I consider my surgery to be a great success. I gained over two hundred pounds after I retired from the military in 1994, and no amount of diet and exercise was going to get me back down to a healthy weight, so on June 7th I had sleeve surgery. Long story a little shorter, I lost weight too fast and had one of those weeks at work were I was in too many meetings and didn't keep up with my hydration. I ended up unable to stand or walk and had to be hospitalized for three days due to acute polyarticular gout. The sleeve is a wonderful tool for us to loose weight, but always remember you need to be sure to manage it and everything that goes with it properly.

Thanks for the reminder.

Wow! I hope your doing better!! We were sleeved on the same day and you are right especially during the hot months. We must stay dehydrated on a regular basis not just 1 or 2 days a week. Thanks for sharing what happened to you. It won't go in vain! Drink up people!!

Hi June Sleeve Buddy (I was the 5th). You are so right, I am a slowww loser but my Dr told me be more concerned with hydration and then Protein and then losses. So yes you are 100% right.

Thanks for this great reminder and for serving our country!

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Thanks for your service and for this good advice!

Before my sleeve I went to the emergency room several times and the diagnosis was dehydration. I thought it was related to my cancer treatment but I was wrong. My blood pressure got extremely low even though I had high blood pressure normally. I had weakness and dizziness, I felt like I was a goner.

My weight loss has relieved me of all medications. Water is more important now than before. Eating and drinking less because of the small room in the stomach requires more consciousness of Fluid intake.

It's a small price to pay for the obnoxious good looks that I now enjoy.

Thank you!

Thank you for this information and sharing , I will remember this when I have my procedure.

Hi everyone, thanks for the notes, back at work, got my water bottle with me at all meetings. And Arts137 the baby spoon is oh so cute, but it does work. Did my yoyo thing on weight this week and actually saw a gain back to 378 for a day, but I'm back down to 374 and still loosing. Go Team Sleeve (please play nice)...