allnewme

Just got a call from Dr. Hoehn's office and my date is April 13. Can't wait!!

I was sleeved yesterday, 2/28, with Dr Hoehn. Surgery went well, Checked in at 9am yesterday, out by 930 this morning. Having a hard time getting all my liquids in, it hurts with every swallow. But I hear that will past... Let the losing began.

I was sleeved by Dr.Alvarez on 8/02/12 and he is EXCELLENT. My surgery experience and recovery were wonderful. I felt perfectly safe in Piedras Negras and his staff is wonderful. If you have any questions, feel free to message me.

I chose Alvarez. I will be sleeved March 30. My decision came after much research. I am so happy with my decision. Good luck!

I am 54 and had sleeve surgery on Aug2. I am 2 weeks, 2 days out and feel great. I have had very little pain and everything is healing up well. Another week to go before I get mushy foods! Looking forward to something besides liquids! Really looking forward to losing weight, losing my medications and joint pain!!

I am planning on being there, sounds like fun:) I am excited to meet other people that have been though the same thing.

Yeah! Looking forward to seeing you again! I got a PM from Lisa saying the meeting is still on for Saturday morning.

You should come to the meeting, we will have it in February at the Lead Bank on 7 highway outside of Blue Springs. They have a cafe there and the serve Big Train Protein drinks. It is fun to meet other sleevers and talk. Believinginlisa heads up the meetings. It would be great to meet you!

Not one regret other than I wish I done this sooner. It is hard at first and some days are not easy BUT at 5 months out, I am feeling my new "normal" and it feels really good.

I was born in Belize, check out this website for lots of great info on my beautiful Belize http://www.belizenet.com/
definately has all the info you are looking for. Have fun!!!!!

145 days from surgery to making goal. 270 hwt -182 day of surgery. 134.6 yesterday. So i am now half of the person I was when I started this journey. Absolutely the most amazing feeling.

I weighed this morning and I have officially lost 100lbs!!! Unbelievable! I still have 85lbs to go for goal and 50 to make it to Onderland! I do feel like the next 50-85 is just gravy! I'm so happy and can't even explain how much my life, my attitude, everything has changed. I LOVE myself again! I wasn't sure I'd ever get back to being happy with myself, because I was so disappointed in how far gone I had gotten. This is 100% the best thing I ever did for myself, my kids, my friends, my family, my job, MY LIFE!!!!
Great start to the beginning of the best year ever! Here I come 2013 and beyond!
I've posted some befores and 2 pics taken today (after my walk at the beach trail)....I'm Loving Life!

I dunno,.. this is one of the nicest Care Bear-Rainbow Brite sweetness forums I've ever been on. But then, being a MAN and a dullard as well I don't know there's a problem until the fry pan bounces off my head.

Sleeved yesterday finally! Love Dr A and his awesome dedicated staff. Most weeks they work 7 days a week. We started offnina really sparse room but got moved this afternoon to swankier rooms. Much nicer in these. Surgery was swift, recovery has been painless so far. Today I am off of pain and nausea meds. No throwing up or anything. Slight cough from a dry throat and I am downing some ice chips as we speak. A little discomfort from the gas buttums seems to be helping.
In all a great experience! We get discharged early tomorrow. Can't wait to get in my own bed.
I would recommend Dr A to anyone in a heartbeat. It's not about the. Money, it's about the experience. He and his staff are really personable and warm. Down to Earth.

Allnewme, I'm doing great!! Thanks for asking. I feel just fine, plenty of energy. I'm down 18lbs and I just had my first cup of coffee in two weeks. Needless to say, I'm in a happy place, lol.

I am from Marble Hill and am getting sleeved on Dec 27th- cant wait!!!! Glad to know some fellow Missourians!!!
Have an awesome day!
Stacy

Updates anyone? I'm a bit over 5 months and down 57 pounds. About 40 until goal, yay!!

