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Thank you.

Some questions about post-op pain for the women: On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the most painful, how severe was your pain? Was this pain attributed to gas? Was this your first surgery/abdominal surgery? Were you nervous/scared prior to surgery? Was your surgery performed in a hospital or Surgical center. How many days were you in the hospital? Was your surgery in the US? What type of support did you receive post-op at home? Thanks everyone in advance for your responses, your responses will help me tremendously.

I've been perusing the forums and have noticed what seems to be a lack of post-op instructions. Is this something that I would need to address early on with my nutrition/surgeon consult, or is this information generally provided at some point pre-surgery? Post surgery do you continue to meet with a nutritionist for diet adjustments? Thanks for your help.

Now that is funny, I think I'll have to use that term.

Thanks for your responses.

Thank you, I've read many posts here and on other sites, and have found some quite informative.

I wish you good luck.

This is very helpful.

. Nothing has been hard, wow why is that?

. Thanks for your honesty. I don't think my curves are going anywhere.

. Thanks. I did check my insurance coverage and it is a covered procedure. I'm still researching surgeons, I have some very good recommendations.

. Has the surgery helped much?

. Thank you for sharing. Has the therapy helped much and how long have you been in therapy? I

Hi everyone! I've been lurking and finally decided to join. I'm here contemplating surgery and just in the information gathering stage right now. For those who have already had vertical sleeve surgery surgery, did you have the surgery to become a normal size or to be skinny, skinny seems to be a theme on some of the posts? I'm just not sure what a realistic expectation should be. What has been the hardest part of your surgery, aftercare and maintenance? Did this surgery boost your confidence? Thank you.