suepro

You're doing great! You look so different. Good luck with getting where you'd like to be.
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You're doing great! You look so different. Good luck with getting where you'd like to be.
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To be absolutely honest, when my band was removed I took very little time to heal. Felt instantly better because I was relieved of the reflux and vomiting. Back to work 2 days later.
Everyone heals differently, rest up and let your body recover.
My scar tissue is so bad that I was refused a sleeve and am getting a bypass instead.
Take care of yourself, you will heal up and when your body is ready you will get your sleeve.
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You're doing great! You look so different. Good luck with getting where you'd like to be.
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You're doing great! You look so different. Good luck with getting where you'd like to be.
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To be absolutely honest, when my band was removed I took very little time to heal. Felt instantly better because I was relieved of the reflux and vomiting. Back to work 2 days later.
Everyone heals differently, rest up and let your body recover.
My scar tissue is so bad that I was refused a sleeve and am getting a bypass instead.
Take care of yourself, you will heal up and when your body is ready you will get your sleeve.
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You're doing great! You look so different. Good luck with getting where you'd like to be.
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Lost 20lbs in three days!
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@suepro. I am so glad to hear your doing so well!!! Great to hear!!!
@kerrymarie32. I wish you nothing but the best today! I hope your surgery is flawless and you heal quickly! Good luck to you!!!

I'm nearly 3 weeks out and feeling great. On the mushy eating phase at the moment which beats liquids.
Hope everyone else doing well also x
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I can understand why you are worried about you your dog, you sound like an amazing dedicated owner to care for him/her to the extent of manually expressing the urine. Do you have a partner who can cope for a couple of days? My surgery now just a week away and I am leaving my two dogs in my husband's capable hands.
I'm a self payer and my chosen surgeon is a different city so I am having to stay in a hotel the night before. I'm not relishing the thought of being alone in a hotel.
I hope that you manage to make arrangements for your doggie care x
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Hopefully your husband will get the knack of doing it before the date of your op. Going to another city is partly my choice of surgeon. I also need to fit my surgery around my work schedule because the Easter holiday when university is closed means that as a freelance sign language Interpreter I lose less income.
My husband will drive and pick me up and I will be in phone contact with him and a couple of close friends while in the hospital.
I have only told a few people. After my band failure, I'm keeping it low key this time. X
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Hey guys...it has been a while since I posted. Life has been great. I've actually become this fitness fanatic. I love working out now...never saw that coming. My RNY changed my life and I'm so grateful. Still have a ways to go but I'm so happy with my progress. Starting weight 519lbs...surgery weight 428lbs...current weight 262lbs[emoji123] 

Thank you to everyone who has commented on this post! It has been so great hearing from so many people. Please keep us all posted on surgeries and post op statuses! This is great!
To all of you waiting still, like me, I wish you all the best for a easy surgery day and you go home feeling pretty good!
For all of you who have had surgery, best of luck on this new journey and if you have any stories or insite you would like to share, we would all love to hear! Also would love to see pictures!
For the ones waiting for approval or who are considering what to do...I hope this process goes fast for you and you are on your way to a healthier you!
Best of luck to all of us!????

Hi there, I'm near London. Yes, bands are still fairly popular over here but the sleeve is gaining popularity as well. RNY is the surgery of choice for patients with higher BMI and for people like myself who are having revision from band.
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I always have clothing a size smaller that I aim to fit into again rather than simply being ruled by the scales
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London, England
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Regrets? Nahhhhh....
You're making the right decision. Trust me

i feel for you, I went through that and i had a rough 6 weeks,it was very very painful. I had to resort to the Glycerin suppositories!

I had my bypass on April 2nd and feeling pretty good apart from a pain in my shoulder from trapped air. My liver was fine but there were lots of adhesions from my band and the surgeon also repaired a hiatus hernia.
Good luck to everyone who is having an April operation x
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I don't think that it was too much of a problem, the adhesions were apparently harder to sort out. My surgeon said that hiatus hernia are common in Bariatric patients.
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The time I felt really nervous was when I was being put to sleep but the next thing I knew I was in the recovery area. Good luck with everything, you'll be fine.
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I had my bypass on April 2nd and feeling pretty good apart from a pain in my shoulder from trapped air. My liver was fine but there were lots of adhesions from my band and the surgeon also repaired a hiatus hernia.
Good luck to everyone who is having an April operation x
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My revision op was done on Saturday and there were lots of adhesions from my band and a hiatus hernia which was repaired.
I'm feeling quite well and incisions look pretty good.
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