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Hay just got sleeved three weeks ago in spokane wa!!! Any one else in my area need a buddy!

Sorry but that last statement is not true...You can die as a result of this surgery. The complications can lead to death...I know I almost died. My surgeon was very clear before he did this procedure that I knew there was a small chance that I could die...I almost did!!!! The fact is though that only a small percentage do die....Every surgery is a risk.....even having your teeth removed...There are numbers out there to support it... Some day I will tell my story in print so that I may help educate people about what can happen... But I have no regrets. I see this surgery as a miracle that gave me back my life although a year + out I am still struggling with the complications of WLS... I think you miss understood my last very last point, my dr said I would not die, not the rest of the population , just a conversation pertaining to me; however he did make it well know. That I could die from complications after the surgery for the first 8 weeks! My statement wasn't untrue , not at all! He was talking to me, but I picked amazing drs that are confident an do not do any procedures unless they feel the outcome will be a success! That being said, any procedure can become fatal! Knowing 49 people that have died from wls is insane to all of us! Point is, the lady is a crack pipe!

I am also going to point out something! First off my drs made it clear, u can not judge wls and compare it , because wls has evolved so much that bypass is way different then it was 5-10 years ago! Second, google facts on sleeve patients but not for weight loss! Sleeve has been preformed to save lives for years! It's main purpose was for stomach cancer! I just had a lady tell me the other day she had it because half her stomach died from a car accident 10 years ago! I guess with all these positive success stories, how one ladies rampage can turn heads, is mind boggling , and even more to believe half that crap! For you out there who have not gotten your sleeve yet, let me tell you, ask your dr about the risks! My dr flat out said " you will not die from this surgery" !

That is too cute, what a thoughtful honey, nice try, but no! Lol

How many week post op can u or did you start taking Prilosec an birth control?

Okay here is my first lesson learned! Do not, I repeat, do not chug water lol! Lets just say it comes back up as fast as you chug it down! What's your lesson learned!?

Isn't vomiting a new adventure lol! I never did unless I was sick, and now even Water can make me throw up! But at least when your done you can continue on like nothing happened! Lol

I think that the jealousy thing is funny, skinny people complement until they figure out you may get thinner than them, then they want you to stop because heaven forbidyou look and feel as good , if not better! and oddly enough , I find the bigger people are faster to criticize, and resent! I get more negativity from over weight, than underweight people! On another note, My mom gave me a some what complement , she said "honey your butt is getting small pretty soon I won't have nothin to smack! " First off, I don't want a small but, I like curves, and second, the last time I was this weight she was telling me how big I was getting! We got into a huge fight and I told her to keep my weight out of her business! Now I'm back at this weight coming down, and she says I'm looking good?! Confusion! !!!! Really , you think I'm looking good now , but you didn't before lol! Funny! I love my mom, but my perception of words is sensitive!

I hear dump alot.. what does that mean?So dumping doesn't happen often but when it does, it's when sugar or carbs, milk , candy , oj, whatever it may be, literally goes through your stomach to your intestines to fast ( this, dumping into your intestines) and then your intestines sends a warning Harmon or chemically that it's not happy, which gives you the dumping symptoms! It's a protection mechanism , even though there really is no danger the intestines think there is because they can't digest sweets when the just arrive( are dumped) without the proper stomach brake down! Usually with the sleeve it doesn't happen often! My husband gets it from time to time! It cause rapid heart rate, and just an overwhelming feeling of sickness, but again the symptoms are harmless, they suck an last for a couple hours but are harmless!

I was you two months ago! Prilosec is a life saver! My NUT would only let me take maalox ! Every day it got better slowly, but not until 1 week ago have I actually felt good! At 5 weeks post op I put myself in Prilosec, some dr prescribe it immediate , my does not! Let me tell you ,,,, all the bad goes away! I don't know how long I need to be on it, but it is a miracle! My husbands sleeve dr prescribed it the day after his surgery! Either way, I am 99% sure it will help you all

I have literally skipped a meal here and there, then wondered why every one was so cranky!!!! Oh that's right, mommy forgot to feed you! OOOPPPSSS!

