sleevegreat

I AM 63 YEARS OF AGE AND HAVE BEEN BATTLING A WEIGHT PROBLEM SINCE THE 4TH GRADE, DIETING OFF AND ON MY WHOLE LIFE. IN 2009, I WAS SO PRIVLEDEGED TO HAVE THE LAPBAND SURGERY BUT OVER A PERIOD OF 4 YEARS I JUST CONT. TO HAVE PROBLEMS. THE SURGEON TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE IT TAKEN OUT BUT I WANTED TO TRY TO CONT. TO WORK WITH IT. FINALLY IN 2013, I HAD IT TAKEN OUT AND HAD THE SLEEVE SURGERY. I CAN NOT BE MORE PLEASED. HIGHEST WEIGHT IN 2006 WAS 264 LBS., IN 2009, DAY OF LAPBAND SURGERY, I WEIGHTED 244. I NOW WEIGH 175. I NEED TO GET TO `140, BUT I FEEL GREAT, I CAN WORK HARDER AND FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME, IT WAS A TOUGH DECESSION TO HAVE MY STOMACH CUT AWAY AND THROWN AWAY, BUT IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL JOURNEY AND I WOULD DO IT AGAIN TODAY.

SLLEEVEGOOD: WHAT IS PLICATION? I HAD A LAPBAND FOR 4 YEARS, DID VERY WELL AT FIRST, THEN AFTER 6 MONTHS STARTED HAVING SEVERE PROBLEMS. HAD THE SLEEVE IN 2013 AND DOING GREAT. MY SON HAS THE LAPBAND BUT NOT LOOSING WEIGHT, BUT GAINING, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL HIM ABOUT THE PLICATION.

I WAS ON A VERY STRICT DIET FOR 8 WEEKS AND BELIEVE ME I STUCK RIGHT TO IT DUE TO food GETTING INTO THE STITCHES WHICH COULD CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS. I DID NOT FIND IT HARD BECAUSE I WAS NOT HUNGREY. I WAS GLAD TO DO IT. TRY NOT TO START EATING LOTS OF HIGH CARBS AND SWEETS NO MATTER HOW LONG AFTER SURGERY. YOU CAN STRETCH YOUR STOMACH AND YOU WILL BEGAN TO GET HUNGRY AGAIN. IT WONDERFUL NOT TO FEEL HUNGRY. BEST WISHES WITH THIS.