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This week, my kid took off running across the park area near his after school care... and I ran after him and caught him. He was as delighted as I was. I don't think he had ever seen me run.

March 29 here.

Feeling the struggle! I had mine on 3/29 and am still quite swollen. Not going back to work until next Monday, but worried about my pants irritating this swollen belly of mine! Guessing Spanx are a bad idea so not sure about wearing dresses... Congrats to you!

Hey
I was sleeved 3/16. After about two weeks my tummy went back to normal. I had a few gas episodes before it went down. The bloat and swollen stomach are real!

I was wondering the same at 4 days out. The first week I was extremely bloated and swollen despite walking 2-3 miles a day. Second week I started to feel normal and swelling was gone by day 10.


Sleeved 3/12/18, HW 270, SW 253, CW 242, GW 160, 5’9”

I don’t remember exactly how long-was sleeved in August-but it will. It may take a couple weeks bc your body is adjusting and you’re still full of post surgery fluids, swollen from all that they did and medications. I do remember post c-section, after 2 weeks I saw a huge difference and felt normal at 6 weeks. Hang in there!! It’s gonna be so worth it before you know it!! Congratulations on having your surgery! It has been the best choice I have ever made!


Sleeved 8/7/17 HW: 256 SW: 248
CW: 188 on 3/7/18 5'7" GW: 150

How long after sleeve does it take for swelling in stomach to go down. It's been 4 days since my sleeve?

Honestly Alex I can't believe you would sit there and write such a comment. I was with BP when all this went down with Dr. A. No there hasn't been many complications, horror stories, nor fatalities by the hand of Dr. A. Dr. A has a huge amount of followers and patients. He is one of the best Dr.'s in the world. Keep spewing your hate and you will continue to loose support. And to be honest heart attacks happen. You go into surgery knowing that anything can happen and this didn't even happen during surgery it happened after surgery! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App

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After researching extensively I decided to go with Dr. Altamirano Cano, most days he does 3 surgeries and max 4 . The hospital he is at has an amazing new wing for bariatric patients, he is real and honest and has an amazing aftercare reputation. The patient whom passed was because he and his mother failed to disclose serious information. He wore a CPAP at home, did not tell Dr A and did not bring it with him. What happened has been ruled not the fault of Dr. A or the hospital and the patients mother has stated this herself. We all take the risk with any surgery any where and it is our responsiblity to be honest with our provider of any current or past health issues so they are aware and prepared.
With that, if there are any other serious incidents that have happened at the hands of Dr. Altamirano Cano please share because I have not found any due to negligence on his part.

How is she doing?

I quit over a year ago best thing I've done. I did vape with no nicotine, but 4 days before surgery I stop so that is officially 2 weeks now.

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You're right, she won't last 2 hours..she's going to last 8!
I have surgery Thursday and back to work Monday. Every case is different, job, movement, empathy from employers etc. I'm also in a situation where if I don't work I don't get paid. There are no replacements for my position that can "take over" while I'm gone either. My mortgage isn't going to pay itself. I won't feel guilty if I make it home and spend all night on the couch/bed, but work has to be done or I wont have a couch/bed to heal in, feel me?

Thanks for your well wishes. Yes, we've had discussions about joining yoga and looking up healthy and good tasting recipes. I'm excited and yet still nervous for her but we're only one day away. She's packing her personal bag and getting ready for her hospital stay. Most importantly, she's doing very well with her clear liquid diet. It's only been one day but she's so determined to make this work that she's willing to endure discomfort of not eating solids for a while. The motivator for her is seeing weight come off and energy level go up. I want to be her health buddy for both our well being. Thanks again.

I didn't tell my mother for a while. Maybe about a month before surgery I finally blurted it out. I am happy to say she was happy for me (she changed!!!), but because the way she was, very opinionated about how I should live and do what she says. I'm 38.

Your daughter didn't have control over what went in her mouth growing up. Now she is an adult and wants to fix it. If you remove her from insurance she can find a very qualified surgeon in Mexico to do it, which do you prefer? This is not the easy way out, she still needs the lifestyle change, this will help her make that happen.

Your daughter didn't have control over what went in her mouth growing up. Now she is an adult and wants to fix it. If you remove her from insurance she can find a very qualified surgeon in Mexico to do it, which do you prefer? This is not the easy way out, she still needs the lifestyle change, this will help her make that happen.

