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Comment on Gastric Sleeve Surgery – pros, cons, guidelines by Anita

Anita — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:55:08 +0000

Hi Tennille. I hope everything has continued to go well since your surgery. Please update us with your progress, and in particular with what you can eat and how much. Also an indication of how much weight you have lost would be good. Thanks Anita

Comment on Gastric Sleeve Surgery – pros, cons, guidelines by Anita

Anita — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:52:16 +0000

Pia. How did your operation go? Would you like to post a comment on how you have coped and what you have experienced for others to read. thankyou. Anita

Comment on Gastric Sleeve Surgery – pros, cons, guidelines by Anita

Anita — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:51:22 +0000

Hi Elizabeth. I forgot to reply to you. I spoke to a bariatric surgeon. They suck it out. The 85% of stomach they remove, is removed FOREVER!! Anita

Comment on Gastric Sleeve Surgery – pros, cons, guidelines by Anita

Anita — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:49:18 +0000

Hi Lisa. How did your gastric sleeve surgery go? I am sure the readers, as well as me, will be interested to hear. I am updating the outcome of the case study I did and will add a few more over the coming weeks. I hope it all went well. Happy New Year. Anita

Comment on Gastric Sleeve Surgery – pros, cons, guidelines by Anita

Anita — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:46:49 +0000

Hi Kelly. Remember it is not our weight that upsets us but the meaning we give it. As many of my clients have discovered, you are the same person at 70kgs as you are at 150kgs! Your comment indicates that you indeed have the capacity and tenacity to lose weight and exercise having lost 12kgs in the past and attended gym. Your problem area, like most people, is keeping your weight off and maintaining healthy lifestyle behaviours like exercise. From what you say, you relapse during times of stress. If instead of eating during crises you took up non-food related coping activities such as yoga, exercise, writing or talking to a friend, you could learn to keep your weight off in the least financially expensive, but personally enriching way possible. Why surgery works is “it removes your choice”; you simply physically cannot overeat or you will vomit! Ultimately the choice of how you lose weight is up to you. You know you best. If you take the surgery route ensure you research not just the procedures but the people conducting them. Warm Regards Anita.

Comment on Gastric Sleeve Surgery – pros, cons, guidelines by Anita

Anita — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:37:09 +0000

I will be updating the case study I started on a person who had the sleeve surgery and provide her before and after shots. While the before and after photos confirm a radical change to how she looks (she has lost 60+ kgs) there are still long term considerations to consider including the fact that your nutrient intake will be permanently limited by the small amount of food you can eat, and you can still cheat! While my case study Jenny provides an example of a positive outcome their are still cases that have had negative outcomes which I will also include as cases at a later date. While your health will benefit greatly by the weight loss created by the sleeve surgery don’t forget that your healthy life can start right now. Best wishes. Anita

Comment on Gastric Sleeve Surgery – pros, cons, guidelines by D

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:22:09 +0000

I am scheduled for the sleeve in Feb 2012 along with a girlfriend. We have tried every diet and were unsuccessful. The research I did is why I chose the sleeve. Didn’t want a band due to object inside my body and hate needles, the bi-pass grossed me out knowing parts would be hanging out and redirected. Really excited to get back to a healthy life…

Comment on Gastric Sleeve Surgery – pros, cons, guidelines by Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:21:33 +0000

I have just read this page from top to bottom with tears in my eyes. I have been very over weight since i had my first baby 8 years ago and have struggled with loosing it ever since! i can not even write my weight down here… im too embarressed. This is the first time i have looked into weight loss operations and for the first time in years i feel like there might be a way for me to get my life back!! I have dieted and gone to the gym, lost 12 kg or more then something happens and i fall into a downwards emotional spiral and i end up stacking on more weight than i lost. How or where can i get more infrmation on proceeding to book in for this procedure (of course i will be researching it non stop online but i want to speak to a doctor about it)

Comment on Gastric Sleeve Surgery – pros, cons, guidelines by Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:44:29 +0000

Hi all, I’m 39, female and live in Australia. I had lapband surgery in september 2007 and then had the lapband removed in september 2011 and on the 10th november 2011 had gastric sleeving. My band and I were only friends for the first 6 months of those 4 years of living inside me. I have tried all of the diets out there and used reductil and duramine, rotating monthly for 2 years and lost 80kgs for the lead up to having the band and then only lost 10kgs with the band. I was once well and truly over 220kgs (in 2005) and started my sleeve journey weighing 150kgs. I don’t regret having the band, as I would never have known if it worked or not, I regret the 4 years of pain I had from it and the massive vitamin deficiency that I have now and hope to start rebuilding the vitamins now. I was unable to eat meat and veges with my band and so I look forward to being able to eat these and also sit with my family and eat a meal without hopefully spending all my time in the toilet, wasting food, as my mother calls it. I really look forward to the next part of my journey as there is no going back now!

Comment on Gastric Sleeve Surgery – pros, cons, guidelines by Tennille

Tennille — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:12:28 +0000

Hi well i had my opp last Wednesday 12th october and came home Saturday 15th october. The day i came out of having the opp i was very uncomftable but not so much the pain but all the air they fill you up with when they operate it just give me a very blotted feeling and made my back sore i also had a tube up my nose that went down to my tummy to drain all the mess out only over night and that made my throat very sore for about 3-4 days, other then that i didnt have much pain at all like soreness in my tummy. That soreness pretty much went away by friday and i just felt very weak and jelly legged and am still a little bit like that now i have been having clear soups since friday lunch time and that made me feel a little stronger but not enough to run a marathon. lol. im still just trying to drink lots of water and im having black tea and apple juice as well the apple juice gives me a little change. If i sip the fluid to fast it will give me a tight feeling in my chest and a little sharp pain in the stomach area for a few seconds then go away other then that i cant wait until i feel 100% and start getting some of my weight off… Thanks for listening.