Hi Everyone,

We finally have a place devoted to people thinking about getting the sleeve, revising to the sleeve, making the sleeve their first weight loss surgery, and post-op VSG members. This board is set-up similar to the lapbandtalk board so navigating it shouldn't be too difficult for those who posted there. I look forward to interacting and sharing.

Hi all

The day is here, pretesting this afternoon. I am waiting for Ernesto to pick me up at the airport now. What an ambivolent feeling I have right now. I am meeting with V angel in a couple of hrs. We will be in contact.

This is a great day:biggrin2:

Hi all

The day is here, pretesting this afternoon. I am waiting for Ernesto to pick me up at the airport now. What an ambivolent feeling I have right now. I am meeting with V angel in a couple of hrs. We will be in contact.

This is a great day:biggrin2:

We are thinking of you, Ruthi! Keep us updated as things progress!

Hi all

The day is here, pretesting this afternoon. I am waiting for Ernesto to pick me up at the airport now. What an ambivolent feeling I have right now. I am meeting with V angel in a couple of hrs. We will be in contact.

This is a great day:biggrin2:

Pretesting complete and now we're at the hotel. Just had a nice dinner and are back in our rooms for a bit of a siesta and then may go out a little later just to walk and be out in the fresh air. Then back to the room to sleep and be downstairs at 7 am to wait for Ernesto ... tomorrow is THE day!

Did you know that Ernesto had the sleeve 9 weeks ago and has lost 44 lbs. already?

Will try to post tomorrow if I'm feeling up to it.

I have a question for all you longtimers...I find that (on day 2) I can't drink more then a thimble of water...it hurts and does not want to go down. When will breathing get easier also? Thanks for any info!

You need to talk with Dr. Aceves and/or Dr. Campos. Keep walking and use the breathing machine. When you use the machine, the goal is to keep that ball up for as long as you can. I could not tolerate more than an ounce of water or juice for the first week or so. Once the swelling goes down, that improves.

I can't help out with that one. Not that I am a long timer. I could guzzle water immediately and it was really hard for me to go slow and try to drink only a little bit of fluid at a time.