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Had the surgery yesterday. Still in the hospital. My surgeon said I had minimal scar tissue. Didn't take any pain meds and the pain is bearable. They still have me on ice chips, just waiting to switch to Water

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Oh and I found out my band had slightly slipped so now that's gone!!!

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That's terrific! Glad all went smoothly!

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How has your recovery been?

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Fine. No issues at all but my weight loss is very slow. Only 13 pounds the first month. It's depressing to read about all the others who have lost 20 or more the first month but I've always been a slow loser. I haven't really been exercising much either so that's my fault. Haven't had any trouble with food , stick to mostly Protein and veggies. Today for the first time I made a tuna melt in 1/2 a slice of a sandwich thin toasted. Had no problem getting it down and that's the first bread I ate

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Your doing well, dont worry about how much others lose .. My loss was slow in the beginning and i had my doc telling me my loss was slow compared to others however they had been only sleeved.. Not revised to sleeve, so to me he was comparing oranges to apples! From what i have read generally, revised to sleeve patients lose weight slower in the beginning then they catch up, and this is what's happening to me. Just a lil advice take your measurements at least once every couple of weeks, this will show you while weight isnt coming off the scales, that its possibly shifting. Just stay on the path and keep plugging away. It will start to come off :)

Wishing you every success with your weight loss journey xox

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I found it interesting, I went to the dog park the other day for the first time since the beginning of January and one of the regulars said " hey, you lost a lot of weight". I was surprised because I was bundled up in my winter coat, hat, scarf etc..( and only 13 pounds). I decided to get on the scale the next day and saw that I had lost 3 more pounds!! Today , almost 5 weeks post op I finally experienced what happens when you eat too fast ( celery w/peanut butter) I ran to the bathroom and started dry heaving ( that's what usually happened to me with the band)

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      Hey guys new to the process looking forward to this new life. 
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      over 20 lbs down since4 the pre surgery diet and surgery on the 14th
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      1. Selina333

        Yay!! Congrats. I know how good that feels. 🤩

    • Jenopolis

      Had a sleeve in 2017, lost over 100 pounds. Had a DS surgery this year (2025) for more sustainable weight loss. 🤞
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    • buildabetteranna

      The 14th was my day. I am home and recovery is going pretty smooth. They even let me walk out of the hospital. Picture of me in recovery curtesy of my boyfriend lol. 

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      1. DaisyChainOz

        Glad it went well!! Wishing you a speedy recovery and wonderful success!! 🤗

      2. buildabetteranna

        Thank you ❤️

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        Neat you have a pic of this day! I was sooo happy to get my surgery. It was well worth it! And I'm not even near my goal. I had surgery Dec. 2!

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