climbthestairs

Hello,

Our stories are similar. I was sleeved about 6 weeks ago on 26 April and got very sick after and ended up back in the Emergency Room with pnuemonia. I have also had a slow recovery and have lost only 21 lbs since surgery. I am drinking 100 oz of Water and trying to get 100 g of Protein each day. I also swim 1 mile 4-5 days a week and I dont understand why the scale is not moving quicker. My doctor has said to keep calories below 600 and carbs under 40. Something I was not counting carbs/calories of until yesterday was the Vitamins and Calcium pills. I was surprised that each of them had 3 carbs each and I am taking several of them per day. So started yesterday counting those in my daily totals and will see if that makes a difference.

Dont have any advice but I am in a similar situation as you.

all the best!!

Hi all,

I was sleeved 5 weeks ago(tomorrow). I have lost 19 lbs since surgery. I am hoping I am in the dreaded 3 week stall (for 2 weeks) and not messing up my chances of losing this weight. I have been getting the majority of my Protein from protein drinks still and eating very small amounts of soft protein sources. I also have been eating ALOT of popsicles. Both sugarfree and regular. I didn't realize that the popsicles had 8 carbs each until I looked today. Would having my carb intake too high be causing me not to lose? I am getting in between 50 and 60 oz of Water and 70+ grams of protein almost every day. I am starting to worry that my beloved popsicles are messing me up. Any words of wisdom would be so greatly appreciated.

I started on myfitnesspal.com today as some other gals in my class are doing the same. I kept my calories just below 500 and my carbs were 22. I try to exercise every day but this past week has been pretty spotty. Usually I swim a mile. I am getting scared...is all this surgery and recovery going to be worth it?? I had the sleeve and then 9 days later I had to have my gallbladder out so it has been a slow recovery. I still don't have all my energy back but it is getting better.

Thank you all for the encouragement, wisdom and help!!! We newbies REALLY appreciate it!

I did it 3 times a day for 14 days. I had major major bruising all over my belly but apparently that happens to some people. After a couple of weeks the bruising went away.

Thank you :-)

I talked to my Dr. again yesterday and told him I had only lost 1 lb in the week and he got really mad! He insists I am doing something wrong and that I should be consistently loosing 5-7lbs each week for the first 3 months. I can not figure out what I am doing "wrong".

I am drinking 100 oz of Water per day, eating 100 g of Protein and only eating plain greek yogurt, cottage cheese, tofu and egg.

To me it just seems that everybodys body react differently and maybe mine is just slow to loose...

i wish he would have this surgery and can see if he looses 1lb per day!

I mean, seriously, just think about that logically, you'd have to be -3500 calories a day to achieve that. Also, if losing 90 lbs in 3 months was typical, there would be a line from here to Texas of people waiting for surgery.

I also dont understand. I only had surgery 5 weeks ago and this week have only lost 1 lb. I thought the weight would come off quicker, my Dr. actually said you should loose 1lb per day in the first 3 months and that is definitely not happening for me. I am only consuming Protein Shakes, yogurt, cottage cheese and tofu and not loosing much weight. I am terrified what will happen when I get back to regular food if I am not loosing now.

I wish you the best in your decision and then the surgery. It was a very rough first 3 weeks for me and its gotten better in the past 2 weeks. I ended up with dehydration and pneumonia and had a VERY expensive day in the Emergency room. I see on this site that people are drinking 64 oz of liquids BUT because of us living in the Middle East, I have doubled my liquids and am trying for 112 oz daily. I really really drink all day long but because of the heat you have to.

I used to live in Doha and was a patient at Al Ahli while I was there. I lost my first baby at that hospital. I have found 3 doctors here. All three are Western trained. One is from Lebanon and trained at the American University of Beirut and then did fellowships in the states (he has the best reputation), another is Indian and trained in Ireland/england (he's only done 150 surgeries so decided against him), the third is Iraqi, trained in Manchester England has a good reputaion and has done 900 surgeries with only three leaks....and told me should there be a leak he would cover the entire cost of everything. He also told me that he those leaks were in the beginning of his time. I think three out of 900 is not a bad ratio. All three have no mortality rate because in the UAE if you lose a patient in an elective surgery like bariatric weight loss you will be cancled and asked to leave. All doctors charge under 10,000 dollars. My husband is Jordanian so we are looking into hospitals in Jordan (they have a great reputation in the middle east for medical) but I'm most likely going to go with the Iraqi doctor.......he did my friends band and she loved him.

