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ShrinkyDinkMe22    376

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Some people are blessed ::sigh:: lol

You talking to me? Lol. I ended up having an emergency c section with my child as baby's heart rate kept dropping and not coming back up. I had heard nothing but scary c section stories. So when I was told by a group of 20 people (nurses, drs, etx) that I was going in for c section on top of being scared for my baby I was scared of the section. So when I was able to get up and move around pretty well after that scary evening I had I was so happy and blessed.

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Trajo    14

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Heyo!!! I'm new here.. I lurk around and comment every now and then but this is my first official post. After reading a super scary post I decided to ask a few of my own questions. How many of you have had previous c-sections before weight loss surgery and how did it affect your surgery? I've had 3 c-sections and I'm reading now that scar tissue can be an issue. Kind of feeling lost as to what to do before surgery. Thanks in advance for advice and support :)

I haven't had surgery yet, but have had one with my first daughter and my second c-section with my quadruplets. I also had gall bladder surgery and various abdominal fertility surgeries. Given all that, my doctor will be doing an abdominal MRI and/or catscan to see where the scar tissue is etc. instead of risking complications in the O.R.

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lwilliams65    102

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I hope you're one of the lucky ones, lwilliam!!

Uhhh me too lol! Gas sounds so disturbing... bodily functions gross me out hahahah. Nicolanz, where did you go for surgery?

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lwilliams65    102

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For me both the c section and the sleeve were comparible pain wise. I had a pretty easy recovery with my c section and was out of bed the next morning. Same with the sleeve. I did however have terrible nausea with the sleeve.

I'm kind of anxious to see how my body reacts to the sleeve because I get queezy incredibly easy. Hopefully I can hack it! How are you doing with your weight loss?

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ShrinkyDinkMe22    376

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I'm kind of anxious to see how my body reacts to the sleeve because I get queezy incredibly easy. Hopefully I can hack it! How are you doing with your weight loss?

Doing good. I'm down almost 50lbs total. 16 of that since surgery. Been at a little stall this week.

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Nicolanz    1,484

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Lol no Shrinky I was talking to Joy. My csection story is similar to yours though.

I went to Mexico and had the sleeve done by Dr. Almanza.

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Carol Watts    67

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I had 4 c-sections, hysterectomy and gall bladder surgery years before my gastric sleeve surgery in fact my hysterectomy was my last surgery it was 15 1/2 years earlier. none of my previous surgeries effected me having the gastric sleeve surgery

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southerndiva123    104

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I had 4 previous c sections and no problems with my VSG so far :)

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SweetTee    448

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I've had 3 C-sections, gallbladder, appendix and partial hyst so I was worried about the same thing after reading that post. My hysterectomy was about 6 months ago and I came out with no drains or problems. Hopefully this goes just as smooth.

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iggychic    1,405

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I had a c section in 2005. During my vsg I had massive bleeding which caused seizures that likely caused the slow leak that almost killed me. My doctor didnt do any extra testing. Now after reading the other stories out there I wonder if that was the cause of the bleeding? I hate my doctor more and more each day. I can't even ask about this because I don't trust him. Sad

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shellbell12    1

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I too had a c section.... no complications but my sleve was done with 3 small incitions.... are they gonna cut u open?

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lwilliams65    102

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Lol no Shrinky I was talking to Joy. My csection story is similar to yours though.

I went to Mexico and had the sleeve done by Dr. Almanza.

I'm going to Dr. Garcia, how was your mexico trip?

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lwilliams65    102

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I too had a c section.... no complications but my sleve was done with 3 small incitions.... are they gonna cut u open?

Idk yet. I emailed my cordinator today to ask. I'm going to mexico for my surgery so idk exactly how it works

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Nicolanz    1,484

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I'm going to Dr. Garcia' date=' how was your Mexico trip?[/quote']

It was cool. I wasn't up to shopping, so I didn't explore too much. Is Dr. Garcia in TJ? I felt completely safe there.

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DanaMomto3    145

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I had 2 c/s On my second one, my Dr could not tie my tibes due to the scar tissue. My OB said I need to tell any Dr who wants to take out my appendix of the scar tissue. My scar tissue was evident on my xrays and my surgeon says that it is no cause for worry. though, if I did a bypass, I would worry,

My rpresurgical appt is on the 5th and that is something I will double check with him,

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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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        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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