Your daughter could most certainly lose weight without surgery. In fact, with the help of a nutritionist and personal trainer, she could probably lose 100+ pounds.
Here's the caveat...obesity is a time-dependent disease process. It is never curable, ever. While obesity can be put into remission by dieting and/or exercising down to a normal body weight, your daughter has been overweight so long that her biochemistry will ensure she regains the weight fast and furiously if she loses it without the metabolic reset that bariatric surgery provides.
Here's my weight history. I am 36 years old. My weight has yo-yo'ed up and down since my mid-teens. At 15 years of age I lost 30+ pounds on a summertime low-calorie diet, going from 155 to 125. I regained all the weight plus more in three years.
At 20 years old I weighed 176 lbs and was 5'1 tall. I lost 60 lbs on an 800-calorie diet plus exercise and got down to 116 lbs. I regained it all plus more. By the time I was 24 I weighed 205 lbs.
At 26 years old I weighed 216 lbs. I lost 55 lbs with diet and exercise, but regained most of it.
At 29 years old I weighed 203 lbs. I lost 25 lbs with diet and exercise, but regained most of it.
At 32 years old I weighed 180 lbs. My friend asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding, so I lost 52 lbs with diet and exercise, weighing 128 for this event. I regained fiercely and was 200+ lbs a year later.
At 34 years old I weighed 225, my highest weight ever. I had the sleeve gastrectomy 2 months after my 34th birthday. While bariatric surgery doesn't ensure anything, this is the first time in my adult life that I've been weight-stable.
What was the point of my lengthy post? It's to emphasize that when people say, "You can lose weight without bariatric surgery," I totally concur. As you've read, I've lost 200+ lbs over the past 2 decades.
Losing weight was not my problem...keeping it off was problematic. Bariatric surgery has bestowed upon me the last glimmer of hope for keeping the weight off. I know my struggle will be for a lifetime.

I have to say, while I believe you believe you're being supportive of your daughter, many of the comments in your post reek of judgement - judgement your daughter has no doubt picked up on.

Let's take the following 3 direct quotes from your post below - read them on their own and imagine your daughter hearing this sort of thing every day. How do you think that would make her feel? Empowered? Or judged?

"she also gives up too easily on the lifestyle change required to keep a healthy weight"

"we fear because of her previous behaviors she'll do the same and not stick to this commitment"

"we'll work with her to go the healthy route" (an insulting insinuation that what she's pursuing isn't healthy)

You say your daughter has struggled with her weight since middle school - at that young age, control over the majority of her food choices would still have been made by the adults in her life (meaning you). The fact that, despite your good choices for her, (I'm assuming you made healthy food choices for your family here but please correct me if I'm wrong) she has still struggled with her weight, should go a long way to showing you that some of this is beyond her control. That's not to say there won't be a significant amount of personal work she's going to have to do on her end to make this surgery a success, but without support from the people who purport to love her, that becomes even more difficult than it already is.

You say she has successfully gone through all her pre-op tests. That typically includes (at a minimum) months of an MD supervised diet, a full psych eval, as well as a physical and other lab work/tests. If she's been successful through all that, AND her surgeon, the insurance company, psych, nutritionist, primary care physician, etc all signed off on her decision and agree with her that this is a good option to help manage her weight - why wouldn't you be supportive of it as well??

I had controlling parents. I'm 40 and I haven't talked to either of them in years. The years I haven't talked to them have been the best years of my life.
Just that you would consider removing her from your insurance tells me every thing I need to know about you.
I feel sorry your daughter. I imagine you have made her feel terrible about her weight her entire life too.
Why is everyone that posts in the friends and family section is a terrible human being. Lol every fricking time.

I soon as I read your post, but I heard "control". I've dealt with controlling parents growing up, even in to my young adult years. Your daughter is an adult and although she may or may not be making the most wise decisions at 20 years old (I've been there), you surely need to love and support her throughout, and not control her; she will indeed resent you and it'll break your relationship even more so. As for surgery, everything what the above two posters said. Please be there for her and support her and love her. Those that have support tend do to better mentally than those who don't. Give your daughter peace please! This is a great tool to have and she can surely get ahead in her life now, than 20 years later with all kinds of problems, especially if she's struggled with her weight early on. Please, support her!!!

I think you should definitely not remove your daughter from your insurance. That is not supporting her at all. I think the best way you can help her is to encourage her to seek therapy for her food addictions or mental issues surrounding eating, and then be there for her on the tough days when she needs you!! She has made a decision to do something about her weight issues at an age where she can really change the rest of her life for the good.
Have you looked at the statistics of people who lose weight by diet and exercise? Most gain all of their weight back and then some. A common theme on this forum is that most people wish they would have had surgery many years before they did.
Your daughter is an adult now, and if she has gone through all of the pre-op classes and has qualified for surgery I think you need to support her completely. If you don't she will resent you, I know I would. The complication rates for sleeve surgery are really low. Have you gone with her to any appointments and spoken with the doctor? Maybe this would help ease some of your fears.

Couple of the little things I'm looking forward to.
I travel for work weekly not having to worry about airplane seats and being squat next to someone, being able to Walt in a beach with my **** off and not feel uncomfortable ( or feel like everyone is staring at me) and being able to wear a suit 41 years old and never worn a suit

Hw 325 cw 290 Sw tbd gw 190

My surgeon made me be 60 days nicotine free. Im on my 6th month smoke free, although I do use a vape just 0mg nicotine.

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4 months before but I think the trick is to just find the right time for yourself. I had just gotten my teeth cleaned and wasn't allowed to smoke for at least 24 hrs so I made the most of it and just quit. Damn I miss it but I've been off it for over a month now and I'm OK.
H 5'6" HW 253, CW 245, TBS 9/19