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Did you have any complications and who does your followups? I'm 7 months out and the surgeon I went to just up and retired. The notice he gave for his retirement was a letter we got in the mail. I'm a little p o ed. I was wondering if I needed to find another surgeon for follow ups or if I can just go to my pcp.

I was pretty unhappy with the surgeon. Where the hell was the physic evaluation???? The doctor even said some of her conditions were real and others imagined. One of the imagined were her oxygen levels, they were normal but she insisted she needed her oxygen. Just because she can stay on a diet in a hospital environment its ok to do surgery on her???? I lost hundreds of pounds over the corse of decades during the first few months of a diet. I'm not saying mental disability is reason not to do the surgery unless its not under control or the person is not following up with a certified doctor to get them in the right frame of mind and make sure they understand everything about what the surgery in tails. I screamed at the tv when she was crying and came up with the I couldn't reach my va j j x amount of months ago. At the beginning of the episode thats one of the first things she did. OMG I was screaming again when she said no one told me I had to lose weight when I got here. THEN WHAT THE HE** WAS SHE THERE FOR!!!!! I was pretty much screaming at my tv a lot. Having the sleeve myself I can't figure out how she ate that much to keep from losing any weight and in fact GAIN! I'm 7 months out and still can't eat that much at one sitting. Though I have found that I can now start eating around my surgery and have to keep an eye on that. She is really the case for needing a complete evaluation and get everything understood BEFORE you cut someone open. What if the ding wad would have had serious complications? Serious complications from a surgery she didn't fully understand or want to understand. Bet there would have been a law suit then. I did a ton of research before I did the surgery. I knew exactly what I was getting into. That episode was an epic FAIL on many levels.

The Last Straw? Last year was the year from hell for me. The ravages of being overweight all my life had really started to take a toll on my body in which I was in deep denial. Hey I could get around, i'm getting older so aches and pains are expected right? It started with knee scope in May,(the second scope on this knee in two years) went to a back fusion in June and found Breast Cancer in July. This time last year I was in my third round of chemo and as bald as a cue ball. My cancer was estrogen feed and fat has a lot of estrogen in it. Makes me so wish that I had done this 6 years ago when I first started looking into gastric bypass, maybe I wouldn't have gotten cancer. But I can't live backwards. I have had the surgery now because I will cut my chance of cancer reoccurrence by almost a third by getting to and maintaining a healthy weight. Let me tell you chemo sucks. I lost feeling in my hands and feet. luckily the hands came back but I still can't feel my feet. This could be permanent. Yes some days I don't like not being able to eat all I want, but on those days I stop and think how much I would love to feel my feet again, and not just the pain from the neuropathy. I stop and think that if I have to go through chemo again how much worse my feet could get and my hands would not be far behind.

I am a Breast Cancer surviver. Last year in July through a mammogram I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Chemo took the feeling from my hands and feet. The feeling in my hands came back but the feet did not. I had the sleeve because everything I have read says losing weight and maintaining a healthy weight reduces the chance of cancer coming back by roughly a third. I am also hoping that the resulting weight loss will help with the neuropathy pain in my feet. They feel like they are being poked by a million needles and sometimes they feel like they are on fire.

Would I do the sleeve again. Yes!!! Last year was the year from hell for me. The ravages of being overweight all my life had really started to take a toll on my body, which I was in deep denial. Hey I could get around, i'm getting older so aches and pains are expected right? It started with knee scope in May,(the second scope on this knee in two years) went to a back fusion in June and found Breast Cancer in July. This time last year I was in my third round of chemo and as bald as a cue ball. My cancer was estrogen feed and fat has a lot of estrogen in it. Makes me so wish that I had done this 6 years ago when I first started looking into gastric bypass, maybe I wouldn't have gotten cancer. But I can't live backwards. I have had the surgery now because I will cut my chance of cancer reoccurrence by almost a third by getting to and maintaining a healthy weight. Let me tell you chemo sucks. I lost feeling in my hands and feet. luckily the hands came back but I still can't feel my feet. This could be permanent. Yes some days I don't like not being able to eat all I want, but on those days I stop and think how much I would love to feel my feet again, and not just the pain from the neuropathy. I stop and think that if I have to go through chemo again how much worse my feet could get and my hands would not be far behind. Is this surgery a big step? Hell yes, and you better be damn sure this is what you want. I can tell you this. I am 7 weeks out, 30 pounds down since my surgery, 58 total since I started this journey. The difference in my joints and energy is nothing short of amazing. You need to really know what you want in life. If you think loosing the weight will solve ALL your problems then you will need to do more research on it. It is only a tool to help you loose weight, nothing more nothing less. It is work. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, but if your ultimate goal is to get healthy and you have tried everything else, this is the way to go. I don't mean to scare anyone, I just want everyone considering this surgery and any other one like it to do the research. Know what your getting into, and I would still do it again.