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I had mine 2 1/2 years ago and have never regretted it. I admit as I was getting on the OR table I was like do I really want to do this? Yes you do. It's a tool and not perfect but gave me my health back. I am an RN too so I was glad to be an example to my patients. Go for it. There is pain the first week or two and you have to ease back into solid food but you will get there. The straw thing is real. The air in your stomach can hurt. The feeling full too you will feel it! And if you push it you will vomit. And the not drinking while eating is true too but after a while you can sip a little if you need to. Eating spicy food you need to!if you try an alcohol drink watch out! It can hit you really fast. But look at this way 1 drink and you are done! Saves money. Also the take home box is your friend. I order what I want but I usually take 1/2 or more home. But if I feel like it I eat it later. Again it's a tool not magic. But I wanted to live a better life and I have. Good luck. Remember get up as soon as you can after the surgery. Also use the binder they give you. It helps a lot the first 2-3 weeks giving your abd wall support. Also use pain medication. You don't get extra brownie points for going without it. So says the RN in me! The pain mostly comes from the larger hole on the side of you belly button. It's the place the do most of the surgery from and they have to move in and out of it more. So don't be surprised if there is more pain in that area. They close it with a web like suture that you pull and it closes he hole. They usually use it to close a person up who has a chest tube for a collapsed lung.


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I had mine 2 1/2 years ago and have never regretted it. I admit as I was getting on the OR table I was like do I really want to do this? Yes you do. It's a tool and not perfect but gave me my health back. I am an RN too so I was glad to be an example to my patients. Go for it. There is pain the first week or two and you have to ease back into solid food but you will get there. The straw thing is real. The air in your stomach can hurt. The feeling full too you will feel it! And if you push it you will vomit. And the not drinking while eating is true too but after a while you can sip a little if you need to. Eating spicy food you need to!if you try an alcohol drink watch out! It can hit you really fast. But look at this way 1 drink and you are done! Saves money. Also the take home box is your friend. I order what I want but I usually take 1/2 or more home. But if I feel like it I eat it later. Again it's a tool not magic. But I wanted to live a better life and I have. Good luck. Remember get up as soon as you can after the surgery. Also use the binder they give you. It helps a lot the first 2-3 weeks giving your abd wall support. Also use pain medication. You don't get extra brownie points for going without it. So says the RN in me! The pain mostly comes from the larger hole on the side of you belly button. It's the place the do most of the surgery from and they have to move in and out of it more. So don't be surprised if there is more pain in that area. They close it with a web like suture that you pull and it closes he hole. They usually use it to close a person up who has a chest tube for a collapsed lung.


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I had mine 2 1/2 years ago and have never regretted it. I admit as I was getting on the OR table I was like do I really want to do this? Yes you do. It's a tool and not perfect but gave me my health back. I am an RN too so I was glad to be an example to my patients. Go for it. There is pain the first week or two and you have to ease back into solid food but you will get there. The straw thing is real. The air in your stomach can hurt. The feeling full too you will feel it! And if you push it you will vomit. And the not drinking while eating is true too but after a while you can sip a little if you need to. Eating spicy food you need to!if you try an alcohol drink watch out! It can hit you really fast. But look at this way 1 drink and you are done! Saves money. Also the take home box is your friend. I order what I want but I usually take 1/2 or more home. But if I feel like it I eat it later. Again it's a tool not magic. But I wanted to live a better life and I have. Good luck. Remember get up as soon as you can after the surgery. Also use the binder they give you. It helps a lot the first 2-3 weeks giving your abd wall support. Also use pain medication. You don't get extra brownie points for going without it. So says the RN in me! The pain mostly comes from the larger hole on the side of you belly button. It's the place the do most of the surgery from and they have to move in and out of it more. So don't be surprised if there is more pain in that area. They close it with a web like suture that you pull and it closes he hole. They usually use it to close a person up who has a chest tube for a collapsed lung.


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Don't kick yourself see it as a good bye to McDonald. I had a fish sandwich on my clear diet pre op! I had the surgery in May 2014. Lost 135 lbs and I am healthy. I went from 8 pills a day to 1 plus Vitamins. You will question it as you are getting on the table! I did but as I put on my size 12 pants I thank god for the tool. I was a 28. Don't keep the fat wall come walk in the sun !

I was 320 at my highest. I am 175-180 now for the last 18 months????

