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Shannon226    19

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I was sleeved on 12/18/17. After having the surgery I had pain for about 3 weeks but noticed that I had little to no trouble meeting my liquid and Protein goals. I mentioned to my surgery center that I was really worried by how much I could eat and that maybe my sleeve was not restricting me the way it should. They were also concerned after listening to me and want me to come in for an upper GI x-ray on Friday. Has anyone had this experience? Did anyone have to have the procedure again because there was not enough removed the first time? I'm really freaked out about it. Thanks.

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Toomanytacos    251

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Girl this is me too

I have way too much room, I feel

But I've put off saying anything, so they don't think I am blaming them

What should I do

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Shannon226    19

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1 minute ago, Toomanytacos said:

Girl this is me too

I have way too much room, I feel

But I've put off saying anything, so they don't think I am blaming them

What should I do

Your profile says you have lost 52 lbs. If I had lost that much I would feel great. But you could always tell your doc like I did.

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Toomanytacos    251

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2 minutes ago, Shannon226 said:

Your profile says you have lost 52 lbs. If I had lost that much I would feel great. But you could always tell your doc like I did.

Yes I did, but actually (I've put on 2 pounds in the last 5 days. This **** is crazy lol)

Anyways,

23 of those pounds was in my preop diet during the two weeks before surgery

I have only lost 28 pounds since dec 11 ( It was 30 pounds but ive gained a couple)

Keep in mind too. I'm a lot heavier so, therefore the weight will come off faster than someone in their mid 200's..

When was your surgery?

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Toomanytacos    251

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Was the weight you've lost (36) pounds since surgery date or altogether, including preop diet?

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1 minute ago, Toomanytacos said:

Yes I did, but actually (I've put on 2 pounds in the last 5 days. This **** is crazy lol)

Anyways,

23 of those pounds was in my preop diet during the two weeks before surgery

I have only lost 28 pounds since dec 11 ( It was 30 pounds but ive gained a couple)

Keep in mind too. I'm a lot heavier so, therefore the weight will come off faster than someone in their mid 200's..

When was your surgery?

Good points. Mine was a week after yours. I desperately want to be successful. I've upped my Water intake to see if that helps. Are you meeting your water goals?

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1 minute ago, Toomanytacos said:

Was the weight you've lost (36) pounds since surgery date or altogether, including preop diet?

Yep. That 36 lbs. includes preop weight loss.

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Toomanytacos    251

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4 minutes ago, Shannon226 said:

Good points. Mine was a week after yours. I desperately want to be successful. I've upped my Water intake to see if that helps. Are you meeting your Water goals?

64 ounces of liquid. minimial

how much does your surgeon suggest on water?

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Just now, Toomanytacos said:

64 ounces of liquid. minimial

how much does your surgeon suggest on Water?

Same. 64 oz. I'm only at 40oz. for today. But I could easily guzzle and have no issues.

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4 minutes ago, tenseintexas said:

Don't they use a bougie to measure during surgery?

Yes, but the bougie size can depend on a number of factors. I haven't asked yet what size they used but I hope the x-ray will be telling. I looked at the research and there are some discrepancies in effectiveness depending on the type of procedure they use (such as gastroscope as a bougie or esophageal dilator as a bougie).

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4 minutes ago, Creekimp13 said:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140326142209.htm

I saw this in a Google search while I was looking for answers to my problem. This particular study was done on mice but there has been a lot of research citing this. It doesn't really solve my problem though. Does this mean that I need to just diet like a regular person but that I won't have the slowing metabolism to deal with? Thoughts?

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1 minute ago, Creekimp13 said:

https://www.nationalbariatriclink.org/bariatric-blog/gastric-sleeve-surgery-whats-your-bougie-size/

I guess I'll ask for more clarification from my surgeon but it does look like there's a lot of different thoughts on this stuff. But again, does this mean that I just need to power through and diet like I would have before the surgery? If that's the case what was the point of the surgery? The metabolic advantage?

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