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Hi here is my story I had the vertical sleeve gastrectomy in 2014 with hiatal hernia repair with the intent to loose weight to boost my fertility as we had been trying to have a baby for almost 2 years. I found myself pregnant 3 months later. It was not my intention to get pregnant so soon after surgery but we were thrilled. I did end up loosing about 120 pounds over all. Here I am 9 years and 3 babies later However I got back up to 286lbs. I am 36 years old and we decided we are done having biological children so I wanted to try and start my weight loss journey again. Reached back out to my bariatric office, and they scheduled an EGD to check out my sleeve and investigate as I do have heart burn. They found I had some gastritis and a hiatal hernia. In addition the top part of my sleeve had expanded above my diaphragm. So on April 27, 2023 I had another hiatal hernia repair and partial gastrectomy. He said that had more efficient ways on fixing my hernia than they did 9 years ago and that the partial gastrectomy would be kind of tightening up my sleeve at the top that expanded. I am at 270lbs today so it is nice to see the scale go down but I find myself frustrated that the weight is definitely not coming off like it did the first time around. I know it takes time and that I am doing well but the scale just will not move from 269-272lbs over a week and I hate it and just wanted to vent. I'm currently doing puree and I'm trying to make sure I get in all of my water and protein. I am not overeating for sure. I don't feel hungry at all and I have to remind myself to eat. Well that's the gist of my story and I just wanted to put it out there and see if anyone can relate and maybe we can help encourage each other, thanks for reading.

I finally finished my six month weight loss requirement for my surgery. The doctor's office submitted my paper work this last thursday (2/6/14) to my insurance. Anyone know how long it might take to find out if I was approved? Am I supposed to wait until the doctor's office calls me or can I call my insurance to check my approval status? I am in Grand Rapids, MI, if that helps.

Yes, I am 17 weeks pregnant and still feel weak at times but it is much better now than what it was so hopefully you will feel better soon

I was 4 months post-op when I found out I was pregnant. I am now 17weeks pregnant and 7 months post-op. I have been having nausea and vomiting since about 6 weeks pregnant. But other than that everything seems to be fine

I just found out I am pregnant I am 4 months post-op. It is earlier than I expected but I am super happy about it. We tried for a year and a half pre-surgery with no luck and now we are pregnant with out even really trying. I'm still in shock a bit Anyway... my question is what Vitamins your doctors have you on for pregnancy in addition to your post-op vitamins. I have talked with both my surgeon's office and my OB office and they are going to get back to me. For the time being I started a prescribed prenatal Vitamin from the ob office and am taking just over 1500mg Calcium citrate recommended by my dietician at my surgeons office. I am holing off on the vitamin b-12 and Vitamin A that I was taking until I hear back from my OB office. Any advice would be great. This is my first pregnancy and its hard to find advice from people who have had our surgery. Thanks in advance -Rachel

Sometimes right after surgery your cycle schedule can be messed up because your body is adjusting. My first period post-op was very light but then went back to normal. Also I have stalled every few weeks since surgery. Week three is a big stall week for most people. The weight will keep dropping just give it a little time ........... Is there any chance you could be pregnant? I only ask because I just found out that I am and I am only 4 months post-op.

I just got my approval for March 10th!!! I started this whole process in July and I'm so glad that I am just a few weeks away from surgery. I'm very ready to get my new life started

Grand Rapids, Michigan Surgery was 3/10/14

Hi... unfortunately I can only invite people who had the sleeve done, I'm not the one who started the group, and I see you had lap band done... However there is another group on facebook called bariatric newbies that is for all surgery types and is also really helpful. And I just sent you an invite to that... see you there

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didn't see your request at first... just sent the invite

For those of you that asked for invites, I sent them to the e-mail addresses you gave me. If you did not get them feel free to private message me and I can try again... Thanks

Invite sent to e-mail... see you on facebook

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I tried to send you an invite but it didn't accept the e-mail like the others, can you please check it for me and I'll try to send it again.

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Are you on Facebook, we have a march facebook group that is completely private so only each other (members of the group) can see the posts. It has been really helpful to me. It is by invitation only because you can't even search it. I can invite you are interested. I just need you e-mail address to send the invite. Thanks for sharing your words of encouragement, I was sleeved on March 3rd, had lost 10 pounds pre-op and gained 11 overnight post-op, it's been 12 days and barely it's all that I gained. In fact I'm a pound over my pre-op still. It's sooooo frustrating cause your stomach was reduced 70% I'm doing all the right things and still a big nothing!!!! I won't give up, we need to start a March Sleevers group and share our stories and encourages one another. Who's game?

I wasn't loosing very fast either. However I am only a week post-op tomorrow. I had gained 12 pounds from all the Fluid they pump you full of in the hospital. On March 10th, Surgery date, my weight was 279.8, On March 12th ,the day I got home from hospital I weighed 292, yesterday my weight was 281.3, today weight 273.1.... just wanted to let you know our bodies can be very strange especially since I dropped 8lbs in one day. My sister also had the sleeve done last year and she said she would go days without loosing anything and then 3-4 pounds would be gone all at once. You are doing great try and stay positive

Hello everyone, I had my surgery on Monday, 3/10/14, and I am doing pretty good but I have been having esophageal spasms since coming out from surgery, it feels like tight chest pain that lingers for a couple seconds and then relaxes. My doctor is aware and I'm told that these are more related to the hiatal hernia that was also repaired, that I didn't even know I had, but I was wondering if anyone else had the same thing and how long they took to go away. They make it hard to drink anything and right now I am far from reaching the amount of Fluid and Protein I am supposed to be drinking daily.