Hello Everyone, i have joined VST for about 2 weeks and i must say it was a great help in my pre-op with all these encouraging stories.

i am Ahmed a 34 year old Egyptian living in Dubai, i have been suffering obesity for a long time cant even remember since when !. all i can remember is i have been trying to lose weight for years and years with no success, the even worse is that along those years with all the short term success of losing some KG's overall i was actually gaining more and more, last year when i hit 126KG it was a shock and i decided that i need to do something different this time, i have been discovering the surgery option for months and was always set that if i would ever do a weight loss surgery it would be a lab band, i visit multiple doctors and discussed the surgery but never got the courage or maybe you can say i was never convinced.

One month ago i made the decision that i will do it and fix this once an for all, i went to see Dr. Faruq Badiuddin who is a Gastrointestinal and Advanced Laparoscopic surgeon @ Mediclinic Dubai Mall. and he recommended the VSG the way he described it just made it the right option as a life time solution as appose to the band that is only short term. i was sold with the idea and 2 weeks ago i started my Pro-op diet wish lucky was not a liquid one ! it was only a low carb low fat diet.

also as part of the pre-op cehckup he discovered that i am suffering a Hiatal Hernia that he will be fixing also during the operation, so its a 2 in one

i am now 11 hours away from the operation, they told me that i will be suffering some degree of pain after the operation as they cant give me the strong painkillers due to the risk of throwing up. anyway time to get some sleep, wish me luck and i shall keep you all posted !.

Ahmed.

Wishing you well tomorrow!

Mabrouk Ahmed! Hope you have a speedy and smooth recovery.

Best of Luck, it will be over before you know it!!

welcome and good luck tomorrow

good luck .. im wednesday ...eeeeekkkk!!

One day after you, good luck!

Hope all went well Ahmed!!!

One day after you, good luck!

Wishing you good luck tomorrow, too!!!

Thanks all for your kind wishes, its been now about 20 hours since leaving the surgery room, the pain in the stomach area has been very bearable, however I woke up from the surgery with a crazy pain in my right shoulder that goes all the way into my right hand fingers. That was very painful. They told that this is a side effect of using gas to inflate the abdomen to be able to see well and move the lever from ontop of the stomach. Today the pain is much better but I still have the pins and needles in my right hand finger tips. Am not too worried as the pain has been improving.

I also started walking around the room yesterday and sipping on Water.

the plan was to be released to home today lets see what the doctor will say.

good to all of you who have the operation this week. Its a great feeling to realize its all over and now its only daily improvements I hope..

The gas pains do get better, especially after the first week. Just remember, every day you're putting one foot in front of the other. I am 2 months PO and feel better than ever. VSG was the best decision I ever made for myself. Wishing you well!