Hi, to all WNY'ers!!! I, just know I'm not the only one out there, lol! I'm 6 days post op, overall, doing well!!! So, how's everyone else doing???

being sleeved tomorrow, terrified.

being sleeved tomorrow, terrified.

Good luck!!!! I'm sure you will do great just think, tomorrow begins day 1 of your "new" life!

Good luck tomorrow and congrats to your new start

being sleeved tomorrow, terrified.

Good luck!! Mine is feb 25!!

Good luck Colette!! I am here if you need anything!! You are gonna do great. Are you going to go to the Feb support meeting?

being sleeved tomorrow, terrified.

Praying that you will have a smooth ride!!!! You've got a whole community here to support you! HUGS!!!!!!

I'm sleeved!!! Wasn't as bad as I thought but there's one thing I wasn't warned or even read about..... does or did anyone get stomach spasms when drinking or eating??? And how long did I t last?!?

I'm sleeved!!! Wasn't as bad as I thought but there's one thing I wasn't warned or even read about..... does or did anyone get stomach spasms when drinking or eating??? And how long did I t last?!?

I'm not sure if I had stomach spasms, but I know they kept stressing to sip and not chug/gulp. Your stomach is a muscle which pretty much was cut in half, so it will take time to heal. Just do what your doctor says and you will be good in no time!! Congrats on your new sleeve!!

After first week it will relax. I think your spasms are probably gas pains which while in Hosp and on discharge they gave me chewable gas pills works wonders

Dr. C should have given you Bentyl for the spasms... are you taking it? It helped me a lot. I had mild spasms, not that bad and it only lasted a few days. By day four at home I was off the med. Feeling awesome ever since! You'll do great, you had the best surgeon, just give it a few days

I'm sleeved!!! Wasn't as bad as I thought but there's one thing I wasn't warned or even read about..... does or did anyone get stomach spasms when drinking or eating??? And how long did I t last?!?

Hey everyone is it normal to gain weight I'm 4 months out and I've lost 65 pounds and I have gained like 5 pounds and I'm tracking everything and doing restiance bands and been shovling snow and haven having stomach pains in the middle of my stomach that radiates to my right side had an ultra sound and no Gail stones but still having symptoms and syngery is sending me for an uper endoscopy i would think they would send me for a HIDA scan instead cause when the dr did the exam and pressed where my pain was and the drs like sounds like gailbladder so I'm a bit frustrated but I'm determined to keep going with the weight loss could it be I'm at a stand still for the weight loss for a bit and then go back to loosing

Sounds like you could be putting on muscle? Do you keep track of your measurements? Muscle weighs more than fat, so u could still lose inches and gain weight. As for the abdominal pain, where is it? I had my gallbladder out a couple years ago because of the yoyo dieting I did. It can appear in different ways but I had pain in the right upper abdomen under my breastbone. A lot of insurances will require doctors to do certain tests before they will pay for other tests, so it might just be that the insurance won't pay for the HIDA scan until they do an upper GI. Hope they figure out what's wrong.

Sounds like you could be putting on muscle? Do you keep track of your measurements? Muscle weighs more than fat, so u could still lose inches and gain weight. As for the abdominal pain, where is it? I had my gallbladder out a couple years ago because of the yoyo dieting I did. It can appear in different ways but I had pain in the right upper abdomen under my breastbone. A lot of insurances will require doctors to do certain tests before they will pay for other tests, so it might just be that the insurance won't pay for the HIDA scan until they do an upper GI. Hope they figure out what's wrong.

the pain is in the middle of my stomach and radiates to my right side and goes to my back sometimes and my right shoulder hurts at times too and it hurts more after meals and when I take a deep breath it hurts too and I had an ultrasound and no stones came up but the tech said that it still could be gailbladder even with out Gail stones and thanks I hope they figure it out too and plus I've been belching a lot also

the pain is in the middle of my stomach and radiates to my right side and goes to my back sometimes and my right shoulder hurts at times too and it hurts more after meals and when I take a deep breath it hurts too and I had an ultrasound and no stones came up but the tech said that it still could be gailbladder even with out Gail stones and thanks I hope they figure it out too and plus I've been belching a lot also

They only found "questionable" gallstones on my ultrasound and CAT scan when they were trying to diagnose gallstones. When they removed my gallbladder I was told it looked like a hacky sack I had so many stones. So in my opinion, the ultrasound and CAT scan can't dx anything concrete. The HIDA scan may be your best option, but like I said, your dr may have to jump through hoops in order to get other tests paid for. It does sound like it could be your gallbladder.

I had surgery over 6 months ago and I just started having some pretty bad hearburn/GERD, which makes me nervous since I had a hiatal hernia repair at the same time as my sleeve. I never had GERD symptoms before surgery.

Has anyone with independent Health been denied? if so why and were you able to eventually get approved? I'm waiting to hear back from them and I'm a nervous wreck!!!!! Its all I think about!