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Dr Michael Miroshnik, he is located in Bondi, check him out on google, his work is amazing

yes, I will be a skype buddy, I think its a good thing to communicate with other sleevers, send me your skype addy Melissa

Hi Ann, I am from NSW too, I had my surgery 13th Feb 2014, My family were I wouldnt say against it but not for it either, they dont understand, simple as that and my mum was just being my mum. I am going into my 4th week post op, I have to say I have had a few hiccups and sometimes I miss eating too but I am 43 and yo yo dieting and exercising my ass off for the rest of my life just wasnt an option for me, I have too many co morbidities that needed addressing ASAP. I am grazing though, I am one of those that still feel hunger and still want to eat, I just cant eat that much at a time, so therefore I find an hour after I eat I am hungry again, Im still off work so I do think that once I go back to work this will settle down. My 19 year old daughter has joined a health fund and plans on doing this surgery herself next year and i will be there to support her when she does. This operation is an individual choice, no one can make this big decision for you. sometimes the pros of having this surgery outweigh the cons if you dont have it

I had my gastric sleeve surgery 6 days ago, I was naughty and didnt follow the pre op diet as I should have but I have lost 6.1 kg since the pico prep clean out the day before my surgery date, Im pretty chuffed about that I must say. I was pretty scared about doing this, in fact I was very scared, I took bikini pics front on, side on,( which no other eyes are ever gonna gaze upon) and whenever I had my doubts, I would look at them and think, hmmmm"nah Im good get me in there". The surgery itself was pretty gruelling for me, I suffered nausea so bad the nurses were running out of things to help me get through it and the waves of I believe "gas pain" that came over my upper abdomen on a regular basis were horrendous, 6 days later and Im still getting them although not as frequent and not as bad. I am having lots of trouble sleeping at night though because of it. so....apart from those couple of things the surgery went relatively smooth, I would be happy to hear from anyone else if they are feeling these waves of pain still, just to allay any fears I may have that Im, heaven forbid "leaking: or something. and....im pretty much over the liquid diet already too, I have another week of it before I can start puree food, and its funny that I am looking forward to that. I dont know about drinking 8 glasses of Water a day, or getting all this Protein in, I really dislike Protein shakes and I just wish they had protein pills packed with 60grams of protein a pop available to buy. another thing I have noticed is I still feel hungry at the moment especially when I cant sleep in bed, I ask myself if its head hunger and I truely think if I was able to eat a steak I would so it must be real hunger, other people have told me that they dont feel hungry at all and in fact have to remember to eat, maybe I am different, or maybe it will come when im eating more solid food rather than liquids. I would love to hear from anyone else that can shed some light on some of the feeling s I have been experiencing, that would be great. Melissa

Thankyou so much, I actually went to my GP today and had an ultrasound and bloodwork to check for annything amiss, the ultrasound was clear, what a relief, so I guess I just have to wait out these spasms and hope they dont last too much longer, words and prayers from afar are most encouraging, its nice to know we arent in this alone. Apart from the spasms i feel wonderful, the surgery itself is not painful, The diet, well lets just say I will be glad when I can eat normally again. I do feel hunger though and I am thinking about food...a lot, although im thinkng about it in healthy clean ways. what are people eating second week after surgery?