It took me a few weeks before I could drink a shake in one setting. Things are very slow at first and that is OK. I had a really tough time getting any Protein in for the first couple of months. The only thing I could get down daily was the Unjury chicken Soup. It was warm and soothing to drink. My sleeve prefers warm drinks for some reason. I was three months out before I could get much of anything down at one time. I am just over 4 months out now and my labs came by good. Just take your Vitamins, rest and drink as much as your sleeve with allow you too.
I hope that you get totally better now and have no more setbacks!!

Yay I scheduled alvarez today wishing you great sucess

Soooo excited!!! (Yet groggy, lol)
Everything was so quick and easy. I don't remember a thing. I was the second today to have my surgery. There were only 4 for the whole day. At around 10:30 AM I was given something to relax me, and at 3:30 I woke up already having been in my hospital room for hours. I was only under for 35 min. But I still needed my rest I guess. Then I had my cousin call my people (family, friends) for me and let them know I was ok. Then I went back to sleep till 6-6:30. Then I got up and walked down the hallway. Climbed back in bed, had my cousin and Jesus set up my extension cord, plugged in my iPhone and iPad and I'm good to go :-)
I totally recommend Dr. Alvarez!! Not only is he fine! But he's sweet, funny, and good at what he does. His staff is great too! I'll probably add more as my stay here goes on, but for now I'm tired. Goodnight :-)

Keep in mind that no two people are alike and I hate to burst your bubble but.....
At almost 6 months post op my stomach still gurgles, growls and emotes. It's like a freak show in itself.
It gurgles cause its empty, cause it's full or when it's working on dense Proteins or junk, when I'm standing, sittin or laying down.... Bottom line is that its LOUD AND PROUD no matter what!! Lol!

Hi everyone I am ascooke's sister. Feeling very grateful to be feelin much better. I am still in the hospital but hoping later today will be the magical day my doctor says I can go. On Wednesday surgery they made it clear finding the scar tissue and cutting the bowel was very unusual and that indeed almost cost me my live. On Saturday another emergency arose when a bowel was found out of place! After Yesterday's emergency surgery I feel like a new person. Pain is under control. Appetite is non existent but I have a wonderful husband who makes sure I get in 4oz hourly all day and the focus is on protien. The sleeve side of things seems to be going great. The scar tissue and bowel would have been a problem in any case my abdeomen need to be acessed so I am not blaming the sleeve for that. This was just a fact of abnormality in my body which I pray is now fixed.
I would not discourage anyone from the sleeve as a matter of fact the only thing I would discourage is keeping it quiet that you are having surgey because now I have to explain what happen and I fear it will put a bad light on the surgery to some people who could really benefit from it.
Thanks for the prayers!

My sister and i began this journey to be sleeved in Feb, 2012, I was sleeved 11/26/12. Everything went great with surgery, I spent one night in the hospital, came home the next day was able to get in all my fluids and Protein Shakes and felt great.My sister was sleeved 12/5/12. Same doctor same hospital we had compared notes I told her what to expect, she actually is younger and in better health than me so naturally we thought this would be just as mine had and we would continue on with our journey. It was far from that. She was in surgery 5 hrs and they almost lost her, immediately they hit scar tissue and as they began to cut through it her bowel was pierced, Immediately the laproscopic surgery stopped and she was cut from her breast to her vagina straight down to repair the damaged bowel. Her sleeve was also completed, over the next few days she had problems with her blood levels, her wound kept draining and bleeding and then today 5 days later she had to go back to emergency because her small intestine was about to literally fall out. This time surgery was only an hour everything was put back in place and stitched up and she seems to be doing very well, I'm sharing this not to scare anyone but just to let you know what can happen none of this seems to be error on anyone part, its just an unfortunate occurence, no one could have known the scar tissue would be there covering the bowel and also her insides were pushed up higher than they should have been. But despite all of this she said today after surgery I would still recommend this surgery to someone that needed it. WE never know what suprises life has for us,we thought we would both be home tonight comparing our weight loss, sharing our feelings and making plans for the future, but thats not the way it is tonight but thanks to a lot of prayers, God's grace and mercy that day will come. Dont just dismiss all the risk associated with this surgery, think about, pray about, talk about, and be prepared for whatever may happen.

These are my before and after pics, 5 months out and 54 pounds down. Excited and can't wait to lose the other half.