****UPDATE****

i made this post yesterday. i weighed myself again and i am officially 115lbs down weighing 158! i started at 273! woot

hey guys!

i was sleeved dec 20th, 2011.

was diagnosed with a leak at 5wks post op.

i had threw up bile at week 3&4 & was sent for

a swallow test which showed a leak.

after being hospitalized & having a stent placed,

i became severly sick & didnt eat for almost 2 months!

after keeping the stent in for a month,

my tummy healed.

i am now a new person!!

i started my journey at 273lbs.

i weighed in this morning at 159lbs!

i am officially in the 150s!

114lbs down!

my goal is 135lbs.

i wear a size 6 in jeans but they are starting

to fit loose on me!

im getting a new tattoo that says,

"what doesnt kill you will only make you stronger."

inspired by my journey & lesssons!

Glad you healed up quickly! WTG on the loss. Happy all is well for you!

hey guys!

i was sleeved dec 20th' date=' 2011.

was diagnosed with a leak at 5wks post op.

i had threw up bile at week 3&4 & was sent for

a swallow test which showed a leak.

after being hospitalized & having a stent placed,

i became severly sick & didnt eat for almost 2 months!

after keeping the stent in for a month,

my tummy healed.

i am now a new person!!

i started my journey at 273lbs.

i weighed in this morning at 159lbs!

i am officially in the 150s!

114lbs down!

my goal is 135lbs.

i wear a size 6 in jeans but they are starting

to fit loose on me!

im getting a new tattoo that says,

"what doesnt kill you will only make you stronger."

inspired by my journey & lesssons!

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Wow! Congratulations! I hope to have the same success as you.

Rough road for you, but congratulations on your perseverance and accomplishment!!

Glad you healed up quickly! WTG on the loss. Happy all is well for you!

thank you!

Rough road for you, but congratulations on your perseverance and accomplishment!!

thank you love!

Wow! Congratulations! I hope to have the same success as you.

thank you! & you will

So sorry to hear about the leak,but glad to hear you are doing so much better! Congrats on the weight loss, Im sure you will get to goal in no time

Congratulations Jasleeve! You have been through so much and you deserve this!! So happy for you! Would love to see the new you though.

Sorry you had such a rough start. Congrats on the size 6!!!

How did you know you had a leak? Did it do any serious internal damage?

Congradulations to you! Size 6 is tiny!

So for me:

Surgery went ok.

My Mom died a week later. She did not know I had the surgery.

I flew home, cried and barely drank anything much less eat. Flew home because I was very, very ill. Complications set in on the fight home. They persisted for weeks and were more serious than I even admitted here.

Slowly healed, mentally between my Mom (which would be enough) and the fact that I can't seem to "see" my size (I have been asked to point my body size out, and I select people size 18-20 ish) it has been a struggle but I get through, and I do so much more than that, it is not just a dicotomy, it is my most epic time yet. As Billy would have said "this is my time on the edge".

Back into biking, yoga, acro-yoga, swordsmanship, LARPing, Swimming, Archery, contact juggling, devil sticks, climbing trees, spelunking - and seeing the look on one of my best friends face as she handed me a tshirt from her vacation "medium" it said on the collar - and it fit.

Nine months, wow, I wonder what it will be like this time next year...

I'm glad to hear you guys have had success with your surgeries, but I'm quite frustrated with my sleeve surgery outcome. I had my surgery April 24, 2012 and have only lost 41 lbs. This recent month that just passed I only lost 5 lbs. and I'm killing myself with keeping the diet and exercising. A couple years ago when I use to diet and exercise I would be able to drop 15 to 20 lbs like nothing in a month and I feel that now that I've had the surgery I should be able to drop weight quicker, but it's not happening for me. Do you guys think there's is something wrong with me? My brother had the same surgery I did and in 5 months had dropped 125 lbs. I don't know why my goal seems to stay stuck.

I have heard a lot of people say its about the weight and BMI - people with a lower weight and BMI seem to loose less at the start ? I am 60 lbs lost and had my surgery July 19th. But some of the girls with me have only lost 30 or so but were much smaller than I was

I have only lost about 70 post op. But I went from a size 26-24 to a size 14. Body types and experiences vary. Don't push yourself.

The important thing is you hav a tool to not just lose but MAINTAIN what you lose. If you only lose 3 lbs a month, you will have lost an additional 36 lbs in a year, and keep it off...

Good luck, I think you are doing well.

thanx, guys. That makes me feel a bit better. Plus the whole thing about BMI and body weight makes sense. I'll try to be more patient.