing up daily, pain, now I'm getting heartburn). I hadn't even heard of the vertical sleeve before my meeting with him and got excited because I'm reading so many positive band to sleeve experiences. I'm SO NER…

Okay so i have a question for all you veteran sleevers. I used to love chugging back a cold glass of water and i have been having a hard time with gettin my liquids in because i couldnt drink no more than a few sips at a time. the last few days i noticed that i can actually almost continuously drink and not hurt afterwards. AN ALMOST CHUG. lol i could keep going but of course i get a brain freeze right away . im wondering if i ruined my sleeve or if eventually it just gets easier to drink like that again? weird thing to miss. i know ! after being sleeved but thats the one thing i did love was chuggin cold water or iced tea!

We are more than half way through April, plenty of us have had our surgerys and the other half are (im)patiently waiting... How are we all doing?

Well tomorrow is my surgery . Will get my time of surgery today. I am super excited but the nerves are definitely settling in. Going to work today (hospice nurse) hopefully it will keep my mind occupied. And of course making sure I take pre op photos today!!!!!

I'm about 2 weeks post op, and lost ten lbs my first week... But in weighing in this week, I've gain 4 lbs... I feel like I'm failing... Suggestions or thoughts? ~emily anne

Good morning all. My name is Star and I joined the site a couple of days ago. I have been quietly soaking in all the information that I can for my journey ahead. On Wednesday, 4/18, I will be sleeved. I am so nervous, but a lot of the posts on here have helped ease my nerves... Just a tiny bit lol. I am 29 and have been big my WHOLE life. So to think with the help of this tool I am about to receive, I will be able to finally get my body closer to where I want it. I think we have all felt that we are thin people trapped in a large body at least at one point or another. So I just wanted to thank you all for posting your knowledge and experiences so that people like me (scar…

I'm feeling pretty good after my band removal yesterday afternoon at 4pm. My doc told my hubby that the scarring/stomach was "not bad at all." So I'm hoping that moving forward with the sleeve should be seamless! I'm very worried about the higher leak rate with the conversion, but feel pretty good since the scar tissue wasn't bad. Also--my doc is sending my band away for pathology. I had been getting fevers (every six months or so...lasting for about 2 days at about 103) over the last 2 years. No explanation. The hospital referred me to a rheumatologist to check for auto immune diseases since unexplained fevers are an indicator. The rheumatologist couldn't find …

Hey everyone : ) I went to see my surgeon today for my final visit before my surgery on May3. He had told me once before that if he gets in there and there is a lot of scar tissue around my band that he may have to take out the band and wait several months for my stomach to heal before moving on to the sleeve. He said he did not run into that situation very often but it does happen. He said he was not going to put my health at risk if he felt that it would be better on me to wait. I just love my surgeon. I have had my realize band for almost 4 years. Has anyone else run into this problem where they had to wait due to scar tissue? I would rather for him to wait if i…

It seems most to all Band surgeons have their patients do the low-carb diet. After reading a bunch of posts here most people say they eat whatever they want, just in little quantities. What did everyone's surgeon tell them? I don't see mine til next week so I"m just curious if it's any different or if eating the 'little bit of anything' is for those that are maintaining.

I have had my band for about 6-7 yrs now. I initally did really well, model patient lost 125 pounds in 10 months. I went from 250 to 125 pounds . I was loving life etc ! The day I hit my goal weight i discovered I slipped my band. It was a pretty bad slip , had my band not moved back into place on its own I woudl have had to have surgery with in a couple hours .. Luckily It did . I waited a few weeks came back for another fill, in that time I had gained a little bit of weight. I did ok for about a year then started to have problems again , went back in found out my band had slipped again . By this time i did not have the money to go back for a fill , so i waited nearly…

http://www.omg-facts.com/view/Facts/28212 Interesting!

In Michigan. Very excited and very nervous!!

I'm having a hard time "holding it all together" today. Has anyone every had this? I am also wanting to graze magnificently throughout the day but can't. Last night, I bought a pint of Ben and Jerrys and had about 20% of it and then had a terrible stomach ache... I guess I learned my lesson. however I don't know what to do with all this angered that is rearing it's ugly head. HELP!

Hi. Im new to this site. I live in Nashville Tennessee. Im diagnosed morbidly obese. Im 5'5" and 400 pounds with a bmi of 66. Im on Lisinopril for blood pressure, Lexapro for anxiety, Metformin for Insulin Resistance (thats right before full blown diabetes), I have arthritis in my knees and ankles and trouble getting around, and I suffer from nasty migraines. I've also been having trouble getting enough breath. I always seem to be panting as if Im out of breath, even when I dont do anything. I just moved here, but my doctor in Virginia had me on several different things over the last 3 years. Alli, Sensa, Atkins, low calorie/low fat diet, and nothing worked. I use to be a…

Hi everybody Today was a crazy day, but we're fine ake up a 3:30 flying at 5:30 to atlanta and them to San Diego,CA Everything was cool, Samuel the driver is a nice guy, speak really good english, He pickup us very puntual, no a limosine, but was fine. The hotel is really clean, nice, confortable and good location, somentime the cellphone work without rooming, the internet is good, nice Flat TV I am know in the 2nd room, because i request a change, the first one was double and I want a king, they gave me a really plain broth and maybe less that a cup (hellowwww).I was so ungry looking my husband eating and I stubborn, I left him there and I rum to my room with dry …

Right now, for me, I am regretting the surgery. Since I was sleeved I've been suffering from serious energy issues and am having a hard time with memory and concentration. At first my doctor thought it was due to the low amount of calories I was taking in during the clear liquid phase. However, I have progressed through the full liquid and into the soft stage without much improvement. I've made sure that I'm getting in enough Proteins and Water and upped the amount of carbs I'm consuming to help bring some of that energy back. Also, I'm taking my Multivitamins and Calcium twice a day and Iron and B12 once a day. However, what improvement I've seen has been minimal. …

Hi, its been awhile since I have been in the boards and hope everyone is well. Since my surgery on June 20, 2011 I have lost 150 pounds -- my endocrinologist bitched at me for loosing so fast - lol anyway I am having low blood pressure as a result its 98/60 which isn't in the danger level yet but I still get dizzy when I stand up. Has anyone else had this problem?

