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Hi Everyone :thumbup: I'm new to this site and so far it is soooo helpful. I currently have the band and I too have a lot of questions. Just want to clarify...when you say you get full really fast and once you are full that is it..done. So do you mean (sorry if this sounds really dumb) you can NOT eat another bite? If you do, do you get sick?? or do you just not want to or?? I find with the band that I over eat a lot. I don't plan on it, but I get full, then it seems to settle and I can eat more. Some days I can't eat much but other days you would never know there is a band in there.... I also thought I would be able to NOT drink when I eat...ummm yeah...not so muc…

Some of you know that my son was coming home this weekend. My younger brother and best friend are also coming out to spend a week here in sunny Florida. Well, tonight, my doorbell rang, and it was them. I was so surprised. They weren't supposed to be here until tomorrow night. I almost cried seeing Caysen. He was like "mommy, you're so much smaller" Anyways, I may be a little absent from here, but I'll check in every now and then. My little boy is home, and I feel so fabulous ! ! !

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If I have my sleeve done by Dr, Aceves on the 14h, should I book my flight back on the 18th or 19th? How many nights will I be in the hospital? Thanks, Judy

Well, we get on the airplane tomorrow morning!!! She is very excited. We are on a different schedule then normal for Dr. Aceves. He is doing the surgery on Sunday. I will post from the hospital and such!!!!!! :lol0:

I finally got a call today for my pre-op appt. and visit with the surgeon. July 10th They said I would be there all day. It took 5 weeks to hear from anyone after the seminar and paper work. My insurance will only pay for the band or bypass. NO exceptions. I told the coordinator that I wanted the sleeve. She said the insurance will pay for all my pre testing and lab work. I wouldn't have to pay for the program fee if I was self pay. That helps alot. I would cost me about the same as going to see Dr. Aceves. My husband was told he would be layed off from his job this winter. I am trying not to put us in too much debt. Here is an idea that I have. …

Hi Everyone, Well, I made a choice a few days ago and that was to stop wearing my wig I had been wearing because of the amount of hair I had lost because of my weight loss. I already had pretty thin hair to start with and then with the hair loss happening at about 3 months after surgery, I had bald spots of the side of my head and a nice BIG one on the top of my hair. Most people are taller than I am, so they really could see my nice BIG bald spot one on the top of my head. At that time, I found a local shop in the city I live in that had wigs that I could try on and purchased 2 wigs. If you are going to buy a wig, go some place that you can try them on, that is really …

Hi Everyone, I'm just wondering...is there anything you can't eat after getting the sleeve? I've also heard if you are a sweet eater the sleeve is not the right surgery for you. Not sure what this means. Does this mean if you eat sweets every day?? or occationally?? Thanks in advance for the help :thumbup:

After surgery and you have your new stomach...is it possible for it to stretch? I've heard that the part of the stomach that is left as the sleeve is very muscly so much harder to stretch. Is this true?

So who is going to be in Mexicali from July 10th through July 13th? It seems there are going to be alot of us ... I know Eyfura's sister is going to be there and so is she. And I know my fiance is getting sleeved on the 11th, so I'll be there with him too. Now, Eyfura and I were sleeved within a day of each other, so we already know each other ... we need to be sure to get to know any of you who are going to be down there during that time frame. So SPEAK up (relatively speaking) so we have a head count and know who to look for while we're there...we'll have a big ole VST Party. :Cry::party4:

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I decided to start using up my unflavored Protein powder. I mixed a banana yoplait yogurt, soy slender and a scoop of unflavored Protein Powder together in my magic bullet. I have never had a Protein shake fill me up as much as this one did. I can't even drink my Water cause I am so full and I drank that hours ago. I thought the yogurt by itself would need some liquid. Next time I will use less soy slender.

I have to have my band out, and my surgeon advised the sleeve. He is going to try and plead a case for me to my insurance company, St. Mary's. I was just wondering if anyone here has this insurance company and if the revision was approved? Thank you so much for any help.

I just wonder if anyone else has had this problem. Up untill about 3 weeks ago, I thought I looked fairly thin. However, now, I feel like I look fat. I've not gained weight and my clothes fit the same. But, when I look in the mirror or at my waist line....I just see fat. I wear size 4 jeans, and size 10/12 dress. I've always been bigger on the top. I used to wear size 20 jeans. What is wrong with me. I feel like my gut is huge. I hate feeling like this.:001_tongue:

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This time next week my DH and I will be in Mexicali for pre-op tests. I am a nervous wreck but I am beyond thrilled at the same time. I don't think I've ever felt emotions like this before. I am going to miss my babies so much as I've never been away from them for more than a few hours. I know I'm doing this so I can be a better mommy for them, but I cry every time I think about my babies being so far away from me for 5 days. To help me get through this week, will you please share a before and after photo? I love looking at them & I really need something positive right now. Also, if you pray please remember me next week.

my DH will be going with me and he is wanting to know about the cafeteria in the hospital. I'm assuming that is where he will need to go to get his meals & he'd like to know what to expect...what's served, what's the cost? Also, how about the Lucerna hotel? What is available there & what are the prices like? DH is big on budgeting, so he's putting our "Mexico" budget together right now. :confused1: One more thing, if we use our Visa debit card should we expect extra charges? We don't want to carry any more cash that is necessary.

