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HI THERE, SO I AM ALMOST 1 YR POST OP AND ONLY 48-50 LBS DOWN. NOT CLOSE TO MY GOAL AND ACCORDING TO MY BARIATRIC DR, MY SUGERY IS A FAILURE. MY SURGERY WAS DONE IN HONOLULU HAWAII BY AN DIFFERENT SURGEON. I NEVER HAD A POST OP VISIT SO THIS MEETING LAST WEEK WAS MY FIRST POST OP APPT. THE DR THINKS MY SLEEVE MAY BE TOO BIG BECAUSE I'M DOING EVERTHING ELSE RIGHT... I'M DESPERATE TO KNOW IF IT WAS ME THAT WAS THE FAILURE OR THE SURGEON WHOM MADE MY SLEEVE TOO BIG.... HAD AN UPPER GI MONDAY AND HAVE RESULTS BUT NO DR CALL YET... CAN ANYBODY DECIFER THIS? HE WAS DOING THIS TO SEE THE SLEEVE AND TO GET INSIGHT IN TO HTE SIZE. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ING THE RAD REPORT THAT GIVES A HINT EITHER WAY. HERE IS WHAT I HAVE FROM THE RADIOLOLGIST REPORT: NarrativeCLINICAL INDICATION: patient with h/o sleeve gastrectomy May 2014, poor weight loss despite adequate activity, need to eval size of sleeve and emptying EXAM: UPPER GI WITH KUB COMPARISON: None Technical factors: Patient consumed barium in a standing AP and oblique projection. Recumbent demonstration was performed. Fluoroscopic observation and numerous overhead static images were obtained. One minute of fluoroscopy time utilized. FINDINGS: The swallowing mechanism is intact. Esophageal motility is normal. No detected hiatal hernia nor gastroesophageal reflux. There does appear to be mild circumferential narrowing of the body of the stomach. No focal mucosal abnormality. No contrast extravasation. Duodenal bulb and loop are normal. In the proceeding satisfactorily. ImpressionIMPRESSION: 1. Mild circumferential narrowing of the mid body 2. No contrast extravasation mass inflammatory change or delay in gastric emptying noted 3. No esophageal abnormality Component ResultsThere is no component information for this result. General Information Collected:03/23/2015 8:30 AM Resulted:03/23/2015 9:45 AM Ordered By:William Van Rice, MD Result Status:Final result This test result has been released by an automatic process. ANYONE SEE ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HINT TOWARDS A NORMAL SLEEVE OR ABNORMAL SLEEVE OR IT'S TOO BIG! LOL I'M DESPERATE. THIS IS THE DEFINING REPORT THAT TELLS ME WHY I'M NOT LOSING AS I SHOULD. I'VE WORKED SO HARD AND SO LONG AND THIS DR IS TAKING FOREVER TO CALL BACK! LOL

I just got the call from the new bariatric surgeon's nurse! My sleeve IS too big and will require a revision if I wish to do so! So I'm meeting with the dietician to stay on point and from there we will have a follow up appt to discuss next steps! Again thank you all for your kind words and support. I'm working on getting the surgical medical records for this DR to see now and I'll keep you all updated.

Didn't make the flight to Honolulu for followup. It was a mess. I was living in Kona and the main hospital and all the Specialists were in Honolulu. I had to fly back and forth, the day of my followup happened to be a busy day at the Kona airport and I was in the security line for over 3 hrs. Usually it takes 5 mins to get through but this day was just not a good one. I was scheduled for the next flight but the Dr's office said they couldn't see me even if I got there. So I tried to reschedule and got a ton of run around. It was Aug when I moved back here to NM aka the mainland. The whole system in Hawaii was really fustrating with communication since we were on different islands... I had the people in my local support group and no complications thank God, so I just went with it. It wasn't until now that I'm a yr out almost and my fellow gastric surgery companions are posting thier weight loss pics and such that I'm feeling really left behind. So I found our Dr here at the hospital where I work and thank goodness he agreed to take me on. Really I feel so much better now that I have a MD! lol Thank you all for your repsonses and supportive comments! I'll keep you informed! Lots of great info! I do not eat Lean Cuisines lol btw, I have eaten them in the past and when using a reference for potions I can eat that was the first that came to mind.

I'm currently eating 12-1300 cals a day... I can eat about 1 Lean Cuisine serving size easily. I work out 5-6 times a week for at least 30 mins. Training currently for a 10K. I'm a wellness ambassador at work to keep me on point and accountable as well as helping others. I get 50-70g of protien/day... I'm following the bible I got from my surgery program in Hawaii from Kaiser. I don't eat bread, rice or Pasta at all. No sodas, very little caffine and a ton of Water daily. I keep a journal and am working with a dietician too. I'm 34 and was told I should have lost 85-99 lbs from the MD I saw here in NM. He threw a lot of #s at me to get to that amt but he'd expect this from his patient with my presentation of size. I would love to be under 200 lbs. I've lost this 50 lbs like 5 times in the last 5 yrs... I would love to hit 150-160 and would feel good I think. I just want to run! I want run Boston. I've run NY and Chicago full marathons at 230 and 250 lbs... It took almost 8 hrs to complete them and I need to be way faster to do Boston. That's one of my goals. I don't have goals of pant size or bikinis I want to DO things:)

Thanks for the responses... I was thinking the same thing! This says nothing. The one thing that stuck out is that it states "mild narrowing"... I would think that it would more than mild?? Either way I am healthy so that is a great thing:) I'm just continuing with the program and hope that I will lose again. I stopped at about 5 months our. I have been super frustrated but now that I finally can see somebody again I'm excited and thankful. If it's too big, yes the MD said he'd be open to a revision. Not sure I want that but I'm willing to look at it as an option. PS starting weight at time of surgery was about 260 lbs?