When I looked at the eight to nine pills a day I was taking I had my what I call "come to Jesus moment" I did not want to die from something I had control over. Also I have a disabled child who needs me to live. On top of it I am an RN and know better! I know I could lose the weight on my own but I could also gain it all back. The sleeve is a tool that has kept me from it. I have had a hard time this last month and gain like 5 lbs which I am working on taking off starting yesterday. But I am still a size 12 today down from a 24-26. I take one pill a day for thyroid that runs in my family. Tomorrow will be 2 years since my surgery and me thinking should I do this as I was getting on the OR table. I have no regrets and I would do it again in a heartbeat! Says the girl with all the great clothes!

When I looked at the eight to nine pills a day I was taking I had my what I call "come to Jesus moment" I did not want to die from something I had control over. Also I have a disabled child who needs me to live. On top of it I am an RN and know better! I know I could lose the weight on my own but I could also gain it all back. The sleeve is a tool that has kept me from it. I have had a hard time this last month and gain like 5 lbs which I am working on taking off starting yesterday. But I am still a size 12 today down from a 24-26. I take one pill a day for thyroid that runs in my family. Tomorrow will be 2 years since my surgery and me thinking should I do this as I was getting on the OR table. I have no regrets and I would do it again in a heartbeat! Says the girl with all the great clothes!

When I looked at the eight to nine pills a day I was taking I had my what I call "come to Jesus moment" I did not want to die from something I had control over. Also I have a disabled child who needs me to live. On top of it I am an RN and know better! I know I could lose the weight on my own but I could also gain it all back. The sleeve is a tool that has kept me from it. I have had a hard time this last month and gain like 5 lbs which I am working on taking off starting yesterday. But I am still a size 12 today down from a 24-26. I take one pill a day for thyroid that runs in my family. Tomorrow will be 2 years since my surgery and me thinking should I do this as I was getting on the OR table. I have no regrets and I would do it again in a heartbeat! Says the girl with all the great clothes!

I hate her too! Because she whines and she is in control of her life. She can't try for herself her son or her husband. Even if she lost half the weight she would have my empathy. Her it's the doctors fault pisses me off. But all the guilt she puts on her husband and son is what I hate. Her husband may never leave her but her son will get really mad when he gets older. He will say wasn't i enough reason to want to life? I love the girl Zysann I think is her name. She had the husband who was stupid and told her she was nothing without the weight. She finally left him and got into therapy. Her and her daughter are doing great. I was hoping her husband would come around. But since he didn't she needed to leave him not just for herself but her daughter. He was toxic in the way he treated her.

I do labor and delivery 12 hour shift 3x a week. I bring Protein Shakes and bars to work. I can eat even if I don't get a break. I also bring cheese sometimes or yogurt. If I buy something at work it will be a cheese omelette or like tuna from the salad bar. I use Atkins shrikes at work because the package has a top you can reuse. I also work overnight so I need to eat or I get too much acid build up. For drinking I use to be a diet coke freak. I found a Water called Avitae water. It's water with caffeine! It has 3 levels equal to a 12 oz soda a cup of coffee or an energy drink. I buy it at target or I buy by the case from Office Depot.

I hit my goal weight last year on my first trip to Vegas! It was my 50 bday and I was down to one pill from 8 a day. This year we went for my sister's bday about 2 weeks ago. And I am still within my 5 lb goal weight. We eat our way across vegas too! I just take my food back to the room if I can't eat it all. Also there is a big movement now among foodies for small and sharing! This has been great because that's how I roll! We can order 4 or 5 different things I can try them all and it doesn't get wasted or there not too much to lead me into temptation!

I am! I have noticed that I am up a few lbs and need to loose it! I will take back my sleeve too! No drinking for a month more Protein less weight watchers ice cream! Starting tomorrow afternoon because I am going out in the morning after work because it's my mom's bday. Only cheese omelette for breakfast! Protein is my middle name!!

For me it was looking at the 8-9 pills I was taking everyday. The threat of insulin shots and the idea I could die and leave my 3 children alone. My youngest and oldest would be ok but my middle guy who was 14 when I had the surgery has autism. He will never be able to live on his own. I was 48 and decided I didn't want to die from something stupid. food addiction is real and I am one but I needed a tool that would help me loose and help me from gaining it back. Also I am an RN so I know better! I give a great shot but I hate getting them! So 21 months later I am 140 lbs lighter. I hit my goal weight in Jan. 2014 and have kept it off since. I have a 5 lb leeway but if I get within 2 lbs of the high I dial back whst and how I eat. I turned 51 3 weeks ago I was a 3x to 4x I am now about a 12 to 14. I saw a friend from high school yesterday that I had not seen since before the surgery. He even noticed I am lighter now then I was then!! I love my life now. I can fit regular clothes! I take one pill a day (hypothyroid) and I can fit in any sit where ever I go. I also don't have to have the special scrubs at work for the bigger personal. I wear a medium!! Hang in there one and all. It is worth it all to get your life back. It is still a struggle with food but it's not the ruler of my life anymore.

