Don

When you get to eating regular food (whatever that is), is sushi in real moderation allowed? How about pizza, if you eat just the cheese, some meat, and the sauce (no crust)?

What a good feeling to go from ( admittedly some years ago) from morbidly obese 287 to an even 200 (one pound from ONEDERLAND!!!!!!).

I remember week 2 ( 2 weeks ago) when I could have cream of wheat. Pre-surgery I had to fix more than one serving...like 1 1/2 to 2 measured servings ( 4 1/2 -6 tbsp of dry cereal). After surgery 1 Tbsp. filled me up. I couldn't believe it.

3 week post-surgery appointment today and one with the endocrinologist in another town. Had breakfast and wife forgot my protein shake for my lunch so after the 2 appointments I was getting a bit hungry. So I graduated to soft foods. Went to Bob Evans and had a grilled salmon fillet (very, very tender) and some of the steamed veggies. Only ate about 1/4th of the fillet, but I ate too fast. I was miserable for hours. I NEED TO SLOW DOWN!!!!

:rolleyes:Great!!!!!!!!!:P:P:P:P:P Found out today, I am with you too....technically 7.8 pounds and loving it.

I tried it after my 1 week check up and only drank 1/2 a carton. We had to stop on the way home and I lost everything I had in my stomach with diarrhea ....3 weeks out and haven't vomited yet....close just once.

I realized exercise and diet was not the answer when I saw Oprah do her yo-yoing and I thought if she can't do it whit a personal trainer and a personal chef, what chance do us mere mortals have at losing the weight and keeping it off. I was also on over 100 units a day of insulin, so that makes it harder yet. I am still having pain front and back, but I look in the mirror and look how little insulin ( 3 weeks out and using less that 10 units a day) I am using now and it is just fine!!!!!!

Yes they did, but not my chest. Not going swimming anytime soon anyways, but it sure looks weird!!!! If I go into a pool I usually wear a t-shirt as I have a big scar from my triple bypass, scars from my gall bladder surgery (laproscopically), and an ugly one from my appendix (in 1957). Clamps were all the rage then and my appendix scar therefore is huge. I tried to insist they shave the chest too, as many times those ekg monitor things are put on with super glue or gorilla glue. One time when they pulled the leads off, the patch looked like someone cut it off from a teddy bear and YOU KNOW WHAT IT FELT LIKE!!!!!!!! Peace out If my Dr.s' scale is anywhere close to my surgeons I am closing in on 27 pounds off in 3 weeks. I didn't think mine would come off that fast as my BMI was not terribly high and in the past 2 years I had already lost 35 pounds. Don

I will be 3 weeks post-op on Monday. More than any stomach pain, my back is killing me. I rarely have had lower back pain, but about 4 weeks pre-surgery I was diagnosed with some disk bulges and a pinched S-1 nerve. I can handle about 3-4 hours of being up and doing things and then I have to lay down and ice my back/ Anyone else experienced this?

Well I am 2 weeks and 1 day past surgery. I knew with the RNY they often get to throw their insulin away right away....didn't know for sure what the sleeve would do for my insulin needs. Pre--surgery I was on 90 units of long-acting and 1 unit fast-acting insulin for every 10 grams of carbs at mealtime. Well I am happy to report that I am taking less than 10 units of the fast-acting insulin a day....that's all. I was also on glucophage....like 2000 mg. a day. I am not taking any now. Now for my worries. I didn't put it all together when I scheduled my surgery, but May may be a tough month for me. On May 15 my daughter graduates from college, so were are going to Chicago for the weekend. I don't see too many temptations or problems with that. The next weekend they are having a memorial service and spreading of my wife's brother's ashes. Well I married a woman who likes to eat, as does her whole family, so they are planning a big meal. I am planning on taking a good book and try to be sociable, but her family....well let's say 2 very dysfunctional people found each other and her family is a prime example. The next weekend a friend is getting married.....a senior citizen thing....they dated in college, married other people, divorced their spouses and have been pretty much a thing since the late 1980's. Out of the blue they decided to get hitched. Now there are no worries there. I know at this point I couldn't even do a sliver of a piece of cake. Well I am lower in weight than since my mid to late 20s.