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Hi all, Well thanks to the great help from the boards, I've got my appeal letter ready to ship off to BCBS. Anyone want to take a look? Offer me some advice? I've posted it here: http://vsgappeal.blogspot.com/2009/06/introduction.html ...and would love to get your in feedback. Thanks, Britt (forgive the multiple posts, not sure which areas get the most traffic)

Ok, I just like being the first to post in a forum section. You guys are going to kill me!!!! Hey, on a totally, related subject, but not about religion....why don't we have sections on this forum for the non sleevers, like other WLS section, like they have on the other forum? I would rather ask questions here then the other place.

I went back today for another leak test and follow-up appointment. NO LEAKS, and the surgeon says my new stomach looks good. I get to start clears. . . He decreased my TPN by half, and I go back on Wednesday. I have to keep the jp drains as a precaution until Wednesday. If all goes well, the TPN and line in my arm will be pulled, along with the jp drains will be pulled on Wednesday afternoon. I haven't felt this good in what seems like forever. I cried when he told me about my ct scan. It was just a huge relief. I already started sipping on Water with a Special K Protein packet mixed in. I get this little burpy feeling when I sip. I told the doctor that …

FINALLY -- I SLEPT LAST NIGHT!!!! I've been having an issue with excessive mucus and been in contact with Dr. Aceves and apparently this is a very uncommon problem with sleevers (Leave it to me!). Within 5 minutes of lying down -- not flat on my back mind you but with 2 pillows or even in a semi-upright position, I would get this tickle in my throat and start coughing and cough up phlem (sorry to be so graphic). So, on top of already not sleeping, partly because of this cough, my throat stayed constantly raw. Dr. Aceves told me to take my nexium, which I have been doing, and not to eat or DRINK 3 hours before bedtime. I don't eat 3 hours before bedtime, so not …

I've mentioned my evil step-sisters on here a couple of times, and I am so livid right now. My mom called today to check on me, and she told me that she had to tell my step-sisters about my surgery. She said they had to know because the step-sisters needed to know that my parents were leaving town when I fell into critical condition after the leak repair. My heart just sank, and I am so upset. She said Caysen(my son) accidentally mentioned my "tummy leak" so my mother felt it necessary to explain my complete medical history to one of my step-sisters. Grant it, she told the one who I've gotten a bit closer with, but I know she ran off and told the other one who is serious…

Have you all checked out the photo section of this forum? It's amazing to see how successful some of our members are in those pictures. They say a picture is worth a thousand words and the before and afters are WOW!

I went to a seminar on 6-5. I turned in all my paper work and insurance info. that day. The insurance said they will pay. I have not heard back from anyone. I have called twice and get a recording to leave a message. I did not recieve any calls back. Maybe I'm just getting impatient. Did everyone else take this long to hear back from anyone? Thanks, Judy

Have you ever noticed that your weight likes to plateau at a certain place? I've been up and down and up and down year after year trying diet after diet. Each time I end up in the 260's, my body has a hard time letting me out of it. LOL. I finally made it into the 250's and have made going below 250 my next short term goal. I LOVE when the MD balance scale heavy weight moves off the 250 spot. :-) How is everyone else doing? Any magic scale numbers or plateaus?

As we all know, head hunger can create havoc and it takes determination to get control over it. When I am off from work, the late afternoon is usually the time I occasionally experience this. To not give into the head hunger, I am looking for other alternatives. The ones that work include, taking a walk and doing needlework which is something I enjoy but had not done in awhile. It keeps me focused and my hands are full so I can't eat. LOL. Another thing I enjoy is going to Barnes & Noble, getting a coffee, and looking through the diet and fitness books and magazines. This is a treat that gives me some quiet "me" time away from everyone and lasts about 45 min …

I just got the best phone call. I had blood work pulled on Tuesday, and the result came back almost perfect. One of my electrolytes was a little "low normal" and the dietician wanted to make sure that I was not getting dehydrated. She asked me questions about my urine, and made me pull the skin up on the back of my hand. Well, my urine is good, and my skin fell right back into place. I haven't had a temperature, not having any notable pain, and I am finally sleeping. This is just one of the main "check marks" I needed to be able to transition off the TPN and onto the clear liquid diet on Monday. 4 more days of this TPN and I go back to the surgeon on Monday. Thanks…

