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Hi All!

I hit my two month mark last week (I was sleeved on 12/09/16) and thought I would share some pics! I have a total weight loss of 70 lbs since the start of my WLS journey! Feeling great and can not wait to see where the next few months take me! I did have a complication with my surgery (twisted stomach) in which I had three additional surgeries and just had a stomach stent removed on 02/14/17 that assisted my stomach to heal from the twist. Although my journey has been different than most, now that my complication has finally been resolved I feel like I can hit the ground running even harder to make bigger and bigger lifestyle changes! I wish everyone the best in their journey! First pic is from 12/16/16 with my surgeon....last two pics are from 02/16/17 showing the changes!

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thanks everyone! This has most def been the hardest thing I have ever done but so well worth the struggle!

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Congratulations!

Just curious, what does a twisted stomach mean, and what causes it?



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On 2/17/2017 at 2:14 PM, painter88 said:

Congratulations!

Just curious, what does a twisted stomach mean, and what causes it?


Sorry I am late responding! A twisted stomach is where after the sleeve is done the stomach twists to the point no liquid or food can go through it one it leaves your esophagus. So all you do is vomit everything you ingest! This complication is less than 1% of all the WLS surgeries I was told and very rare. Lucky me! They do not know who or why you will have this complication (I think I should play the lottery now!) and they have to get creative on how to fix it since it isn't even really written much about since it is rare. I had a great team in the hospital who were able to come up with a solution and after three more surgeries my stomach has remained untwisted!! But this is a reason people should consider when they go to Mexico to have surgery because if you had this type of complication how would you pay for treatment or what would happen there? Just a thought!

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On 2/17/2017 at 5:38 PM, Resha said:

Are you having issues with access skin?


HI there! I am very very lucky. I have zero issues with excess skin. But I am at Planet Fitness now 3-5 nights per week so that may have something to do with it! Not sure but am doing my best to make this a healthy lifestyle change!

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9 minutes ago, Kumbaice said:

Congrats

Thank you so much! =)

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31 minutes ago, areadyloser said:

Congratulations on your success. Continued healing and success. I was sleeved 6 days after you.

Thank you and you as well! Excited to see what this year holds for us!

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42 minutes ago, christine0702 said:

How did u do it

Are you referring to my weight loss since I was sleeved? Believe me my journey was rough due to the twisted stomach and probably a bit different then others. I had a stent put in my stomach that was there until 02/14/17 so that made a huge difference as I had zero hunger during that time. But I made sure I met my Protein and Water goals and started working out so I think all of that helped the weight shed off!

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