Post Op Day 46
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 Posted in Bariatric surgery, Vertical gastrectomy, Vertical sleeve gastrectomy, Weight loss surgery results, weight loss surgery | No Comments »First of all, let me apologize for not writing sooner. I have been in a very deep depression-like funk. I have been suffering through a very strong overwhelming sense of buyer's remorse. I didn't feel that it was right to ...
Post-op day 35
Monday, April 19th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I am now 5 weeks from vertical gastrectomy surgery and I have broke my stall!!! YIPPEE!! The scale said 353.9 this morning. I have now lost 46.6 pounds. This is going slower than I or my doctor thought it would, ...
Post op day 23
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Today is 23 days since surgery. No change in the numbers on the scale yet. I saw the Dr. yesterday and he is pleased with my status. Healing well and progressing as I should be after the vertical sleeve gastrectomy. ...
Post op day 14
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I have reached the 2 week out mark and have lost a total of 13.6 pounds since weight loss surgery and a total of 39.6 pounds since consult day, 1/11/10. I am happy with my results and am looking forward ...
Post-op day 11
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I am still trucking along. Tolerating my fluids, meeting protein and fluid goals. Pain at the incision sites is almost non-existent. I still will have an occasional esophageal spasm when I take in too much, but happens only once to ...
Post-Op day 9
Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I stepped on the scale this morning and weighed 367.1 pounds. I weighed 374.6 on morning of surgery. I spent 2 nights in the hospital as I was having esophageal spasms and difficulty making me liquid intake requirements. I went home ...
*Patient blog-Introduction to Sharon’s journey
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Hi! My name is Sharon and my story started when I hit puberty. I was always a normal weight kid until I stated turning into a little lady; it was all down hill from there. Fast forward to high school where ...
Getting Back on Track
Saturday, August 8th, 2009 Posted in Duodenal switch, Exercise, LapBand, Protein and calories, Realize Band, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Vertical gastrectomy, Weight loss surgery results, surgical weight loss, weight loss plan, weight loss surgery | No Comments »Throughout the surgical weight loss process you’ve developed some great eating habits. Whether you have the LapBand, Realize Band, Vertical gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or the Duodenal switch, you’ve worked so hard to maintain them but whether you are months ...
FAQ: Information on leak tests
Friday, May 15th, 2009 Posted in Duodenal switch, Vertical gastrectomy, Vertical sleeve gastrectomy, weight loss surgery | No Comments »We have performed the vertical sleeve gastrectomy (vertical gastrectomy) in 1,300 patients and the duodenal switch in 900 patients, thus we have performed the sleeve gastrectomy procedure in over 2,000 patients since 1999. In November of 2006, after completing over ...
Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Update
Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Diabetes, Duodenal switch, LapBand, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, San Francisco weight loss center, Vertical gastrectomy, Vertical sleeve gastrectomy, weight loss surgery | No Comments »Last week was the Second Annual International Consensus Summit for Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (Vertical Gastrectomy) in Miami, Florida. Over 400 surgeons from around the world attended. There were three days of presentations and discussions. Summarized below are some interesting points ...