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The program took me about 1 full year with the supervised diet, classes, and whatnot.

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Rjs, your situation was not the type of thing I was referring to, I apologize if my comment offended you. I was referring to stretching or pulling the stitches, which I think would take effort because it would be painful. Although, I'm not sure how you know what I think about ulcers and wls, I am pretty well aware of the risk and the reasons why caffeine, NSAIDS, and tobacco are not allowed. Again, you're situation was not what I was referring to, I understand that you were struggling with a rare event, and not everyone is going to logically anticipate those rare events, so kind of unfair for you to hold it against me that I didn't include it in my response.

From what I've seen, it is possible in the first 8ish weeks while you are healing. Once the scar tissue has formed over the cut area then the risk is diminished. However, over eating might increase that risk after that point, but I think that would take some serious effort.

I suppose I am just looking for some feedback. For the last few days I have been getting belly aches and feeling very tired every time I eat. I am 17 days postop and eating soft and mushy foods. Since I had the band previously, I know my soft foods and how to fully chew, so I don't think that is the issue. I don't have any pain, it's just achy like mild nausea. I am eating very slow, and I have noticed that I really just put the spoon down and stop rather than a full feeling so I don't think it's an over stuffing issue, and I hardly eat 2-3 tbsp of foods at this point. Any ideas? I have noticed that it's more common and worse if I eat eggs, so I just don't eat them. I'm just confused, not sure if this is supposed to be common or not. I know I've heard that nausea is expected, but it wasn't that bad until I started soft foods, had a little nausea with dairy while I was on full liquids but not like it is now. Any one else having this issue?

Oh that's too bad. My doc told me that I had to empty the band and the insurance would want to have some indication that I would not be able to maintain weight loss without restriction, so when I gained 15lbs with an empty band I was approved without issue. I sure hope it works out for you!

Congrats! Such a milestone!

I only had my band in 1 year. When it got too tight and I was throwing up every time I ate something it slipped, starting at about 6 months out, it slipped 4 times over the following 6 months before I had the revision. now, my revision was paid by insurance because of the slipping, and I don't know that your case would be the same, but if it's something you don't want, you should talk to your surgeon about removal and revision.

I don't know about too much, but it's more than I can eat. My post op diet has me starting soft foods this week as well, I can barely eat half an egg, and I feel stuffed on a whole string cheese. But, I'm also only 2 weeks postop as well, was sleeved 10/16. I believe the point is that you feel full after less food, I remember being able to sit and eat 3 or 4 tv dinners in a single meal, so I would call satisfaction from 1 an accomplishment...

There are a ton of factors involved in answering this. For the band, I went home the same day, was only in the hospital a couple hours for the surgery itself, then came home to my daughter and my cat. I slept while she was in school and was up and about when she was home, but she was 7 and I didn't have to drive to get her to school or anything. Pain can be bad, I had 3 refills on my pain meds and used them all, but you are the only person who is going to know what you can stand and what you can handle. By the end of the first week to 10 days, I felt almost fully healed up, so it does go fast. Sleeve was a bit different, I stayed 1 night in the hospital then 2 days at my mom's house so she could help with my daughter. By the 3rd day I was tired of being told to go lay down n heal so I went home to do it on my own. Most of the pain passed quickly, but I had pretty serious gas pains and I still get a little sore now and again 13 days postop. The hardest difference has been the diet, because being up and about is hard when you are on Clear liquids, but is much easier on full liquids because you have something in your system.

Yes port pain can happen because when you eat too much to fast it can force the saline in your band back through the tube to the port and put pressure on your abdominal muscles. With the band, I was very careful with pasta, and never ate bread, because sometimes the band will let it through and you get that pain, and sometimes it's forced back up and vomiting puts you at risk for a slip. It can be difficult since you still have your whole stomach screaming "feed me Seymour" but you really have to pace yourself and select foods that are not likely to get stuck.

That sounds like you are a bit too tight if you can't get anything but soft foods down. You might want to talk to your doc about going down to about 6.5ish. When I had my band, I couldn't go over 4.8cc without having terrible heartburn and not being able to eat solid food. You have to be careful because if you stay too tight you are at risk for a slip and those and very much not fun.

I have a similar issue, I don't have a lot to leave to my daughter, but I did add a stipulation to my will that my preference for guardianship was to my sister because my daughter doesn't really know her dad and there are reasons why I left him that she should not have to grow up around. If something does happen, that document is given a lot of weight in a court hearing for guardianship. It might help calm you just to have that statement prepared.

After everything was done, it took a couple weeks to get on the surgeon's schedule for me. The whole process for the band took about 8 months, my revision to sleeve was only about 1 month. So I would guess at this point, it depends on how booked out your surgeon is.

It sounds like you have a lot going on rosebud, what do you need to hear? I know when I start getting down on myself I wander around people I love waiting for someone to say a relatively specific phrase, to notice something different I'm doing, or to make a specific offer. I'm sure everyone here knows the ideal way they would react, but what is it that you need?

My postop diet includes whatever flavors I feel the need to use outside of sugar on week 1, no pulp or chunks, but strained lemon juice is on my list.

No, I mean restricted as in I will have the open ability to still enjoy a variety of foods. While I do not crave bread, and have not for quite some time, I like the idea that I may be able to use it as a binder in meatballs, a food item that I was not able to eat with the band. Please do not make this topic into a debate or address me like a newbie, both are condescending. I can express that I am excited about the still open variety of food items, and still identify that there are items that will now be available to me to eat which were not possible with the band. If you haven't had both, you probably can't understand...

The sleeve is a restrictive surgery. I just had a revision from band to sleeve, I see the limitations as restriction. With the band, I could not eat anything thick, or it would get stuck and would come back up, my body would not allow me to consume it, restriction. I am not new to wls, as I lived with the band before my sleeve. My point is that I should be able to physically eat more items than I could with the band, less restrictions. But thank you for your insights as well.

Graham elliot from master chef is very open about his VSG. I love that because he is a foodie and a chef and is doing fine after surgery. Let's me know that I won't be too terribly restricted after I heal up.

I'm a single mom too, you worry because it's part of your job as a sole caregiver. I was terrified of complications from surgery, I was terrified to take a 2 day vacation to Vegas with my sister with my mom watching my daughter... when you get used to being the one person who has to be there when something happens, it's natural to be afraid of the risks of something happening. I'm not saying it's something you should do, but what I did that helped a tiny bit was to make sure my affairs were in order before the surgery, I drafted advanced directives and a will and let me family know that I did not think something would happen, but if it did I wanted certain things for my kid. Of course nothing happened with the surgery, all went perfectly fine. And there is far more risk in being overweight than in the surgery itself, but this is certainly a time when you should utilize any supports that you have and talk to them about your concerns and how they might be able to help or step in where needed.

The difference between band issues and gallbladder is the side of your abdomin. Left side is band, right side is gallbladder. I dealt with slips for 6 months before I had my band removed, it's different each time and for different people, but I always felt pressure when I ate, and I couldn't feel sated, was always hungry, but also horrible reflux and waking up in the middle of the night coughing because of reflux. Hope this helps.

I have pcos, and was banded last year with a revision to sleeve this year. With the band, some of my symptoms subsided, my blood sugar dropped so I was no longer at risk for diabetes. I still did not have periods, and the acne was still a little bit of an issue, and I never had the excess hair problem, but I did see relief in the one issue that concerned me the most, which was the blood sugar. The weight loss gets a lot easier than regular diet alone since you can eat less food it messes with your hormones and it falls off in spurts, though the gym is still necessary. I am hoping to see more improvements in my symptoms from the sleeve.