sharon522
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sharon522 got a reaction from LBrown 09 in Just checked in to the pre-op area
Best wishes
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sharon522 reacted to sammymariex3 in New year new me
I'm Samantha, I'm 16 years old and I just underwent the gastric sleeve. I'm feeling great, and although I'm extremely young I feel I truly was ready for this huge milestone in my life. Im so ready to continue this weight loss journey. I've lost 20 lbs in total and had my surgery on November 18th, 2016.
Today I start purée.
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sharon522 reacted to Babbs in Smoking
Generally speaking, smoking can interfere with the healing process after a surgery and cause complications. A lot of surgeons will also do a nicotine test before surgery to ensure you haven't smoked several weeks before the surgery.
I smoked for 23 years before I had surgery, but decided to quit 2 months before because I wanted to be healthy, not just skinny. I used a vape with nicotine, and each week cut back on the nicotine until I was at 0. I then just lost interest in the vape.
I'm almost 2.5 years smoke free, and I'm more proud of that than even losing the weight!