Hi there,

I’m coming up on year 3 after gastric sleeve surgery. I’m very healthy and maintaining within 5 lbs. of goal. I see my physician who recommended my surgery annually. My surgeon scheduled me for an annual Zoom call. Any particular reason I need to do it? I think I will ask my physician if she can add this to the package of things she manages for me (which includes bloodwork.)

My question is do you still see your surgeon annually?

Seeing my surgeon every year has been critical to my health.

She was the one to realize that somehow calcium supplements had dropped off my radar. My primary scheduled a bone scan and, sure enough, I had developed osteoporosis.

My primary would have prescribed Fosomax, but my surgeon said that would be too hard on my stomach and I now do an annual infusion.

Latest bone scan showed I am no longer osteoporotic!

btw - I'm currently 69. Had surgery at 64.