U of M sleeve surgery June 7

 Hi, I'm having surgery at the U of M on June 7 with Dr. I.   Let me know if you are also or if you have recently had gastric sleeve.

Hello :)

I've had my sleeve for almost 3 months and I'm loving it!  I feel so normal now.  I can eat anything without worry of pain or issues (except eggs for some reason!)  I can drink like normal now too.  No need for little sips.  I just eat a LOT less portions than I did before.  I even went to Cancun a couple of weeks ago and still lost weight while on vacation!

Good luck.
~Jen

 thanks so much for posting.  I am praying for you.  On the eggs, the last time I was at the U of M for presurgery meetings, the physicians assistant cautioned me specifically about eggs.  She said that even their own dieticians are telling people they can eat these sooner than they really can -- peolple tend to crave them and they look so soft and mushy and therefore "appropriate" but are easy causes of bloating that can break staples if introduced too quickly.  Wow -- I just love scrambled eggs so I hope I'm not one of the people who has to really be super careful about them.  Can****hat sounds fun.  Sounds like besides getting smaller, a lot of people get markedly fun lives after this surgery -- or maybe they just had them already.  I don't have any money to spare with the surgery and single parenting with a child in a nonpublic k12 school
best.

I was sleeved at Abbott. Surgery and recovery were better than I could have imagined. I love my tiny little tummy. Every day is better and better. I'm never hungry. I forget to eat. I feel great. 

 wow, thanks.  just remember your vitamins is you are forgetting to eat.  I found out in all the presurgery blood work that I had deficiencies in B6, calcium, D and folate, so I will need to be really careful on this stuff post surgery as my natural inclination is toward disorganization and rotten nutrition.

is it hard to get up and walking?  how did you find dr. I?

I went to a support group on saturday that rotates between Eagan and Burnsville Panera's on Saturday monrings.  If interested in joining this, please join me.  (Yesterday was my first time and I only stayed for a portion of it . . . which will probably be typical has Saturdays get very busy -- am a single mom.

To answer your quesion about getting up -

I live alone so I had some concerns about coming home and being alone during recovery. I didn't need to worry. My recovery was almost effortless and I hope yours is, too. The hardest thing to do, tho, was get out of bed. Here's what I did. Roll over onto your side and push up to a sitting position from there. I couldn't have done a sit-up to get up. So go to your side first then push up.

Dr. I didn't use a drain but did use a catheter. I'm glad, too. The catheter was painless. In fact I didn't even know I had one for the longest time. I had drains for my breast reduction surgery 6 years ago and they really bothered me. Glad I didn't have them for this surgery.

I think Dr. I is very good at what he does. I didn't have any problems at all post surgery and I'm losing steadily. He uses a size 38 fr. bougie. There doesn't seem to be a standard bougie size for VSG - it's all what the surgeon believes in. Some go as small as a 32 fr. I don't know how much difference bougie size makes as long as it's not a 40 fr or larger, I guess. If you have a chance to talk to him about it, do so. I mentioned bougie size to him as I was being put under - not a good time for a chat! 

I just got home yesterday from being sleeved (THurs) at Methodist with Dr. Jones.  I almost went with Dr, I at the U of MN but decided Methodist was a little easier to get to .  :)  Day 2 was bad for me, but now feeling better each day.  Good luck to you!

 thanks so much for the update.  I am praying for you.  are you on a leave of absence from an employer?

I appreciate you keeping me in your prayers.  Yes, I have  a leave of absence, then summer- I'm a teacher.  I will have lots of time to adjust and spend time I need to on myself as I start this journey.  I wish you all the best- your day will be here before you know it!  I didn't have Dr. I, but if you have questions about my experience I'm happy to share. 

I have my gastric sleeve scheduled for the same day.  But at Unity Hospital with Dr. Baker.