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    Gastric Sleeve Member Spirited's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
    Surgery date
    03/22/2012
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    Dr Wong - Australia
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
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    Red face Does anyone have any images of their barium swallow post and pre surgery they can share?

    I just had a barium swallow. I was sleeved April 2012 however, have always had the ability to eat quite a bit of food and not much oral restriction. Its increasingly difficult to curb my appetite and can easily eat for example a six inch meatball sub or 100gram steak, potato and salad. Essentially i can eat like a normal person. I will end up fat again. I have a failed gastric sleeve. The fondus is in tact and this is the cause.
    My surgeon has recommend re-sleeving due to barium swallow shows a dilated fundus.
    He is not sure why the fundus has ballooned out and not answered my question as only via email on whether it was cut in the first place.
    I have the scans of my barium swallow and have googled but can not find images of patients sleeved to compare mine to.
    I essentially want to be armed with all the information at hand prior to my face to face appointment next week to ensure i make the right decision to resleeve or not.
    There is an increased leakage risk for re-sleeving My surgeon takes the statistics from those that have gone lap band to sleeve. The chance of dying is still quite slow.
    Im a lucky person and trust my surgeon to erro on the side of caution so dont believe i will have a leakage but am curious to see what others new stomach looks like.

    I started at 146kg. 9 months later I am 109kg. Would you resleeve? my goal weight is 85kg so i still have 24kg to go.
    Start Weight: 146kg or 321.87 pounds
    Height: 175cm or 5"9
    Goal weight 80kg or 176pounds


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    Gastric Sleeve Member klester0016's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
    Name
    Kelly
    Surgery date
    10/23/2012
    Surgeon
    Amy Johnson
    Join Date
    Oct 2012
    Last Activity
    07-31-2013 03:32 AM
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    Default Re: Does anyone have any images of their barium swallow post and pre surgery they can share?

    Well I think you are doing really good with the weight loss...you have lost around 81 pounds in 9 months...have you stopped losing weight?



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    Gastric Sleeve Member Spirited's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
    Surgery date
    03/22/2012
    Surgeon
    Dr Wong - Australia
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Last Activity
    07-25-2013 06:55 AM
    Location
    Australia
    Posts
    23
    Said "Thanks" 3 Times
    Was Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts
    Said "Welcome to Gastric Sleeve" 3 Times

    Default Re: Does anyone have any images of their barium swallow post and pre surgery they can share?

    Yes. I have been at 109kg for at least 9 weeks. And, I am so furociously hungry constantly! not head hunger. genuine where is the food i want to eat hunger. i can eat way to much compared with others at this stage. 200gram steak,potato and salad way too normal at 9 months out. I am still clinically obese size 18 clothes.
    Start Weight: 146kg or 321.87 pounds
    Height: 175cm or 5"9
    Goal weight 80kg or 176pounds


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    I have had a gastric sleeve.
    Surgery date
    12/12/2011
    Surgeon
    Dr Landerholm
    Join Date
    May 2011
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    02-13-2018 09:44 PM
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    Pacific Northwest
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    Default Re: Does anyone have any images of their barium swallow post and pre surgery they can share?

    Spirited, while you are waiting for more info and to really confirm if this is the right thing to do, consider the suggestions I made on the other post about hunger reduction. I too experienced hunger return at about 7 months out. Now at 12 months out, I am feeling good about it again and it definately helped to make lifestyle/eating changes.

    I was a band to sleeve revision, and the risks are higher but if the benefit is there - worth it. I would just try everything else first as having a leak or whatever is no joke - bad news. I was lucky to not suffer any of that though.
    308# 12/1/2011 Start of Preop Diet
    300# 12/12/11 Lapband to Sleeve revision
    158# Feb 2013 - GOAL lost 150# 14 months post op
    150# 10/14/2013 - Plastics Dr Sauceda in Monterrey Mexico; removed 5.5# of skin
    140# Apr 2014 - maintaining 168# weight loss currently. Very happy with my sleeve and plastics results!

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