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You're so very welcome! Keep doing your research to make sure you're prepared. A lot changes after surgery like needing Vitamins, Calcium, etc to ensure good health. This wasn't a big deal for me since I already had to take them ever day. Though you will one day be able to eat things you probably couldn't eat before because of Gastroparesis you will have to learn a new way of eating and truly listening to your new tummy....

Hi there, every one reacts to the surgery different from what I can tell. The sleeve was not even an option for me die to the gastroparesis. I also had idiopathic gastroparesis and it was pretty bad. I felt sick pretty much all the time. My GI doctors tried pretty much everything on me except reglan because of the side effects. The meds helped calm things down but still felt sick often.

I was reallt nervous abt having surgery but so far I am doing really well. I have experienced some weird things like having the "foamies" after surgery...Pepcid helped with that but I know longer need any of my GP meds at all[emoji4].

Hope this helps....

Awesome job! sw 327 cw300

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I had gastroparesis. I remember telling my endocrinologist I thought I had it and him telling me I was over reacting. After my egd the WLS asked me when I ate last as I still had spaghetti noodles in my stomach. I told him 16 hours ago. Sent me for a emptying study and it came back severe gastroparesis. I originally was thinking about the sleeve but he felt it wasn't safe leaving the pyloric sphincter intact. Said making the stomach long and skinny with the sphincter would cause a lot of back pressure and put me at greater risk of leak. So we did RNY. No issues after surgery due to the gastroparesis. I get the expected restriction then I feel full but not the sickly feeling I got with food sitting there for 12+ hours. There are medications you can take for gastroparesis but they don't come without side effects.