9Months & 2Weeks Post Op Update

[jasleeve 440]

****UPDATE****

i made this post yesterday. i weighed myself again and i am officially 115lbs down weighing 158! i started at 273! woot

hey guys!

i was sleeved dec 20th, 2011.

was diagnosed with a leak at 5wks post op.

i had threw up bile at week 3&4 & was sent for

a swallow test which showed a leak.

after being hospitalized & having a stent placed,

i became severly sick & didnt eat for almost 2 months!

after keeping the stent in for a month,

my tummy healed.

i am now a new person!!

i started my journey at 273lbs.

i weighed in this morning at 159lbs!

i am officially in the 150s!

114lbs down!

my goal is 135lbs.

i wear a size 6 in jeans but they are starting

to fit loose on me!

im getting a new tattoo that says,

"what doesnt kill you will only make you stronger."

inspired by my journey & lesssons!

[Nate 292]

Glad you healed up quickly! WTG on the loss. Happy all is well for you!

[Ready4success 380]

hey guys!

i was sleeved dec 20th' date=' 2011.

was diagnosed with a leak at 5wks post op.

i had threw up bile at week 3&4 & was sent for

a swallow test which showed a leak.

after being hospitalized & having a stent placed,

i became severly sick & didnt eat for almost 2 months!

after keeping the stent in for a month,

my tummy healed.

i am now a new person!!

i started my journey at 273lbs.

i weighed in this morning at 159lbs!

i am officially in the 150s!

114lbs down!

my goal is 135lbs.

i wear a size 6 in jeans but they are starting

to fit loose on me!

im getting a new tattoo that says,

"what doesnt kill you will only make you stronger."

inspired by my journey & lesssons!

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Wow! Congratulations! I hope to have the same success as you.

[Annie B 89]

Rough road for you, but congratulations on your perseverance and accomplishment!!

[jasleeve 440]

Glad you healed up quickly! WTG on the loss. Happy all is well for you!

thank you!

[jasleeve 440]

Rough road for you, but congratulations on your perseverance and accomplishment!!

thank you love!

[jasleeve 440]

Wow! Congratulations! I hope to have the same success as you.

thank you! & you will

[ashleyxx 277]

So sorry to hear about the leak,but glad to hear you are doing so much better! Congrats on the weight loss, Im sure you will get to goal in no time

[Lisa's Hope 421]

Congratulations Jasleeve! You have been through so much and you deserve this!! So happy for you! Would love to see the new you though.

[Territravel 217]

Sorry you had such a rough start. Congrats on the size 6!!!

[buffythefatslayer 66]

How did you know you had a leak? Did it do any serious internal damage?

[Pookeyism 1,143]

Congradulations to you! Size 6 is tiny!

So for me:

Surgery went ok.

My Mom died a week later. She did not know I had the surgery.

I flew home, cried and barely drank anything much less eat. Flew home because I was very, very ill. Complications set in on the fight home. They persisted for weeks and were more serious than I even admitted here.

Slowly healed, mentally between my Mom (which would be enough) and the fact that I can't seem to "see" my size (I have been asked to point my body size out, and I select people size 18-20 ish) it has been a struggle but I get through, and I do so much more than that, it is not just a dicotomy, it is my most epic time yet. As Billy would have said "this is my time on the edge".

Back into biking, yoga, acro-yoga, swordsmanship, LARPing, Swimming, Archery, contact juggling, devil sticks, climbing trees, spelunking - and seeing the look on one of my best friends face as she handed me a tshirt from her vacation "medium" it said on the collar - and it fit.

Nine months, wow, I wonder what it will be like this time next year...

[ln414664 0]

I'm glad to hear you guys have had success with your surgeries, but I'm quite frustrated with my sleeve surgery outcome. I had my surgery April 24, 2012 and have only lost 41 lbs. This recent month that just passed I only lost 5 lbs. and I'm killing myself with keeping the diet and exercising. A couple years ago when I use to diet and exercise I would be able to drop 15 to 20 lbs like nothing in a month and I feel that now that I've had the surgery I should be able to drop weight quicker, but it's not happening for me. Do you guys think there's is something wrong with me? My brother had the same surgery I did and in 5 months had dropped 125 lbs. I don't know why my goal seems to stay stuck.

[Wildflower 35]

I have heard a lot of people say its about the weight and BMI - people with a lower weight and BMI seem to loose less at the start ? I am 60 lbs lost and had my surgery July 19th. But some of the girls with me have only lost 30 or so but were much smaller than I was

[Pookeyism 1,143]

I have only lost about 70 post op. But I went from a size 26-24 to a size 14. Body types and experiences vary. Don't push yourself.

The important thing is you hav a tool to not just lose but MAINTAIN what you lose. If you only lose 3 lbs a month, you will have lost an additional 36 lbs in a year, and keep it off...

Good luck, I think you are doing well.