advice for beginners

[MsHeather9785 1]

Hello beautiful people, my name is Heather I am going for the gastric sleeve surgery. I am SOOO nervous...I have my first consult with my surgeon in Port Jeff NY I have some questions and I would appreciate you guys answer them for me

1. what should you take with you to the hospital on surgery day?
2. Can you ever eat cake or solid foods again but in small tiny amount of 6 oz
3. what Vitamins do you need? I have a womens multi and I think Biotin i have to get i don't want my hair to fall out
4. what are the stages is it clear liquid solid?
5. what happens if you get preggo 6 months after surgery
thanks so much I am SOO excited to get started I want at least 100 pounds off of me by June 2017

SW 370 height 5'2

[sleevinpops 303]

Ms.heather,

It sounds like you have not had any consult with your doctor yet. There is often a 3-6 month period required by the insurance. You may want to check into this.

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[Berry78 4,259]

Yes, insurance slows things down considerably. People that want a surgery more quickly are self pay. Look up surgery in Mexico for reasonable rates. (Around $5000).

What is happening in June?

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[Berry78 4,259]

Oh, and from your questions, it looks like you aren't very familiar with the surgery yet. Spend a LOT of time researching! You don't know what you don't know.

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[_Kate_ 2,224]

Hello beautiful people, my name is Heather I am going for the gastric sleeve surgery. I am SOOO nervous...I have my first consult with my surgeon in Port Jeff NY I have some questions and I would appreciate you guys answer them for me

1. what should you take with you to the hospital on surgery day?

2. Can you ever eat cake or solid foods again but in small tiny amount of 6 oz

3. what Vitamins do you need? I have a womens multi and I think Biotin i have to get i don't want my hair to fall out

4. what are the stages is it clear liquid solid?

5. what happens if you get preggo 6 months after surgery

thanks so much I am SOO excited to get started I want at least 100 pounds off of me by June 2017

SW 370 height 5'2

First of all congratulations on deciding to go with the sleve. As for the questions, it would be best asking your surgeon at the first consult as you should be following his guidelines with regards to questions 2,4,and 5. You will get a range of answers here but I will answer the few that I can from my own experience.

1) It really depends on how long you are staying in for but the things I took and used were:

Change of clothes for going home (baggy dress as I couldnt stand anything round my tummy)

Toiletries/hair brush

GasX strips

Lip balm (dont use Vasaline if you are on oxygen after the surgery!!)

Mobile and charger

Ipad/kindle and charger

Some magazines

3 nightdresses (I stayed in 5 nights)

For the drive home, my husband brought a pillow so I could put the seat belt round it.

2) I can but never 6oz.. Most I have eaten at 17 months out is 4 oz Protein and tiny bit of veg.

3) Biotin didnt do a thing for me (I used it for the first 12 months) and now I use Nioxin thickening Shampoo which has made a heck of a difference to how my hair looks. I wasted a LOT of money. As for Vitamins, your surgeon will advise on these. I take a multi Vitamin, Vit D, Vit K, Calcium and Vit C (my own choice as I have just had skin surgery)

Hope the first consult goes well and you get your questions answered !!

Kate

[_Kate_ 2,224]

As Berry78 said, this is a good time to research the sleve surgery and what you need to do both pre and post op. The books Alex B has are a great starting point and there are lots of YouTube videos from both surgeons and people who have been through the surgery themselves. One thing I would say is, you mentioned you want to lose 100 lllbs by June. Don't set yourself up for failure, just in case you lose less. Concentraite on being much healthier by June.

[sleevedviolet 52]

My surg said no pregnancy for at least 2 yrs after surgery cuz your body's already going thru so much and ur barley getting g enough nutrients let alone sharing what you do get with your baby . Not safe bring lose outfit to hospital slippers, chapstick, headphones, toiltries, don't need much. Not sure about cake haven't tried it trying to stay away from fatty foods.

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[walklady 31]

Heather

I too am wanting the sleeve. I have been to see the surgeon and really like him. My insurance requires the 6 mo supervised diet. I hope to have mine done this summer. I do/have done lots of research and read 2-3 books and reading "The Big Book on Gastric Sleeve" now. I have learned a lot here and on YouTube. Research a lot! Knowledge is power!

Take care and God Bless!

CW 230

Ht 5'2"

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