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Congrats! i love Dr. Garcia and the anesthesiologist is dreamy! That drain was gross but I had minimal pain too. You did it!!!

I take Omeprazole every day or I will have heartburn or reflux too. I drink. I've had better results with drinking. It seem like since I started regular foods my weight loss slowed down.

I've lost 23 pounds since surgery and although I cannot see it or feel it, my scale is not lying to me. I am sooo tired of Soup and this weekend I graduated myself to fish and other mushy watery foods with no problems. People at work are wondering how I bounced back so quickly and why do I look so good and fresh. Ummm how am I supposed to look, like the Grim Reaper? I am so proud that I pulled this off and made this change for the better. I know I am just at the beginning and I have a looong way to go, but in two weeks I've managed to get back to the weight I was when I went to get the lapband. That was my mini goal and I made it! Yay! I named my new tummy Banny (like belly but prounounced Ban ne) lol I know ya'll are laughing at me, but most importantly ya'll are laughing with me. Thanks for the encouragement and a place where we all have something in common. --Raja and Banny :Banane59:

Yay! I can't see it, but my pants are lose. Congrats!

I told you the hospital was clean and everyone was nice! Please let us know how you are doing. You will be out for a while. Take care. --Raja

I used thin beef salami and it was awesome!!!

It is often considered a clear liquid. Chime in guys to verify.

I have a little over 200 to lose. I am 12 days out and l am hungry, but doing well. I am about to do mushies and I am ready to eat. I am working on not obsessing over food, but I keep thinking of baby back ribs. Sorry guys for the thought. I am working on it. I am happy and am looking for something else to do with my time. When I am able to I will start walking and obsessing on exercising.

I had someone at work say in a joking way that I am "cheating". She weighs under 150 and is very tall, she doesn't know how it feels to be obese. I just looked at her and said "b*#$%h please, you will never get it" and moved on. Someone will always say something stupid. They know that unless you are making my meals, wiping my butt, paying my bills, or in my shoes, I really don't care if you think I am "cheating" or not! You guys now this is hard mental and physical work!!! This is not easy for any of us. We got cut to save our lives, some of us multiple times with revisions. I say forget people like that. You are doing well. Don't let any one discourage you, EVER!

inbox me for my information. I don't have a problem discussing it. We can email, text or talk! :bigear:

I am so excited for you! I know you went through a of mental stress to get to this point! My boss doesn't know either, but she will when we have a luncheon next week.

What size bougie did you have?

My experience was almost the same as yours. I giggled when I read about the EKG machine, but truthfully it did give an accurate reading and It didn't have the leads that we have in the states that leave the sticky residue on your skin. They took the time to clean off the gel when it was dont. Nevertheless the blue "clips" they put on your ankles and wrists are weird, but like I said, it gave the same accurate results. Thanks for giving another accurate testimony of how great Dr. Garcia and his staff are. I couldn't have said it better myself. Hope all is well. I don't know what kind of anesthesia they gave me but I am just starting to get the feeling back in certain "unmentionable" parts of my body. lol

I was sleeved on Monday and the first night I was miserable but soon after I had a breakthrough and I feel fine. The gas and pain is not bad at all. I have pics I will post soon. I even have a pic of my old stomach and a video of my new stomach. I am over the moon. Dr Garcia said that I had a lot of scar tissue from my other surgeries but I did fine. I have enough paperwork to keep me reading for a while. Everyone was nice and even though there was a language barrier they spoke enough English to communicate properly. I only have two complaints: the water in the hospital was cold which was fixed immediately and the beds in the hotel are hard. I just asked for extra pillows. I am a picky patient so I expect all to go well. Polite, nice, caring, and professional. Clean clean clean! Ask me questions I will answer them. I'm going to have broth now but will answer when I wake up from my nap.

OMG I made the salami, ricotta, and mozzarella bites today and yum. I chewed until it was practically water but yuuuum.

I would be Money Generator Girl = able to generate cash with the blink of an eye. Why...because I am broke as hell with three kids in private school. Question: Do you courtesy flush?

I finished a cup of coffee about 30 minutes ago and now i feel dizzy and lethargic. I didn't see anything about not having coffee and I even put some protein powder in it. I make 1 week sleeved on tomorrow. I think I need to lay down for a while and sip on water. This is an awful feeling. Coffee is officially off of my list!!! :nonod:

Ok so I laid down and sipped water and I feel better. Maybe I missed that section of my post op diet information. I needed the boost to catch up on schoolwork from being out with surgery. Boy did I pay for that. Don't try this at home kids. I learned from this mistake.

Hey everybody. I am from New Orleans and I live in Laplace. I was sleeved on 01/30/12 with Dr. Garcia in TJ. I am doing ok besides the head hunger, bloat, and acid reflux. All are controllable...well except for the bloat. I work in Metairie.If there is anyone who want to email or chat let me know.

I was sleeved this past Monday and I am bloated and swollen. I really need to watch my sodium intake from the broth. I am relieved to see that this is a temporary thing. I was worried that I messed it up by licking that teaspoon of hummus. I am a little paranoid right now.

Glad to hear things went well. I was sleeved on Monday with Dr. Garcia. I love his demeanor, He is very soft spoken. I like Samual. Ask him what he does besides being a driver. You will be surprised. He gets around in that Volvo.

I was so hungry coming home from TJ and craving food, but now that I know that it's head hunger I can deal with it better. I'm full on pills right now! lol

I have a video of the leak test and my hubby took a pic of my old removed stomach.

I went to the pharmacy in Mexico and bought a big bottle of omeprozole and it works well. And cheap too. SAMs sell it too for cheap. Acid reflux is my worst problem right now. Oh btw hey my sleeve buddies!!