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I made this video for anyone that has questions about Fertility & Pregnancy after the Gastric Sleeve Surgery.
https://youtu.be/DeBqO1Zf4lg
Regards.
Dr. Alvarez.
Oh wow, okay hopefully it's a big quicker for me. I have a bit deductible that I met for this year and I don't want to have to try to do it again! ?
I had my surgery on Tuesday with no complications. My mid-section is swollen, but I've taken no pain meds. I'm currently on clear liquids, eating about 100-200 calories per day, and walking 30 minutes daily. I'm not hungry. I have my first post-op visit on Oct. 30. I am looking forward to full liquids. Praying this works!
on 10/26/19 3:49 am
I did not have cravings for some time after my VSG due to nausea in response to smells, (not everyone has this but I did). I realized at some point, (I can't remember when, exactly), that many cravings are a result of head hunger or an emotional trigger, (for me). I learned to ask myself, "what am I REALLY hungry for?" Dehydration can often mimic hunger. Emotional triggers or head hunger from seeing a really great food commercial or certain scents or memories can also trigger a craving for many people. I think that having bariatric surgery and carving out better habits for yourself can reduce cravings but at some point you will probably have cravings. You are stronger than your cravings though, and bariatric surgery is a great tool to give you a boost, metabolically and physiologically, for a time. It will give you time to reset but at some point it will be more about the choices you make. We live in an obesogenic society and increasingly with the health-at-every-size movement it seems like the support for actual health is harder to find. Accountability is so important if we want to KEEP our health. Cravings happen. They vary. Learn your triggers. It will require work. You can do it but invest pre op and during the honeymoon phase in those early post op months and years for lifetime success.
Congrats
Surgery date 9-23-15, SW: 212 CW: 125
Doctors goal reached in 6 months. Personal goal reached in 11 months
I have the very same problem, I can only have chicken soup and dry things like crackers, toasted bread and tortillas, everything else makes me nauseous and gives me pain, I have been dealing with this issue for sometime now, I also take protonix once or twice a day with no help, I am having a colonospy and endoscopy soon,
Can I ask why you were going to have revision? is it for this issue or something else.
Ok. Out of a couple million posts, one person had an enlarged spleen.
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.
Yay! You're about to transform your life in a wonderful way.