Deactivatedfatgal

I'm choosing to reclaim my strength and get backup, I have no complications and even if I do, I will deal with life as it comes my way. Thank you for the advice ladies. You have NO idea how you have helps me!

Yes I read that also after my surgery. I know in my heart this was my last resort forsure. Carrying 235 pds around on frame under 5 ft was way more dangerous than wls impo. Thank you

In my opinion, YES. I switched from band to sleeve three years ago and it was the best decision ever.

After all this time, and all this work, I still love my sleeve even with everything that comes with it. I am still amazed at how my body cyclically and periodically continues to drop weight. I never dreamed that I would lose this much. I have left my stretch goal in the dust, because when I started it seemed unlikely I would ever reach it anyway even though it would still be considered 60 pounds overweight. I am now well beneath that and I am continuing. Here is a picture of before and present.

Headed to the hospital in 30 minutes

Stories from one individual are merely anecdotal.
As far as anecdotal evidence goes, a more accurate presentation of surgery complications comes from health experts (doctors/surgeons/etc) who've performed surgeries, revisions, or dealt with post-op complications. With the slew of people you're bound to meet, ask questions and document answers to go back to in situations of anxiety.
And the best evidence are studies where they either access large swaths of people by getting consent for their information, so direct studies, and/or accumulating non-personal data from doctors who input general data into a collective system for analysis.
That's why before I had the surgery done I made sure to talk to as many people as I could (particularly specialists who've dealt with bariatric surgery scenarios and those with specific diseases/comorbidities that cater to their specialty) and ask as many questions as possible, read as many studies as possible to get a sense of what is normal, what to expect, what the clinical odds of things happening are.. so I would have a direct source of information that didn't come from internet gossip. I am a hypochondriac as well, and if I didn't keep myself away from these stories, I'd have gone nuts and likely affected my ability to get the surgery.

LOL No. She has surgery 13 years ago.

Yes I read that also after my surgery. I know in my heart this was my last resort forsure. Carrying 235 pds around on frame under 5 ft was way more dangerous than wls impo. Thank you

I had my surgery on February 28 I weighed 196 on the day of surgery today I'm at 166. The team that I'm going though is very pleased of my weight loss. At this rate I will be 140 is before my 4th b day. God bless everyone on their weight los.
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When I first started being active on here there was a poster that put a story about a woman who had to have her entire stomach removed. I was so scared. I almost bailed. Luckily a kind man who is pre op reached out (thank you Walter!) and talked me down. What's done is done, you have it now. Read success stories, think of how much better life is going to get. We're in the sucky phase right now. It won't last. If you didn't have GERD before and you're on Prilosec or similar your chances are low. Start thinking about what can go right!

Well, you need to find a supportive shrink.
GERD is 20% in the normal population and 10% in sleevers. Don't stress about it. Even if it is going to happen to you, worrying about it won't stop it, it will just make the situation worse.
Focus on losing weight and being healthy.
When people look at complication data, they forget that a lot of people were in terrible general health before they ever had surgery.
So since we have started down this path...
I'm looking at their blog http://suethsayings.blogspot.com/
This is what they have to say about the sleeve...
Really? because it is 5:30 PM and I have had 2 eggs, bacon, 32 ounces of coffee 32 ounces of iced tea, 32 ounce of Water, and 12 ounces of pork. My sleeve holds a lot. I'm about to suck down 100 grams (2 cups) of spinach. I still have 2 hours left to eat and I plan on doing some damage, LOL
They are completely ignoring ghrelin, but from the entire tone of their blog, they don't even research actual studies or science about surgery, claiming there is zero research.
@Deactivatedfatgal The person running that site and blog is bitter and deranged.
I had a friend from college, that had RNY back in the early 2000s. She had complications and ended up on a feeding tube. That sounds like a tragic story right? The part left out is 2 days after she was home she was drinking Coke (not even diet) and eating KFC (just a pinch to see if I can tolerate it she said). Her complications were brought on by herself. Not to mention she was not heavy enough to qualify for surgery and wore ankle and arm weights under her clothes to make her BMI high enough, Lots of people are not good cadidates for surgery but they don't tell that part of the story.
You can notice even around here when people say they regained, they NEVER tell exactly what they were eating and in what amounts. They keep it vague and say they were eating bad. If you were tracking their food and looking at their binges in print, they would be less likely to do that, but that isn't what happens.
So when people tell their WLS tales of woe, remember that there is more to the story.

I'm choosing to reclaim my strength and get backup, I have no complications and even if I do, I will deal with life as it comes my way. Thank you for the advice ladies. You have NO idea how you have helps me!

I'm choosing to reclaim my strength and get backup, I have no complications and even if I do, I will deal with life as it comes my way. Thank you for the advice ladies. You have NO idea how you have helps me!

