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Sorry. Meant advice.

Ditto above. Legal advise. Prayers and hugs your way.

Hi Latina. Welcome. Paula here. Rny was Jan. Tenth.

I had rny due to having gerd as patient above. I wanted the sleeve as well. My surgeon said the sleeve would make it worse. Surgery 1-10-17. Down 36 pounds. For me nausea and headaches plagued me. More recently much better. I am also sixty years old. The surgeon repaired my hiatal hernia along with rny. Previous abdominal surgeries were open cholecystectomy, (gall bladder), appendectomy, and c-section. Just this week, which is week six, I had two wounds that were red and festering. The inside stitches were being rejected by my body. Nothing bad, the surgeon removed the stitches in his office. Today I feel pretty good. Good luck to you. Do your research hon.

I use the multi vitamin patch and b 12 and b complex patch. These are what my surgeon wants for the first three months.

Awesome ladies. Congtats!

See your primary care Dr. And let him know what is going on. It would be. An anesthesia problem. I was having chronic laryngitis and had to end up getting cleared by an ENT. Good luck. Sent from my EVO using the BariatricPal App

Hi. I am Paula. I also live in a small town, Trail Creek, Indiana. I am 60 miles west of Chicago, Illinois. Sent from my EVO using the BariatricPal App

I have UHC. My rny was covered. It depends on the specific policy. Mine was through the national railroad workers. Sent from my EVO using the BariatricPal App

I agree with Liz. I am 16 days post op. I too, had a hernia repair but with thy gastric bypass. I have 9 wounds from incisions. O am also 60 years old. I am still weak. I do some walking around the house and very minor housework. My husband has been taking good care of me. I will not be released for work until six weeks post op. Give yourself time to heal. My stomach is still tender. Paula Sent from my EVO using the BariatricPal App

I also do much research prior to my rny gastric bypass on Jan. 10th. I learned I now have a pouch the size of a walnut which is stapled off from the rest of the stomach. The other portion of the stomach food does not go thru. It is still used for enzymes and other digestive juices. Most of the small intestine is cut away and then attached to the pouch. The stomach lining carries most of the grehlin with the small intestine some as well as the pancreas and a few other organs. I am sure you can ask your surgeon to explain the mechanics of one procedure vs the other. The rny is both restrictive and malabsorptive. The vsg is restrictive only. I hope this helps some. My surgeon said due to my gerd the vsg would not be a good choice. It can make the gerd worse. So I followed his expertise. He is very strict on following his recommendations. My surgery went well. But yes, I feel hungry. I believe because the first 10 days have been clear liquid diet. The last 4 days a Protein drink has been added. Tomorrow I start full liquid blenderized diet for 2 weeks. Every surgeon has their own plan to follow. My Dr. Cahill has done well over 6000 bariatric surgeries at the Midwest Center of Bariatrics. Sorry I went on so long. Like the other posts, follow your surgeons recommendation. Good luck and prayers. 23# down in 20 days. Paula Sent from my EVO using the BariatricPal App

Wow! The picture on the right is in loose clothing, so it does not clearly show her shape as well as the after picture. This site is to inform and share. I do not believe the nastiness. Sometimes we just need to ignor and let things go to be the bigger person. I am 12 days post op and 23 pounds down. I commend you working out that hard. You look great. Keep up the good work. Sent from my EVO using the BariatricPal App

I stuck with it. Did not cheat. Mine was for one week, three Protein drinks a day and Water. I was weak and shaky. I also had a headache most days. I could not go to work even. But I made it through. Surgery was Jan. 10th. Pre op. Diet surgery weight 303. Weight today279. Sent from my EVO using the BariatricPal App

I am sixty and married 39 years in March. Yes, you have to do this for you!!! My husband is very supportive. I had my rny gastric bypass on Jan. 10th. Hopefully you attend al anon to deal with your husband's alcoholism. I do know something about the disease. I have been a recovering alcoholic for 29 years and my husband a recovering addict for the same time. Reach out to those in your support system. Feel free too contact me if I can help. Good luck. Prayers your way. Paula Sent from my EVO using the BariatricPal App

Congrats. You look great. Sent from my EVO using the BariatricPal App