sweitzer2148

Currently I live in Portland, OR but I’m moving back to my home town in Colorado next month. Sleeved on April 24, 2017.
HW-230
SW-215
CW-168
GW-150

My doc prescribed anti nausea meds. They work immediately.

My surgeon said I could have 1 cup of coffee or tea a day starting the day after surgery. I'm 10 weeks out and drink a cup of coffee a day with no problems.

Thanks for all the great advice!!! I'm thinking of setting a goal of 140 to start with and then go from there.

Hi all!

I was sleeved on 4/24/17. I am 51 yrs old and 5'4. Can't decide what my goal weight should be. Thoughts?

HW-229

SW-216

CW-179

GW-?

My surgeon put me on Ursodiol-300mg 2x/day. It's a medication you take for a year after surgery to prevent gallstones and/or gallbladder sludge. I'm hoping it will work as she says.

Have you tried GasX strips? That saved me the first 2 weeks. Good Luck and I hope you find a solution!

Could you have an Umbilical Hernia? I have one that causes that kind of pain and my surgeon will be repairing it in about 6 months. I was sleeved on April 24th and she repaired my hiatal hernia but had to wait to repair the umbilical one. Just a thought. Hope you feel better soon!

I was sleeved on 4/24 and have been on the soft foods diet for a week now. I walk everyday but really need to get to the gym and do some weights.
HW-229
SW-216
Current-184

I know this is an old post but I thought I would chime in and say hi to the other Portland Oregon people! My surgery date was April 21st and so far I've lost 23 lbs...Very happy!
I am wondering if anyone knows of a local support group. The one on meetup.com seems totally dead. Their last meetup was in September.

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Portland, OR

Had the sleeve done April 24th!

That is awesome! I've lost 28 lbs so I'm thrilled as well! Hope to keep it up! Good luck to you!

How did everything go? Hope you are doing well

I'm Monday too! Super nervous!

Congrats! Same day as me [emoji106]

Hi fellow sleevers! I am finally on the other side and beginning a whole new chapter in this book of getting healthy.

My surgery on the 24th was very uneventful as was my recovery. I was in the hospital for only one night. I'm not a rookie to surgeries as I have about 6 of them in the last 10 years. My last one before being sleeved was to remove 2 brain tumors and I spent 2 weeks in the hospital and almost a year recovering. This surgery, well, was a piece of cake.

To back up a little, I only had to lose 8lbs. before surgery and I only had to be on a liquid diet the day before. Now, let me tell you if you're used to eating a lot(and I was) even one day of the liquid diet was not so fun (I feel for you if you had to do 2 weeks).

Weighing in at the hospital I was 215lbs. My highest weight was 228 and now 7 days post op I am at 204. So far so good.

I requested anti-nausea meds for pre-op, post-op and for home. Usually anesthesia and pain meds make me deathly ill and I wasn't up for that after abdominal surgery. So, with a patch below my ear and nausea meds through my IV I was ready for battle!

Surgery took about an hour and 30 minutes. My surgeon had to also repair a hiatal hernia but that seems to be the norm. I was very fuzzy coming out of anesthesia and was like that the rest of the day. I did get up and walk a couple times and had some ice chips. But the best part was that I had absolutely no nausea which was a first for me after surgery! Super happy!

I'm going to write more in another post. Time for a break.

Every surgeon is different. Mine told me I could have 1 cup of caffeine (not carbonated) a day right away. I use my Protein Shake as a Creamer and it's pretty good! Good luck to you!

Hi all, I'm 3 days post-op and my incisions are super itchy. Hoping this is normal. No rash or anything, just itchy.

My doc said after 2 weeks post-op.

My doc said 3 weeks. I'm only 2 days post-op.

[mention=298176]sweitzer2148[/mention] Did your policy require your co-morbidity to be uncontrolled?

Nervous and excited to get this journey in gear! Anybody else having surgery on Monday?

I was denied because I didn't follow their medically approved 6 mo weight checks. I have United Healthcare. They are picky about everything! First denial was because my BMI wasn't high enough until I appealed and told them I also had a comorbitity.

So excited and nervous! After 8 months I have been approved and have a surgery date of April 24th! To all that also have upcoming surgery dates good luck, happy healing and lets do this!