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Thank you SoCalGal77. I would really hope that no one would get nasty about his post. I would hope that people choose to have this surgery to better their health and improve the way they feel - which includes their confidence level. I am currently 50-60lbs over weight (I'm only 5'3) - that is considered obese. Does someone that weighs 350lbs look at someone who weighs 250lbs and would kill to be their weight?.... This is also not my heaviest weight as I have struggled for years going up and down, diet to diet with no success - all the while feeling incredibly insecure and unhappy. I want to become healthy again and feel confident and happy with myself. I definitely have many more questions to be answered about the surgery - which will now include the bougie size. Thank you for the information and for sharing your story!

@krakow57 Thank you so much for your message. That is awesome you are down 60lbs, 5 months post op! Good for you! Have your health issues improved? I would love to hear anything about your journey if you would be willing to share! Very interested in knowing how this go especially within the first few weeks post op
@@corr1970 so happy to hear your success story! Good for you!! Any info you have to share would be greatly appreciated as well!
@@Pinkberry2 as it was said earlier, everyone has their own story and it's definitely not fair to generalize or judge - you had the surgery as well for your own reasons... Also, that's awesome that you were running track at 200lbs!, I play softball on a national team and go to the gym 5 days/week... it still doesn't mean I don't have health and weight issues or body image issues. Hopefully you can try to appreciate and respect others decisions to do what's best for them. All the best to you!

@krakow57 Thank you so much for your message. That is awesome you are down 60lbs, 5 months post op! Good for you! Have your health issues improved? I would love to hear anything about your journey if you would be willing to share! Very interested in knowing how this go especially within the first few weeks post op
@@corr1970 so happy to hear your success story! Good for you!! Any info you have to share would be greatly appreciated as well!
@@Pinkberry2 as it was said earlier, everyone has their own story and it's definitely not fair to generalize or judge - you had the surgery as well for your own reasons... Also, that's awesome that you were running track at 200lbs!, I play softball on a national team and go to the gym 5 days/week... it still doesn't mean I don't have health and weight issues or body image issues. Hopefully you can try to appreciate and respect others decisions to do what's best for them. All the best to you!

I was 203 going into surgery 215 three days later!!!!!! It comes off quick by week 3. Just concentrate of fluids and healing

I was 10 pounds heavier the next day when I went home..
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Same deal with me. It freaked me out when I got home. And then I didn't poop for over a week and I freaked out about that too. But after the IV fluids and the rest of it passed, the scale started moving...but by then I found out about stalls and didn't freak on that.

Not only IV fluids but your belly gets pumped with air to make it easier for the surgeon. It will go away!
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IV fluids.
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Yes. Fairly common, in fact.
I think I was +11 lbs the day after surgery.

yep very common because of all the fluids pumped into your iv line. Don't worry - it really is just Fluid weight and you'll lose. The sooner you meet your daily fluid intake goals, the sooner the retained fluid will leave you.

Totally normal.. I know its really hard but stay off the scales if you can for the first couple of weeks.
Congratulations on the surgery

Hello,
I'm in the process of scheduling my sleeve surgery and am wondering if anyone else with a lower BMI has had it done or is going to have it done?

I tend to take a non-verbal approach with idiots like that.
A deep breath.....inflated chest cavity.....cross my arms and give 'em a squinty eyed stare. A slight nod of the head back and forth is my clue to them not to push things further.
Some don't get it though.....they thrive on being stupid.
One....a younger upper manager at work (who's on the fast track for world domination with my employer)......kept on badgering me about my weight.
The last time he did it was at the salad bar in our cafeteria.
I had just finished a fast lunchtime workout in the gym and was grabbing a Protein loaded side salad from the bar. Minding my own bidness.....just trying to get what I needed.....grab and go.
So he comes over and asks me, "Well, well, well.....look who we have here. Salad huh? So, guy, what are you up to now ? What's your weight up to now ?"
He keeps on with this while getting my eggs and chicken chunks.
I should add at this point that he's one of those pencil necked nerdy types who thinks that cross country running is the only fitness that matters.
Again with the questions about my weight.
I turn to him....lean over so nobody else can hear and say, "Why don't you ask your wife what I weigh, Michale.....she's felt all of it".
Then I go back to my salad.
He slammed his dayplanner down on the counter and made an odd noise with his throat and walked off.
We have yet to speak again.
A little more to the story is that this guy is on an unprecedented career trajectory.....My boss reports to the person that reports to this guy.
His wife, who I've never met, is a saint of a woman. She's very active in their church and plays in the local symphony. They are puritans and live a clean life and are great family people.
I probably should've handled the situation differently....but I'd enough of his badgering.
Clearly he pursued the matter because I was asked by a member of HR about any "conversations" between us. I couldn't recall any real specifics and stuck with that. Seemed to satisfy them.
I'm probably screwed, but I'll certainly not be bothered by his stupidity again.....at least not in the area of my weight.

