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AnneElliot

Gastric Sleeve Patients
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  1. On 3/3/2017 at 9:59 PM, sara7272 said:

    Late to the party on this, but I just had this procedure done 2 days ago (a day shy of my 2 year surgiversary) due to stretching of my sleeve (100% neglect on my part)
    So far feeling good and looking forward to getting back to my lowest weight and beyond!

    LapGyrl- did you ever get it done?

    Do you know your original bougie size? I didn't realize the sleeve actually stretched!

    Did you see before and after images of your sleeve to confirm the stretch?


  2. It's going to be very difficult post op, as you simply won't have the capacity to eat unless it sit's well in your stomach.

    There are natural ways to lose weight. Try a keto/primal lifestyle!

    I regret my surgery. The weight loss is not worth not eating out, acid reflux and all the cap that comes the rest of my life


  3. Woah! Before you take this irreversible step! Remember that as a revision you far more prone to complications!

    Is it worth the weight loss? He'll no.

    Get the band out and hold onto your stomach.

    Many band to sleeve revision suffer with severe acid reflux a few years out. Some even need a revision to gastric bypass!


  4. @bearhugs1975......so you had a journey filled with complications post op from your initial revision and yet you recommend the revisions! Lool.

    So you're a triple threat in the world of WLS!

    Please be honest, your complications are due to your revision! These ppl are asking questions to seek advice and not hear meaningless platitudes. They want to avoid our mistakes! There's no shame in admitting your revision from the band to the sleeve led to so many complications you needed to be revised to the bypass. That the revision may have staved of diabetes but led to more surgeries and other issues


  5. It's so

    2 minutes ago, Smartfish said:

    I realize that but I also realize my weight is hurting me as well. 95% of people who diet on their own gain it back. I have type II , HBP, and a host of other stuff that will kill me. So I think it's "name your poison". Lol. But I appreciate your perspective and will think this through.

    It's so much easier to manage those things than the damn complications associated with this surgery.

    But good luck


  6. Acid reflux issues with the sleeve may not pop up immediately. They can set in several years dose the road.

    Neither the bypass or sleeve maybe an option. There's so much to consider. Unless this is a life or the death situation. Take the time to consider your decision.


  7. I would strongly recommend removing the band and working towards good health.

    The sleeve is a far more invasive surgery and your at a higher risk of complications as a revision.

    Don't do it. You will have the same experiences of crazy restriction one day and no restriction the mext.

    The sleeve is not your only option!

    It's a irreversible procedure that is very serious. Read the complications forum, all those ppl thought it would be best but it ruined their lives.

    Moreover regain is possible! So you lose 80 percent of your stomach. But can regain cause you're not addressing the true cause which is a good addiction.

    Listen to your family


  8. Heh, the likelihood of cancer due to obesity is dependent on the individual. There are plenty of ppl that get cancer and are skinny. So then what?

    We all have our reasons. The complications are very real. It's always helpful to read the experciences of others since knowing the stats mean nothing, it's just numbers on a screen or rattled of my surgeon.

    I don't even think these are "horror" stories, its sad that we delineate these experiences as "horror" its the lives of people that took the same decision we did and didnt expext to be worse off.


  9. 3 minutes ago, KattattaK said:

    Oh wow! @AnneElliot What ended up happening to her!? What were the surgeons able to do for her once her stomach was gone!?

    I understand she's living without a stomach now. There's another young woman on insta too who had a twisted sleeve, that the only solution, when other interventions didn't work was also the removal of the remaining stomach. Here's her blog, it's the last post. I think ppl say oh it's a rare complications but honestly it doesn't matter when it happens to you

    https://curvyfitfabuloss.wordpress.com/

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