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    Re: Getting sleeved at 50 is this OK!!!

    I'm also 50 years young!
  2. Thread: Any regrets??

    by Scotty
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    Poll: Re: Any regrets??

    Hi,
    First I would get blood work analysis, I would assume that you were not having these issues pre surgery so the headache / tiredness may be caused from dehydration, if you are having problems...
  3. Thread: Texas

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    Re: Texas

    Spring TX, but now in Australia, go back every year, was back last December and I miss it already!
  4. Thread: Last Meal ...

    by Scotty
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    Re: Last Meal ...

    Well, there is nothing wrong with having a Big Ol Margarita (I prefer gold) and your husbands YUMMO steaks and Red Velvet Cheesecake for dessert AFTER your operation, you will just not eat as much....
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    Re: Surgery in one week......second thoughts?

    My thought are same as mommabear, however I would like to add:
    A diet is temporary = (tempoary weight loss), a sleeve is permanent = (permanent weight loss)
    No guts, no glory!
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    Re: Pictures Please - How much are you eating?

    It really depends on what you are eating, what you had before and how long ago you last ate.

    For me:
    I can eat a 6 inch sub for lunch (I like sweet onion chicken teriyaki or BLT with all the...
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    Re: Not loving my sleeve right now!!!

    Sorry clear fluids
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    Re: Not loving my sleeve right now!!!

    You can not stretch your new stomach on fluids
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    Re: Not loving my sleeve right now!!!

    PS, yes you will feel hunger, just like you did before, just not as intense.
    Some gastric Bypass patients loose the hunger feeling for a while but returns around the 12 month mark.
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    Re: Not loving my sleeve right now!!!

    PS, yes you will feel hunger, just like you did before, just not as intense.
    Some gastric Bypass patients loose the hunger feeling for a while but returns around the 12 month mark.
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    Re: Not loving my sleeve right now!!!

    If you are not getting at least 500 - 750 ml of fluid per day, this is a problem. I would assume that you are as usually they will not let you leave hospital if you are not.
    In the first 2 weeks all...
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    Re: complications from surgery

    Yes, usually shows up after about 2 weeks after surgery, usually caused by a leak.
    It is terrible and usually needs to be fixed and a huge amount of antibiotics are required to fight the infection,...
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    Re: Get a Restaurant Card for Bariatric Surgery

    I only really carry my card when overseas, when I am eating out every night especially if I am eating at the same place for a few days and mains are $45 and $60 dollars per night, it can really add...
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    Re: Pre Op Diet.. Confused and need Help!!!!

    Hey Sam, yes is serious stuff!
    The first few days are usually pretty tough, headache is often due to VLC and little to no sugar, but you adjust, give it 4 days. In the second week I was doing it...
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    Re: Get a Restaurant Card for Bariatric Surgery

    Very true, when I first moved to Australia back in the 1970's, a large was simuliar to a small in America.
    Now in Australia, its not uncommon to get a Large drink that is 1 litre (34 Oz) EXTRA large...
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    Re: Half way to goal!!!!

    Way to go Tracie!
    Ill give you a Woooo Hooooo!
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    Re: Pre Op Diet.. Confused and need Help!!!!

    Basically this diet is to reduce the size of your liver.
    During your operation the liver has to be lifted out of the way so the surgeon can do his job.
    There are quite a few YouTube videos that...
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    Re: All of a sudden I seem hungry all the time.

    I can tell you one thing, it passes.
    I agree with USAFWIFE, even though I was on double dose of Nexium, I think that it was a chemical reaction, I hear so many people comment on this, even my own...
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    re: Read about sleeve leaking

    Hi,
    My son had a leak and documented the process on youtube, some of the videos are a bit graffic so be warned.
    He is OK now and if asked he says he would do it all over again in a heart beat.
    His...
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    Re: Get a Restaurant Card for Bariatric Surgery

    Here is the definition, a bit contradictory:
    An entrée (pronounced /ˈɑːntreɪ/ AHN-tray, French "entrance") is one of several savoury courses in a Western-style and South American-style formal meal;...
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    Re: Get a Restaurant Card for Bariatric Surgery

    Yes it is all a bit different even within countries, see picture attached when I was in Houston Texas last month visiting my Dad, here is a menu that lists "getting Started"! well after the getting...
  22. Thread: Matt's Intro

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    Re: Matt's Intro

    Hi matt,
    I was banded in 2007 (had band for 2 years).
    Lost my weight on band but did not want to live the rest of my life like that!
    Yep had to wait 4 months between op's.
    Had band out in 2009...
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    Re: Get a Restaurant Card for Bariatric Surgery

    I also found that most places like it when I am specific about my meal, it now becomes something of interest and changes the pace, you are now not a "normal" customer, you are special, I found that...
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    Re: Get a Restaurant Card for Bariatric Surgery

    Sorry I did not answer your question about half size. In most cases the waitress freaks out when you say I want this meal but I only want 1 of this and 1 of that on the plate, so I simply ask if I...
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    Re: Get a Restaurant Card for Bariatric Surgery

    OK, number 1, do not take anything home ever again, not for you, not for hubby not for kids, not for dog, not for next door, not ever!
    You have one time to eat, that's it when you are full, you are...
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