jess9395

Most doctors will tell you that the carbonation stretching your stomach is a myth. Your stomach is made of thick muscle fiber. Tiny air bubbles won’t exert enough pressure to stretch it. The stretchy part (the fundus) has been removed if the sleeve was performed correctly.

Mmmmmm@creekimp13 you’re making me hungry! Reese’s eggs, ice cream and fries for dinner!!! Oh no better not. I’d like to maintain my loss. Totally could though. I could eat 7000 calories a day (not exaggerating in the SLIGHTEST Because I eat 2400+ calories of healthy stuff most days) if I ate those and they all agree with my sleeve just fine!

Yeah I needed to supplement with protein drinks and powders for most of a year. My goal was higher than yours (90+) but I couldn’t have met 60 until maybe 3 months.

If you go on My Fitness Pal and look me up Jess9395 you can look at all my menus! I don’t track anymore so you have to to back to 2014 (had my surgery Dec 2013). Months and months worth to look at!

Some can some cant. After the pain it’s given me I likely won’t try again. Accidentally tried about six months ago when hubbys drink and mine got mixed up.

super common to need to do small sips and have trouble in the beginning. Dehydration at the beginning is not uncommon. But it is rare long term. I can gulp and chug with the best of them now and I had major trouble early out including moderate dehydration. And my sleeve is definitely on the smaller side. But I can also get in over 2000 quality calories a day and run marathons. I am four and a half years out.

Just to calm your fears... IF you are talking about Bellabloom her situation was very unique. She had a revision from RNY to sleeve which is quite rare and she had a history of anorexia pre WLS And developed it again after requiring hospitalization. A tragic story but also a very rare case. I wouldn’t base any decisions on fears related to her situation. Find a surgeon you trust and discuss your concerns. There are some great ones out there

That’s how most do it and the tool is called a bougie. And just to clarify everyone stomach is the same diameter/width after surgery. The length varies by individual so a 6’ tall man and a 5’ tall woman will have different sized stomachs which is as it should be because they have different calorie needs.

Some people tolerate it fine, but it’s painful for me to drink any carbonation and I’m four and a half years out.

Plans are different and people are different. It’s probably on the low side, but it was all I could manage and I had to keep on the protein shakes for more than a year to meet my goals. Even now I have one a few days a week and I’m four and a half years out. But now I eat well over 2000 calories a day to maintain.

I’ve always liked oatmeal but the same thing happened with me and peanut butter! Crazy the things that change for us post op’

Took me about six weeks to feel normal again. But I only got in about 400-600 calories for the first six months.

I didn’t even know I had a hiatal hernia until I overheard a nurse telling another nurse at shift change that my surgeon repaired one.

Yeah def a myth. Takes a lot of work and an eye on nutrition, but do able! But yeah walking around the block won’t do it nor will weight training a couple days. It takes time. Anything that turns up immediately is almost always water related as you say.

I’m sure many people do! But I’m four and a half years and no regrets!

Yup from the anesthesia and from narcotic pain relievers. I have always had a tendency to get nauseated... in addition to those thing I get seasick and nauseated when I drink and when I’m pregnant and yeah with my gallbladder too! But the sleeve itself has caused me no lasting nausea.

I have some long lasting food issues, but nothing intolerable. I can’t eat rice or drink anything carbonated. Untoasted bread products also sit heavy and uncomfortable. I also get sick when I eat too much sugar. But who the heck cares?

I have had nausea issues with many surgeries so I now always tell the surgeon ahead of time and they have many methods to stop it before t starts. Scopolamine patches work well for me as does zofran (ondancetron tablets). Ther ar also suppositories (phenergan). If none of those work enmend is the “heavy gun” they use for intractable nausea from chemotherapy. It usually isn’t covered by insurance and costs about $100 for a dose but that dose lasts about 48 hours.

Wow!

I’m four and a half years out and still feel that way.

Totally not impossible. My surgeon has us do dexa scans before and at a year. I gained about 16 lbs of lean body weight (and it wasn’t bone or organs) while losing 135 lbs. and I never went much above 900 calories/day for the whole year. 600 for the first six months. I ran and did yoga. A lot. And kept my protein grams up.

When you break down muscle (which is what you do during weight training, you break the tissue down and it rebuilds stronger) the muscles swell with water retention as part of the healing/rebuilding/growth process. I don’t know the medical specifics but that’s likely what you are experiencing.

Chose a physician you trust and then trust the physician you chose. They all have their own techniques they have developed and I don’t think it’s wise to ask one to do things differently. Also, they use the same technique to guide the diameter of the sleeve in their patents, but that is going to be a different percentage in different patients because a 5’ tall woman’s stomach is SHORTER than a 6’ tall man’s so if the doc makes the diameter the same because of their technique it may remove 80% of the woman’s stomach but only 70% of the man’s

I appreciate your explanation. I am sure a lot of that is true, but.... I am always careful about statements that include absolutes. All problems podiatrists deal with are not related to shoes. Some are related to diabeties (my mother in law)some to genetic issues (my Daughter has elers Danlos syndrome and feet issues) some to rheumatological or autoimmune issues. My son saw a podiatrist when he broke a foot bone while barefoot (“dancers fracture”). I run and my shoes are very carefully selected for my personal biomechanics. Those biomechanics were undoubtedly affected by years of obesity. But I’m glad to hear what works for you! Your gymnast example is quite appropriate! I can see how having the hectic feedback and utilizing all those tiny muscles for micro adjustments would definitely be beneficial in many circumstances and I know full well the problems the wrong shoes can cause! Thanks for sharing!

Couch to 5k is what I used!