Hi everyone,
New here but drinking in all the info I can. I have a low BMI (32). I was a chubby child and an overweight teen. My weight really ballooned in college where I hit my highest weight of 250lbs. I immediately lost 20lbs after graduating but hovered around 230-220 for the next 10 years. Then I was diagnosed with diabetes. Full blown not pre-anything...just boom get on crazy meds and oops btw you also have high cholesterol. I tried my best the first two years. Took my meds, kept my appointments with a crap ton of doctors every month, and half-heartedly tried not to eat sugar/carbs. Then I gave up and stopped trying for years. I finally felt so sick that I refocused on at least taking my meds. At this point, I found out I needed insulin. pills weren't enough anymore. A new doctor and a new understanding of how I was hurting myself got me on track. But I still could not lose weight. The insulin actually made me gain weight. At this point my doc suggested WLS. I said I'd check it out. Went to see a social worker to discuss the steps and during the session had an epiphany. My entire life I never really tried to lose weight. Never stuck with anything more than 2-3 weeks. Never consistently exercised. I decided to really try. My Boyfriend (now Husband) was wholly supportive. We started going to the gym together and I stuck to a low carb diet. After one year I reached my lowest adult weight ever. 179lbs! Then I took things too far and (because of skipping meals and no snacks) had a hypoglycemic seizure during a friends bday party. This scared me so much I completely backslid with the diet and exercising. I gained back 25lbs and am now at 205 lbs. My A1C1 went from 6.3 to 8.4 in a year. I was finally ready to listen to my doctor. The kicker was that even at 179 lbs I was still on the max doses of my diabetes meds as well as still on cholesterol meds. The only thing I'd gotten off of was the insulin. I needed to lose more and the battle to get down to 179lbs had exhausted me.
In March 2016 I had my consult with the Bariatric Surgeon and my decision was set. I'm 35 years old and want to have kids. At my current weight (heck, even at my lowest weight) that would not be possible with all the meds I had to take. I chose the sleeve and hopefully will lose enough to get off all the meds so in two years I can try to have a baby. Regardless I want to be healthy. As the years passed, I just kept getting worse and worse.
I'm now waiting on insurance approval. My insurance required 6 visits with a nutritionist which was 6 months of torturous waiting. Don't gain weight. But hey don't lose too much either or the insurance won't pay since your BMI is borderline. I am so ready to just get there already LOL.
I've actually been very open about my surgery. My boss knows as do some of my co-workers. Any idiotic comments of "but you're not THAT big" or "you're so pretty already" are answered with "well how about you tell that to the diabetes that is slowly killing me?!?!" Yeah...that shuts most people up and anyone else knows better than to keep speaking after I give them the look (my friends and husband call it my F-off Force Field LOL).
I'm looking forward to reading peoples experiences as well as sharing my own. I'm even contemplating chronicling my journey via youtube. No matter what, this is a very individual choice and it feels good to share with others who understand the struggle.

It looks like I am going to book my surgery today, for Septmeber 21st. Super scared and still wondering at times if I should really be doing it... but I know i'll be a lot happier - and healthier. Anyone gone to Tijuana to Dr.Cabrera or Dr. Guiterrez at Mexico Bariatric Center? Looking for any and all reviews!

It looks like I am going to book my surgery today, for Septmeber 21st. Super scared and still wondering at times if I should really be doing it... but I know i'll be a lot happier - and healthier. Anyone gone to Tijuana to Dr.Cabrera or Dr. Guiterrez at Mexico Bariatric Center? Looking for any and all reviews!

@krakow57 Thank you so much for your message. That is awesome you are down 60lbs, 5 months post op! Good for you! Have your health issues improved? I would love to hear anything about your journey if you would be willing to share! Very interested in knowing how this go especially within the first few weeks post op
@@corr1970 so happy to hear your success story! Good for you!! Any info you have to share would be greatly appreciated as well!
@@Pinkberry2 as it was said earlier, everyone has their own story and it's definitely not fair to generalize or judge - you had the surgery as well for your own reasons... Also, that's awesome that you were running track at 200lbs!, I play softball on a national team and go to the gym 5 days/week... it still doesn't mean I don't have health and weight issues or body image issues. Hopefully you can try to appreciate and respect others decisions to do what's best for them. All the best to you!

Thank you SoCalGal77. I would really hope that no one would get nasty about his post. I would hope that people choose to have this surgery to better their health and improve the way they feel - which includes their confidence level. I am currently 50-60lbs over weight (I'm only 5'3) - that is considered obese. Does someone that weighs 350lbs look at someone who weighs 250lbs and would kill to be their weight?.... This is also not my heaviest weight as I have struggled for years going up and down, diet to diet with no success - all the while feeling incredibly insecure and unhappy. I want to become healthy again and feel confident and happy with myself. I definitely have many more questions to be answered about the surgery - which will now include the bougie size. Thank you for the information and for sharing your story!

