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gobeit

Gastric Sleeve Patients
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    gobeit got a reaction from mom2hounds in Surgery 3/23 and need a buddy!   
    I'm going to say that at almost two weeks out I can drink fairly well. I had a hernia repair too to that may be slowing me down a bit but if I go slow and feel for it I can definitely tell when I'm getting full and it happens fast with anything of substance. Liquids do go down better but not like before surgery for sure.
    Also, I just want to add that the biggest hurdle for me has been emotional. I'm thanking God for my kids and boyfriend because if I didn't have them I don't think this would be as successful an experience for me.
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    gobeit got a reaction from mom2hounds in Surgery 3/23 and need a buddy!   
    I'm going to say that at almost two weeks out I can drink fairly well. I had a hernia repair too to that may be slowing me down a bit but if I go slow and feel for it I can definitely tell when I'm getting full and it happens fast with anything of substance. Liquids do go down better but not like before surgery for sure.
    Also, I just want to add that the biggest hurdle for me has been emotional. I'm thanking God for my kids and boyfriend because if I didn't have them I don't think this would be as successful an experience for me.
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    gobeit reacted to mom2hounds in Surgery 3/23 and need a buddy!   
    Love the Premier Protein shakes also. Been drinking them since the start of this journey I am on. Never tire of them. Sometimes almost freeze them and eat them like a frosty. Pretty good.
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    gobeit reacted to SandiB38 in Surgery 3/23 and need a buddy!   
    Hi, had my sleeve the same day, 3/23/16 & I can't seem to get in my Water what are you doing to help you? I'm glad I found someone who had it the same day as me :-)
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    gobeit reacted to hoot temple in Surgery 3/23 and need a buddy!   
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    . having stomach burn, will it go away when I go to more solid foods. kind a aggravating
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    gobeit reacted to mom2hounds in Surgery 3/23 and need a buddy!   
    Falecha: How are you doing? till on liquids? It gets better everyday, and the pounds do come off. I will be a year in Aug. 2016 from surgery. Still losing. In that amount of time, as of today I have lost over 100 lbs. It makes such a huge difference in my life. If you would like me as a buddy that would be cool. I have gone down 3 clothes sizes , on the verge of going down another one. ou ever need someone just email me.
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    gobeit reacted to Falecha in Surgery 3/23 and need a buddy!   
    I'll be ur buddy I'm Falecha Falecha
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    gobeit reacted to sleevedsami in Surgery 3/23 and need a buddy!   
    I'm scheduled for the 30th be my buddy!
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    gobeit reacted to NualaTW in Surgery 3/23 and need a buddy!   
    Had mine on 3/22
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    gobeit reacted to hoot temple in Surgery 3/23 and need a buddy!   
    had it on 3 21 16 maybe we can all help each other
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    gobeit got a reaction from mom2hounds in Surgery 3/23 and need a buddy!   
    I just got my surgery date 3/23....
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    gobeit got a reaction from Tammy O in Delaware Sleevers   
    I just got my surgery date 3/23 at Wilmington Hospital! Excited/Scared! Anyone else in DE going around the same time?
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    gobeit got a reaction from mom2hounds in Surgery 3/23 and need a buddy!   
    I just got my surgery date 3/23....
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    gobeit reacted to Dub in Drop a Selfie and put down what city you are located   
    Augusta, Georgia.
    Sleeved in mid October, 2015

