Rach8610

Hello,
My surgery date is 9/17
My weight currently is 387
I'm having the sleeve
My surgeon is Dr Emma Patterson

Oh..and I'm a female and 25 years old

The only one I tried was the primer Protein from costco. I did not care for them at all. They were 30 grams of protein and only 160 calories but the after taste was nasty!

Hi!!! My surgery is Wednesday the 17th!!! I'm terrified but so excited!!!! I've been doing a modified liquid diet since July to lose 20 lbs and I have to do a one day all liquid diet the day before surgery!!! I check in at 9:30 and surgery will be at 10:45 am!!!! Hope to talk to you soon and ask how your procedure went!!!!

Hi!!! My surgery is Wednesday the 17th!!! I'm terrified but so excited!!!! I've been doing a modified liquid diet since July to lose 20 lbs and I have to do a one day all liquid diet the day before surgery!!! I check in at 9:30 and surgery will be at 10:45 am!!!! Hope to talk to you soon and ask how your procedure went!!!!

Hi!!! My surgery is Wednesday the 17th!!! I'm terrified but so excited!!!! I've been doing a modified liquid diet since July to lose 20 lbs and I have to do a one day all liquid diet the day before surgery!!! I check in at 9:30 and surgery will be at 10:45 am!!!! Hope to talk to you soon and ask how your procedure went!!!!

Hello,
My surgery date is 9/17
My weight currently is 387
I'm having the sleeve
My surgeon is Dr Emma Patterson

Hello,
I am having my sleeve surgery on 9/17...I am very anxious and I am looking for successful stories of folks losing 150-200+ lbs.....
I have about 190 lbs to lose and I am terrified of stalls and things I have heard but from the folks I am hearing this it is all who have under 100 lbs to lose.
I could really use some enlightenment or words of advise from folks who have the same amount to lose.

My surgery was last wednesday and I started at 402 the day of surgery so I am looking at losing well over 200 pounds as well. I really thought it would be harder after surgery but so far, I feel great. We are really close in surgery date so we should keep up with eachother...might help to have a buddy doing things at the same time.

I'm supposed to lose 170 to reach a "healthy" BMI. I started at 315. I was 309 when I started my 2 week preop and now I am 200 (anxiouslybawaiting the 199).
Surgery date was 12/13/13. I am almost 9 months out and down 115.
I've gone from a 26/28 down to a 14 so far.
I chose to be very low carb. I don't like artificial sweeteners so I only drink Water. I still don't drink with meals.
I've definitely had stalls but I just stay the course because it's a numbers game and if you're doing what you're supposed to, it has to work.
I'm shooting for losing as much as I can in the first year since that window gets smaller and smaller every day. I don't eexercise a lot but I can move so much easier now, I'm out hiking a lot and doing tons of yard work.
This will be TMI but usually my stalls will break once I have regular movements. I have issues with Constipation. Miralax is great, but not in plain Water. If you drink other SF things, take miralax daily.
I'm 41 and 5'2 and have been overweight most of my life so the saggy skin is gross, but so worth it.

So, I started this journey on June 5th and now my surgery date is set for Sept 17th. I check in at 9 am and I am so anxious. I have read so many good things and a few bad things as well. I bought the Big book on the Gastric Sleeve and it has been wonderful reading it and getting all my questions answered. I have tried very hard to sip Water and chew my food and really, it is all something that I think I can do...My biggest fear is dealing with the possible complications...like leakage and blood clots...that terrifies me. I searched the Internet for ways to avoid complications but see that sometimes, they just happen so I am trying to put my mind at rest and just let go and do what I am told and hope for the best.
One thing that has me puzzled is many people my size dont do the sleeve...they go with the RNY and may nave told me its because I wont lose as much with the sleeve...but I have been told that both he RNY and the sleeve produce the same 60% of excess weight, and that for some they even lose 100% or more of there excess weight! anyone sleeved that has lost over 200 lbs with sleeve?

I had pizza. Five slices and I was so sick the next day. Made me realize food is over rated lol

Wow! I am excited! I am getting sleeved by Dr. Landerholm in about a month. I am going to be doing 3 weeks on a very low carb diet to shrink my liver and fat. I tried to have surgery done previously with a different surgeon almost two years ago but he closed me up and said I had too much fat and he couldn't do the surgery. I'm going to do everything in my power to have this surgery this time. Good luck everyone.