Hello, I am just down the road living in Doha. I found out there is a doctor at Al Alhi hospital here and the cost is around $15,000 usd. With the price being so close, decided I would prefer to be in the US and so I traveled to San Francisco and had surgery 5 weeks ago.

I would think there would be somebody in Dubai but when I searched, I did not find anybody. I have heard of people having good results with a surgeon in India. For me...I was not interested in that, I wanted somebody who I could really communicate with and was educated/trained in the west.

I live in the uae....I'm canadian but I work here. I want to do my surgery and have had a quote of over 10,000 dollars. I have also been quoted by a doctor in Jordan. Does anyone know of any good and reputable docs out here????

I also dont think this has been easy at all! I had surgery on 26 April and 1 May I was in the Emergency room and diagnosed with dehydration and pneumonia. I am 3.5 weeks out from surgery and just starting to feel better. Its been a very rough road for me and I did not know it would be this hard. I am still on liquid diet, its been more than a month now including the pre-op diet. I was told to start on cottage cheese and yogurt and then after another week of that to add tofu and eggs. I also had to give myself 2 weeks of Heparin injections (3 times per day) and my tummy is sooo black/blue and severely bruised. I really do look like I have been in the boxing ring..and lost!

I read so many posts about people feeling great a few days after the surgery...but that has not been my experience. I lost 5lbs last week and my doctor said I should have lost 7. So, if I am already not loosing enough and only on liquids then it really makes me scared to eat food! Is that only going to slow my weight loss down??

Hello,

Your bruise looks exactly like my entire stomach! I was on Heparin for 3 weeks (3 times per day) due to having to travel from so far away for the surgery. It seemed to me the bruising also got worse and ran together. Today is my 2nd day off the Heparin and hopefully the bruises will subside.

So, if it makes you feel better...I am in the same situation!!

First of all nothing anyone says here will serve as my medical advice! I also think every once in a while we can be calmed down when in a heightened state to realize we actually do not need medical advice!

In the hospital I had six heparin shots in my stomach- and every time they did it in a different area. Of course the level of skill in giving them varied widely!

There are bruises, some much bigger than others, and a particularly big one on my left side. Since coming home I have been lying on my left side to sleep- going back and forth from that to my back. Left side is my sleep side, normally.

Today I noticed the left side is more painful than the right (well that is where my sleeve is right?) But tonight looking in the mirror I thought maybe the biggest bruise had grown and perhaps met the others- my husband thought so too though we have not truly had that good a look since I got home as I was too busy desperately trying to get fluids in!

Anyway the bruise surrounds one of my incisions too- does that affect anything?

I know nothing about heparin so I don't know if lying on this is causing it to bleed more, etc.

I can also send this photo to the doctor on call but wondering if there is any reason...

My abdomen is also bloated and I am thinking that will cause pressure on the bruise and incisions.

Ths photo is right under my left breast on my upper abdomen and stretches around.

Hello, I was banded in 2003 and had a revision last week to the sleeve. I am 9 days post op now and starting to feel a little better. I did not have any band troubles BUT was unable to keep the 60 lbs I lost off and it all came back. My regret is that I waited 8 years with the band and because I did that there was extra scar tissue and it made my surgery more difficult.

Hello,

I was sleeved on 26 April in San Francisco and was planning to fly home tomorrow. However during the night I got quite sick and spent all day today in the emergency room. They told me I was severally dehydrated and have pneumonia in my right lung.

Does anybody have experience with dehydration and pneumonia post op?

thanks,

Hello,

This is my first time to post anything, 4 days ago I had a revision from the lap band to the Vertical Sleeve. I had the band for 8 years and lost 60 lbs BUT....in the past 2 years had gained it all back. The morning of the sleeve surgery I was the exact same weight as when I was originally banded.

I was 314 the morning of surgery and hope to get to 160-175....

only 4 days in, so the struggle is to get enough liquids/protein by tiny sips. I spent 2 nights in the hospital and am a self pay, insurance would not cover.