MonkeyNurse

Has anyone received 2 boxes? On 3/22 I got a small box that had a shrink wrapped pack of Bariatric Pal business cards. Then the next day I received the box of the month that had the portion plate in it. I looked at my account it and shows my March box of the month was delivered... but it was those business cards. I called the store and they want me to send a picture of the cards I received.

I had sleeve and lost 100# and put back 70#. I had an upper GI and it showed the upper portion of my sleeve ballooned out with a big pouch and my sleeve was dilated. I was able to eat a lot. I had an EGD and it showed the surgeon left the fundus or upper part of my stomach in. That's the stretchiest part and should have been removed. But I can't blame her. I made bad food choices and overate and stretched my sleeve. I converted to RNY on 1/11/18.

I had my revision on 1/11. My post op this time was much easier than my sleeve. I had hardly any pain and I was able to sleep on my side the first night. My only issue was bad nausea in the recovery room. I had problems with shortness of breath my first week. I didn't use my incentive spirometer enough. Now that I'm 3 weeks out I'm on soft diet. I'm struggling to get enough Water in so of course I'm constipated. Other than that I feel good. I've been eating mostly chicken salad, egg salad, ricotta bake and bean puree. I still do a premier shake in the morning, only way I can get in enough Protein but I don't like them as much anymore. They are too sweet now.

I want to delete the before and after pics I had previously uploaded to my profile but I can't find an option to delete them. They are from my sleeve which I just had revised.

Thanks!

I signed up! Can't wait for my first box

I'm 3 weeks out and lost 6# after surgery but gained 1.4 pounds in the last week. I'm not stressing about the scale though, I'm basing it on how my clothes are feeling. I am on soft foods now. I'm able to eat 2oz of chicken salad, 3oz of egg salad, ricotta bake and bean puree. I still do a Protein Shake in the morning and I agree they are too sweet now that I'm post-op. I don't like anything sweet.

This is the price for chewables. I'm hoping when I switch over the capsules the price goes down. Good point @Alex Brecher about saving money on food. I'm on my pre-op diet and my wallet hasn't been touched in 2 weeks

I just added up how much the Vitamins my surgeon wants me to take after bypass. Annually it's $1,177! He wants me to take the following:

Bariatric Advantage Advanced Multi EA twice day

Bariatric Advantage calcium citrate chews 3x a day

Bariatric Advantage Probiotic twice a day

Biotin once a day

B12 once a week

I'm thinking I could probably save some money on the Calcium and probiotic by finding a different brand...?

I'm 5 1/2 years out from sleeve and gained almost all my weight back. I am converting to bypass in one week with a different surgeon. He said at a recent conference they said in 10 years 40% of sleeve patients would need some type of revision due to weight regain. My upper GI and EGD showed my sleeve has a pouch at the top and retained fundus (top of stomach). My surgeon said no part of the fundus should be left because it's the stretchiest part of the stomach. That's the part that stretched out and made a pouch. The rest of my sleeve is also dilated.

Yep,

15 minutes ago, Shells_Almost_There said:

Yup. I'm definitely moving forward with the bypass in about 10 days! @MonkeyNurse you still on?

Yep, 7 more days til my bypass

I had a desk job when I had the sleeve and took one week off. This time I’m having my conversion to a bypass on a Thursday and taking the whole next week off. My friend did the same thing and he was fine.

8 minutes ago, Shells_Almost_There said:

I'm scheduled to convert (sleeve to bypass) in just over 2 weeks and I'm currently questioning EVERYTHING -- I have 80 pounds still to lose, and if converting to a bypass will only be a minimal help (with potentially higher complication risk), I am just not sure it's worth it.

Thanks for posting that video, @JohnnyCakes it was really interesting and informative.

Shell

I'm in the same boat. When I told friends and family I was converting they all were all trying to talk me out of it. I have 80 pounds to get to my goal but 115 to get to a healthy weight.

I’m converting from sleeve to bypass in 2 weeks. Now that my friends know they’re all trying to talk me out of it. Saying the complications are so much higher with bypass than sleeve. They’ve got me second guessing myself!

31 minutes ago, almalce said:

He is my surgeon too...

Did you buy the pre-op food from him? I can't do these Fruit Drinks unless they're really cold. I'm starving!

2 hours ago, almalce said:

I started my preop diet today....i can hear my stomach but i am trying really hard to not focus and looking forward to the end result.

Whittier-CA

I work in Whittier Dr. Braverman is doing my conversion surgery. He used to be partners with your surgeon.

On 12/21/2017 at 3:46 PM, Odee said:

I’m scheduled for January 29th... this is a revision from the sleeve to RNY.
Kinda nervous but excited at the same time! I hope we can all keep in touch during our journeys.

I'm doing a revision from sleeve to RNY too. My original sleeve was 5 years ago and I gained back almost all my weight.

I'm January 11th. I started my 800 calorie pre-op diet today. I'm converting from sleeve to bypass.

My surgeon said at a recent conference he went to the data showed a lot more regain with sleeve. He said he sees there being a lot of sleeve to bypass conversions in the future.

My BMI was 44 when I had the sleeve 5 years ago. I lost 85 pounds but have regained almost all of it. A recent EGD showed my sleeve has a big outpouch at the top and it is really stretched. I found with the sleeve I could eat a lot of what they call "slider" foods... non-complex carbs like chips, popcorn, ice cream. That's how I started putting the weight back. My friend that had sleeve the same date as me has also put most of her weight back. She still has a lot of restriction but she drinks her calories. I am converting to bypass in 2 weeks. I'm hoping the fear of dumping syndrome and the new counselor I started seeing will help with my sugar addiction and help me keep the weight off this time.

I'm 7 months out and down 85 pounds. I would 100% do it again! I've been blessed to have no complications.

I think going into it knowing your first 2 days will suck will make it better. I had no idea and was shocked at how much pain I was in and how wiped out I was. I brought a bunch of stuff to the hospital but didn't use any of it. Once I got home I was so much better. Just being in your own bed and away from the constant interuptions in the hospital was a blessing.

I'm 11 weeks out and love my sleeve. I've had no complications and am losing at a good rate. I'm able to tolerate all foods without any issues. I have zero regrets.

Good luck with your surgery. Give yourself the time you need to heal

I'm 11 weeks out and I'm supposed to have 1000-1200, I'm usually around 800-1000.

I read that yesterday. Great info.

My Fitness Pal is the best app for tracking. I didn't track calories until I was on soft foods. Top ramen broth has a lot of sodium, please be careful with eating too much of that. I sucked on hard candy occassionally, no harm

I haven't bought any books so no help there. Good luck on your journey!

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