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So I went for a swallow Monday and he said the sleeve was stretched a little on top but other than that it looked good. I had a revision from a bad band on 5/11. I have lost over 30 pounds and feel good but I'm worried about the stretch. Is it possible that this is a bit larger from the sleeve or have I really already stretched it? Dr said it can/will shrink back down but I'm still really upset...

He said today all sleeves have some sort of "bulb" type shape at the top and mine is a bit larger since I had a revision. It should shrink over time.

I am almost 5 weeks post op and have a horrible pain on my left side. Def feels to be in the muscle like a strain or something. I did take battery of tractor but was fine until hours later when I laughed for 2 hours with a friend of mine. Dr sppt 1030 tomorrow. Anyone else have this?

Yup tore an internal stitch. Keep a heating pad on it and go on about my aftercare. Great news.

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No fever or anything that makes me fearful of a leak just a really painful muscle pain. It does seem to be very near an insetion site.

Should I worry about this slight stretch? What if anything can be done? My dr is so get in get out I feel like I can't ask questions like I should...

I was only sleeved 4 weeks ago so I'm not sure. I am still on soft liquids and I do feel a little restriction but I was a revision so it could just be mis shappen from that...

I was sleeved and had a swallow on Monday and have a slight stretch on the top of my sleeve. Sleeved on May 11 2012

I was sleeved and had a swallow on Monday and have a slight stretch on the top of my sleeve. Sleeved on May 11 2012

5/11

Ok dr said he used a 34 french bougie(sp) but I can eat 4 oz cottage cheese or yogurt and feel 0 restriction but I stop myself. I feel hungry often and its just not what I was expecting. Has anyone else had this happen/feeling? I'm worried I have already ruined it..

The dr gave me a diet of 3 oz every 2 hours and so forth. I am a revision paitent and I'm not sure that makes a difference.

Yes I take an acid reducer.

I had a revision on May 11. I feel hungry all the time and can eat/drink up to 5 ounces at a time(pureed soups, jello etc). I still feel hungry after that at times. I have lost 25 or so pounds since pre-op diet and weight loss seems to be slower than I thought it would be. Again, surgery was 14 days ago. I feel like I have already failed and ruined the sleeve. My lapband was a nightmare and it was a fight to eat EVERY SINGLE TIME so the feeling is so much different now that its gone and Im not throwing up every meal I think I am not noticing the "signal" for full or just ignoring it. I am doing protein shakes at least once a day. Please help and let me know if this is normal. Will I feel the restriction once I get on solid foods? I have had a pretzel here and there and a tiny nibble here and there of solid foods but Im scared so I really try not to do that.

I too am VERY bi-polar and been diagnosed years ago. I used to eat when depressed/anxious/nervous and no longer have that to turn to. I am having the hardest time right now

I too am VERY bi-polar and been diagnosed years ago. I used to eat when depressed/anxious/nervous and no longer have that to turn to. I am having the hardest time right now