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Hi Denise73, everything went well with the surgery but I have stalled since week 1 until now. That made me depressed. I am going back to work so maybe the change in schedule will move things along. The Dr's office staff were nice and the surgeon is caring but I am afraid to go back for 1st month visit since I have not lost anything.

I have had previous gallbladder attack. when i did the required ultrasound they found gallbladder stones. multiple stones. from my research i have read that a lot of people end up having surgeries after vsg to remove the gallbladder. apparently gall stones are a very common side effect. so upon the recommendation of my surgeon i had it removed at the same time i had the vsg.

Thank you for sharing and giving me hope. I am also using my fitnesspal. Can you please give us a sample menue when you were 2 or 3 months out. What did uou eat. Did you count calories?

I have Dr Garber also. Surgery april 23, 2014 and wanted single incision. But preop he said he would try can't promise anything. I came out with 5 incisions. He also removed my gallbladder during the surgery for sleeve. 4 incisions were like he said small and the big one was in bellybutton. Not really noticeable.

The only thing I wanted to add is make sure you take them copies of clearance because anything faxed they say they did not get it. I think because they have too much volume. So I delivered all my clearances so they can scan into the computer. Keep original and tell them to mske copy. Good luck.

I had my surgery with Dr Garber in St. Francis hospital on april 23, 2014. I saw him 2 times in hospital (day of surgery preop, day after in morning) he is very kind and is willing to answer all the questions..I was very happy with him as a surgeon and with the hospital. The hospital director of bariatric program was also very kind and kept up with what each persons medical issues were. She was the Pa which I saw on pre admission testing. She calls you on day after discharge to see how you are. So does the office of Dr . Garber. Very good experience.....

For me I realized that the stall will be about 2 weeks until the body gets over the shock. ( I watched a lot of YouTube sleevers videos). I started walking faster and alternating lengths of walks. 1 mile, 3/4 mile, no walking, 3/4 of a mile....etc.the other thing was I ate on plan and tried to have days where I ate less calories and increased my protein. On the 4th day of walking I broke stall.

I was also sleeved on april 23rd. Down 27 pounds from the 2 week preop diet and first week post-op. Stalled for 2 weeks and finally broke stall. I have no problem drinking water and trying to limit my intake to under 600 cal.

I am 3.5 weeks out also. I lost 27 pounds from my preop diet and 1st week post op. After that first week weigh in I gained two pounds and stalled there for exactly 2 weeks. So I started walking about 1 mile a day... I could see my clothes were fitting better and I was loosing inches but scale did not move. Finally today 3 weeks and 2 days post op the scale went down. If you keep doing what you should do, eat the right food and drink enough liquids the stall will break. I heard of week 3-5 stalls but I experienced a week 1-3 stall.

Hi all, I have heard of week 3-5 stalls. This is only my second week. I lost 27 pounds during the pre op diet and first week post op. Since then, I gained 2 pounds and have been sitting there since. I am going to the bathroom. Has anyone else experienced this? Help