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Hello, Our stories are similar. I was sleeved about 6 weeks ago on 26 April and got very sick after and ended up back in the Emergency Room with pnuemonia. I have also had a slow recovery and have lost only 21 lbs since surgery. I am drinking 100 oz of Water and trying to get 100 g of Protein each day. I also swim 1 mile 4-5 days a week and I dont understand why the scale is not moving quicker. My doctor has said to keep calories below 600 and carbs under 40. Something I was not counting carbs/calories of until yesterday was the Vitamins and Calcium pills. I was surprised that each of them had 3 carbs each and I am taking several of them per day. So started yesterday counting those in my daily totals and will see if that makes a difference. Dont have any advice but I am in a similar situation as you. all the best!!

I did it 3 times a day for 14 days. I had major major bruising all over my belly but apparently that happens to some people. After a couple of weeks the bruising went away.

I talked to my Dr. again yesterday and told him I had only lost 1 lb in the week and he got really mad! He insists I am doing something wrong and that I should be consistently loosing 5-7lbs each week for the first 3 months. I can not figure out what I am doing "wrong". I am drinking 100 oz of Water per day, eating 100 g of Protein and only eating plain greek yogurt, cottage cheese, tofu and egg. To me it just seems that everybodys body react differently and maybe mine is just slow to loose... i wish he would have this surgery and can see if he looses 1lb per day!

I also dont understand. I only had surgery 5 weeks ago and this week have only lost 1 lb. I thought the weight would come off quicker, my Dr. actually said you should loose 1lb per day in the first 3 months and that is definitely not happening for me. I am only consuming protein shakes, yogurt, cottage cheese and tofu and not loosing much weight. I am terrified what will happen when I get back to regular food if I am not loosing now.

I wish you the best in your decision and then the surgery. It was a very rough first 3 weeks for me and its gotten better in the past 2 weeks. I ended up with dehydration and pneumonia and had a VERY expensive day in the Emergency room. I see on this site that people are drinking 64 oz of liquids BUT because of us living in the Middle East, I have doubled my liquids and am trying for 112 oz daily. I really really drink all day long but because of the heat you have to.

Hello, I am just down the road living in Doha. I found out there is a doctor at Al Alhi hospital here and the cost is around $15,000 usd. With the price being so close, decided I would prefer to be in the US and so I traveled to San Francisco and had surgery 5 weeks ago. I would think there would be somebody in Dubai but when I searched, I did not find anybody. I have heard of people having good results with a surgeon in India. For me...I was not interested in that, I wanted somebody who I could really communicate with and was educated/trained in the west.

I also dont think this has been easy at all! I had surgery on 26 April and 1 May I was in the Emergency room and diagnosed with dehydration and pneumonia. I am 3.5 weeks out from surgery and just starting to feel better. Its been a very rough road for me and I did not know it would be this hard. I am still on liquid diet, its been more than a month now including the pre-op diet. I was told to start on cottage cheese and yogurt and then after another week of that to add tofu and eggs. I also had to give myself 2 weeks of Heparin injections (3 times per day) and my tummy is sooo black/blue and severely bruised. I really do look like I have been in the boxing ring..and lost! I read so many posts about people feeling great a few days after the surgery...but that has not been my experience. I lost 5lbs last week and my doctor said I should have lost 7. So, if I am already not loosing enough and only on liquids then it really makes me scared to eat food! Is that only going to slow my weight loss down??

Hello, Your bruise looks exactly like my entire stomach! I was on Heparin for 3 weeks (3 times per day) due to having to travel from so far away for the surgery. It seemed to me the bruising also got worse and ran together. Today is my 2nd day off the Heparin and hopefully the bruises will subside. So, if it makes you feel better...I am in the same situation!!

Hello, I was banded in 2003 and had a revision last week to the sleeve. I am 9 days post op now and starting to feel a little better. I did not have any band troubles BUT was unable to keep the 60 lbs I lost off and it all came back. My regret is that I waited 8 years with the band and because I did that there was extra scar tissue and it made my surgery more difficult.

Hello, I was sleeved on 26 April in San Francisco and was planning to fly home tomorrow. However during the night I got quite sick and spent all day today in the emergency room. They told me I was severally dehydrated and have pneumonia in my right lung. Does anybody have experience with dehydration and pneumonia post op? thanks,

Hello, This is my first time to post anything, 4 days ago I had a revision from the lap band to the Vertical Sleeve. I had the band for 8 years and lost 60 lbs BUT....in the past 2 years had gained it all back. The morning of the sleeve surgery I was the exact same weight as when I was originally banded. I was 314 the morning of surgery and hope to get to 160-175.... only 4 days in, so the struggle is to get enough liquids/protein by tiny sips. I spent 2 nights in the hospital and am a self pay, insurance would not cover.