Wow I can't believe that it's over. I have been planning, researching, obsessing over going to TJ for VSG for the past 6 months. I arrived in TJ on Wednesday (5/27/15) evening, sleeved on Thursday (5/28/15) morning and now I have just arrived back home. Whew!!! I feel great, no significant pain to speak of, and minus the immediate post Op phase no lingering nausea. Still a long road ahead of me but grateful to be on the sleeved side of the fence????????

That sounds great! Glad you are feeling well. If you don't mind me asking what doc did you choose ?

Congrats on joining the losers bench! Glad to hear you are feeling okay so far. Take it very easy. Don't push yourself too far too fast. Sip, sip, sip and walk, walk walk!

Congratulations and good luck! I'll be doing the same thing in 3 weeks.

Congrats! What Dr did you go with?

I went through Bariatric Pal. Dr Carlos Altimarano. He has great bed side manner.

Hi Keshajo1,

I'm scheduled with Dr Altamirano in August. I would really like to follow your progress if you don't mind.

Congratulations and good luck! I'll be doing the same thing in 3 weeks.

. Whose your surgery date and doctor?

@@Memilie80 My surgery date is June 22nd with Dr Ariel Ortiz at the OCC.

@@Memilie80 My surgery date is June 22nd with Dr Ariel Ortiz at the OCC.

How have the first couple days of your pre-op diet been?

@@JamieLogical I survived day 1. Just starting day 2. I'm giving my treadmill a rest until I do this a few days. I just keep thinking that this will get me closer to my final goal and is a short term challenge that I can do.

@@JamieLogical I survived day 1. Just starting day 2. I'm giving my treadmill a rest until I do this a few days. I just keep thinking that this will get me closer to my final goal and is a short term challenge that I can do.

Yeah, I tried keeping up with my cardio in the beginning, but when I did the math and realized I was only "eating" about 450 calories a day on the pre-op diet and burning about 500-600 through cardio, I realized it wouldn't be long before I just collapsed. So I ended up having to cut way back on my cardio as well.

I literally got to the point in those first 4-5 days of the pre-op where it was too much physical effort for me to even wash my hair!

@@JamieLogical I know what you mean. I'm also worried that I'd get to the point where I'd feel like I had to eat. After a couple more days I'll do some short walks to keep my routine going.

please tell me about your stitches and was there a drain

I got sleeved on June 8th in TJ. One of the best trips I have ever taken! to answer you questions about stitches and drain: there were no stitches on the 4 small incisions for the laparoscopy and they were sealed with surgical glue.I did have a drain which was removed on the 3rd morning beore we were released. The removal was ot real pleasant but only lasted for a few seconds. No big deal. You will be fine!

to answer you questions about stitches and drain: there were no stitches on the 4 small incisions for the laparoscopy and they were sealed with surgical glue

That's actually untrue. There are typically internal stitches that dissolve over time and then the outside layer of skin is sealed with surgical glue that just wears off over the course of a couple of weeks. So there are no VISIBLE stitches, but they are actually there. Glue alone would not be enough to close a wound that goes through ALL of your layers of skin.

Edit: Here's the quote from my surgical report about the incisions:

"Initial incision site closure with Polypropylene 1-0 suture. The skin was closed with 5-0 Monocryl subdermal sutures and Dermabond."