QUESTIONS TO ALL THE POST OPERATION SLEEVER'S

[BackToBeautiful 95]

Hello everyone my questions are......

Who was your gastric sleeve surgeon and how much stomach did he removed?

I ask because i fear having too much of my stomach removed and won't be able to hold down enough food or fluids including Protein to keep my weight leveled and me from losing alot of hair.

Is it hard to keep your weight at a curtain level once you are at your idea weight?

Do you have to take multi Vitamins daily and how often. Thank you everyone

[BeagleLover 1,020]

My sleeve surgeon was Dr. Brebbia, Medstar Montgomery Hospital in Olney, Maryland. I don't know the exact percentage of stomach removed. My understanding is that, in general, around 85% is removed.

I was just sleeved a few weeks ago, so can't answer the long term question. However, my surgeon said I needed clear fluids for the 2 or 3 days after surgery. It's hard to get much down then, so I had stocked up on a few bottles of Isopure clear flavors. A large bottle has 40 grams of Protein. I'm not sure having Protein right after will help with the hair loss, but I figure there would be no huge drop off in the amount of protein I'm taking in, so no shock resulting in Hair loss.

I get all my Vitamins from Bariatric Advantage: 1 Calcium citrate caramel-flavored cube in the morning, 1 Ultra Multi Formula with Iron in the middle of the day, then another calcium citrate in the evening. That way, the Calcium and Iron won't negate each other... they will always be more than 2 hours apart.

[swimbikerun 1,039]

Mark Fontana, used a 42 bougie. So not a whole lot compared to others. I've seen 30 to 40, 40 being avg if memory serves.

Yes, yes and yes.

Hello everyone my questions are......

Who was your gastric sleeve surgeon and how much stomach did he removed?

I ask because i fear having too much of my stomach removed and won't be able to hold down enough food or fluids including Protein to keep my weight leveled and me from losing alot of hair.

Is it hard to keep your weight at a curtain level once you are at your idea weight?

Do you have to take multi Vitamins daily and how often. Thank you everyone

[jess9395 5,448]

My dr used a 32 bougie and overstitched.

For the first several months it was a huge effort to get the Protein in not so much the fluids (after a week or so that was easy).

Closing in on a year and now it's not a struggle. It takes planning and paying attention and making wise choices.

Yes I take the Vitamins still.

Hard to maintain? As opposed to continuing to lose? That is uncommon, it's more typical to struggle with the last 10-20lbs to goal. But it happens. The sleeve is considered successful if you lose 60% of your excess weight (if you are 100lbs to the top of the healthy BMi range the average person will lose 60lbs).

I just reached my personal goal last week which is in the middle of my healthy BMi range so we shall see if it's hard to maintain (my guess is it will be easier to gain than continue to lose).

Edited October 19, 2014 by jess9395

[swimbikerun 1,039]

As someone who took Flintstones and never had Vitamin K that registered it was so low when tested, THANK YOU for spreading the word on Flintstones.

The ASMBS recently updated their Vitamin and mineral recommendations for each WLS procedure.
Better to use a bariatric vitamin(s) for at least 3 months since nutrition will be limited.
I use the guidelines and plan to take the Celebrate crystals, then chewables and use the right combo to make sure I get the correct amount of calcium citrate and Iron. I also plan to add more sublingual Biotin, zinc and B 12 which may be helpful for the potential hair loss.

Of course, the correct Protein amount will be the most important challenge for me.

Taking one or two One a Day or Flinstones will not meet the guidelines for all of the nutrients. It will save you money though.