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Hi Mike,yes i have experienced this problem.I had surgery some years ago and had a catheter.When they removed the catheter my bladder just would not empty but after about 10days bladder function returned.Pippinleicester

Hi,i am from Leicester in the uk and had my sleeve on nov 17th. I was absolutely amazed at how well it went and speaking only for myself it was almost pain free and i have had hardly any issuse.I was back at work in only 10 days. I just could not stomach the protein drinks finding them too sweet and gloopy but the dietician said it would be fine to make my own using greek yoghurt milk and blended fruit which suited me just fine.Would love to keep in touch.Pippinleicester.

Hi everyone, well back to work tonight after only 10 days.I feel as though this surgery has been absolutely right for me and i look forward to my new sleeved life.I know i have to learn how to use this wonderful tool i have been given but with all the wonderful resources out there i know i will succeed Bless you all.pippinleicester.

Hi i also went from band to sleeve and i am so relieved.Though i know the band works for many but i had trouble from the start i either had no restriction or extreme vomiting and in the end i could not get it removed.The sleeve seems to be pretty trouble free so far and not having to go for fills suits me much better good luck.pippinleicester.

Hi Shari,you look lovely.Just keep going one foot in front of the other.pippinleicester.

Now i don`t know if your name is britney or you just come from the UK but i am form Leicester England.You are going to love this adventure.pippinleicester.

Hi i was sleeved on 17th nov but have been on this site for about a month,welcome and stick around you will find all the help you need here.pippinleicester

But people are never shy of telling you that you have put on some timber !! pippinleicester

Hi Casey,i was sleeved last week and already the feeling of being under the lash to my weight is receding.i have not weighed myself and don`t intend to for 1 month but what i can tell you that for the first time in many years i am not hungry all the time.My operation went so well i just can`t believe how little pain i had.I am sure you will make the right decision foe yourself but what helped me to make my decision was to examine the facts and weigh up the benefits against the risks.Going by the figures online i decided the risk was tiny compared to risk every time i get into my car to drive.Good luck to you fella.pippinleicester

Hi pippinleicester here the 65year old computer dummy.I have questions, not about my surgery that went fine but i have to confess, after all you feel like friends now.I am completely useless on the computer,also not sure of the correct etiquette for sites like these.I love that all you people have the same surgery week as me and feel that it would be nice for us all to keep in touch as a group.Do we just keep posting on this thread (if that is the correct expression)or will there be a new one every week ? Also sometimes when would like to comment on a particular part of a post but i only know how to get on at the end instead of the particular pot i want to comment on.I know it can be done but because people have done it to my posts.I would love it if somebody could help but do it simply as i don`t understand the terms used in computer speak.I bought a book computers for dummies and i couldn`t understand a bloody word.pippinleicester x

No it is never too soon to be excited.This will be one of the most amazing events of your young life.I wish this could have happened to me years ago.You are going to know what it feels like not to be under the yolk of excess weight.Enjoy it pretty little miss and buy yourself a devine little dress to hang on the back of your closet door and look at it every day because soon you will be able to wear it.pippinleicester.

Well aren`t the best ideas simple,and why didn`t i think of it!!!!!!

Hi folks, i have only had 1 protein drink and that was when i was in hospital, the taste lingers in my mouth even now.Just thinking about protein powder makes me gag.Rang my dietician and she said i could make my own.I use plain greek yoghurt,skimmed milk,skimmed milk powder.I bought some sugar free soda-stream syrups,cocoa powder dissolved in boiling water,strong coffee(my UK doctor allows this)and some nice tart frozen fruit whizzed up in my magic bullet plus a little sweetnener in any combination i feel like.Great i feel like i am in a cocktail bar.Have discovered the recipe thread today and oh boy you folks have it all covered.pippinleicester.

Day five at home and just feeling great.Sorry to those people who are not having it as easy as i am i know i am very lucky to feel so well.Off to an auction to get old furniture to "SHABBY CHIC" it`s my new hobby and old brown furniture is practically given away at auctions these days.Take care all pippinleicester.

Hi Jasmine come in take your shoes off, tea ? pippinleicester

This is a really difficult one for me,i am a widow with just one surviving son.My precious younger son commited suicide by hanging himself 4 years ago and my older treasured son was the person who found him.I remember us clinging together on that dreadful day and i promised him and he promised me that we would never do anything that would take us away from each other.Shortly after my gastric band slipped and i had to have emergency surgery and was in intensive care.I will never forget my son`s distraught face when he came to see me.We have gone through so much together and though we miss my other son and always will we have found some joy in life through my grandsons and my son is getting married after Christmas to a girl that i can only describe as the daughter i never had. My weight has got out of control and my mobility was suffering and i knew i had to do something,i want to be around to share my life with my son and his wife and grandchildren.So though i would never lie to my lovely son i just haven`t told him yet.He would never judge me but i couldn`t tell him till i came out the other side.I am 5days out of surgery and i am going to stay at his house on 6th Dec.I shall tell him then.Lpve to you all and best wishes.pippinleicester x

Hear hear jacqbult the people on this site deserve a pat on the back for all the encouragement.Good luck for your surgery and being newly sleeved i can only speak from my own limited experience but if it goes as well for you as it did for me it will be amazing .pippinleicester.

Well day four out and i can`t believe i am saying this, have done a little light gardening this morning.Had soup for lunch after checking with the dietician that it was ok finding protein drinks too sweet and sludgy.She says i can blend plain yoghurt,skimmed milk,fresh fruit and a spoonful of powdered milk to make my own so happy days!!! pippinleicester

Hi i am from the UK and had my surgery this week.It seems that in the UK the advice on coffee is very different to the USA.I am allowed unlimited coffee and tea,in fact my diet sheet from dietician has a recipe for making a coffee fortified with skimmed milk powder if i find the protein drinks difficult which i do.Would not dream of advising you to go against your doctors advice, but just find the different approach fascinating.pippinleicester

Just got up my second day at home (surgery was 17th) feeling even better today managed a large mug of tea for breakfast. Hospital said don`t worry too much about protein the first week just make sure i get 1-5 to 2litres of fluid a day and that includes tea and coffee so feel a lot more relaxed.Hope to hear about a few more who have come out of the other side.pippinleicester x

Hi i had my surgery on mon 17th nov (3 days ago) and i am amazed at how well i feel.Just a little sickness feeling but the meds soon sort that.I am 65 years old and was expecting a lot more trouble but i can honestly say i do not even have any pain just a little discomfort.I have booked 10 days off work and if i carry on as i am i feel i will be fine going back to work.I think i have just been lucky, the nurses and surgeon were all expressing how well i bounced back.I can only wish the same for you.pippinleicester.

Well i survived and came out the other side.Just got home from hospital they let me out a day early hooray! Can`t believe how well it went.None of the problems they were expecting from my band scarring(had it removed as an emergency last year) Have had virtually no pain not even gas pain.This 65 year old can`t believe her luck am a bit tired but nothing a night in my own bed won`t fix bless you all.pippinleicester.

What on earth is a squatty potty?

My surgery is on 17th Nov had a fall last week and hurt my ribs, have not told hospital in case they cancelled so i am keeping my fingers crossed all will be ok.pippinleicester

,hi melva, hairloss is something i dread also. I have heard many theories as to why it happens surgery shock,,anaesthetics etc but i am convinced it must be all about what you eat.I have had about 8 surgical procedures in my life and never lost hair. I am going to concentrate on getting as much protein as i can and fingers crossed i wont be bald by the New Year.Pippinleicester.