16 for me....if the local hospital scales match my. dr.'s. I haven't been this low in weight since my early 20's.......we are talking 30-35 years here. A friend who also had the surgery said she had clothes in all of the sizes. I told her that I needed to go to the resale shops. Even if I did have them.....think leisure suits, bell-bottoms, etc. Luckily we have about 5-6 shops in 20 miles. Don

Sleeved on April 4 ....7 days for me, but what I returned to work for was to play for a wedding. The next day I returned to work at school, but again I warm the kid's lunches, watch them on the playground and then work with them in a computer lab. I feel like my butt is busted now, bit it is due to back pain and not the surgery. I had some lower back problems crop up 2 months ago. I hope the surgery will help with that in the long run.

...when you have a weight loss. Had my one week check-up today and since my pre-surgery appointment in late March, I have lost 18 pounds ( so this includes pre-surgery diet and 1 week of clear liquids).

Well all of us are one week out now.....How is everyone doing??? It was a bit more than I expected, but overall I am doing fine. Not hungry at all. Went with wife today as she had a fish and chips meal. I had one spoon of her cottage cheese and sat there and drank iced tea. Playing for a wedding tomorrow morning (yes a Monday morning) and then go for my one week check up. So far food commercials don't bother me either. I am just not hungry. Looking at my belly I do look like I lost a sword fight and got stabbed a few times, have some pain, but overall it's been an easy week. Don

sounds good to me dneids@chartermi.net Doing the bowel prep as we speak!!!

My endocrinologist was iffy about it, but surprisingly my cardiologist was enthusiastic about it. He said it was the smartest thing I could do. I am over 100 units of insulin a day now and that makes traditional weight loss almost impossible. 44 hours to GO <<<<<<<<<<<

Wow........didn't know there would be so many.....I'm on for Monday also. In Traverse City , Michigan with Dr. Nizzi. I am only 2 years late in having a bariatric surgery. I was scheduled for June of 2009. Had all approvals and the date set, then in early March of that year I had some shoulder blade pain. I had 2 really bad nights so after work I went to the ER. Had a super sharp nurse and Dr. They caught that it might be heart and 45 minutes later I was headed ti the nearest cardiac unit and 1 and 1/2 days later I had a triple bypass. So two years later, I have done fairly well at keeping 40 pounds off I lost before and after that surgery, but am on 90 units of Levimir a day and 15-20 of Novalog.I decided to do it for my health. I am on BP meds, cholesterol meds, other diabetic meds, aas well as a BiPap machine. My BMI is borderline, but with those conditions I was approved. At my age the Dr. strongly recommended the VSG as with the Roux en Y you can't take the aspirin that I am on for the rest of my days. Looking forward, but also scared. Almost cancelled earlier in the week. Have been very busy for the 10 weeks prior to this with being a music director for the Spring Musical nearby, so haven't had much time until this week to think about it and now we are 3 days away.....10:45 MOnday a.m. Good luck to you all. Don

I am having it done on April 4 and I am 60 going on 61. I was scheduled for a Roux en Y 2 years ago, but decided to have triple bypass instead(LOL). Will let you know..........

Me too........ I was scheduled to have the Roux en Y in June 2009, but instead had a triple bypass in March of 2009.

Has anyone else had heart surgery and then the sleeve?

I am glad to be a new member. My history:In 2009 I had all of my tests in and visits done and ready to have a Roux en Y in June of 2009. In January I had my usual 3 month lab test done for my diabetes and my bad cholesterol was 75. I was working on weight loss pre-surgery and successfully lost 20 pounds. In late February I had some shoulder blade pain that I attributed to long hours and poor posture while playing the piano and being on the computer, and on a fall I had taken. Early March I had 2 really bad nights with the pain. So I went to work and after work I said maybe I should do something about that pain, so I went to the ER. It was really packed so I put down I had chest pains so I could get done earlier. The joke was on me. I was in the middle of a cardiac event and left on an ambulance 45 minutes later headed to the nearest cath lab. A day and a half later I had a 3XCABG. After that I lost another 25 pounds and was right on the borderline of the 35 BMI index and in my mind put off the gastric surgery (plus it was way too soon). Here I am 18 months later, 22 pounds heavier, and having problems with lousy diabetes control (as well as sleep apnea, high blood pressure). I went back to see the Bariatric Surgeon and he suggested the sleeve surgery as our Blue Cross in Michigan recently approved the surgery for people with lower BMI's and because I have to take a daily aspirin. So I am pretty sure I am point to follow my Dr.s advice and have the VSL.

