Gastric Sleeve Patients?????

Hello, I am 31 and I am currently in the process if doing the 6 month weight loss program supervised by a doctor in order to get the sleeve. I have 2 more dietitian appointments to complete and the psych eval to complete. I was supposed to have the eval done today in fact, but it was canceled. So frustrating! I'm hoping to have my surgery in 3 months from now and since starting the dietitian appointments in January I have lost 25 pounds. I have found there was so much I didnt know about. Its amazing. I am really super excited to start this new journey to getting back to the real me. Sadly however I do not have the support system I need. Everyone keeps telling me I am doing the wrong thing. To do it the "natural" way. The thing is I have done so many weight loss programs, and nothing seems to work for long. I have done a lot of research and I am comfortable with my choice of following through with this journey I have started. I know this procedure is not a "quick fix" and that it is only a tool to help keep me on the path I want to be on. I could really use some friends that are going through this life change. People who can help with advice and support I so desperately need
Tesha

Hi Kelly, my name is Rhetta. I have just made a decision to have gastric surgery and have decided on the sleeve. At present, I am working with a dietician and other support staff for a six month monitored weight loss plan. I'm curious to hear your insights on your surgery, and what things you did leading up to your surgery to prepare. I attended an orientation seminar, and I had my first appointment with the dietician and surgeon on Tuesday. I'm also researching and reading up on as much as I can. Hope to hear from you, and thanks for sharing

Hi huns! my name is Dahlia, 19, and my surgery is 6/26.. I am 295 pounds. I start my liquid diet on the 19th and I am very nervous. I don't lots of support going through this process
, most people just are like "why don't you just exercise?" and I'm just hoping to find somebody who is getting their surgey around the same time as me so we can go through it together and keep each other going or even someone who's done it already and can assure me everything that is happening is normal when if I start to get concerned. I am beyond excited for this surgery and I've heard nothing but good things about the sleeve and I've done lots of research so I'm mostly just nervous to go under. So I could really use support from someone that really understands!

:flowerforyou: HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AS WELL, I DIDN'T GET MUCH SUPPORT EITHER, BUT I ACCEPTED THIS WAS MY DECISION FOR MY WELL-BEING, NOT NO ONE ELSE.. HANG IN THERE ANYQUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW, I HAD MY SURGERY 5/8/14 ... IT HASN'T BEEN A WALK IN THE PARK BUT MOST OF IT IS MENTAL, YOU WILL DO JUST FINE!!!!
~ARI

Rhetta, I'm 71 years old and just went through the process before sleeve surgery, the surgery, and now am 12 days into the follow up liquid diet.

By my reckoning, in my life time, I've lost: 115 pounds once, 50 three times, and 25 pounds so many times I can't count. It was obvious to me I could lose weight---though Weight Watcthers, TOPS, Overeater's Anonymous, Atkins and who knows how many more. I was desperate, since I hit my highest weight ever----270 pounds on a 5'1" frame.

I was 234 pounds at my last weigh in, 9 pound loss since surgery.

I'm only a couple of steps ahead of you in the process, but if you have questions, I'm here.

VSG group, Sleevers and pre/post gastric sleeve groups are pretty active and full of good info. For WLS pts

Hi everyone, my name is Bridgitte. I am going in for the sleeve on August 18th. I started my work out two weeks ago. My question is for those post opp, is there anything that you focused on or wish you focused to make your surgery successful? Right now my struggle has been chewing to apple sauce. I figure I have Time still. Any advice on what to focus on?

I had my sleeve 6/5. I feel great

I am having my surgery in August also. I am 43 and would love some help and encouragement also.

I had my gastric sleeve procedure on 5/21/14 I am dropping weight fairly slow. I WAS 5'10 240 LBS AND I have dropped to 218. I guess I thought it would be faster. My problem I am having is the last few days is not being able to have a bowel movements. This has made my stomach very slow and also difficult eating or drinking. Anyone Elsie had this problem?

