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Hey everyone...I thought I'd share the rest of my sleeve story. So I was sleeved July 6, 2016. I thought I was doing well the first two weeks...until I went back to work. By then I was on the puree phase but barely taking that step forward. It started with chest pain, then left shoulder pain, then the vomiting of foam and sometimes bile...it was awful. After going back and forth to the hospital, my doctors decided ok no more anything through the mouth. Lol I was miserable for 3 weeks of getting nutrition through a catheter in my arm all because of a hernia repair that was keeping liquids from going down successfully. I did nothing wrong. Finally, I'm back to normal able to go on dates with my fiance, eat normally...well normally for us lol...and most important I published my first book! Life is good for me now that I'm over that discouraging hurdle. 3 weeks ago I was down 40lbs, I get weighed again in 2 1/2 weeks...I'm one of those people that refuse to get on the scale in case I get mad and throw it across the room lol. Ok that's enough rambling...have a great day everyone!

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Glad to hear you're on the mend and congrats on the book!! Much success!!

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So happy things are looking up again! Congrats and best wishes for continued good health.

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