Hi everyone

I've pretty much decided to undergo gastric sleeve surgery, and have read a lot about the weight loss and what to expect regarding that side of things. I still have a few questions though about what post op life is like long term.

I've seen a few post (mainly on the main US page) about people vomiting after eating, and I wondered how common is this? Also I realise portion size will be dramatically reduced - how has this affected people?

Finally what advice would you give someone starting out now? I'm just trying to gather as much information as possible from people who've had the surgery, before I take my own leap.

Thanks

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Hey Evie

No it's was private .. I sought out a counsellor.. tbh the pre-op diet was a lot easier than I thought it would be .. and I have support with dietician. I've heard good things about Spire. You won't look back ! I do recommend getting a counsellor it really works for me .. I needed to really thrush out my food addiction .. and still doing it. My stomach and my head still occasionally have a "Mexican stand off".. but I'm a working process ., excuse the cheese .. but that's what I am! Let me know how you get on ! X

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Will do. X

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I was sick a few times when ate too much or liquid too soon after food. Not nice! Sleeved privately in August and lost a total of 50 lbs. I'm a slow loser and also finding it hard to give up wine..

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Hiya

Lets start by saying that this is not a simple journey to undertake!

How you deal with it depends on how your mind set is.

I went down the NHS route and it took 2 years from start to finish and I have no regrets doing it that way. There was lots of preparation both mentally and physically.

As for the vomiting issue. Mine was happening on a daily basis but it was mostly mucus. This was caused by me eating food I was not really ready for and the body tried to compensate by producing more Fluid to wash it down, hence being sick. Its not pleasant but luckily there was no damage done. Lesson learnt for me was I needed to spend 6 weeks on the puree stage as opposed to the two weeks that were recommended.

We are all different and all have to learn

Good luck

Head hunger is hard to conquer. I'm not gonna lie I sometimes miss being able to eat a big plate of food but it's not something I dwell on and I don't have regrets at all.

Hi I'm the same struggle just now with the head hunger I'm 6 months post

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