Molly Sleeved

It's there for a reason - to shrink your liver to make it easier for your surgeon to do the surgery. Some smaller patients don't have a fatty liver and don't have to do one. Some surgeons seem to think they are God and can work around a fatty liver. If you're told to do one, do it. It will be best for you in the end. And my opinion, if you can't stick out the pre-op diet, you may want to reconsider what you're getting yourself into.

This sounds like dumping syndrome to me. Was it high in carbs, sugar, or fats?

This all comes down to what you expect from the surgery. It does not fix anything but the size of your stomach. In that regard, I think it is impossible for the sleeve to " not work". This is about reasonable expectations. The only thing for sure that will come from getting the VSG is the reduction in the size of your stomach. It does not cure your emotional eating, hormone imbalances, cravings, etc. Just because you are not losing weight as quickly as you'd like to does not mean the sleeve has failed. The sleeve is a tool I have been given to use for the rest of my life - in my mind, IT cannot fail, *I* can fail to use IT. I can also have other issues which prevent me from losing weight at quickly as I would like - but that does NOT mean that the sleeve has failed, it simply means I have other things going on besides the previous lack of restriction.

By the time I was 17, I had lost all hope of ever being under 300 pounds. I thought I would never be a happy, healthy person. Today, at 20 (2 months after surgery) I have said goodbye to the 300s. I never want to see them again. I'm working everyday to become a happy healthier Molly. 99.6 more pounds until goal - doesn't seem so bad now that I have proven to myself I can lose 60!

If you're not hungry, the sleeve is working. The sleeve is a tool of restriction - that's it. It's not a cure for obesity.

One of my friends stretched his sleeve from Coke. That's enough to keep me away.

Puree for me was a lot of scrambled eggs, ricotta cheese, hummus, and guacamole.

Be thankful you get those veggies! A lot of people only get shakes. 150 oz of water a day kept me sane.

Ignorance comes from uneducation. A non-WLS person will never understand what we go through. Keep you're head up, this decision is for YOU.

Most likely its healing or you're not getting your water in. Make sure you're pushing that water.

I'm following you now! I'm 20 now... shhhh don't tell that I'm posting here.

A lot factors into the skin, but the fact of the matter is with having to lose over 200 lbs there is no way I won't be needed reconstructive surgery. Hopefully, you don't have so much to lose.

I haven't had any problems with getting in liquids and haven't thrown up once. Hopefully, you'll have the same experience. As far as protein goes I like EAS carb control (add Click sometimes), Gold Standard Whey, Unjury, and Isopure Zero Carb.

People who have not had weight loss surgery will probably never understand what having weight loss surgery means. The fact that they think it's the easy road out is because they are uneducated on WLS - you have to take it with a grain of salt.

My only support besides online are my parents. The online community helps a lot. Feel free to contact me if you need anything! Links to various social media are in my signature.