Thank you SoCalGal77. I would really hope that no one would get nasty about his post. I would hope that people choose to have this surgery to better their health and improve the way they feel - which includes their confidence level. I am currently 50-60lbs over weight (I'm only 5'3) - that is considered obese. Does someone that weighs 350lbs look at someone who weighs 250lbs and would kill to be their weight?.... This is also not my heaviest weight as I have struggled for years going up and down, diet to diet with no success - all the while feeling incredibly insecure and unhappy. I want to become healthy again and feel confident and happy with myself. I definitely have many more questions to be answered about the surgery - which will now include the bougie size. Thank you for the information and for sharing your story!

I don't think @@Pinkberry2 was trying to be mean or rude... i wasnt replying in a harsh tone.
But i thought i would explain my side of the story, because it is never as simple as just "trying" for some.
And to be honest, when i had my band removed the surgeon asked if i wanted to be converted to the sleeve, i declined as i thought it was way to drastic for my size...
Fast forward 12 months.. something needed to be done.. i was gaining rapidly, my knees hurt, working out became harder, all the weight related aches and pains started to return, my insulin resistance was starting to come back... and a host of other issues... so i realised that i needed to do something now...
Before....
My elevated insulin turned into diabetes
My sore knees turned into arthritis
My normal blood pressure turned into high blood pressure
THIS is why i did it, as a preventative measure, the slim part is only a bonus (mind you, i am one of the lucky ones who was a size 14 at 200lbs, muscular frame)
My thinking was, well you service your car so it doesn't break down, why would you not service your body?

@@SD123
Acid reflux and dehydration happens to few people, but not to everyone. I was one of those people who got bad acid reflux after my op. I never had GERD and I only had intermittent reflux once I got fat, but it didn't happen everyday.
Post surgery, initially I had lot of reflux, then at each food phase change, reflux appeared again, even though I was on Rabeprazole PPI. I found out through forums that Nexium helped many people, so I asked my surgeon for a script, and Nexium did wonders for me.
Dehydration can easily happen, as very early post op it is difficult to get enough Fluid in. You still sip it, and I didn't feel that thirsty, plus I was conscious of Fluid going down. It wasn't painful, but I felt it, and it gurgled all the way down.
I started adding bit of apple juice or tiny amount of lemonade to my Water, as post op it was difficult for me to drink Water, something to do with the pressure.
I also bought Hydralyte for emergencies.
Yes, the first 2 weeks post op, on liquids only were tough for me. I was hungry a lot, and felt unsatisfied. Hot broths helped and some watery Soups too. I was getting sick of Protein shakes, and was craving hot, savoury stuff.
Luckily, that phase went quickly for me.
Purees were much better, and I got quite creative with my NutriBullet
Soft/Mushy stage was great, finally was able to eat "real" food

Sorry to be defensive, but I'm fresh from surgery and from defending myself against my friends and family naysayers. A little tired of hearing it. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but I think the bodily risk, extensive research, financial investment, lifetime commitment and exhaustive formerly failed diet methods that anyone puts into this surgery should really absolve them of negativity from others, MOST ESPECIALLY those who have had the surgery.
And to those defending other people's opinions on this, I say to you, these aren't opinions, they're judgements. Isn't everyone here sick of being judged for being too big? Or years post op, too small? How about we support each other instead of judge. That being said, when someone 3 weeks post-op wants to know if cheeze-its are a good idea, duhhhhh OF COURSE they AREN'T!!! But that's not judging or opinion, that's simply fact and good advice.
:::drops mike:::
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@ that's fantastic to hear that your health issues are improving and that you are seeing results! Your scary experiences definitely don't sound fun... I wonder if those are common? Did you find you were miserable the first/second week with feelings of hunger or not being able to eat solid foods?

@krakow57 Thank you so much for your message. That is awesome you are down 60lbs, 5 months post op! Good for you! Have your health issues improved? I would love to hear anything about your journey if you would be willing to share! Very interested in knowing how this go especially within the first few weeks post op
@@corr1970 so happy to hear your success story! Good for you!! Any info you have to share would be greatly appreciated as well!
@@Pinkberry2 as it was said earlier, everyone has their own story and it's definitely not fair to generalize or judge - you had the surgery as well for your own reasons... Also, that's awesome that you were running track at 200lbs!, I play softball on a national team and go to the gym 5 days/week... it still doesn't mean I don't have health and weight issues or body image issues. Hopefully you can try to appreciate and respect others decisions to do what's best for them. All the best to you!

I do wish you well. Do whatever makes you happy if this is what works for you then best of luck! I didnt mean to come off judgemntal. I just have always viewed this surgery as a worst case senerior for severely overweight people. But it seems to be more of the norm now.