@@Rach8610
go to the main gastric sleeve forum
there are different threads
"Weight Loss Specific Gastric Sleeve Surgery Support Group 100+ lbs"
"Weight Loss Specific Gastric Sleeve Surgery Support Group 200+ lbs"
you can discuss your desired weight loss with others looking to lose similar amounts
but............don't forget us
we're all pretty smart Cookies too, and can't wait to hear from you
we are all different in our weight journey
time it takes to lose weight, % of weight loss, how much you lose
NEVER NEVER EVER!!! compare yourself to others (people have been shot for less!!! )
complications i.e. leaks can happen
you can read about them on this board
its good to know problems can happen, don't keep your head in the sand
that being said - mmmmost people have no complications
97% or so success
when you read the bad stories they stick out in your mind - don't dwell on them
there are many many many good, normal stories that just don't stick out
for example i had no issues, couple of normal side effects like gas, tiredness - but all went well for me
hopefully you will be problem free too
"Big Book on Gastric Sleeve" is a great book to read
you'll get plenty of info (i get money each time i say that )
surgery one week from this wednesday - the 17th
WooHoo
good luck
speedy recovery
kathy

Coming out of recovery was awful but the second night was awful as well after the second day I was a little better today is the third day I'm doing much better I'm able to drink liquid having a little bit of yogurt a little bit of Jell-O so I'm tolerating stage III which is good but now I got the pain in my stomach and the gas is still there. So I'm just taking it easy and relaxing make sure I got my liquid then just sip sip sip

Sorry it's taking so long for you. I started in March and surgery is the 14th. It may of been sooner but I was delayed do to finding out I have mild sleep apnea (6.9 day of study) it took sleep Dr about a month to get machine to me. My surgeon on required me to do a week of at home before I could meet her. I still do my cpap and my ahi has lowered.

UPDATE~
So I completed my psych eval Friday June 27th. That was my last appointment before scheduling with the surgeon. This morning my apt was set with my Surgeon and I will be seeing her on July 15th. From what I am told she is about one month booked out so the soonest I can get in for surgery will be about mid August which is what I had in mind anyhow!
I am so excited. For the next two weeks I am on a low cal low carb NO sugar diet...then I will be on the liquid diet prior to the surgery so basically life as i knew it is now over...amen!!!!!

so, I am all set up with my initial appointment so I will add to this thread as I go.
I have been overweight for about 20 years. I am 42 and recently within the last two years I have found that while I can starve myself to lose 20 lbs in several weeks, it effortlessly comes back and then some and I have learned that I am somewhat of an emotional eater.
I had Kaiser insurance for the last 6 years and I was not covered for WLS so I just accepted that I would be this weight.
A recent visit with my new DR, and she talked to me about WLS and I of course said, oh I cant my Ins wont cover it...she left the room and came back with a surprise for me that under my new plan, I was covered.
on June 5th I contacted OWLS, Oregon Weightloss Surgery Center and was later contacted by the staff of Dr Emma Patterson. A few short (grueling) weeks later, I am set up with all my apts and I will see the surgeon later in July.
On that June 5th apt, I found out that my borderline diabetes has now been diagnosed as full blown type 2 diabetes and my High blood pressure and metabolic syndrome are all life threatening life shortening diagnosis.....I am terrified of the surgery due to my not having any surgeries in my entire life, but I know that without this, I will not be here much longer and I want to watch my 6 grandchildren grow up....i want to be here for my daughters to watch them raise this kids and be here to help them!
I bought, The big book on Gastric Sleeve and I read it every day....I am shooting for a surgery date in August or sooner and I look forward to becoming successful for once at getting this 190 lbs off my body so I can start living my life again.

UPDATE~
So I completed my psych eval Friday June 27th. That was my last appointment before scheduling with the surgeon. This morning my apt was set with my Surgeon and I will be seeing her on July 15th. From what I am told she is about one month booked out so the soonest I can get in for surgery will be about mid August which is what I had in mind anyhow!
I am so excited. For the next two weeks I am on a low cal low carb NO sugar diet...then I will be on the liquid diet prior to the surgery so basically life as i knew it is now over...amen!!!!!

I had my doubts up until they where putting the mask over my face in the OR. But 14 months later and 135 lbs off I am off all my type II meds and other support meds! Get healthy and live your life! I am and I am so happy I did.

That's great! Congratulations!

Congrats on getting approved!

So my insurance was verified and I was notified that would be getting a cAll to set up my initial appointments!!!! I am so excited and ready to do this!!!!!

So my insurance was verified and I was notified that would be getting a cAll to set up my initial appointments!!!! I am so excited and ready to do this!!!!!