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[susanfaye 162]

Thanks everyone for the advice and sharing your thoughts and stories' date=' it means alot to me. I guess im just so lost feeling now that she brought up the sleeve and I've tried to do research on the internet but you never know what you can believe on there. When I first started this journey I was told by a dietician that ran the informational session that the sleeve was for very large people that were 400 or more pounds...so for me it was not an option. My surgeon actually rolled her eyes when I told her that and was mad that the weight management center is telling people that. I feel like I absolutely need this surgery but im scared...im so young and I feel like not a lot of people my age are doing this and its scary. Can someone answer a few questions for me maybe? Can you take excedrin Migraine when you have sleeve done? Bc I know with rny u can't and I have horrible Migraines. Also, what is the average amount of weight loss per week? Do you absorb nutrients with the sleeve ..like with the rny you don't absorb very much. Last question....can someone tell me what the surgery process is like? And how painful is it? For the women out there that have had a csection...is it that painful? Because alot of people I've talked to said its as bad as having a csection and let me tell ya...I thought I was gunna die after my csection lol. But....I don't tolerate pain very well. Sorry im asking so many questions...im just super crammed for time to make a decision. Thanks so much again![/quote']

Never such thing as arming yourself with too much information! You just have to wade through and see what applies to you. I have had three c-sections and for me the sleeve isn't in the same ballpark pain wise. There is pain, don't get me wrong, you just are not cut from stem to stern! I went to a seminar that covered all three surgeries with the intention of having the band. At the seminar I changed my mind to the sleeve immediately. RNY was never an option for me as I didn't like the long term malnutition. The band proved to be far more unreliable than I had heard and I didn't like the posibility of having to remove it at some point. Good luck to you!

[nurseghana 167]

Hello my name is vera chicago will be sleeved 2/13 in mexico