Hi all!

Hopefully everyone is doing great, I haven't posted in quite some time so I wanted to update. The last time I posted i believe I had mentioned that I wasn't feeling restriction anymore, and that it took quite a bit of food to make me full. This was NOT the case post-op initially. For about 6 weeks I had great restriction, but after moving to solid foods i got where i could gradually eat more and more, and when i say that I don't mean that i was testing myself and trying to stretch my sleeve, I mean that my hunger was returning and I felt satisfied only when I ate more. I have tried several things over the past few months to try to experiment and see if it was just my eating behavior, the foods I ate, the timing, or something I was doing wrong. Well, I tried going on a liquid diet to re-shrink my sleeve, and it was unsuccessful. I also tried the 5 day pouch test, and found that I can eat MUCH more dense Protein (cottage cheese, grilled chicken, etc...) than I should be able to eat at this time out (a little over 4 months). My hunger has returned and my stomach actually growls again! It hasn't done that since I was pre-op!

I had an upper GI done about a week ago, and it showed that my stomach has stretched quite a bit. Probably due to the fact that it was abnormally elastic to begin with. I feel NO restriction anymore, and if I chose to, I could literally sit and eat for two hours straight. I of course, practice self control and don't let myself do that. But, I have found myself having to try to diet and go hungry again. This isn't fun. I have talked to my surgeon who thinks that I should either undergo the DS or be re-sleeved. I am greatly considering being re-sleeved. Does anyone know someone who has had to have this procedure revised?

Thanks!!

How much have you lost overall (and how long since your surgery)? I was losing fast at first, but over the last 3 weeks it seems that about 2 lbs/week is the norm for me. I do 4-5 hours of moderate-high intensity exercise per week - think dance or weight-lifting, not cleared for running yet, and I make sure to walk about 30 mins every day. While 1-2 lbs/week is pretty much how I'd lose weight pre-surgery, when I look at the overall amount of weight I've lost since the surgery, I've definitely lost more than I ever could have without the sleeve - not to mention, I don't have to worry about hunger or resisting binge urges. Even if you are losing 1-2 pounds weekly, it's still a breeze compared to dieting pre-sleeve, IMO. There's 52 weeks in a year, so you are looking at losing 50-100 lbs in a year at this rate!

That would be encouraging if I thought the vsg-assisted weight loss would continue into a year but, according to my surgeon, it won't. After 9 months the body readjusts internally and according to him, you may still lose weight but no longer like a wls patient, just like non-ops.

That would be encouraging if I thought the vsg-assisted weight loss would continue into a year but, according to my surgeon, it won't. After 9 months the body readjusts internally and according to him, you may still lose weight but no longer like a wls patient, just like non-ops.

HUH?? :thumbup: I never heard that before. I see my surgeon in three weeks and I will be sure to ask him about that. Interesting.

Deb

That would be encouraging if I thought the vsg-assisted weight loss would continue into a year but, according to my surgeon, it won't. After 9 months the body readjusts internally and according to him, you may still lose weight but no longer like a wls patient, just like non-ops.

Yep my surgeon said pretty much the same, a window of 6-9 months. He also said that the average amount of weight loss is only 3/4 of excess weight, so if I am going to go strictly by the average I won't even bother in getting to target., but he said losing that 25% to get to target depends completely on me.Having said that and having a father and a husband who are surgeons, and being a doctor myself, I know that it is their duty to give us an average according to the statistics. So , as my husband put it, if a patient with prostate cancer asks him how long he will live after having the surgery to eliminate the cancer he says 5 years average. Many patients die before the 5 years many die at 10 years and some don't die at all. A lot of this depends on us, so just continue doing what you are doing and I'm sure you'll (we'll) make it!

I hope you get some answers Jillian, and if you do, keep us posted. I would be very interested in what they say. I am 3 1/2 months out and can eat way more than most, but still way less than I did pre-op. Had an entire bagel today for breakfast with no feeling of discomfort (I was full, but not over full). I am still losing, but at a slow pace, and I have found myself slipping back into old habits. I have learned to identify those behaviors and trigger food and I am doing my best to keep them out of my life.