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I had a sleeve on 2/24. It's 14 days later and I've already lost 21 pounds. It's been an up and down ride so far with pain, food tolerance and emotions, but I'd do it again in a second. Update: As of today 83 pounds lost. Update 8/28/21...as of today 100 pounds lost.
I was sleeved May 25th... NO REGRETS! I wish my “fairy godmother” would make the pain in the left side incision disappear. I’m learning what my NEW FULL feels like. Learning to manage my mental food cravings because my mind says we haven’t eaten enough but my stomach says HELL YES WE HAVE! Pushing myself to ease back into a workout (walking) routine. Lastly, learning to balance my emotional energy and just enjoy the journey.
There may be risks, but when you walk out your front door everyday you are taking a risk. This surgery is a great tool for those of us who have suffered with food addiction. Come witness my VSG journey!!
I agree man, just losing these 20 lbs has been a lot of hard work these last couple of months, going to the gym 5-6 days a week, eating better, I’m getting the sleeve done soon, and I’m looking forward to it. I’m 6’1 305, down from a max of 325, I will be happy at 185-205.
This surgery saved my life. I’ve lost all my weight in 9 months. Best decision I’ve ever made. This surgery is not a MIRACLE from heaven cause you need to put yourself through it to get better results. Eat small portions with small utensils, get your vitamins and proteins and last stay active. Best of luck to anyone looking forward to having this surgery!
@@krjermaine there’s no need to dear. Do your research and go for it. Be ready mentally and physically. Remember that everyone got their own body and don’t ever compare yourself to anyone else.
I want to thank you for making this thorough, yet short and concise. I've had to listen to 30 minute long stories of VSG patients and gotten no real info at the end of them.
Wow..Thank You! This video was very informative. When I went to the baritric seminars, nurse consults and met with the surgeon, they touched on SOME of the things u mentioned, but didnt break it down like you. Great job!
Thank you so much. I heard that some doctors suggest before operation one needs to practice chewing food at least 25 times....I scares me for my friend gulps her food, really (chews her food about 5 - time). she want to go through it. Another friend who had hers 15 yrs ago said that was the worst part, she'd forget and it caused pain and nausa where even today she says I still chew my food 25 before swallowing. she everyone should do it anyway.
surgical risks and complications, other things have to be taken into consideration, as post oparative pulmonary and cardiac complications are more likely yo happen in this type of surgery. thanks for your efforts.
You're on! My late husband did not do the gastric sleeve but he did do bariatric surgery. He was 5'8" and 320lbs. He did the surgery in 2001 and died a year later at age 43. The only problem he had before the surgery was high blood pressure which was treated effectively. He became severely malnourished and died of complications related to the surgery. I firmly believe that he would still be around if he had not done it and perhaps even lived a typical life span had he lost only 1/2 his excess weight. I know diabetics even that are his size still here in their 70's. I would never mess with digestive organs. Lower the carbs somewhat, ditch most of the processed foods, test for nutritional deficiencies, don't eat for a period of 14+ hours daily, get to bed by 10pm, and get morning sun daily. Even if you don't loose all of your excess weight you will be healthier than having surgery and messing with digestive organs.
@4Veritas I'm sorry for your loss. 😢😢😢. My post was regarding the percentage of people who suffer obesity and the effects healtwise. I completely understand there are risks and I am sad your husband had that happen. My own mother passed away as a side effect of going under for a routine procedure in 2012. Also as a note for this conversation, bariatric surgery is far more invasive and has significantly more risks involved. I was going to get bariactric surgery 13 years ago and when I read the side effects and possible side effects I was terrified.
Before watching your clip I was going to have my very effective 11 year old band removed and latter have the sleeve done and pay for the procedures myself. Now thinking if I do need further surgery I'd be better cost wise to upgrade my silver insurance to gold and wait the year and yes I'll have ballooned up but what other choice do we have.
