pre op questions

is there any people out there post gastric sleeve who i can correspond with.I am due for op in june 08

hi I havent had a gastric sleeve but if you look for a msg saying 'prices' the lady *****plyed to me just had one done. you could send her a msg and check out her profile bree

Hi Jo I had my gastric sleeve done on the 14th Feb and things are going fantastically well for me. I'm now about 6-7weeks post op and can pretty much eat everything. I actually ate my first steak tonight for dinner. The main difference now is that I MUST eat way way slower and the amount I eat would virtually be half of what I used to eat. I must say that immediately after my surgery I felt really good (No pain whatsoever) and I was released from hospital on day 4 (as I couldnt drink enough water prior to this) even though I felt really good. Each day just got better and better. Some people I've spoken to preferred to stay on Optifast past surgery but I really wanted to eat real food again and this is what I did. Anyway if you have any specific questions you would like to ask me please feel free to do so. Kind regards Kim

thanks kim.sounds like you are doing well.how much weight have you lost?

Hi Kim, I'm booked to have surgery next month. I'm not sure if you can answer this but do you know if there is any risk at bleeding internally from eating too much? Also, when did you start to loose the weight? How much have you lost now? Cheers Maximus

Hi Jo I have lost a total of 17kg (6kg before my operation) and 11kg since the operation which was 7weeks ago tomorrow. I still want to loose another 20kg but I am not finding it hard to do at all (fingers crossed) it continues this way. Regards Kim

Hi I had my sleeve done in Feb and started my weightloss pretty much as soon as I started the Optifast diet which was 3 weeks prior to my operation. I have lost a total of 30kg at the moment with only 8more to go. I feel fantastic and havent had any dramas post op whatsoever. I havent heard of any bleeding if you eat too much. I can only say that you will only ever overeat a couple of times and once you realise what your new stomach capacity is like you will stop before you get to that over full feeling. I over ate once and within 5mins it came up and I felt so much better after that. The only other time I chucked was when I ate too fast (easy to do with 2 kids) trying to feed them and a husband and myself. Thats my biggest hurdle having 35-45mins to enjoy my food. Good luck with your operation I can only say that my experience has been totally positive and I wonder why I hadnt had this done sooner. Cheers Kim