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I will be 70 in April and having my sleeve in March!!...hoping for a good ten years of being normal weight....want to travel and hike, hike, hike.

Pretty much an inert metal....

Pretty much an inert metal....

Lol

good article thanks

hi , me too...sleeved 3/27
last 2 weeks I had serious hemorrhoid problems.....but have finally returned almost normal.
are you taking benefiber at least 1-2 times a day and ducolax ? and Miralax?
the Water amount is ridiculous....I am constantly drinking but never arrive at the amount they say.
Are you all still taking Protein Drinks ??? my postop weight loss has been only about 14 lbs and I am wondering if it is because I stopped those horrible Protein drinks and or additives??/

Not at all for that reason....at least at this point. I have no desire for sweets, or any of my old favorite foods....sleeved 3/27

I will be 70 in April and having my sleeve in March!!...hoping for a good ten years of being normal weight....want to travel and hike, hike, hike.

good morning, me too! I feel great...today at 9 am
good luck to you all

good morning, me too! I feel great...today at 9 am
good luck to you all

good luck

I take powdered Vitamins and Calcium -- Isontonix (recommended by surgeon) -- and the advantage is that I can take everything all at once, which I do first thing in the AM. When I am done, I wait 30 minutes and have my first Protein Drink (which is half of a Protein drink, actually). I have these every 4 hours and hit 65+ grams of protein. In between each protein drink, I drink one 16 oz. bottle of Water.
Not trying to tell you what to do, just offering one approach to juggling all of this. :-)

thanks so much

I will be 70 in April and having my sleeve in March!!...hoping for a good ten years of being normal weight....want to travel and hike, hike, hike.

I will be 70 in April and having my sleeve in March!!...hoping for a good ten years of being normal weight....want to travel and hike, hike, hike.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140326142209.htm

I had my sleeve done last year at 65. I also had my gall bladder removed and a hernia repair at the same time. I had no complications and took no narcotics after it. I will admit for a few days it felt as if I did a million sit-ups but after a couple of days all was well. I was worried that the surgeon might think I was too old but no, she never said a thing. I guess I was lucky in that I had no co-morbidities except the excess weight!
For those reading this, don't let your age make you second guess the surgery!

I'm happy to tell my story regarding my gastric sleeve surgery and being over 60. I have been heavy all of my 40+ years of marriage. I lost a significant amount once but gained it back. Since then I hadon't ballooned to my highest weight of 314 lbs. I had all the classic comorbidity symptoms of high blood pressure, sleep apnea, lower back pains, shortness of breath and prediabeetes. I looked into bariatric surgery three years before finally having it. I'm 63 and as I began doing my research, I noticed there wasn't a lot of information on people in my age range.
So here I am...7 weeks post op and I have to say, the struggle has been real! But I'm embracing this new second half of my life and I hope to be encouraging to others as well as receive encouragement myself.

wishing you the best of luck!!! This diet is hell but you can do it!!!

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