I have had 2 stalls in 6 month since surgery. I weigh myself once a week. At my 6month post-op checkup, the PA told me if i go 4 weeks without a weight loss to make an appointment with the dietician. They would rather us come in early and correct what we are doing wrong now, Than a year from now when we have gained back most or all of the weight.

At one week post op I remember drinking two complete protein shakes through out the day as well as sipping on water and tea all day long.

Actually, Grim, it is those surgeons most familiar with the sleeve on a day to day basis that are most amenable to NSAID usage for those procedures, as they, well, are most familiar with those procedures and their patients. The practice that I used had been doing them for some twenty years on a near full time basis (interspersed with the odd bypass here and there) - and that was eight years ago, and there are many others who have been doing so since the 80's and 90's. These are also practice that tend to emphasize long term follow up, so they have a better than average understanding of what their patients are going through over the years; it this was a big problem, they would be doing something about it. (and yes, for their bypass patients, it is no-NSAIDs - because that is what the bypass and its propensity toward marginal ulcers demands.)

I'm sure that you have seen bad things with NSAIDs over the years, as the bypass has been the default WLS for many years, and many have accepted these limitations as just a fact of life in the WLS business. Some have become so scarred from these problems with their bypass patients that they simply transfer their rules to their other patients irrespective the different tolerance characteristics of the procedures. This is one of the factors that has driven some surgeons to move toward developing alternatives that address such long term complications and limitations. That's progress, and it's an ongoing process.

Liquid cannot stretch out your stomach. So that's nothing to worry about!

Sip something constantly, whether it's shake or water. Doesn't matter how much of which at one time.

500 pounds I was at 16 pressure. My current autosetting readout ranges 6.8 to 8.1, but my 90 avg is always 7.0 (which is the pressure my machine pushes 90% of the activation cycle). Get the autoset cpap and you don't have to adjust titration as you lose weight. It will automatically reset to what you need to keep hypopneas low. I have my annual visit with the sleep doctor next week. He will read out the machine documentation and determine if I need a new sleep study to assess dropping the machine. But I know I need it still since about once every 14 day I hit 8 on the average. They want all readings below 7 before doing the test. Don't mess with this - get the study and know.