Hi a very dear friend of mine also had the gastric sleeve and sadly passed away from having blood clots in his lungs... my question and concern....Is how long do we need to worry about getting blood clots? I was under the impression that you only had to worry about them during surgery and right after.....he was already almost 1 month out of surgery and then developed these blood clots.... I see my surgeon tomorrow so I am hoping he has alot more answers to help ease my mind....but I was just wondering what everyone's opinion was?:001_tongue:

I have experienced this numbness for a while. off and on. Usually in bed. I think I am laying on my right hip/side to long when I go to sleep. Or maybe just on my back too long. It definately worsened when I was in the hospital and down for thoes two days. I got up and walked at all hours. I am walking even more now and doing the deep breathing exercises. If I sit to long ie: computer, I get the tingling feeling.SO, for now I am not doing more than one hour on computer. That is a hardrestriction. this is where I chat/vent/getinfo. Have an appt with pcp next week.

Okay, hopefully, its a simple explanation. P.S. I like your jack o lantern avatar!

hopefully all goes well with you pcp...let us know what happens. I meet with my Surgeon on Saturday for my post op. He orginally told me that in the first month he anticipates me to lose 30 pounds.....but so far I have lost 20 pounds at 2 weeks. Will I keep losing weight or will I go through the 3 week stall? Does everyone go through the weight stall?

no not everyone goes thru that. Look in another thread for the weightloss blues. They will tell you to measure,and see the tape come together, even thu the scale is not moving. Do not worry about a stall. If it happens, up the exercize and your body will show up well at the end of the stall. It is just that, a temporary stall.Donotloose your commitment.

thank you everyone!!! I am still new to this forum so I am trying to find my way around....but so far all the advice has really helped me to feel more at ease and to just understand what my body is going through right now....so mahalo nui loa...thank you