In 2009 I had all of my tests in and visits done and ready to have a Roux en Y in June of 2009. In January I had my usual 3 month lab test done for my diabetes and my bad cholesterol was 75. I was working on weight loss pre-surgery and successfully lost 20 pounds. In late February I had some shoulder blade pain that I attributed to long hours and poor posture while playing the piano and being on the computer, and on a fall I had taken. Early March I had 2 really bad nights with the pain. So I went to work and after work I said maybe I should do something about that pain, so I went to the ER. It was really packed so I put down I had chest pains so I could get done earlier. The joke was on me. I was in the middle of a cardiac event and left on an ambulance 45 minutes later headed to the nearest cath lab. A day and a half later I had a 3XCABG. After that I lost another 25 pounds and was right on the borderline of the 35 BMI index and in my mind put off the gastric surgery (plus it was way too soon). Here I am 18 months later, 22 pounds heavier, and having problems with lousy diabetes control (as well as sleep apnea, high blood pressure). I went back to see the Bariatric Surgeon and he suggested the sleeve surgery as our Blue Cross in Michigan recently approved the surgery for people with lower BMI's and because I have to take a daily aspirin. Are there many people who have had a CABG and then a vertical sleeve or Roux en Y? Is that a recommendation you would make? I have made a complete recovery from the CABG and had few complications no cognitive impairment, no depression, etc.I was very lucky. I claimed it was that 3 churches were praying for me not to lose their organist/music director.

(Gastric) Bypass after a (Cardiac)bypass God must have heard me wrong. I went through all of the steps and was approved for Gastric Bypass Surgery in June. All he heard was that I wanted a bypass. March 4th, I went to the ER with shoulder blade pain. (I had googled it and came up with only gall bladder and I had mine out in 2000). I had been playing the piano a lot and at the computer a lot (and I have bad arthritis in the neck). So I figured I would get a pain pill or a shot and go home. The next thing you know I am on an EKG then an ambulance to the next town where they have the heart stuff ( catheter lab etc.) Two days later I have a triple bypass. I believe I am having a better than average recovery ( no depression, no cognition problems. no infections, etc.) They told me at my Bariatric Surgeon's office that I would need cardiac clearance. I am certainly not going to have it done the first of June. I have lost 19 pounds since the operation, so I am right at the cusp of the 35% BMI. I have a feeling, if I do have an operation, it might be for the lap band, as it wouldn't be such a stress on the body. Anybody have experience with this??? Don

Wow I was the one complaining about waiting so long and finally was scheduled for June 1st. My wife had an ovary and a growth removed on February 10 and on March 4th I went to the ER for back and shoulder pains. I ended up on the ekg, then an ambulance takes me north 14 miles to where the nearest catheter center is. There is a table round people waiting for me. Tjhe next day I have all sorts of tests and on Friday the 6th I had a triple bypass. I had had a stress test about year ago and they have always come back fine. I take a small dose of Lipitor and my cholesterol always comes back picture perfect (except my HDL is just 4-5 points low)> This came from out of the blue, 1) Should I still consider bariatric surgery??? 2) If so, which one? (I wanted the band, Surgeon convinced me ROux EN Y) To me it is now a toss-up.........especially since the Roux En Y seems to be almost as stressful to the body as this bypass. 3) I am hoping that I have alredy started to lose some weight, maybe this will be the clincher or the closer. I am down to almost 240 now( from 270 a year ago and an all time high of 283). WHat a surprise!!!!!!!!:scared2::scared2: Not a good one. Don

Well I finally have a date. Actually not a firm date, but I am number one in June. My surgeon is booking for May 15, so I asked to wait 2 weeks and let me finish the school year (God knows I need the money). He does surgery on Mondays and Wednesdays so I am hoping to get June 1st. The Monday works best as I only have 2 paid Sundays off at church.....so it will be like 3 weeks off (minus 1 day). Now I am scared.:sneaky: I don't think I would be (as much), except my wife had a tumor removed laproscopically last week and she is still in a lot of pain and I decided to go with what the Dr. recommended and he said a Roux N Y (sp????). So here we gooooooooooooooooooooooooooo:w00t: Don