From what I have learned from various videos, you can't even drink much water at any one time. I have a bunch of medications that I take at night, which it drink with a fair amount of water. Dehydration is a problem...I understand. My family does a lot of hiking, biking, camping, backpacking and hunting. All require to be able to drink a fair amount of water including more than four oz at a time. I have a back surgeon that recommended me for bariatric procedure, without really telling me anything about it, nor listening to me and my personal ability to take time off. (I have two compressed disks that I am needing to have replaced.) I have enough time lined up for my back surgery....but adding this surgery I just don't have the time available as far time off from work goes. How much can a person drink at any one time with the sleeve? Then how about food and water intake, how much? I have heard through peoples videos, only 4 oz of anything at any one time. Have people been able to get back to working out in the gym, running long distance, or medium for the sake of being healthy and fit, without becoming dehydrated to the point of an ER visit? When hunting, you are no where near an hospital, let alone medical clinic that might be able to help. And I have not been able to get to my primary care doc at the VA to go over any of this for help in my thought process, to try to figure out what I will do....Any thoughts?
you don't need to drink more than 4oz at a time... get used to sip while hiking/biking... be on top of your fluids so you don't get dehydrated since you can't "save up and gulp down a lot later"
I get worried about the long term effects since this is not an old surgery. When I say long term I'm talking 10, 20 30 yrs down the road. How can it be safe to remove 80% of your stomach? But I really need to loose weight!!
I've had the sleeve done 9wks ago and haven't lost a single pound since surgery, I have followed the diet to the letter I managed to lose over 200lbs prior to surgery on my own prior to surgery I'd be grateful if someone can tell me why I'm losing nothing my surgeon Says I've stalled due to losing so much weight pre op, I dont believe it something must have gone wrong somewhere I've stuck to the diet to the letter and no a pound lost I feel frustrated and deflated and very much regret having the surgery done
Bella Lucia Hi. I’m one yr out and also, have not lost a single lb since surgery. I too lost weight before surgery and until now they don’t have an answer for me. I have had loads of testing and still nothing, the only thing they suggest is a revision not sure if I’m up for that. Statistics show they don’t reveal any better results......!
If you've lost over 200 lbs that's a lot of weight loss. I'm surprised they did the surgery, your body needs some fat to survive. I think your body kicked into survivor mode. Meaning when ever you eat your body stores it, to prevent shock. Too much weight loss in short period of time is very dangerous.
Why on earth would you do such an invasive procedure at your age when you're only 210lbs? Cut carbs, cut the period of hours you eat to be no more than 10 hours, get to bed by 9-10pm, get outside daily in the morning especially and learn to love yourself at whatever weight you arrive at by doing the above.
This surgery has been a nightmare for me I got my surgery 12/21/21 and I went into the hospital January 12th and haven’t left since I was fat with not health issues at all and I get this surgery and I have everything wrong with me now
I lost my 43 year old husband to bariatric surgery basically from malnutrition after about 13 months. A fellow patient he befriended died within 3 months. It wasn't gastric sleeve but I would never mess with a major digestive organ. I warned him. He told his doctor that his wife didn't approve but the doctor said it was his decision. My girls were 12 and 13 at the time.
@@linacantor1332 An answer that a Doctor would say, studies have shown that as the sleeve surgery increased in popularity so did the hast in surgeries thus leading to portal view clots. Afterwards same surgen miss dionosed clot forming to a gallbladder removal. Three days later, full blown blockage.
sooo.. I understand that we are fooling the brain to think we are full enough.. and we are because of the reduced stomach size.. what I want to know is ?? does the body get enough nutrients now from eating to be healthy from then on ??
if you go raw vegetarian for about 3 weeks, then slowly add HEALTHY UNPROCESSED FOODS, then your stomach WILL SHRINK NATURALLY to a normal size. Needless to say, things like chips, cakes, pasta, cookies, sodas, etc, etc will cause inflamation and gas, and will produce fat and distention in the long run.
