Karmamumma

Hi everyone,
I am 9 days post op gastric sleeve. All going well so far other than a bit of dehydration which was sorted with several bags of fluid overnight in hospital. I have a tendency to overdo things and not rest enough. After having a band in for 9 years, I had it removed a year ago. It seemed to work well until I developed food aversions after having gastritis during the 8th year. I was relatively disciplined for first 8 years but the last year I felt sick and uncomfortable with the band, lots of reflux. After having the band removed a year ago I put on 22 kg with no stopping in sight. Ended up on blood pressure tablets, insulin resistant and aches and pains. I ate healthy but never seemed to feel full, hence overate. As I am a gastric sleeve revision, my surgery was very complicated and took longer than a normal gastric sleeve. I had severe adhesions that had to be removed first which had attached themselves to everything. These were caused by the band. I have no regrets other than I wish I had had the sleeve done originally and never the band (personally). I have lost 10 kg since stating the optifast diet 3 weeks ago (two weeks before op) and am looking forward to reading and learning from you all. I found this forum after searching on web. Love to hear from anyone else. Nessa :-)