dange25

Greetings!

Yes, I am an RN and I absolutely would have bypassed the band had I known more about the sleeve. Like the band, the sleeve is a restrictive surgery. There is no malabsorption like with DS and bypass because your intestines are not touched (nutrients are absorbed in the intestinal tract). I take the same vitamins I always have and just added a vitamin at night.

Once you go to solids, you take in more calories. I am eating between 700-1100 calories a day and average @ 800-900/day. I feel this surgery will allow me to get to goal and stay there but, for now, I'm taking it week by week. Traveling is no porblem. I traveled to and from Mexico alone.