any columbus, oh sleevers??

I got my sleeve 4/1/13. Live in Lewis center.

Who was your doctor and how are you doing?

I wenth with Thomas Sonnastien at Riverside for mine. Thought he was an awesome doctor, fantatic bedside manor. I had a few complications after the surgery that werent necessarily related to the sleeve, so i had a pretty long recovery time (Gout, infections, etc)

I lost about 50 pounds from the first until the last day of april. after that i actually put a pound back on. not sure how that happened since i cant be taking in more than 500 calories a day. Oh well. Still have mild nausea and i can only eat a few bites at the most. How is your progress going? when was your surgery.

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I lost about 50 pounds from the first until the last day of april. after that i actually put a pound back on. not sure how that happened since i cant be taking in more than 500 calories a day. Oh well. Still have mild nausea and i can only eat a few bites at the most. How is your progress going? when was your surgery.[/quote']

Thank God your doing better! That's an awesome weight loss - good for you!

My son is scheduled for next week and he's lost so far only 15 lbs, he should be at 20-25, but it's been very slow lose for him. He was a huge soda drinker, and has stopped pop & smoking now for 3 weeks, I'm very proud of his accomplishment & dedication so far. He is although very nervous of going under and having to stay on liquids, no chewing for a month or two. Did you also have some negative thoughts before surgery?

I appreciate any comments and your pre-op experiences you can share with us. Thanks!

Well, I was very confident before surgery that this was the right thing to do, and everything was great and didn't worry at all. Then they set the surgery date and everything changed for me mentally. Dealing with your own morality isn't a pleasant feeling. Fortunately dr sonnastine talked me off the ledge a little bit. Once I woke up from surgery, all was good again.