"polyunsaturated fats"" are TOXIC !! In the 1940s, the agricultural chemists found that they could fatten their animals faster if they poisoned their metabolic systems with an anti-thyroid drug. The found the animals would get fat on very little food. Yet, the drug turned out to leave a carcinogenic residue in the meat. Farmers soon found out that corn and soybeans containing polyunsaturated fats (PUFA) would do the same as the anti-thyroid drugs and suppress the respiration of the animals and make them get fat on very little food. In the process they found that they were getting these yellow-fat diseases and brain degenerations (degeneration of the gonads, infertility, and so on). Around the same time the medical people noticed that the cholesterol was lowered in the process of eating a lot of these polyunsaturated fats. And that led to the spreading of the marketing of unsaturated fats to the human food supply, rather than just for the fattening of farm animals. And since people didn't want to gain weight on the least amount of food, they needed a new reason for selling their fats to humans. And, lowering cholesterol became the excuse in humans. But the agriculturists knew all through the 1940s that corn and soy oils were very fattening, and eventually, very toxic. But since they sold their animals as soon as they reached a marketable size, they didn't care (if they died later; they were killing them before they had the chance to die of the degenerative diseases)." -RP Bottom line: Although,the polyunsaturated fats will lower cholesterol (by suppressing the immune system), one of their main functions is to fatten animals, including you if you consume them, on lower calories. This is why farmers use high polyunsaturated fats foods like corn and soy to fatten their animals. What foods are high in polyunsaturated oils ? Vegetables, seed and nut oils. Nuts, seeds, soy, corn, fatty fish like salmon, omega 3 and 6 oils, fish oil, and animals that are fed a high polyunsaturated diet that are not ruminants- pigs, rabbits, chickens . lifespa.com/scary-facts-polyunsaturated-vegetable-oils/
Dr. I am 9-10 weeks post op. I know n I think I have the staple line to tight on my stomach. This are my symptoms: cannot even swallow water at this point. Smoothies are also too thick for me, neither to say a bite of chicken or a complete 2nd phase meal plan. EVERYTHING COMES BACK, one or two bites n its out (vomit) I am lactose intolerant and Dairy Intolerant, I was confused 🤷♀️ with taking protein shakes that are marketed as clear protein but they contain milk; I thought that was the cause of everything coming back (vomit). My body feels very weak and fatigued ALL THE TIME DAY N NIGHT. I have always complained to my surgeon and the Nutritionist about not been able to eat after two bites n as it goes in it comes right out. I took vacation n I ended in the ER n have been Hospitalized for 8 days already; I am asking or requesting a endoscopy to be performed after just watching your video. Q: What can I expect next if they do find the staple line to be to tight,. I have faith that I found the answer to my desperate situation thru this video. I am not able to drink not even water at this point as I mentioned. Q: why can this happen? I am petite, at the most I need to loose 50-60 lbs. nothing compare to over 100 lbsThanks for the great info 🙏🏼👍🏽🙏🏼
I had a lap band that did just what you're saying about your sleeve. I had it opened completely up and still can't eat a lot of things without throwing up. Going to have it removed and get the Sleeve, but I'm so afraid the same thing will happen. You may have excess scar tissue buildup. I had two other surgeries not related to weight loss and both had major problems because of scar tissue build-up. I wish you luck with your problem.
I’m 6 weeks post op and going through the same thing I’ve been to the hospital for dehydration and idk what to do anymore I feel horrible can’t even keep meds down :/
Everything he said happened to my girlfriend she was on a breathing machine for almost a month...complications after complications she's at home now but she can't eat solid foods now she on a iv at home she says her stomach be sore gagging throwing up I would not do it tried talking her out of it numerous of times i love my girlfriend but play stupid games win stupid prizes she could have lost her life if I can't eat right exercise daily at the gym a quick fix at the hospital cutting out half my stomach out aint worth it!!
My husband did a different procedure. He did loose a lot of weight but looked terrible. Went from 320lbs to 180lbs. He basically died of malnutrition about 13 months later at age 43. Don't mess with your digestive organs! Lower the carbs, decrease the processed foods, decrease the hours that you eat to 10 or less daily (intermittent fasting), get to bed by 9-10pm, get outside in the morning and correct nutritional deficiencies. Not only get enough UV light because lack of vitamin D is associated with metabolic syndrome but get strong outdoor daylight in the morning by 9am and most importantly get infra-red light. You don't even have to be directly in the sun to benefit from infra red. MedCram's Dr. Seheult has an excellent podcast on near infrared.
I had a friend that almost died from this surgery.. I don't believe in this I believe in the works of the lord once you get the surgery it's a life changing you can't go back to normal ever again .. we can make our brains think like we got the surgery by eating smaller meals at least that's much safer than the surgery and you can drink fluids without suffering.. I'm not afraid to get the surgery I just don't want to put my body in danger losing weight naturally without surgery always works and drinking oolong tea is a weight lost burner to and it's safe but if your on blood thinners you should not drink it ..
@@ilovejesus3659 Yes, he had protein malabsorption. About 37% of those doing bypass and 16% of those doing sleeve suffer from protein malabsorption according to one gastric surgeons presentation to other gastric surgeons. Hypoglycemia is also extremely common and difficult to live with and there is much danger of hernias and blockages and obstruction of the bowels. Elvis' daughter had some kind of WLS and died of a bowel obstruction recently.
Wow, why has no one ever thought of just eating less and moving more. As if people haven't done this many times before. Your words are so profound. 🙄🤨😒
Sure it works but most of us have lost massive amounts on our own and they we gain back. The sleeve is a extra tool especially when you struggled half your life
