Cheryl Lawler Phillips

My husband was sleeved with Dr. Almanza on August 23rd and one of his incisions were open as well. One of the stitches popped prior to being removed and therefore the wound didn't close. He wanted me to remove the stitches and I just wasn't comfortable doing that. He went to our regular care physician today and he removed the stitches and them put three staples in the open wound. He gave us a staple remover and the staples have to be removed on Sunday. Hope this helps. He also put steri strips on the other incision sites.

My husband was sleeved on Aug. 23rd, 2012. He was 530 pre-op surgery with a BMI of 63. He was sleeved by Dr. Almanza in Tijuana Mexico. Surgery can be pretty scary for a lot of people, especially this surgery. It's permanent. She may just be scared and making excuses. Take care of you. You can't do it for her. Good luck!!!

He isn't following the post-op diet very well as far as how long to be on clear fluids, pureed foods, soft foods etc. He is only 10 days out from surgery and he is pretty much eating anything he wants but he is keeping things to low carb and high protein. He doesn't mind that diet at all, he actually feels better on it. He was on Atkins for a long time, on and off, but was unable to lose any weight. Now he is actually dropping weight! I am so excited for him.

Two-terville! Congrats on your 100lbs lost!!!

Thank you so much for sharing!!! My husband was sleeved on August 23, 2012 and is already down 40 pounds. He started his pre-op at 530 and surgery weight was 517, He is drinking high protein-low carb shakes, lean protein and taking liquid vitamins. The problem is that he is waiting for the other shoe to drop. He is convinced that any day now he is going to get on the scale and it will be up and continue to go up. He just can't enjoy the weight loss yet because he has never lost weight before. It's so good to hear of someone of his size that it has worked on. Again, thank you for sharing!!!