At airport awaiting my ride into Mexico. Surgery tomorrow 4/10--Dr. Aceves. Did not sleep a wink last night...so, sorta like a natural relaxant! I just want to get the testing done...eat...then sleep...I hope! Positive thoughts my way...please!

The first Success Habit Principle TM identified in the Success Habits of Weight-Loss Surgery Patients by Colleen Cook is: PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY. I recognize that I alone am responsible for my success and failures. This is the most important factor contributing to optimum weight loss and long-term weight control. If each of us was asked the question, “Who is responsible for your success?”, each of us would probably answer “I am”. The religious among us would also likely give credit to God’s help in achieving success. The study that was done on the Success Habits identified that the most successful people at maintaining their WLS weight loss long term had a very str…

Good morning all. My name is Star and I joined the site a couple of days ago. I have been quietly soaking in all the information that I can for my journey ahead. On Wednesday, 4/18, I will be sleeved. I am so nervous, but a lot of the posts on here have helped ease my nerves... Just a tiny bit lol. I am 29 and have been big my WHOLE life. So to think with the help of this tool I am about to receive, I will be able to finally get my body closer to where I want it. I think we have all felt that we are thin people trapped in a large body at least at one point or another. So I just wanted to thank you all for posting your knowledge and experiences so that people like me (scar…

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The Friday confessions were such a big hit last week and all the way through Monday that I thought I'd open it up for the entire weekend. My flame free confession? I had 4 glasses of wine last night and I smoked (because I was drinking of course) The really bad part is that when I started drinking I had only had about 20oz or so all day, so about half of my Fluid intake yesterday was alcohol. Mmmmmm Reisling

I'm getting sleeved on Wednesday and would love to meet other So. Cal. Sleevers. I am close to the San Gabriel Valley or Inland Empire (Pasadena, Arcadia, Monrovia, Rancho, Glendora, Upland, San Dimas, La Verne, Claremont, etc.) - Mostly Route 66 cities huh? I like to walk, hike, horseback ride, kayak ...

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Hoping to gather all April 9th sleevers here in this forum so we can keep up with each other's progress. I'm having my surgery on 4/9 at 9:00 AM. Let me hear from you all. April 9 sleevers unite!

Question for women that have had a breast reduction/lift before wls or a large amount of weight loss: Did your boobs still keep its lifted shape?

Anybody else still having pain? I felt pretty good last week but the past few days i have burning/ pulling on my belly- right side again. Kindof between 2 incisions. This is the only spot that ever really hurt all along.. Nothing major, but sore

How is everyone doing? I am feeling okay, maybe a little more tired. I am trying to recognize my full feeling. I think it is a burp and/or hiccup. The last two days my side hurt so I"m trying to figure out that as well. How is everyone else feeling?

Hi everyone This monday (4/16) will be three weeks since my VSG surgery. The first two weeks I was having some complications and couldn't keep anything down. I lost 25lbs. Within the past week I have started to keep some soft food down but I gained 1lb and haven't lost any weight in the past week. Does anyone know if this is normal? I'm getting so worried that I won't loose anymore weight!!!!

Any April Sleevers who have already had the surgery, can you please give us a update on your status for all of us that have surgery coming up. Just to let us know what to expect for us nervous people!!!! Lol

Ok, so here are my stats.... right now I am 218 and 5'2 and a half (yes I count my half) and I am wondering what a realistic goal should be. I can tell myself that I want to be 120-130lbs all day long, but honestly, I am not sure that it is possible. I come from a "big boned" family (on my mother's side) and I have had seven children. Can I make that happen? Or should I shoot for something like 150? Even if I get to 150 I would love that too. At 150, nothing hurt...my knees were good and so were my feet and back... What do you think??? Kisha

On the subject of getting used to a thinner "you"...this is much harder than I realized. I am lingering in this quasi-friend haze of aquaintances - people I no longer have any real thing in common or never liked really well anyway (not a slight on them and OMG some of them are so funny and sweet) but I linger, I think in part because I want to have people who knew me then, and liked me then...I think I find myself almost angry at new aquaintances. I feel like "why didn't you get to know me a year ago!". Is anyone else experiencing this? What is your take on it, if you are?

My six month surgiversary was yesterday and I’m feeling great. I’m losing at a pretty consistent 14 lb a month rate right now and I think that is terrific. I don’t lose every day – in fact I often go up a pound or two and stall out for a few days and then lose for the next few. Here is a roundup of my NSVs since I started losing weight pre-surgery last June: Now wear large t-shirts and polos down from 3-4x before 2x dress shirt as opposed to 5x before Pants size 46 down from a tight 62 before Walking has become very easy and I’m not intimidated by distance any longer One night I jogged to my car (parked in the far end of the lot) in the rain I’m doing deep Water…