For me it was looking at the 8-9 pills I was taking everyday. The threat of insulin shots and the idea I could die and leave my 3 children alone. My youngest and oldest would be ok but my middle guy who was 14 when I had the surgery has autism. He will never be able to live on his own. I was 48 and decided I didn't want to die from something stupid. food addiction is real and I am one but I needed a tool that would help me loose and help me from gaining it back. Also I am an RN so I know better! I give a great shot but I hate getting them! So 21 months later I am 140 lbs lighter. I hit my goal weight in Jan. 2014 and have kept it off since. I have a 5 lb leeway but if I get within 2 lbs of the high I dial back whst and how I eat. I turned 51 3 weeks ago I was a 3x to 4x I am now about a 12 to 14. I saw a friend from high school yesterday that I had not seen since before the surgery. He even noticed I am lighter now then I was then!! I love my life now. I can fit regular clothes! I take one pill a day (hypothyroid) and I can fit in any sit where ever I go. I also don't have to have the special scrubs at work for the bigger personal. I wear a medium!! Hang in there one and all. It is worth it all to get your life back. It is still a struggle with food but it's not the ruler of my life anymore.

I am 5'8". Was sleeved on May 1,2013. Was 310 to start. Have been my goal weight of 175 since January 2014. Give or take 5 lbs. was easy to loose and keeping off has been not that hard. Keep up the good work. I did so well I am on my surgeons web site as a patient success story. If you go to slimlifesolutions.com and go to pt testimonies you can see me I am 3rd one down with cynthia e.

I am 5'8". Was sleeved on May 1,2013. Was 310 to start. Have been my goal weight of 175 since January 2014. Give or take 5 lbs. was easy to loose and keeping off has been not that hard. Keep up the good work. I did so well I am on my surgeons web site as a patient success story. If you go to slimlifesolutions.com and go to pt testimonies you can see me I am 3rd one down with cynthia e.

Maybe low blood sugar or dumping symptom you should not have milk shack try to get Protein into you. I don't care what kind if you are low blood sugar try some juice. Any kind will do.

Maybe low blood sugar or dumping symptom you should not have milk shack try to get Protein into you. I don't care what kind if you are low blood sugar try some juice. Any kind will do.

I had my doubts up until they where putting the mask over my face in the OR. But 14 months later and 135 lbs off I am off all my type II meds and other support meds! Get healthy and live your life! I am and I am so happy I did.

Started at 306 may 2013. As of this week 178.

I too was in your shoes. I am 14 months out 135 lbs lost and happy with my life. I am even on my surgeons web site with before and after pics! Life is better with less weight and feeling better health wise. Sleeve on!

If anything the surgery helped me lose the weight but will also help me keep it off. I am 13 months out now. I lost 135 lb and have been in maintain mode since January. I thought I could lose the weight but just as easily put it back on. Now I really would have to work to eat wrong and put it back. I can eat anything I want just in little bits. Hang in there and keep up th faith!

You will be happy. Change is hard and it's not all happy fast! But you need to knock down that wall of fat that you have been hiding behind. Become the person you know you can be. Is food in large amounts more important then your health? I was type 2 on oral meds and maxed out. I did not want to die from something stupid. So I made the change I am down 135 lbs in 9 months. And mind you I am not Ms. Workout. You can do it by not using food as your drug. It's still your friend because we all have to eat. It's just not my reward. My reward is seeing my face that I haven't seen in 10 years. The reaction of several people who I work with but where off for several months. Many did triple takes. Come to the light guys! If you can lose without WLS go for it! I couldn't I have hypothyroid work overnight, etc. I have done it and my live is better.

Yes! I had type II. If I did not have the surgery I was going to shot! My come to Jesus movement! I was sleeved May 1, 2013. 135 lbs lost later I am on no pills for it! I am healthy now and I look better. I have a son with autism and I can't die of something stupid! Neither can you. Take control of your life. You are not living now with all these health issues. They will not magically get better. You need to work for it. Please come to the light.

Hang in there I was done may 1 of 2013. I am 135 lbs down and I am healthy! No more type II meds or other supplemental ones! You can too get back your life