I had my band removed on 3/25 and sleeve done on 6/10. I feel fantastic. I think out of all three surgeries I've had, the sleeve was the easiest. I love the Chike coffee protein drink and have it every morning. I have chicken broth for lunch. Sometimes I will have half cup of Greek yogurt. I don't feel hungry necessarily, but I know that I need to feed myself. Sometimes I feel like I want to down a whole bag of crunchy Cheetohs. But I know it's only out of habit. I'm a little nervous about what it's going to be like to eat solids because I don't feel much restriction yet. I have to make it a point to make sure that I take my multivitamin and the B12 complex each day. I also use a probiotic powder in my protein drink each morning. And I also use Calm magnesium next to prevent leg cramps. I have been urinating frequently since my surgery but I'm guessing it's all water weight. Which has totaled about 7 pounds. I read somewhere that gastric sleeve patients will probably end up having a bowel movement every 2 to 5 days and that is probably my only concern. I bought some flax seed to eventually put in my yogurt to help with that but can't use it yet. I started out at 273 pounds. I was 266 day of surgery. I weighed in at 259 this morning. When I got my band, I weighed in at 330 pounds and I got as far down as 250 but I was never able to get any lower. I don't know if it was a mental block or my body wants to remain that weight? I am 5'7" tall. I am 53 yrs old. Today I feel about 75% better than I did before surgery. Even my face is clearer and softer. I am so fortunate that my insurance paid for me to have this done. I had my band done in 2008, I don't remember the sleeve being as popular. Plus I did not want anything so invasive because I don't have any health issues that would get better with the bypass. Anyway, good luck to everyone.

Hi, I'm pretty new, had my op on the 14
Basically 2 days out, haven't been able to keep anything down
Drinking apple Juice, just trying to keep sipping
Acid reflux, bad gas...basically with every sip I gag and burp

Hi I have a sleeve op arranged for the 26th June a week away, I have no support or family to help I am begining to get a little worried I would love to be intouch with people who have had the gastro sleeve op thanks Mandy

Hi! Just had the sleeve a week ago. The desire to snack and graze is there, but you have to fight it! Make sure you are getting a ton of water. If you are hungry or craving food, it may be that you need more. This is what I eat when i want to pick:

1. sugar free popsicles. i eat them all the time. popsicle brand popsicles in cherry, grape and orange are the bomb, and really satisfying. also, they are superlow cal and count as water.
2. broth - i am a broth addict, especially at night before bed. bouillon cubes in boiling water, with added onion powder and chili flakes are satisfying, but homemade broth is the best. i made lobster broth from leftover shells last weekend, and it is superb, and at 5 calories per cup, absolutely perfect. also, low cal and counts as water.

Hi all! I am Pat, had my sleeve done July 2011, so almost 3 years ago. There are 20 pages here now and I can't remember if I've posted on this thread or not, so if I have, please forgive the duplication.

I started this journey at 386 pounds. With a goal of 160, I had 226 to lose. You will see by my trailer here that I am not yet to goal. Before this discourages anyone, please know that some of us lose slowly and I am one of those. I also stall often and for weeks at a time. This is not uncommon, but it's also not what most people do.

That said, this is a great tool and I have no regrets other than wishing I had done this years ago. As we all know it's not the easy way out.

Sounds like a lot of us still have our "head hunger". You know, you want to eat even if you're not hungry, sometimes even if you are full, you just want to eat. I battle this one a lot. I find leaving a few calories for the evening and then a low calorie/high protein snack helps. If I don't have those things for that day, I concentrate on upping my water for the day. Can't fill up the tummy with water and then eat too, just doesn't work for me. And then there are the days when I'm not successful in the battle and give into the head hunger. I purposely keep low calorie/low fat/really won't hurt me things like popcorn around for those days.

Good luck to everyone! This is a journey well worth taking!

PS - Since this thread has been around awhile, I'm sure you all know that there are some specific groups for us. One is Sleever's and the other is VSG. Great groups.