Recent Posts
I also had the same situation as you, the doctor also prescribed a lot of medicine to stabilize my body before surgery. I'm also quite worried about this surgery.
I know several people that had the band, and they all had major issues. It's terrible that it's still offered.
Good luck.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
Thank you so much for the reply! I agree it could be just about anything. Just always worried a good thing (sleeve) will go wrong, it's in the area of where my crap band port was so first thing I thought of LOL.
Lapband 6/08 90 pounds lost! Band slip and esophageal dilation diagnosed 5/15
LapBand removed, hernia repaired and sleeved 7/8/15
It's more likely something not related to the sleeve. But it could be 1,000 things. Please, get yourself checked out as soon as you can.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
Thanks in advance! I am nine years out from revision from band to sleeve. No issues until I vomited last week (haven't vomited since surgery) now I have pain middle to near ribs and stomach hurts when deep breaths, hick-ups ect.
Lapband 6/08 90 pounds lost! Band slip and esophageal dilation diagnosed 5/15
LapBand removed, hernia repaired and sleeved 7/8/15
Things do change by about the one year mark. We can certainly eat more. And after watching everything we eat, closely, for a year, diet fatigue sets in.
There is usually some underlying reason why we became obese, and that often goes unaddressed -- at least in part. And obesity is usually many years of bad decisions and habits. And that doesn't just go away after one year of doing really well.
This is hard. Really hard. It is literally a daily battle. I have some awful eating days. The trick is to not let a day or two become 10 or a hundred.
My hardest days were several years in. It took a while to really get control again. It's hard. The surgery is still there to help. But after a year it becomes more about you, and less about the surgery. You can have the smallest stomach in the world and still gain weight.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
Greetings,
So I am one year out from sleeve surgery and I am just curious if what I am experiencing is normal.
I seem to have more tolerance now for foods and don't get the foamy mouth like I used to if I ate or drank too much. Granted I am not trying to push myself to try to trigger the "foamies", but I sort of liked that I had that feeling to stop eating or I may throw up. It was like added assistance for me to maintain things.
I am just wondering if I am at that crossroads now - where some people start gaining the weight back because the stomach has now adapted (I know the stomach doesn't stretch back to what it was) and having more tolerance now for foods - people can fall back into their old patterns if they are not careful.
I am still losing weight slowly, but that is of course better than gaining weight back slowly.
I am so happy that I had the surgery and I wish I did it 10 years ago, but I am curious to hear feedback from other people when they were at their one year mark.
Thanks!
FW
I've used expired protein powders - as you said, unless it a year or more.
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
Greetings,
I have fallen off the track a bit after having the sleeve and wanted to go through a sort of detox again with optifast, however it is now two months expired and I wanted to ask if this is really an issue. Typically with food and even medicine - it lasts longer than what it says on the packaging.
Now granted if this was a year expired or more, then I can see there being an issue - but even then I have seen people online willing to buy expired optifast because it is cheaper than buying from their doctor.
I was just curious to see what the feedback would be here.
Thanks!
FW
I would use it.
Greetings,
I have fallen off the track a bit after having the sleeve and wanted to go through a sort of detox again with optifast, however it is now two months expired and I wanted to ask if this is really an issue. Typically with food and even medicine - it lasts longer than what it says on the packaging.
Now granted if this was a year expired or more, then I can see there being an issue - but even then I have seen people online willing to buy expired optifast because it is cheaper than buying from their doctor.
I was just curious to see what the feedback would be here.
Thanks!
FW
