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I had my surgeon appointment today after completing the 12 weeks option program through Kaiser insurance the doctor was amazed by my weight loss 55.8 pounds he did not put me on A special clear liquid diet he told me just to do what I've been doing and I'm actually having my surgery on May 31, 2017 I am super excited it is a little over a week away I have to do my bloodwork EKG and chest x-ray and I have to do my pre-admission to the hospital.

A lot of people have liver disease (especially obese people) and few even know because most stages show no symptoms. The pre-op diet is to leave nothing in question with the liver shrinking and being a non nuisance during surgery. Liver disease is a comorbidity that adds to the justification of having WLS done. The livers of the vast majority of people who have WLS improve provided they follow the lifestyle changes required. There are a very few people who have worsening liver problems but they're special circumstances. I have stage 3 fibrosis and it's improved with the surgery.. to what degree I'll find out from my hepatologist.

I had no issues with the healing process.

You have to do what's best for you! Once you have it done that's it, no going back. I was nervous leading up to my procedure but I did it! And I feel I had no choice. I was 235 pds at 4"11 yoyed for 6 years and was borderline diabetic & I think I have undiagnosed pcos from the weight gain over the years. I couldn't live another year like that. Hope you find comfort in your decision.

Been thinking of yah 2....I was bypassed yesterday n I'm surprised how well I'm feeling

Several months after surgery I began using protein bars instead of relying on protein shakes. I found Quest protein bars to be an excellent choice. They had high protein, low sugar and high fiber [to help with constipation issues]. They also tasted good and came in a variety of flavors. They came in handy in getting in the daily protein when I was on the go and couldn't drag around my Ninja blender to make my protein shakes. So a few minutes ago I received an email from GNC saying they were giving away free Quest Hero Protein bars for today only. So I thought this might be good information. But then I pulled up a food label on these new protein bars. They contain 12 grams of sugar. That is way too much sugar. Comparing that with the original Quest bars that contain only 1 gram of sugar.

I'm sorry I'm just seeing this! Don't be afraid to keep calling! I had to do the same thing!

I think your nutritionist is misinterpreting the data. It's not that the bypass is NECESSARILY more effective long term, only that we have more EVIDENCE of it being effective long term. The sleeve as an individual operation is a relatively new procedure, so we just don't have as much long term data either way vs the RNY. But the info we do have is very promising. I've done a lot of reading and from my (layman's) understanding, the bypass will help you lose weight faster (6mo to a year) vs the sleeve where you typically lose slowly over a period of 18 months. The typical difference between loss I think is often 10% of your weight ON AVERAGE, which may or may not be a big deal to you. (It wasn't to me, which is why I went with the sleeve.) Regain typically comes down to compliancy post-op more than what procedure you get. The average losses comes from the people who lose 150 lbs and completely overhaul their life and the people who eat around their surgery and lose less than ten or go on to gain past their original weight, so honestly I really didn't take it much into account when I was picking my procedure. I was much more concerned about the life I'd be living post op with both procedures and about my individual comfort level with the concept of the procedures themselves. Sleeve fit my vision for my future, so that's what I chose even though my surgeon was more in favour of the RNY as the "gold standard". It is true the RNY is more invasive and also produces more restriction both in terms of volume of food AND type of foods you can eat. A lot of the things I can very easily eat post-op with my sleeve could make your average RNY patient very sick. some people see this as a pro to the RNY, others a con. There are good reasons to pick either procedure, and sticking to the plan long term will bring success with EITHER procedure. After that it comes down to other factors: if you have GERD, if you have type 2 diabetes, how much weight you have to lose, how comfortable you are with malabsorption of nutrients, the speed you want the weight loss to be, whether you'd prefer the proven track record of the RNY, whether you want the ability to revise down the line, etc. There's a lot to consider here, so definitely stick around and do some reading, but don't let the nutritionist tell you that you HAVE to get the RNY just because "after 5 years the sleeve stops working" and accept that as gospel or use it as the only deciding factor in your choice. Any surgery can result in weight regain, just as any surgery can result in stunning lifelong success. The specific surgery itself isn't nearly so important as the lifestyle changes you implement alongside your chosen procedure.

I could barely get up out of a chair with out help. I didn't exercise until I was 3 almost 4 weeks. I did walk around the house and the yard but I wasn't one of those ones that walked 5 miles 2 days later. I could barely make I through the store and actually didn't on one trip. I pushed clothes to a corner of a display table and sat down on it and dared someone to say something to me. Lol. Start slow. It's better to start slow then go all out and set your recovery back.

Feeling ok. Tired. Staying in hospital. Just wanted to update. Will write more when I'm not drugged Ipad !