I'm choosing to reclaim my strength and get backup, I have no complications and even if I do, I will deal with life as it comes my way. Thank you for the advice ladies. You have NO idea how you have helps me!

I'm not sure what you mean by RNY reversal? Do you mean having to get a bypass if you develop GERD with your sleeve?
I did the looking at possible complications first thing in my research. After I felt I had enough information, I have avoided those types of articles ever since. After surgery, no one should look at that stuff. After all, there is no point knowing about the stuff that isn't happening to you! If you feel sick, hopefully you know enough to go to the doc and find out what IS wrong, assuming anything ever happens.
I've lived on this board since January, and am thinking of taking the summer off. The kids' last day of school is tommorrow, and so I need to be available to them for summer activities. Go out and make some Vitamin D! Get in more exercise, and utilize my sleeve to its fullest!
I have an addictive personality...all or nothing. Be better to put away the computer for a bit.

That has basically been my approach. I do read people that tell stories here to see what symptoms they have so I can have an idea of what to be aware of.
Other than that, I walk my dog every day and I am more likely to get hit by car with my dog than have a WLS complication.

Yes but one thing that is obvious is the gerd! I believe th vsg is going on 11 years old. I just hope it doesn't turn out being like the lapband as far as complications down the road

You seem obsessed with complications.
It is that old stomach stapling. She had the surgery back in 1984. She died 27 years later...
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19498.htm



This looks like a terrible idea. I don't know who thought this was clever.

@MarinaGirl Any suggestions?

I had the sleeve gastrectomy with a starting BMI of 42. My health issues that interfered with losing weight and keeping it off included hypothyroidism and insulin resistance.
I reached my goal weight and have been maintaining it without a great deal of effort. My BMI is now 22 instead of 42. I've lost 100+ pounds with the help of my tool (the sleeve).
And now I have a fighting chance to keep this weight off. That's what's important...

I have only lost and kept off a total of 17 pounds on the sleeve (out of 51). I work out and eat meticulously. I'm converting to the DS (sadi-s) next month. I figure I'm halfway there already. The sleeve is turning out to not have such great long-term success. I am reading about lots of failures, and I for that profile to the t. Wish I had just done the DS the first time.

You're getting a revision?

This is a collage my daughter sent me to show me my progress.....it definitely keeps me motivated to continue this journey. The picture of me without the hat was taken Christmas 2015; the picture of me in the black hat was taken April 2017-about 8 weeks post surgery (same dress!).Thank you VSG!!!!
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I am so incredibly excited. A little nervous, but mostly excited! June 12 I'm going in for my Lower body lift (belt lipectomy) and liposuction to my medial, anterior, and lateral thighs. I have waited so long for this, and it is finally here!! I had my pre-op with my surgeon on Friday, and she got me even more excited! She is really confident that this surgery is going to be hugely successful and the results will be amazing I ended up taking 5 weeks off from work to recover. In the midst of all of this, my husband and I are putting our house on the market, and will be moving to the east coast from Colorado sometime in August (my husband took a new position out that way, and we just couldn't pass up the opportunity). We've been working our tails off getting things ready, packed, and cleaned because we know I'll be pretty useless for a while post-op.
Anyway...In preparation for surgery, I've made myself a list of all the "to do" items, shopping, and packing I need to do. I also made a little medication administration record to post on my fridge to keep all the meds straight, and so my husband can help too!
I'll be in the hospital two nights. The day of surgery, my procedure isn't until 12:00pm, so by the time I'm out of the OR and PACU, It'll probably be after 8pm. I told my husband just to stay home with our daughter (she's 7 years old). I don't do well after anesthesia (I get totally loopy and pukey) and I don't want her to see that. Plus, it's a little bit of a drive, so no sense in them coming just to see me drool on myself, lol.
At my pre-op, I got my VERY sexy compression garment! Mid calf to shoulders, open in the breast area so I can wear my normal bra. Open in the crotch to allow for voiding and drains. So looking forward to that!! Luckily, as an RN, I'm familiar with the drains, but I think my poor husband is going to freak a little. I'll do my best to keep them out of his view.
I've been really watching my diet, working up my Protein intake each day. I know it's so important in wound healing, so I want to make sure I'm good on fluids and protein before I even go in.
T-minus 12 days!! WOOO HOOO!

man, oh man. it is 3:15. the surgery scheduling department said they start making calls between 4-4:30, but could be as late as 6. i just want to know my time!!! ack!
yesterday i stocked up on premade Protein Shakes, jellos (and already made Jello Protein shots), a few Crystal Light flavors, and more chicken broth (i am already VERY sick of broth!)
bag is packed except for toothbrush & phone charger.
i've been waiting 6 1/2 months and it was a long wait. but the last few hours seem to be the hardest of all.