hey everyone my names melissa i just found this site and i just signed up, anyway im 25 im 5"2 and im 205lbs, today is aug 13/10 and my surgury date for the sleeve is sept 23/10 i havnt lost anything yet!!!! my appoint weigh in is aug 23 coming up im scared hes gonna be mad. but im wondering what kinda stuff do you gotta do before surgury, is it gonna hurt after surg i heard that theres lots of trapped air in the chest thats real painful for some i have no idea, how diff is it? i just have so many questions. am i the only one that had a hard time loosing the pre op weight or is there others? please specific people whatever info you have please let me cuz im very nervous still wondering if im doing the right thing i want it real bad but theres still that thing in back of your head asking if i should really go head and do this is that normal please people help

Hello fellow Albertan - I went camping at Rocky Mtn House earlier in the summer and enjoyed it quite a bit!

Re: air trapped in the chest. I didn't have any of that post-op gas pain in my shoulders that some others referred to, so if you have good analgesia (I had a spinal in addition to general), you might not experience it at all. As far as later on - I do feel trapped burps in my tummy sometimes, but they feel no worse than my pre-surgery burps did. I just try to let the air come out, but even if I can't, the discomfort usually subsides after a few seconds. I've got lots of air coming out the other end, though, haha.

Re: losing weight pre-op. I was almost the same weight as you are (200-202), so I didn't HAVE to lose weight. I actually ate whatever I wanted for the 5 weeks after getting my surgery date without feeling guilty. I put on a few pounds and went into surgery at 208, BUT I had completely gotten the whole ice cream - bacon - cheesecake - Kit Kat thing out of my system. During my last week, I didn't even have any Desserts even though they had them available for every meal at my school caf - I just didn't want them anymore. Less than a week after having the VSG, I've already dropped those residual pounds. Of course, the better you eat before the surgery and the less you weigh, the easier the recovery will be and the less you'll need to wait to get to goal weight. So while I of course wouldn't endorse a free-for-all for a month before the surgery, I wouldn't beat yourself up if you are unable to lose weight. You are not that big, and unless there's a major issue with your liver size that's already been identified, you will probably be fine.

thanks so much you made me feel way better!!!!! i will keep everyone updated

Wow that initial post was hard to read.

I did have trapped gas in my left shoulder tip, actually felt like it was a big lump in there that was bruised. Went away after a few days with the use of heat packs. If I get wind pains now at all I take DeGas or GasX.