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I am one week out of vsg. I was sleeved in Texas, I don't think I will have any more contact with the doctors office/surgeon that did my procedure. I say this because on discharge they said "call us if you have a problem" and I haven't heard from them since. I was never told to call and schedule a follow up in a month or 6 weeks or anything. Since I have been home I haven't heard a word from them. I guess I'm just done pending any other issues. I am curious what your aftercare is like?

Thanks!

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My aftercare is pretty intense. I had a three day stay in the hospital (without complications). I am on liquids for three weeks. I have an appointment for scar review, next week. I meet with my surgeon a week after that for another esophogram and clearance to move onto mushies. After that, I will have to visit my Bariatric Surgeon's office at two, three, six, nine and twelve months for review of progress, etc.

My surgery was at NYU Langone Medical Center. Dr. Christine Ren-Fielding is my surgeon.

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Wow that's just wrong. I am getting sleeved tomorrow and i already have my 1 week post op appt scheduled. I am having my done at Forest Park Medical Center by Dr. Jayaseelan. I go back week 1, week 2, week 4, month 3, month 9 and 1 year. I know at the 3 month check up he is going to to blood work to check my Vitamin levels. I think you need to call and find out!!!

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same here...I am scheduled for 10/1 and have my follow up dates scheduled... I would call THEM and check about follow up... it's important!

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Wow I had my two week and four week appointments scheduled prior to surgery. Then after the month I will go back every 6 weeks until 1 year out. It's sad that your doctor did not do any scheduling for you prior to surgery. I would say give them a call to find out why this was done..

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I was also sleeved 9/17 , however I did/do not have post op appointments scheduled , When I was released the DR gave me instructions to call the office and make an appointment for Thursday ( 10 days post op ) for check up and I guess we will go from there .... However as everyone else stated , call to verify

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I was also sleeved 9/17 , however I did/do not have post op appointments scheduled , When I was released the DR gave me instructions to call the office and make an appointment for Thursday ( 10 days post op ) for check up and I guess we will go from there .... However as everyone else stated , call to verify

I was sleeved on the 17th as well and I received the same instructions. I have an office visit on Thursday the 27th and my surgeon told me that he will be seeing me monthly for at least the next year.

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I was sleeved at Kaiser Fremont. I saw the surgeon at two weeks and six weeks. I saw the medical doctor associated with the bariatrics group and a nutritionist at three months during a group appt. I saw the nutritionist and the medical doctor associated with the bariatrics group for individual appts at six months and one year. I also had extensive blood work tests at six months and one year. I will see them once per year for the rest of my life.

I've been very happy with Kaiser's bariatric program. I feel they did a good job from preparing me for the surgery to following up.

Lynda

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I had follow up appointments scheduled prior to surgery as well....

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I had a one week post op appointment. After that I go in as follows:

One month post op

Three months post op

Six months post op

Twelve months post op

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Did you research your surgeon before you chose him? Just curious.

Anyway, I had my post-op visits scheduled before I was ever operated on. My doctor takes aftercare very seriously. There's a patient who is the size of a stick and she still comes for regular check-ups.

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My surgeon told me the most important part is the aftercare. Mine is a two year program which involves a dietician, exercise group, a psychologist and check ups.

Maybe you should call the doctor and ask if they offer any support after surgery. If not maybe you could join a group in your local area

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I am one week out of vsg. I was sleeved in Texas' date=' I don't think I will have any more contact with the doctors office/surgeon that did my procedure. I say this because on discharge they said "call us if you have a problem" and I haven't heard from them since. I was never told to call and schedule a follow up in a month or 6 weeks or anything. Since I have been home I haven't heard a word from them. I guess I'm just done pending any other issues. I am curious what your aftercare is like?

Thanks![/quote']

I am in Texas too! I had a follow up appointment scheduled when I made my surgery appointment. At my follow up visit (9 days post op) I had my staples removed & made my follow up appt for my 6 week check up. Who did you use?! Crazy!

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Did you research your surgeon before you chose him? Just curious.

Anyway, I had my post-op visits scheduled before I was ever operated on. My doctor takes aftercare very seriously. There's a patient who is the size of a stick and she still comes for regular check-ups.

Did you research your surgeon before you chose him? Just curious.

Anyway, I had my post-op visits scheduled before I was ever operated on. My doctor takes aftercare very seriously. There's a patient who is the size of a stick and she still comes for regular check-ups.

Wow, always some a-hole on these forums! Yes, I did research, but if I said No, what difference would that be? We are all on here seeking help and advice not to have our nose rubbed in what we did or didn't do. I checked him out and I still have questions. No matter how much anyone checks out their doctor it does not guarantee a smooth and complication free surgery.

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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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      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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      1. summerseeker

        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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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