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Even if they didn't take enough, they still took some. You shouldn't be gaining.

Not entirely accurate. It's possible to gain weight even with a correctly performed sleeve surgery. Eating habits still play a very important role in weight loss. It's possible to consume malts, milk shakes, fatty or buttery foods high in calories that slide through the sleeve more easily. It's also possible to keep eating as space becomes available. I had to watch for this during Christmas and Thanksgiving because the easily accessible food made it tempting to eat a little something every 30 minutes or so. Given the time during a day I could have easily consumed an entire pie as well as my dinner, especially if I avoided denser Proteins and stuck with just the high cal foods.

I have a bad habit of skipping logging when I know I've been bad. :)

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I watched a video of a plication procedure. If one of those sutures popped, she would most certainly feel it. It's not just a single layer of sutures, it's layer upon layer upon layer of the stomach folded in on itself and sutured closed. She would feel that and she would definitely KNOW.

This really just sounds like a case of a large sleeve and a patient that has to learn to manage that or look at a further procedure like the Duodenal Switch.

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I think a GI Floro Scan would be best to show not only size but how food and liquids pass through it

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Ha ha made you look...... AGAIN!!

Lol I've been sucked back in also

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Sheesh.. Noticed there was a response and I was actually hoping lalalady came to post an update

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Oops.. I mean, Ladiwobs

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Uh, I got the impression that she was DONE with posting on VST .... not sure if we'll ever know. Maybe she is still reading the thread and will give us an update....

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Uh' date=' I got the impression that she was DONE with posting on VST .... not sure if we'll ever know. Maybe she is still reading the thread and will give us an update....[/quote']

I know if I were her...I certainly wouldn't come back here. Everybody jumped on her like a pack of wild dogs.

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I know if I were her...I certainly wouldn't come back here. Everybody jumped on her like a pack of wild dogs.

Ditto.

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