Has anyone gottten gastric sleeve surgery, or know someone who has? What was your experience?

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I have. And it’s the best decision that I have ever made. No issues and I’m down 100ibs. 13.6 pounds away from my goal weight. This August 10, 2022 will make me 1 year post op. I’m 5’4” female and my highest was 245 pounds, currently 148 and goal is 135 pounds. Please make sure that you do your research, and make sure you are ready, as it’s a complete change. I work out daily and follow my nutritionist guidelines. This is not an easy surgery and I intend to follow the lifestyle to a tea forever. One of the trippy things that you have to get used to is head hunger, because you are used to eating larger portions and then your cut down to only 4oz. Your stomach is definitely full but your mind says “no, you barely eaten anything, eat some more”. That’s something that you just have to learn to control. There is also the 2 weeks liquid diet for pre op. Then after surgery your on liquids for another 2 weeks or 1 month (I don’t remember exactly).. I have heard stories of people right after surgery eating and wound up in the emergency room. So, make sure you are ready. There are also a bunch of exams that you have yo pass, before your approved for surgery. Exams include psychological, cardiovascular test, gastrointestinal test, pulmonary test and a few others I don’t really remember. Let me know if you have any other questions. Also, I made my decision and kept it to myself, only my mother and sisters know. I did not want to hear anyones opinions about this being the easy way out, as it is not. Yes, surgery definitely helps, but it’s not all surgery, you still have to put in the work. Also you have to take bariatric multivitamins for the rest of your life and calcium. I hope that helps, let me know if you have anymore questions.

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