Sleeve-A-Licious

Sooo wicked excited for you!!!!! Mine hopefully!!! is Dec 26..then I'll know if I get approved for a surgery date!! Hope all goes well!!

Lets be friends!! Lol! Tiffany...you are Def not alone!! This is my second attempt!!! I will tell you this is truly a life change and you HAVE TO BE PREPARE!!! This is your personal choice!! I have not included any one other than 2 of my bestfreinds and my hubby. People will always have something to say about your choices...but this is a LIFE MATTER...You will be healthy and that's all that matters...you will have this forum to be your support group!!! It SCARY AS HELL!!!! But it will be worth it!!! I went under 6 months ago!!! and they had to pull out of the surgery!!! I lost 15lb and yet my liver was to FAT!! That set me back in DEPRESSION MOOD!!! So learn from my experience!!! Eat less so that you wont do this a SECOND TIME AROUND!!! I hope I get a surgery Date in Jan or Feb!!
God Bless!!

They did do my surgery Laperscope....They had all the information that was needed...but still when they went in they didnt release how ENORMOUS my liver was...They were in shock and actually were scared that I may have liver disease ( Thank God I dont ) but...They stated that it wouldnt of been detected My liver was from my pelvis all the way underneath my breast...and were suprise I didnt feel the weirdness...I told them I had no idea and when you live with it...you get use to feeling the way you do...I did lose 15lb but apparently that was good enough...I Thanks God Im alive they said that they could of puncture my liver and I would of been in the ICU!!! So this time around....SUPER SCARED!!!! I have to be a mother to my toddler and a wife to my husband!!! Im still going back in forth in my head!!!! I even had a panick attack last night from thinking about it so much....HELP ADVICE!!!

Thanks all!! I've always had a fatty liver...Diabetes doesnt help..I was 235 now Im at 219...but it's like my old time yoyo diet...it comes and goes...Im condider Obese..But not Morbid...My main reason to do the surgery was to get rid of the Diabetes..and now my sugar are starting to rise again..so it had me rethink about the surgery... I feel like the surgeron now know my history and will be extra precautious to make it work the second time around...I guess I have to restart the process...I will see where it leads me....HEALTHY I HOPE!!

Why didn't they do a scan first before they opened you up? That is what my doctor did. It showed that I have a fatty liver and he instructed me to lose X amount of weight before the sugery, which I did. My husband same thing but he was still big but not so big that they couldn't continue. Ask if they can do a scan the week before so that you don't have to go through that again.

Did he do the first surgery laperscopicly? Is he going to open you up for this second surgery?

Thanks all!! I've always had a fatty liver...Diabetes doesnt help..I was 235 now Im at 219...but it's like my old time yoyo diet...it comes and goes...Im condider Obese..But not Morbid...My main reason to do the surgery was to get rid of the Diabetes..and now my sugar are starting to rise again..so it had me rethink about the surgery... I feel like the surgeron now know my history and will be extra precautious to make it work the second time around...I guess I have to restart the process...I will see where it leads me....HEALTHY I HOPE!!

I'm so sorry this happened to you. I wonder if you should seek out a different surgeon this time. Someone who is very confident in their abilities to perform a surgery. Not all surgeons are the same and not all of them are comfortable working on obese patients. Even some bariatric surgeons are not totally comfortable in their abilities so I would look into finding someone who will be able to handle the situation. I do hope you find the right surgeon. This is a life saving procedure!

Welcome back to the forum, sleeve-a-licious!

Why was your liver so big?

Why was your liver so big? Did you not follow your pre-op diet? If the answer is no then I say don't try again.................this is not an easy road and if you can't do the pre-op then the rest of your life sleeved will be hell. Good Luck