The title says it all.

Please, experienced sleevers (one year or older please!)

Please tell me ANY and ALL the side effects that you have gotten from getting the gastric sleeve.

Please list the most serious, as well as the minimal side effects that you have experienced during the journey so far. (except for loose skin cuz thats kinda expected )

My surgery is scheduled for December, but reading the few stories of horrible side effects ppl have gotten from this surgery, I am getting scared and feeling like chickening out

Pleaseeeeee tell me (for example, permanent hair thinning/hair loss, pain, painful bloating, facial redness, skin problems, etc etc.)

Experiences of ANY and ALL side effects will be GREATLY APPRECIATED!! Thanks folks!!

The only negative side effect for me is GERD, but I had it before the surgery. I take medication for it. No biggie.

I have never dumped.

I have never thrown up.

I can eat anything I choose to eat, no food has ever 'disagreed' with me.

All my labs are perfect. No deficiencies.

I lost my excess weight, and have kept it off for over a year. I feel completely normal except I can't eat as much in one sitting as other people.

Most of the time, you're going to see people who ARE having difficulties on forums like these, just because it's a support forum. Do your research and look at statistics of the complications and go from there. You're going to have skewed results more likely from support forums.

I haven't had any side effects unless you count positive things like "my blood pressure went from uncontrollably high to normal" as a side effect. I can't eat bread or drink carbonated drinks without discomfort but I don't really think of that as a side effect.

I had lost most of my hair pre-op anyway due to bad genetics so hair loss wasn't really an issue for me.

I hope to only have good "side effects"when I have my surgery. I know how you feel when you say that you feel like chickening out. I go bck and forth from excitement to being scared to death. But when I think of everything that this weight has taken from me, I realize that its worth taking the chance.

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Edited October 21, 20169 yr by char3672

I hope to only have good "side effects"when I have my surgery. I know how you feel when you say that you feel like chickening out. I go bck and forth from excitement to being scared to death. But when I think of everything that this weight has taken from me, I realize that its worth taking the chance.

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The benefits FAR outweigh the risks. Believe me

I believe that!!! I wish I could have it done sooner, but unfortunately, I have to wait until June because I can't get time off from work. I work in a school with summers off so that's my plan!!!!

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Downsides: I had hair loss but recovered. I have had some vitamin problems that have not resolved. Too much B6 in my system and low Thiamin with injections. Had to buy new clothes for two of us and our feet get tired from shopping, BUT at least we can walk now. There are really no downside or us. Our health has improved 100 percent. No joke.

Hmmmm...6 years out and here's my complaints....

i can no longer get my money's worth at all you can eat buffets.

I can't drink carbonated beverages (kind of miss beer)

I had to spend a bunch of money on new clothes

There's not enough gigabyte space on my computer to list the positive side effects.

There are risks with any surgery. Look up the statistics. I'm two years out. No complications. More positives out of my surgery than negatives.

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Biggest side effect? Lost a bunch of weight and kept it off two years. Oh yeah climbed a mountain did a 5k and greatly improved my sex life. Other than that, hasn't changed me at all. I wouldn't even have noticed it except I can split an entre and still have leftovers

I was told at the first seminar that you can take Biotin its over the counter to help with the hair loss issue and i think you can start it before the surgery but ask your doc or nut

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Nothing to report. I love it!

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I assume you mean negative side effects? The positives could crash the server! My sleep schedule is off...i only sleep about 5 hours a night now, and i get sleepy in the afternoon....that is it for negative side effects

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I was told at the first seminar that you can take biotin its over the counter to help with the hair loss issue and i think you can start it before the surgery but ask your doc or nut

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I took Biotin two years. MAybe it helps someone but made no difference in my hair.

Initially post-op: some gas pain and constipation.

Since then, nothing I can think of except a little bit of compulsive shopping because : 1) I am no longer housebound and 2) I can fit in clothes off the rack now.

No major complaints

Had a ton of hair to start, now it's just easier to deal with and only 5mins to dry/straighten instead of 15mins. Although when I'm losing hair I could make wigs for everyone! Biotin didn't make a difference.

Being active is so much easier - ran 5k, 10k, handful or so half marathons, marathon, sprint triathlon and Iron man 70.3!

Some change in taste - scrabbled eggs are disgusting!

Sometimes things high in sugar upset my stomach.

Continued issues with heart burn, hiatal hernia repair helped with some of it and now that gallbladder is out, hopefully helps some more.

Not a single regret!

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