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i am 2 weeks post op and i think the only regret i have doing the sleeve is the damn liquid diets! lol
other than that, i do not regret this at all and of course, i wish i would have done this 10 yrs ago!
if you never had surgery before, it is normal to think "what if i dont wake up..." but you will. i am sure you will be in good hands with your dr and nurses. they train for and practice this all the time.

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so, I was sleeved June 11th by the Phenomenal Dr Kelly (Tijuana) & as of today, I'm down over 26 pounds! I am already feeling so much better
& have a lot more energy to keep up with my 3 young kids! So hrtes to the next twenty five + pounds down the drain!

Hello everyone! I'm new to this forum...I had a revision from lap band to the sleeve on June 25, 2012 and as of today Im 34 pounds lighter! I started at 279 now Im 245...I lost 16 pounds on my 2 week pre op liquid diet and 18 pounds on my 2 week post op liquid diet...I walk 30 min everyday and now I can't wait to hit up the gym! I started mushy foods yesterday and everything went well. I Wish every1 success on their journey, I can't wait to reach my goal of 160!

Surgery 4-24-12. Down from 370 to 295 today!!! Yahoo!!!
Only gone down one shirt size but overall feeling pretty good!

I had my surgery on the 13th as well and I am on clear liquid for 2 weeks. I never thought I would be looking forward to the Protein shakes again but dang! I am! i would KILL some baby food right now!! That's desperate. I think it's because I was on 2 weeks liquid pre-op as well.
I still feel groggy too. I reckon that's anesthesia.

i didnt have many complications during or after surgery. my only complaint was minor pain around the surgery site. good pain management while in the hospital helped a lot too.
another thing that helps is your pre-op preperation. make sure you follow the diet to the T and loose as much weight as you can.
everyone is different when it comes to a major surgery like this. a lot of the complications are temporary as your body has gone through a lot of trama and needs to heal. you should be fine a few days after the surgery.

im 2 weeks post op and a couple of days into the full liquid diet. i crave everything! lol kicker is, ill eat, feel full, and an hour and a half later, im hungry again!!
as far as cravings go, once i eat and feel full, the cravings go away.

i am 2 weeks post op and i think the only regret i have doing the sleeve is the damn liquid diets! lol
other than that, i do not regret this at all and of course, i wish i would have done this 10 yrs ago!
if you never had surgery before, it is normal to think "what if i dont wake up..." but you will. i am sure you will be in good hands with your dr and nurses. they train for and practice this all the time.

thank you karen! yes the first week is no picnic. what helped was doing thr Optifast for a month. that kind of got me used to liquids only (besides their Protein bars). i am pretty excited about this new chapter in my life.

hello all. i was just sleeved on june 18th. i started my journey last year around this time. i started at 5'10 and weighed 325lbs. after a month of Optifast i weighed 295lbs on surgery day. so far i am doing the clear liquid diet along with the drain thats attached to my stomach. fun stuff. i will say the first couple of days were hell because it was hard to drink and get in 64 ounces of Water. today is the first fay i can say that i can actually drink and hold it down without any problems! it is weird to drink and feel the fluids go to your stomach and then feel it bubble.
i spent most of the day reading everyone's story on here and i love this forum. i have learned a lot more about the sleeve here than anywhere else! ill actually weigh myself on my first post-op visit which is next thursday. hopefully ill go to the full liquid diet and feel a little better because the clear liquid diet sucks.
anyway, ill go and continue reading but i thought i would register and say hi to everyone.

reading this made me think of those infomercials back in the 80s/90s. they had a pill that, if you took it, it would expand in your stomach and make you feel full. well, they took it off the market when people were dying of choking to death because the pill would expand in their throats or just before the stomach.

Yes, yes you do. The stomach changes but nose and mouth don't. I found myself wanting a McDonald's double cheeseburger and chic fil a quite frequently. And I want bread. I'd kill four midgets for some bread. But all that said, this is a test of some great will power!

hello all. i was just sleeved on june 18th. i started my journey last year around this time. i started at 5'10 and weighed 325lbs. after a month of Optifast i weighed 295lbs on surgery day. so far i am doing the clear liquid diet along with the drain thats attached to my stomach. fun stuff. i will say the first couple of days were hell because it was hard to drink and get in 64 ounces of Water. today is the first fay i can say that i can actually drink and hold it down without any problems! it is weird to drink and feel the fluids go to your stomach and then feel it bubble.
i spent most of the day reading everyone's story on here and i love this forum. i have learned a lot more about the sleeve here than anywhere else! ill actually weigh myself on my first post-op visit which is next thursday. hopefully ill go to the full liquid diet and feel a little better because the clear liquid diet sucks.
anyway, ill go and continue reading but i thought i would register and say hi to everyone.

hello all. i was just sleeved on june 18th. i started my journey last year around this time. i started at 5'10 and weighed 325lbs. after a month of Optifast i weighed 295lbs on surgery day. so far i am doing the clear liquid diet along with the drain thats attached to my stomach. fun stuff. i will say the first couple of days were hell because it was hard to drink and get in 64 ounces of Water. today is the first fay i can say that i can actually drink and hold it down without any problems! it is weird to drink and feel the fluids go to your stomach and then feel it bubble.
i spent most of the day reading everyone's story on here and i love this forum. i have learned a lot more about the sleeve here than anywhere else! ill actually weigh myself on my first post-op visit which is next thursday. hopefully ill go to the full liquid diet and feel a little better because the clear liquid diet sucks.
anyway, ill go and continue reading but i thought i would register and say hi to everyone.