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    gobeit reacted to bunnies26 in The 'Other' doctors and what they say...   
    Was the doctor skinny?
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    gobeit got a reaction from OKCPirate in The 'Other' doctors and what they say...   
    A few days ago I had my regular appointment with my Rheumatologist who monitors my injections of Humira for my Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. I advised him that I had started on a path towards weight loss surgery and I wanted to get his input towards med management after, etc.
    He basically told me my weight is definitely a factor in some of the issues he's involved with treating, my med regimen won't need to change and with weight loss most patients find relief of symptoms BUT. (Ugh, there it is.) But, he has some patients that have had the surgery and been successful but tell him they 'wish they would have just eaten correctly prior to getting the surgery and they wouldn't have needed it.'
    I get that point. I still felt agitated and a little insulted. I have tried eating correctly but I can't sustain it long term and gain it back plus and weight loss is very slow for me. Also, with my conditions and recent injury (broken leg/ankle) if I don't get some weight off exercise is a very slow build that may not get much of anywhere, but I'm working on it.
    Am I flawed in thinking that weight loss surgery is going to help me? Aren't there factors having to do with hormones the stomach produces etc. that will be impacted? If I've done my research and listened to my WLS Doctor why is this Doctor's conflicting attitude shaking me so bad? This is common, right? Help talk me down a bit please.
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    gobeit reacted to CowgirlJane in Gastroparesis and Bariatric Surgery   
    I would get a second opinion. I.love my sleeve but I am really concerned because the sleeve procedure changes you PERMANENTLY. I would want to know more..
    I learned something important from my mama during her cancer fight. A doc gave up and said no more treatmeants were feasibte. Her response was "it is my neck on the line, not his!" She found a more experimental doc and lived another 20 years!
    I am just saying they aren't all knowing...
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    gobeit got a reaction from OKCPirate in The 'Other' doctors and what they say...   
    A few days ago I had my regular appointment with my Rheumatologist who monitors my injections of Humira for my Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. I advised him that I had started on a path towards weight loss surgery and I wanted to get his input towards med management after, etc.
    He basically told me my weight is definitely a factor in some of the issues he's involved with treating, my med regimen won't need to change and with weight loss most patients find relief of symptoms BUT. (Ugh, there it is.) But, he has some patients that have had the surgery and been successful but tell him they 'wish they would have just eaten correctly prior to getting the surgery and they wouldn't have needed it.'
    I get that point. I still felt agitated and a little insulted. I have tried eating correctly but I can't sustain it long term and gain it back plus and weight loss is very slow for me. Also, with my conditions and recent injury (broken leg/ankle) if I don't get some weight off exercise is a very slow build that may not get much of anywhere, but I'm working on it.
    Am I flawed in thinking that weight loss surgery is going to help me? Aren't there factors having to do with hormones the stomach produces etc. that will be impacted? If I've done my research and listened to my WLS Doctor why is this Doctor's conflicting attitude shaking me so bad? This is common, right? Help talk me down a bit please.
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    gobeit got a reaction from sleevedup in The 'Other' doctors and what they say...   
    Since my issues are generally auto-immune issues it is very probable I will see improvement or complete relief of symptoms. That being said, if I don't get the weight off the same auto-immune issues are directly related to diabetes and fatty-liver. I'm doing this surgery. I really believe I can work the program and it will help get me back to good health. Thanks for the input
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    gobeit got a reaction from BLERDgirl in The 'Other' doctors and what they say...   
    YES. He basically put it in such a way that suggested if I just did the right things now I could lose... However, my metabolism is dead and my primary care physician that first referred me to my WLSurgeon has worked with me to try to get weight off and seen the issues I'm struggling with. I have and still am trying. I'm simply not seeing progress. He absolutely made the other patients out to be regretful and I feel that is probably misinterpreted on his part.
    Of course we would all rewind to a heathy slim body if that was ever an option for us. Some of us, like me, have never really had a thin baseline we trashed. I like many have battled my weight my whole life.
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    gobeit got a reaction from sleevedup in The 'Other' doctors and what they say...   
    Since my issues are generally auto-immune issues it is very probable I will see improvement or complete relief of symptoms. That being said, if I don't get the weight off the same auto-immune issues are directly related to diabetes and fatty-liver. I'm doing this surgery. I really believe I can work the program and it will help get me back to good health. Thanks for the input
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    gobeit reacted to Babbs in The 'Other' doctors and what they say...   
    @@CowgirlJane
    And let's be honest. There isn't one person who you would meet and knew your story who wouldn't be convinced that WLS is absolutely the right thing for certain people. You are living, breathing proof of that.
    Can we all just borrow you to take you around to all these nay sayers to shut them the hell up?
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    gobeit reacted to CowgirlJane in The 'Other' doctors and what they say...   
    I am 4 years out and been maintaining 150 pounds loss for over 2.5 years. I eat way less (and of course good choiced) then I could ever manage Pre WLS. No wonder I could not maintain before, resuming "normal" eating I gained weight.
    I did of course overeat and made some bad choices to get over 300, but maintaining a normal size/weight was just incredibly difficult perhaps impossible for me pre sleeve.
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    gobeit reacted to CowgirlJane in The 'Other' doctors and what they say...   
    Perhaps he has had a patient regret WLS and that is what comes to mind. When i meet a new doc I tell about the sleeve but I don't gush about how wonderful it is...maybe I need to start to balance out the universe!
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    gobeit reacted to James Marusek in The 'Other' doctors and what they say...   
    If weight loss was easily achieved through dieting and exercise, most of us would have been there, done that. But it is almost impossible following that regime. That is why we seek an alternative, especially one that has a proven track record. I don't know if significant weight loss will affect your medical conditions of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis, but I do know that surgery put almost all my medical conditions into remission very, very quickly; where they have remained ever since. I am 28 months post-op RNY and I would do this surgery over again in a heartbeat.

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