MacMadame

Hi Newday-

I was in the hospital overnight and I went back to work at 1.5 weeks out. I thought that would be plenty of time, but with my hiatal hernia repair, I had a slow recovery and I wish I'd taken a couple more days.

I drank one bottle of Isopure a day for the first two weeks. That helped a lot. I started on liquid vitamins, but they were yucky so I switched to chewables and then, eventually, regular ones.

To answer your post on my profile:

I am not a big fan of the band because of all the long-term problems. However, I think, most likely, you'll be successful with any of the WLS out there because you are considered a lightweight.

So it's really just a matter of which ones addresses your food issues the best and has a post-op lifestyle you can live with.

That was the sleeve for me. It removed my ghrelin and that decreased my appetite and there aren't fills and unfills to deal with. Plus, I was happy to start losing right away and lose quickly. I could have lived with the slower weight loss of the band, but I was happy I didn't have to.

Hi there-

I have heard of surgeons who prefer to go from band to RnY but there are TONS of people on OH who have gone from band to sleeve with no problem. My surgeon does these revisions and so do others. What part of the country are you from?

MacMadame

Hi back!

Hey, Froggi-

I don't know what is going on but it seems to have just started this weekend. Did you talk to Alex about it. I'm sure it's a bug because it happens to a bunch of us.

M.