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You are doing great. And I agree it is an interesting concept. Please keep us updated and let us know how you're progressing and if increasing your calories on a regular basis continues to help.

Angie...you rock! I'm so happy for you! I hope you have a wonderful vacation and have a great time! You deserve it!

My PCP was very supportive and knew that losing the weight would cure my other health issues. I went to see her for a checkup last week and she was super impressed with my progress and my labs. Good luck to you!

wow sleeve buddy...you ROCK! I can't even imagine running..my boobs are too big....I'd hurt myself! LOL Your loss is fabulous too! I'm so proud of you!

possum...I asked my surgeon about this procedure (they call is POSE and do it incisionlessly) when he touched on it briefly in the seminar. They only recommend it for people who have less than 100 lbs to lose...more around the 50 lb range. Louisiana Incisionless Weight Loss Surgery

Holy crap! That's amazing loss. Can you give us some of the details about what you're doing? Are you logging your food? Are you counting calories? Carbs? Exercising?

I agree Tiffany that perhaps marketing this procedure as a "super sleeve" is misleading. They should stick to what it is....gastric plication to avoid any confusion. Here is a link to my surgeon's website about this procedure...they call it the POSE procedure. They call it the incisionless weight loss surgery but it was only in clinical trials and they only do it for people who do not have a lot to lose. Louisiana Incisionless Weight Loss Surgery Tiff I read one of your other posts about this procedure and I agree with you that I would be concerned with the true reversibility of this procedure. I can't imagine that something that is sutured for any length of time wouldn't have some scar tissue or what not. I think it's a good idea to have a sub forum for this procedure. I'm sure more and more people are going to start having this mainly because it's supposedly reversible.

Yeah I'm still learning that....still working on slowing down eating.

I paid $13,600 for my surgery and that includes a year of complication coverage and office visits and also visits with the nut.

I do believe that's one way to describe it. For me it's not in my throat but right at the top of my tummy.

Welcome and I'm glad you found us. You will not regret the decision to have the sleeve! I love my sleeve!

I love broccoli and have it several times a week without issue. I also love salad and that goes down fine too. Actually I haven't come across anything at all that doesn't go down just fine.

Hi there...I'm glad you found us! I can't even imagine how frustrated I'd be if I was in your shoes...even though it's the correct way to do it. You want to be as healthy as possible to have your surgery to minimize risk and complications. It WILL happen...I know it's hard to wait. When I finally made up my mind to do it..I wanted to have surgery like THAT day...lol Have you started working on that 25 lbs or do you no longer have to do that?

Sheryl, you will get there and the pass it up and keep right on going. You're doing great!

LOL! That's a good goal to have!

How much do you have to lose?

Congratulations...I can't wait to get there!

No...but hi friend!

Welcome MaryAnn....best of luck to you for a smooth surgery and speedy recovery. Keep us posted on your progress!

Can you give us an idea of what you're eating on a daily basis? Are you getting in all of your protein and fluids?

What are you eating that you are already regaining weight?

I've had problems pretty consistently. I was told to sip on Milk Of Magnesia in those early weeks. That definitely works but I totally can't stomach that stuff anymore. Just thinking about it makes me want to puke. It got to the point where I had to take a stimulant laxative a couple of times. I'm doing better now that I've begun eating some veggies and salad but when I think about it I add some miralax to my smoothies. I tried taking Colace pills but that did nothing for me. If I notice I haven't gone in days and days, then I will take a dulcolax to get things moving. There is totally not even close to enough fiber in my diet!

He's doing great...and so are you! congrats to both of you and I love that you guys get to do this together!

Thanks swift....we've been wondering where you've been. Please drop into chat one night when you can. I'd love to hear about your progress!

Renee...it IS drastic but drastic is what we need! I want a decent quality of life back and I'm getting there. Before surgery, I had pretty much become sedentary and didn't like to do much of anything but sit around. It was just too much effort and I was uncomfortable and hated the way I looked. I even skipped my class reunions because I didn't want those people to see me so fat. I'm definitely planning to go to the next one though! My husband and I are going to go and play tennis this week. That's something I always loved to do but got too fat to do. I can't wait! There are so many things I'm looking forward to being able to do again...I could kick myself for allowing me to get that out of hand with my weight....back problems or not. I truly feel like this surgery has saved my life. It might be drastic...but it's way better than the alternative...which is life as a fat couch potato and likely an early death. I choose life!