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Hey everyone, I had surgery 5 years ago - VSG. I noticed that many people stop posting after a while and I want to be here to support any newbies or anyone thinking about surgery. I am in NYC so please inbox me with questions or if you need advise or support with anything please don't hesitate to reach out! Best of Luck!

Hi, So I am 5 Years post op and the best advice I could give you is to wait at least 6 months unless your surgeon gives you the thumbs up beforehand. Try to stay away from the sugary mixed drinks, beer and champagne... at least for as long as you can. I had my first drink ... thnx to peer pressure and feeling left out ...about a month out it was a corona mixed with tomato juice (Clamato) - I took like 4 sips and was done... couldn't finish drinking it. I didn't drink again until I was officially 6 months post op and realized that my tolerance for beer was different + the carbonation had me feeling like I was going to die lol . I also got drunk much faster. My advice is to wait as long as you can and try to take small sips and make sure you eat before and after to ensure that the you don't get crazy drunk. Hope this helps!

Hi... I am 5 years post op and about 1.5 to 2 months later, I noticed that I could run up the stairs without stopping (I live in a 4 floor walk up). I was motivated to walk more as I didn't feel tired and do extra activities after work instead of coming straight home. Hope this helps!

Hi @@jordantaylor congrats on the 56 lb weight loss.. It's very understanding to feel the way you do. I am 2 years 1/2 post op and I would like to tell you that it's normal. I've had my days where i wanted to eat my whole life away. Days during the holidays when there were food everywhere. It was hard to keep away from the bad things. What motivated me was keep a goal & non scale victory list. I have it saved to my computer and was excited to visit it a few weeks ago. I will share it with you. Plz send me your email by pm. 56lbs is about 3 toddlers lol. I had surgery in March 2013... A friend of mine had surgery on Aug 2013... By Sept I was barely 50lbs down and my friend had already lost over 100lbs. Everyone is different. You just need to remember the reasons why you wanted this. Motivation should be your wedding. Look at some nice sexy dresses. Pic a few and make it your goal by losing one dress size to fit into it. Also remember u are also losing inches so remember to measure yourself every month. Seeing your therapist will be even better to continue. Socialize with ppl who share the same goals. Birds of a feather flock together. Just don't give up and forget about gaining... That's the past and this is the present. They new you will be Skinner and healthier then the old you back in April... And your getting married how awesome is that. We are here for support so plz dnt ever hesitate to come here. Good luck.

I'm definitely going to have him check it out. He was on the phone with them to get reimbursement for something and he happened to mention the surgery and that's when they told him about the 5 year minimum. He told that to the doctor and the insurance lady and they said that wasn't true but then a month later they called him and cancelled all his appointments because the insurance lady spoke to uhc and they said it was truly and that he needed to wait another 2 years. He went to another hospital. And they said that was bull but then the insurance ppl called him back and said in fact that it was true. He had done his 6months and everything. He was devastated. I will have him call another hospital and not mention the 5 years just in case. Hopefully he gets approved.

I used to go crazy on everyone. Yelled if they ate in front of me yelled if they didn't. Be mindful that they are also going through it with us and they don't know how we feel

Lol that's funny. As long as it wasn't painful u should be fine. Just tell ur doc

Water and stool softener

Nope everyone is different. I had gained 5lbs and lost 6 - 10 a week later. I was one of the slow losers which I truly enjoyed but at times it did get frustrating. Keep it going 5 lbs off is better than an extra pound gained. Good luck

Good luck. Please keep us posted. I'm almost 3 years out and am anemic due to not drinking enough vitamins

It used to hurt me to swallow anything. Is it when your eating? Call you doctor. Maybe they'll bring you in to check it out. But I'm sure it's normal

Everyone's different. I think my bf at the time must of liked me losing the lbs because I got preggo 7 months post op lol... Fast forward almost 2 few years 1/2 post op, we are married and he wants to get the surgery too. I'm much slimmer and he brings a lot of ice cream and soda and other bad things around. I think he wants me to gain weight. Anywhoserz its up to me to keep my will power. When we are outside and someone checks me out he grabs me very tight as if to say "she's mine" which is awesome. I'm looking into cosmetic surgery and he's very supportive. The surgery gave me a lot of confidence even in my relationship because I used to be embarrassed to come around his friends. Now I'm like whatever I can care less

My husband has uhc. He was told that he needed to have uhc for at least 5 years in order to have the surgery. I think this is ridiculous.

Please ask away. I'm here to help as much as I can.

I was 7 months post op. I stopped multi vitamins and began prenatal. Had to do gummies because my tummy couldn't handle it.