July Sleeve

[newmeinfla 92]

My was just last week , it was mandatory to do it before the 3 months mark and after 2months.

Thanks my dr. nor his office has said anything so will ask at my next appt in 2 weeks. Thanks.

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[thatch 377]

My three month appointment is today so I get to see what my bloodwork says. I had a cold for a couple of weeks and missed some Vitamins. Down almost 50 pounds and feeling great though!

[Leanbean 15]

My MD requires blood work at 3 months as well to check for deficiencies, etc. My appt. is next week, so fingers crossed. Sometimes I don’t get all my Vitamins in but trying to eat healthy so hoping for the best.

[newmeinfla 92]

Contacted my dr office they do blood work at 6 month and 1 year.

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[Letsgetgoing2018 448]

3 minutes ago, newmeinfla said:

Contacted my dr office they do blood work at 6 month and 1 year.

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Yes. Mine does bloodwork at 6 mos as well.

[Frustr8 7,886]

Mine does 3, 6 and a year, more often if valid reason. So I should have December, March and September 2019.

[J San 1,071]

Had a follow up with the surgeon last Thursday to go over blood work and this morning with my PCP for the same. Cholesterol was slightly high but I havn't taken meds for it since a couple of weeks after surgery. PCP told me today I don't have to take anymore BP meds and she dropped one of my blood pressure meds. Go back to her in a month and hopefully she'll take me off the 2nd BP med. Shitty part is now that my gut is going down she noticed a 2nd hernia. So now umbilical and abdominal hernias. With the weight loss the damn things have started bothering almost all day long. Apparently my fat was holding them in place so I had hardly any pain before. My surgeon wants to wait until I lose more of my belly fat to repair them, so no relief for some time.

[mikerobe 18]

Starting weight in Jan 302. Sleeved July 31st weighed 277. Just over 2 months from surgery down to 225. 52lbs! 77 lbs since January.

[Letsgetgoing2018 448]

Do any of you July sleevers have Hair loss? Mine just started falling out. 😞

[lviz 6]

5 minutes ago, Letsgetgoing2018 said:

Do any of you July sleevers have Hair loss? Mine just started falling out. 😞

YES. In droves. I didn't have a ton of it to begin with sooooo.... I'm def going to have to get in and get it cut short. It is/was very long, and curly, so it looks to be thick, but is actually pretty thin. I think I've lost about half of it. Loosing more hair than weight. :(.

[Letsgetgoing2018 448]

3 minutes ago, lviz said:

YES. In droves. I didn't have a ton of it to begin with sooooo.... I'm def going to have to get in and get it cut short. It is/was very long, and curly, so it looks to be thick, but is actually pretty thin. I think I've lost about half of it. Loosing more hair than weight. :(.

Awwwww. Darn. Have you had labs drawn to see if you have any Vitamin deficiencies yet? I don’t get my major labs drawn for another couple months.

[lviz 6]

58 minutes ago, Letsgetgoing2018 said:

Awwwww. Darn. Have you had labs drawn to see if you have any Vitamin deficiencies yet? I don’t get my major labs drawn for another couple months.

Not yet 😞. I’m failing myself with this surgery ( or working out at all, not eating as good as I could) and honestly, I’m embarrassed to go see my dr 😭

[Letsgetgoing2018 448]

17 minutes ago, lviz said:

Not yet 😞. I’m failing myself with this surgery ( or working out at all, not eating as good as I could) and honestly, I’m embarrassed to go see my dr 😭

Try not to be too hard on yourself. I’ve cheated quite a bit. I don’t exercise nearly as much as I should. I’m tired all the time. Now losing hair. I’m a little nervous to see doctor on the 24th as well. We will be ok. Moving forward. Tomorrow is another day to get it right.

[nibble 201]

Ditto - July 17 and down 49 lbs. It is just amazing, trying to recall when I last weighed this amount - years and years and years. So grateful. So very Grateful.

[libbyleeb 97]

We’re all so similar! Sleeve done on July 3 and I am down 56 pounds including Pre-op. I had my 3 month follow-up/nutrition check last week and am waiting to hear back. I was afraid that I was losing too slowly (comparing myself to some people here) but my NP said I was doing great.