sassyxxkathy

Why do you think that regular sleeve "forces you to comply more than the ESG"? Do you just mean that the requirements pre-surgery are so stringent (per insurance)? I did a lot of research deciding on ESG. Post-procedure requirements are almost identical. But ESG was SO much easier and I had virtually no recovery time. So don't talk people out of it, it is often the way to go. Only downside is that insurance isn't covering it--yet.

Why on earth would you have to be on a liquid diet for 4 weeks? I was on a clear liquid for a few days, then full liquid until two weeks out, and I found that to be torture! Congrats on sticking to it!

Hi, had ESG 6/29 and although it went very smoothly and I feel great, I have been crabby about liquid diet. I have been HUNGRY. I tried to find research about the healing process and justification for the full liquid diet for 2 weeks after ESG, but can't find anything at all. It just seems as though we are following more or less the same protocol as post-bariatric surgery, although I think the trauma to the stomach and healing period should call for something significantly less drastic. Especially since I am doing so well. Nonetheless, I have stuck with it, with the exception of allowing myself some hummus. I've lost a modest 8 pounds, but who wouldn't with no food and about 500 calories a day for 16 days! Now, my big concern is that of course I will gain weight after switching to a soft diet even if I follow it precisely, which will really be demoralizing. It's all had me rather irritable and I'm so curious to know others' experiences along this line.

No cutting, no stomach removal. Not head hunger; it was stomach growling hunger. I know that there is an issue with ESG not removing gherlin producing portion of stomach.

flew in wed, came back home to Ann Arbor thurs.

Funny, I just had my procedure at Silhouette Clinic in Germantown, MD. I'm from Michigan.