Jendkopp

hey there! i am only 3 weeks post-sleeve, but i felt completely normal by day 5. my diet progression is super slow, so i hope when i get to regular foods, i will feel a difference. i have no problem getting 75 oz of water in per day, plus 90 grams of protein thru protein shakes

i had taped a lot of shows ahead of time that i hadn't had time to watch: how to get away with murder, leathal weapon, etc. i also loved the marvelous mrs maisel on amamzon - first season is better than the second. if you want some brain candy - watch 90 day fiance - it's total garbage but it will get you hooked

call me crazy, but i enjoyed having 2.5 weeks off from work. i binged watched a bunch of tv shows and relaxed. i was really lucky that i was only on pain meds for 3 days (which made me super sleepy). after that, i relaxed at home and with friends.

my dr does band to sleeve conversions in two separate surgeries, in part to let your body go back to pre-wls so getting the sleeve will be more like a first wls. i got the band removed 8/28 and was sleeved 12/18. i'm just over 2 weeks post-op, so i can't give you much more info than that. sleeve start weigh 209.4; current weight 198.6

Sweettoothless: why did your dr say to stay away from gummies? Mine told me gummies were fine

Or if it hurts where your port is, it could be that that area is still tender. After I ate, my stomach would press on the area where the port was removed, and that hurt for a little bit

I asked my dr about that. She assured me that liquids pass right thru and there was no real restriction on drinking amounts

I had my band removed and had to wait 3 months to get the sleeve. After band removal I had horrible bloating and reflux, which I did not have with the band. When my dr did the sleeve last week she found that she had left a part of my stomach stitched, which created a pocket and trapped food inside. So glad she found it when doing my sleeve

My dr okayed the calcium chews at my 8-day post op appt

@Skc150: my surgeon makes ppl wait 6 months after Band removal so their stomach can heal, so as not to staple the delicate tissue left after scar removal. She also believes that the time will allow our body to go back to normal so the sleeve will feel like a new WLS. My insurance changes in January, so she agreed to let me have the sleeve surgery in dec

@cm3540: I just emailed you my #

@Cm3540 I emailed my # too, and I didn't get included in the text group

Band removed 8/28. Did an upper gi last month and there was food still in my stomach after 15 hours of fasting. Surgeon said that it could be gastroparesis (what you're getting the gastric emptying test to check for), but if it is, Sleeve would still be ok. Waiting to get sleeved next week, 12/18

I want to be included. Vsg on dec 18. I’ll email you my phone number

@kjuno: what is the barium test and how/why did you fail?

@RayLandry: keep us updated on your appeal. Good luck!

@RayLandry: you should contact Lindstrom Obesity Advocacy, they can help you appeal the denial for a few hundred dollars (instead of the thousands that surgery will cost). they will only take your appeal if they believe they can win. they helped me to get everything approved. here's there website: www.wlsappeals.com

@RayLandry: revision #3??? what happened?

did you have it? did the sleeve help you? i'm trying to find the same info

Kjuno: I asked my Dr about the danger of throwing up due to so many ppl saying they feel naseaus. My Dr said dry heaves won't hurt. She also said throwing up is not the end of the world if we dont have much in our stomach. However if I throw up in the hospital, she will do an upper gi to make sure it didn't cause a leak. I'm gonna stay on top of the nausea meds the first few days, cuz the anesthesia leaving my body makes me nauseas

Cm3540- we're one day apart

Jacie63: who is your surgeon? Mine is dr Jessee at largo medical center

Band removed 8/28, sleeve next month

Got my band in 2012, lost 90 pounds. Band slipped in 2014, had repositioning surgery. Never able to get properly filled after. Slowly gained 30 pounds. Saw surgeon I. July 2018, got fluid removed, and asked for ins approval for band removal and sleeve. Both were approved. Here is the key: my surgeon does not do band removal and sleeve in same surgery - some surgeons do; mine doesn’t. My surgeon gives the stomach at least 3 months to heal after band removal. However, it is important to seek removal of band and conversion to sleeve both before band removal (even if being done in separate surgeries). Done that way, you don’t have to meet the BMI or 6 month supervised weight loss - approved for both due to band failure. If you see approval for another WLS after the band is removed, you have to go thru all of the requirements I order to get ins coverage (BMI, supervised diet, etc). If you have any questions, lindstrom obesity advocacy is an amazing resource: www.wlsappeals.com. Good luck!

@amswtpea: where in FL? I’m in Tampa