docbree

I read laura-ven's "offensive" posts on the doctor thread. Not. Just referring rdoactive back to Alex, the administrator.
Laura-ven is a great lady. I saw her jump out on the tracks and save a puppy from a train! She broke a nail doing it!
OK, I might have made that up. But outside of making my wife look at shirtless chefs on YouTube she is OK.

I remembered my doctor told me about a Sleeve "tube" Stenosis. It is a tightening of a portion of the tube. The symptoms are vomiting after eating, having a sticking sensation when eating, inability to tolerate foods once eaten, pain when eating solid food. It usually manifests itself at four weeks after surgery. It can be treated as an outpatient procedure. The last thing my info mentions is to not let the problem to continue several days before calling. If this just started and hasn't been an issue all along maybe this is the issue.

I found that hot packs on my shoulders were extremely comforting on my shoulders for the gas pain, nothing else really helped.

Wow I was going to say the benefits out weigh the risks at that BMI and plus you can be a healthy mommy to your children..
But that whole doctor thing is weird!
nothing against a PA because my husband happens to be the worlds best ER PA, but this woman doesn't sound very informed about this procedure and HELL YA! I would want to meet the person operating on me!

Heeee!!! Thanks for sharing... We should all start a club for extra skinned people

It's scallops and shrimp. The food tray is from BariWare made for ppl who've had wls!! I think it's bariware.com as for olives I have no idea! I don't think it'll be a problem!

If you're that close, don't you think you could just pick up the phone and say, "Hey, got your invite, before I respond NO, let me tell you why. I'm going to have a procedure that's going to keep me around a long time so that our kids and grandkids can play together."
Of course, I'm a dude - so you may need to soften the approach on that one!

Ugh....... OTR we almost had 24 hours of people not posting here!!! Good going slick!
:)

I find it amusing that people post in this thread just to point out that ppl are still posting.
Kind of like waking someone up to tell them it's bedtime.

There is an easy easy solution.....just don't open the thread notification. Just ignore it. Problem Easily solved.

Awww.....guy!

I saw a post to you that was pretty unkind. Let me say first, that early on, i thought you were just a smidge over the top, BUT have come to love and appreciate your carefree banter. And secondly, we need you on this site. You started standing out when there was real nastiness going on and, i am betting, many left the site. You roared in and lightened up several weeks of blaming, name calling, insulting postings. Things have swung back to a more positive nature and I thank you for that. Yes, i can see that those wound a bit tighter than myself might not see humor in some of yours and fyres comments, but hey.... Sure beats that other crap that was going on. So please... Dont curb your enthusiastic nature. They keep saying this site is for all, but they keep routing out those that they dont see eye to eye with. I think you give very patient responses to those i have to ignore rather than say... Do a search or try google!... And your responses are sensible, genuine and come from a place of good common sense. Hopefully you are not posting because you are just busy rather than feeling down over one comment. And you know what .... You have never, ever said anything even remotely close to what was said to you so please keep it in perspective and get yourself back in there! I would really miss you if you left.

I'm sorry to read that you are still going through all of this Sannah. It's been too long of a road!
I'm also glad to read you're going to talk to your doc, but please don't hesitate if she does not change immediately to change docs. Changing docs saved my life. I don't know how much longer I could have made it given the care I was getting from my first doc. Fresh eyes aren't a bad thing, especially given all of the complications you've gone through. The fact that anyone would tell you that a question you ask is stupid concerns me. Arrogance has no place in medical care and yet so many doctors and nurses are full of it! You have a right to ask stupid questions all day long if you feel the need And your doc should shut up and answer them with a smile on her face.
I got so beat down when I was at my worst and I know that I wasn't an easy patient to deal with. I was SOOOOOO worn out and so worried about dying far from my son and husband that every time the poor docs would come to my room and ask how I was I'd start bawling This from a girl who is well known to have a heart of steel. I never cry! But a body can only take so much before you give in. I told my girlfriends I'd kind of lost "myself" during the process which was entirely true. It wasn't until they finally fixed my leak that I found me again. BTW my docs prefer not to use stents because of the pain they cause a patient. Instead they use a devise called the "claw" which is literally not felt in your body and in early cases is really successful. In late leaks (like mine) it's much less so, but they decided to go ahead because they felt that the risks of a stent and all of the continued care required might cause me even more difficulty (ie your heart issue etc). I love that little claw It worked for me and saved my life. I went from being horrifically sick to being well in a couple of days, though like you my energy was literally gone. I could barely walk when I came home but every day got better.
My son suffered due to my complications. He's still scared I will "go away" again for a long time so when I travel he asks me not to go to the doctors because they might keep me far away from him I'm glad your little one is smaller than that so she won't remember this and have that worry. I know it must break your heart, as it did mine, to not be able to care for her.
WHen I was going through all of this I posted on VSG almost daily. I found great support from many people here (and the standard, you must have made this up crap as well, but not too much of that). I wasn't always strong enough to post, but I'd sit in my hospital bed at night and read the kind comments from these strangers across the nation and they helped me, more than I can say. I'm glad you're reaching out, and maybe hun you could do that as well...just keep this thread going with your daily updates until you feel you've found Sannah again Whine, ask stupid questions, scream, yell and cry here and we'll do our best to help you. I had a loving family at home and many dear friends and they did help, but I also felt I had to be strong for them and here, I could just say what I felt without judgement. It helps hun. You're in my thoughts! Now go drink a Protein shake

I wish you all the best too!
Your a sweet girl Sannah and your daughter is lucky to have such a caring mom!
Laura

I haven't been sleeved yet, but when I went to the consultation appointment the doctor told me I would need 50 grams of Protein per day. I am 5'4''... I guess different doctors recommend different amounts.

I know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy that says after a lil sum'in sum'in that he enjoys his workouts and walks much better.

Wonderful apology. It would have been easy to walk away, do a disappearing act, and sign up as someone else, but you didn't.

It always impresses me when ppl own their actions.
Quality. :-)
Amanda Rae

My apologies. I did not think before posting. I hope you are doing better.

Hi everyone -
I had my consultation January 25th and just didn't feel comfortable with the surgeon. I had posted before that I believed he was an excellent surgeon, but didn't really seem to address my concerns and I thought aftercare might be lacking.
I have done a lot of research since then, and I just scheduled an appointment with a second surgeon. She is with a large medical group that has a full weight loss program with psychologists, nutritionists and support groups.
I think this may be exactly what I am looking for. I hope things go well and I will you keep you all posted.

I like that you were able to acknowledge your hesitancy and go out and shop around. So many people just trust in the first doc they see even if it might not be a good fit!

Good luck, doc! Sounds like a good deal, one stop shopping!!

vogue Ahhhhhh onederland - what a wonderful place to live in
blue skies, big trees, beautiful flowers, birds chirping, children laughing - ahhh yes - onederland is terrific
congrats on your great weight loss
your NSV - for ME - is getting rid of the "devil/scale" for one month - kudos!!!
keep up the great job
72.3 lbs gone
WooHoo

Hi everyone -
I had my consultation January 25th and just didn't feel comfortable with the surgeon. I had posted before that I believed he was an excellent surgeon, but didn't really seem to address my concerns and I thought aftercare might be lacking.
I have done a lot of research since then, and I just scheduled an appointment with a second surgeon. She is with a large medical group that has a full weight loss program with psychologists, nutritionists and support groups.
I think this may be exactly what I am looking for. I hope things go well and I will you keep you all posted.