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Ok, I had a phone consult with Dr. Husted today and I have no concerns about his surgical abilities and overall the call went fine- but I am struggling with one important thing.....the size of the bouget (sp?).

He says he uses a size 42 whether its a virgin or revision sleeve. He further went on to talk about how he aligns it with the anatomy inside (arteries or something). Basically that he doesn't like the idea of doing a sleeve too tight due to getting the hour glass syndrome.

I'm not sure whether I'm going to be able to get past this. I am glad for the 2nd chance opportunity and I know Dr. Husted is known for his surgical abilities, but I am very concerned with having too large of a stomach left and the opportunity for re-gain.

Could you share your thoughts please? In particular, what size bouget was used, how much you can eat right after surgery and then later down the road?

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My surgeon uses a 34 bougie and three rows of titanium staples. One week after surgery I could two bites of a hard boiled egg and could not eat eat anymore for several hours. Now I am 6 months out and I can eat the whole egg. Progress. LOL. :-)

P.S. Just curious is this a KC surgeon?

Deb B)

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My surgeon uses a 34 bougie and three rows of titanium staples. One week after surgery I could two bites of a hard boiled egg and could not eat eat anymore for several hours. Now I am 6 months out and I can eat the whole egg. Progress. LOL. :-)

P.S. Just curious is this a KC surgeon?

Deb B)

Hi Deb,

No, Dr. Husted is in Phoenix, AZ http://www.johnhustedmd.com/

There are no expert revision surgeons in the Kansas City area, including Dr. Hoehn. He has a good reputation for virgin surgeries, but that's where his expertise ends unfortunately. I had hoped to find a qualified revision surgeon in the Midwest but so far nothing. That's how I came across Dr. Husted.

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Ok, I had a phone consult with Dr. Husted today and I have no concerns about his surgical abilities and overall the call went fine- but I am struggling with one important thing.....the size of the bouget (sp?).

He says he uses a size 42 whether its a virgin or revision sleeve. He further went on to talk about how he aligns it with the anatomy inside (arteries or something). Basically that he doesn't like the idea of doing a sleeve too tight due to getting the hour glass syndrome.

I'm not sure whether I'm going to be able to get past this. I am glad for the 2nd chance opportunity and I know Dr. Husted is known for his surgical abilities, but I am very concerned with having too large of a stomach left and the opportunity for re-gain.

Could you share your thoughts please? In particular, what size bouget was used, how much you can eat right after surgery and then later down the road?

My surgeon uses a 40 and I have plenty of restriction. My recovery was smooth with no nausea or any complications. Fluids were easy to get down--just slow and all introductions to food were great as well. Dense Protein is the thing that really gives me that full feeling quickly. At six weeks out, I can eat 1/2 cup turkey taco meat and I'm packed.

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My surgeon uses a 40 and I have plenty of restriction. My recovery was smooth with no nausea or any complications. Fluids were easy to get down--just slow and all introductions to food were great as well. Dense Protein is the thing that really gives me that full feeling quickly. At six weeks out, I can eat 1/2 cup turkey taco meat and I'm packed.

Who was your surgeon?

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Who was your surgeon?

Dr. David Le out of Kaiser Hospital-South San Francisco. He was great.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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