I've learned that I need to remind myself to feed the kids and family!

True story, I got so mad I thought it was the batteries, so I changed them! Nope not the batteries! Good thing I bought new ones!

Every person on here has had. Stall, I just had my 3 week post op stall as well! I gained two pounds , and it lasted two weeks +! I promise, it ends! Drink water! My np explained it like this ! If our bodies were cars, water would be our gas! Water is the fuel that fires your metabolism! When this stall ends , lbs will start falling like butter!

That's crazy, see my dr said I can't take anything liquid, but I c lots of people taking it so I'm gonna get a prescription too! And I started birth control with out asking, I'm only 4 weeks post op!I ment anything solid, only liquid!

That's crazy, see my dr said I can't take anything liquid, but I c lots of people taking it so I'm gonna get a prescription too! And I started birth control with out asking, I'm only 4 weeks post op!

Okay, so I was away from home, I'm on the soft food stage, an we hit a McDonald's ! I got chicken nuggets and fries! I eat the nuggets and they were the worst thing I ever ate! Barely got thru 2, and I was done! French fries tasted like salted dust! Is this forever! Lol! Every thing is tasting weird, but not so bad! It's more of an after taste with most thing! However the nuggets and fries were instant! Puke in my mouth! Nuggets were my fave , now they taste like a bat cave!!!!!

Yea I think for every one , triggers are different! Fast food does not scare me , it's not the reason I got fat, and it's not a trigger! I was far away from home and needed food, I only ate two nuggets and four fries! But, again was just amazed at how it tasted!

It is ketosis, my breath smelled so bad, when ever I burped, it was extra strong and people would start checking my baby to see if the pooped! I would laugh, I could even smell my breath! My dr said smelling is common and will pass as we intake more protein !

I agree ,,, they tasted that bad!

Okay so has any one got pregnant after sleeve, and after baby was born, what was weight loss like! I am more interested in what happens after baby is born! I am worried pregnancy would mess up metabolism

Right, I knew that part, but I'm wondering about weight loss after pregnancy ! Do u go back to loosing, what happens after the baby?

The titanium staples are permanent girl, they are in for good. They get covered with scar tissue and thats that. They don't get in the way of MRIs or airport metal detectors! Well yours may be but not mine lol! Other wise my dr is a liar which he's not! He told me I had two rows of mini tiny staples that would all fall out and eventually I would poop them out but were do small I wouldn't even see them!!! Maybe my dr does things more modern! You can give him a call if you would like!!! Rockwood clinic spokane wa , dr spitz , but any one will do!No , maybe yours were but things are changing and good drs use tiny rows of staples that fall out over time! Sorry, but your wrong! It is possible for medical advancements! My will fall out in my poop!

Well yours may be but not mine lol! Other wise my dr is a liar which he's not! He told me I had two rows of mini tiny staples that would all fall out and eventually I would poop them out but were do small I wouldn't even see them!!! Maybe my dr does things more modern! You can give him a call if you would like!!! Rockwood clinic spokane wa , dr spitz , but any one will do!</blockquote>Could you be referring to the staples used to close your incisions ??? No again, my incision was 5 tiny little cuts he'll together with super glue, my staples were two rows, of tiny staples that would fall out over time! I am 100% positive! My husband same thing, and he went to a totally different place! You know it's not uncommon for advancement in the medical field! Again , the staples the good drs use fall out or dissipate !!!!! Google it , I don't care but titanium staple are not all that common any more!

Well yours may be but not mine lol! Other wise my dr is a liar which he's not! He told me I had two rows of mini tiny staples that would all fall out and eventually I would poop them out but were do small I wouldn't even see them!!! Maybe my dr does things more modern! You can give him a call if you would like!!! Rockwood clinic spokane wa , dr spitz , but any one will do!</blockquote>Could you be referring to the staples used to close your incisions ??? Nope they didn't use staples on my five tiny superglued incisions. !!! My dr was really advanced I guess. Two rows of tiny staples that would poop out! My husband went to a different facility different dr and same thing for him! They don't do titanium staples any more!!! At least not in my area!