Tonight I'm attending a Seminar for the Gastric Sleeve, Lap Band, and RNY surgeries. Currently I'm a banded person of 4 years. I'm researching my options of either doing the Sleeve or the RNY- Why can't the doctors' do a Sleeve and complete it with the RNY re-routing of the intestines? Is this possible? I know when I had my consult a few weeks ago the doc said that normally a person of 500 pounds or more will get the sleeve first to lose a 100 pounds or more THEN they would do the RNY on them to finalize the surgery.... Do these patients have better succes since the sleeve was done first and the main part of the pouch is muscle tissue? I don't know??? I'm just curiou…

Yesterday, I had not one but TWO meals out. I was a little nervous because the first meal out was with a good friend from work who did not know I had weight loss surgery (WLS) and the second was dinner with family members. I had a very early MD appointment and skipped breakfast as my friend wanted to meet for brunch. She chose the international house of pancakes. The last time I ate breakfast out was literally years ago and I have not been to IHOP in well over ten years. There were 3 of us and 2 had the usual breakfast. I searched the menu and selected what I found to be the best bet; a spinach salad with apples, diced chicken cutlet and about 2 tablespoons of finely …

Hi everyone, Well I had the biggest scare of my life yesterday! I was rushed to the hospital because I couldn't breath and I was vomitting over and over uncontrollably. What happend was I had a super bad reaction to a bug bomb I set off in my house.I set off the bombs in the house and me, the hubby, and the dogs went to the dog park for a few hours while the bombs were going off. When we got home, I immediately went to open all windows and doors to air out the house. I followed the directions and I've done this before. As I was opening windows, all of a sudden my throat closed. I went to the sink to drink some Water and all of a sudden I started vommitting and was gasp…

Ok, hi everyone , yes tomorrow I will be having my VSG surgery.:biggrin0: I need to lose alot of weight! What's the most that you have lost since you were sleeved? Oh, and please pray for me! Princess

Check out this procedure. It's investigational so don't bank on getting it. Welcome to Satiety, Inc. I have to admit, it's a bit too much like banding to me and the thought of another stoma, puking, sliming, and foaming would make me stay far away from it but those not afraid of a stoma ... might be kinda cool.

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Hi, I had my sleeve done in the Czech Republic by Dr Cierny on the 12th of May.

I had my band removed June 3rd and revised to the sleeve. Revision surgery went semi-smoothly, the surgeon had to remove large amounts of scar tissues and a few adhesions from the band, port and the tubing. Recovery went smoothly until the 3rd leak test on Friday, and low and behold a leak was found. I went back to surgery, spent 4 days in ICU, but am recovering at home now. I was discharged yesterday, and have done quite well. I have a central line and a TPN bag and am completely NPO until the 22nd. Pain has been minimal, no hunger, mainly uncomfortable gas. Walking, walking, walking, resting, resting, resting that's about all my days consist of. My mom drove fro…

(June 12) -- Popular diets have long pushed the benefits of lowering your carbohydrate intake to lose weight, and a new study suggested that eating a high-carb diet -- with foods like cornflakes and white bread -- could also raise your risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Researchers at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center in Israel gave 56 overweight but otherwise healthy men and women foods with different places on the glycemic index. High-glycemic foods include cornflakes, white bread and instant potatoes, while lower-glycemic foods are things like oatmeal, most fruits and vegetables, and nuts. The researchers measured the functioning of a layer of cells that line …

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Hi Everyone, We finally have a place devoted to people thinking about getting the sleeve, revising to the sleeve, making the sleeve their first weight loss surgery, and post-op VSG members. This board is set-up similar to the lapbandtalk board so navigating it shouldn't be too difficult for those who posted there. I look forward to interacting and sharing.

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I have scheduled my sleeve surgery with Dr Aceves on June 28th!! :001_tt2: Anyone else going to be there close to this date?

Hi all -- well my surgery is on Friday, June 12th. We're going to head out of Las Vegas tonight and drive until we're (meaning Bob) is tired and then stop, get up and finish the drive to Calexico tomorrow morning (it's only a 5 hour drive; however, he insists on leaving tonight!). :cool0: Anyway - pre-op is on the 11th and surgery on the 12th. I've got the list Nina sent me of things to bring ... is there anything you didn't bring you wished you had? Anything you did bring you wish you hadn't? We weren't able to get the verizon mexico plan because apparently all they have on the phone are people who don't have a clue ... we gave up out of frustration. So I wo…

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