Interesting posts! I would not consider my experience with the sleeve as easy or hard. I do look at it as a way out. For the it was THE way out. I could never have known that it would work for me. I did my due diligence and I certainly qualified with co morbidities which are now all gone except for slightly elevated cholesterol and a lowered BP pill. What a ride it has been. I have had not complications. I do have to work only head hunger. I have mad sit through numerous stalls and and still losing one year into it all. Slower now but still losing. I can exercise. That is easier now. I look at my surgery as providing me enough weightless to feel well enough to walk more. When I walk now and my legs don't rub together. I almost feel like I am flying or something. It is the oddest feeling. I also enjoy walking, That is never something I said prior to surgery as I huffed and puffed and dreading walking to the car to drive home from work. Those were the days I felt like it would be easier to stay at work instead of going to the car to drive home. I know that sounds extreme to some but that is how bad I felt. So i feel like the surgery was a way OUT! Not easy not hard just a way out. It worked for me. I found it all so far manageable. Not without challenges and some sadness and grief. My health is so much better. I feel better. I am so happy I made the choice. Good luck to all of you and keep having hope!
361 lbs-Highest weight at the start of the sleeve research
350 lbs-Weight at 1st Surgeon Visit
340 lbs-Weight at pre op 3days prior to surgery (having lost 10 lbs on pre op diet)
324 lbs- Day 14
312 lbs -Day 27
304 lbs- Day 37
299 lbs- Day 44
293 lbs- Day 62
286 lbs- Day 73
280 lbs- Day 86
273 lbs- Day 107
261 lbs- Day 141
251 lbs 6mo
242 lbs 7mo
235 lbs 10mo
VSG is the ONLY thing that has ever helped me solve my weight problem.
It really (excuse the expression) tipped the scales for me. I always worked HARD to solve my weight problem. Really hard! Never gave up. But this time, VSG + commitment + personal accountability + being open to learning new behaviors + therapy (hey, that was a new thing, too) = success, thus far.
Again, being normal weight and active and able to do anything I want to do feels like a miracle. A bloody miracle!
At nearly 72, I really do feel like I am "living happily ever after."
Consult: 235 lbs
My and doc's preop diet: 216 -19 lbs
M1 postop 205 -30
M2 193 -42
M3 184 -51
M4 174 -61
M5 167 -68
M6 162 -73
M7 156 -79
M8 151 -84
M9 148 -87
M10 146 -89
M11 144 -91
M12 143 -92
M13 142 -93
M14 140 -95
M15 139 -96
M16 137 -98
M17 135 -100
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