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I'm sorry about your sister.. BUT, my life was saved by having sleeve surgery. Perhaps people should be warned against the medical staff that ignored your sister's symptoms as well as the risks of surgery.
I knew the risks, but I was willing to take them and not be confined to a dialysis unit, cane, and eventually a hospital bed due to obesity related illnesses...
I'm glad you posted your sister's story and there are several on this board who have had severe complications.. A few may even regret surgery.. but what thing is life is 100% favorable all the time? Nothing... People should read your story and make an informed decision about what they want to do.. Blessings and thoughts of healing toward you and your sister...

I am sorry to hear about your sister. Leaks are just one of the known risks of this surgery, and was a risk I was willing to take given the percentages of complications.
Everyone has their own reasons for having the surgery and each of us has our own risk tolerance. If your risk tolerance is very low, then I agree, don't have any surgeries. But, for myself, my quality of life was going downhill fast. A complication of a leak or otherwise was just another risk of being morbidly obese. I was willing to take the chance to fall into the 97% of patients who don't have these types of complications.
Again, I am sorry to hear about your sister and I will keep her in my thoughts.

Aug 30...day of surgery...busting out of size 20 because I was too prideful to go to the size 22 I needed to be in
Today, Jan 15... Size 14 SKINNY JEANS!!!
not as great as others, but for less than 5 months...I'll take it.... this is the weight & size I was 13 years ago POST-Parturm with kid #4 really breaks my heart to see how I let myself go....but Im on the upswing now babyyyyyyyy!!
SV =Down 71 pounds!!!

Aug 30...day of surgery...busting out of size 20 because I was too prideful to go to the size 22 I needed to be in
Today, Jan 15... Size 14 SKINNY JEANS!!!
not as great as others, but for less than 5 months...I'll take it.... this is the weight & size I was 13 years ago POST-Parturm with kid #4 really breaks my heart to see how I let myself go....but Im on the upswing now babyyyyyyyy!!
SV =Down 71 pounds!!!

Aug 30...day of surgery...busting out of size 20 because I was too prideful to go to the size 22 I needed to be in
Today, Jan 15... Size 14 SKINNY JEANS!!!
not as great as others, but for less than 5 months...I'll take it.... this is the weight & size I was 13 years ago POST-Parturm with kid #4 really breaks my heart to see how I let myself go....but Im on the upswing now babyyyyyyyy!!
SV =Down 71 pounds!!!

Aug 30...day of surgery...busting out of size 20 because I was too prideful to go to the size 22 I needed to be in
Today, Jan 15... Size 14 SKINNY JEANS!!!
not as great as others, but for less than 5 months...I'll take it.... this is the weight & size I was 13 years ago POST-Parturm with kid #4 really breaks my heart to see how I let myself go....but Im on the upswing now babyyyyyyyy!!
SV =Down 71 pounds!!!

at 6 weeks out I still didnt have energy to do laundry much less go to the gym, but once I started forcing myself, the energy came... its like I had to exert myself to get energy... it does get better... by month 3 you will be lighter on your feel and zipping around like a bee

I coat with an egg and use spicy panko as a coating...then pan fry with a table of coconut oil.... crunchy & tasty with no guilt... and since my sleeve behave so well, I still can only eat a half piece then take the other half to work for lunch the next day WIn-Win!!

your husband may be well intentioned... trying to make you feel "normal" ASAP... explain to him that you are in for a LONG journey not a quick sprint to normalcy...
FWIW, Im more than 4 months out and those dense Proteins like roasted turkey & chicken still dont sit well with me... your DH may be forewarned that he may be the object of your projectile vomiting if he doesnt stop trying to force food on you...
all things in due time

Isopure Alpine punch is the only Protein I can tolerate now... I did Premier Protein shakes for pre and post op, and now am totally SICK of all of those sickeningly sweet shakes... I do Isopure over ice with a wedge of lime in my glass... sometimes when I am feeling froggy, I chill it in a martini shaker and serve it in a martini glass!

I use vitacost.< /p>