Newbie Advice

[wdama 1]

My husband and I have started the sleeve process. We have BCN and have to wait out the 6 months. My husband thinks that we should have the surgery around the same time.

My question is:

For those of you who have had the sleeve, do you think having the surgery within hours/days of each other is a good thing to do? How long was it before you started feeling better? He thinks we can be on the same eating schedule and that will allow us to help each other.

Thanks for any advice!

[*susan* 1,709]

It depends. Do you have young children at home who depend upon you for their care? If you do, then I wouldn't recommend if unless you have someone who can help provide for their needs while you recover. Otherwise, if it is just the two of you, or your kids are older, I would say go for it. You will be a great support system for one another and it will definitely be easier if you are both at the same stage of eating as well.

[MsK1972 112]

Hello & welcome to the process. I think it depends on the person, some people do awesome with minimal pain and hardly any issues. But I was very nauseas and gassy. My first few days was hard and I was very glad someone was able to take care of me. After the first few days everything else was pretty easy. My surgery was 10/30 and I've lost 34 lbs to date. I'm doing well with the exception of having a very hard time getting my Protein in. It's so yucky to me now where it wasn't pre-op. So I'm trying other things.

I think you and you hubby will be ok after the1st week or so as long as there are no complications.

Edited January 20, 2014 by MsK1972