Yay I got my date for Sleeving

Thanks guys ,,,,,,Mel all that matters is that it going to happen for you how kool is that ........and Kate thanks xxxx tick tock i thinking at least i go to bali in March come home ......home a week then off to Sleeve land

Yahoo! A date- that's exciting! I got mine too but I have to wait for PHI to kick in so I've a little ways to go!
Congrats!

When a canular tissues it comes out of the vein so whatever is going through it is just going into tissue in your arm. My arm swelled up quite a bit and took a couple of weeks to go back down. I haven't had a band but from what I hear and have read on this forum the sleeve in the long term is a lot easier to live with.

Hi Kate.

Thanks for answering i keep telling myself it has to be worth it will what is with your cannula tissued what happened there and better still never herd of it what happens when that happen.

Pain pain pain you say when you eat to fast i must remember that one have been guilty of that with the band....look i know its the right thing to do thing i need to but after all the problems with the band im terrified but regardless im going with that xxx'


love reading all the stories on here chat soon Kimmi

i have done a ticker tracker just have to work it out to get it on here lol

At the start you can only sip small amounts and the majority of people find water the hardest to drink. It just hurts going down for some reason. Add some cordial/diet cordial or lemon juice to it and it is much easier to drink. I am 5 months out and I can't even remember when it started to be easier to drink more but you can eventually drink larger amounts. I still can't gulp water like I used to but I now take a bottle of water (with diet cordial in it) with me EVERYWHERE. I find fluid does fill me up but I can't speak for everyone of course. One of the golden rules is not to drink 30 minutes before you eat or for 30 minutes after you have eaten. I have stuck to this always and I can eat about 1/2 cup of food each meal, I have 3 meals a day and probably takes me 20 minutes to eat it. Sometimes when I'm not concentrating I eat too fast and that's not good. PAIN, PAIN, PAIN. You really have to learn to slow down your eating and chew every bite really well. I haven't been dehydrated but I am very careful to drink a lot of water everyday.

When I woke up from surgery I had my one and only WTF moment. I have had lots of surgeries, hysterectomy (2 ops), foot surgery (3 ops) caeserian and others and I won't lie this is the worst I have felt after surgery. I don't know why and the first 2 days were a struggle for me. Both my canulars tissued on the second day and once that was fixed I picked up so quickly and felt so much better. The pain wasn't really a huge thing more the feeling of just being hit by a bus...then a train....then a truck all at once. lol. But again, everyone is different and some people have experienced little to no pain. Maybe have a read of some diaries and see how other people felt.

You can ask as many questions as you want Kimmi, I really don't mind. The following link will help you with your tracker.

http://www.gastricsleevesupport.com/t1976-how-to-make-a-ticker-for-your-signature

Hi Kate,

Thankyou you are always so supportive, can i ask you a question can you still drink fluid like water and good amounts or does that fill you up to much......or you can only stomach small amounts at any time just wondering if you get dehydrated, and anything else you want to share,

also want to no how you felt when you woke up from surgery.........Im very inquisitive it must be pathology back ground lol that makes me so nosey hope to here from you soon


cheers Kimmi and Kate how do i get my ticker tracker on here

Congratulations on getting a date Kimmi, it will be here before you know it. I have never had a band and haven't really had anything to do with them at all but it sounds like the band failed you, not you failed the band. Good on you for wanting to get fitter and healthier before your sleeve op. You can do it and you will benefit from it. Good luck with everything.

Kate

Hello Peoples


OOOOO very happy...... and all of a sudden very scared... Excited as my band is out and after all the problems port breaking several times and band being replaced twice it came out 2 weeks ago..... Strangely after many years of it being in my life i have felt real sad that is gone evan after the trouble....i feel like i have failed terrible evan after losing good amount of weight still feel like a failure


When i first started this Journey at my heaviest i was 144 Kilos today im at 96 kilos, i have put on weight at lightest i got to was 81 kilos but struggled all the way there vomiting all the time fluid in fluid out nightmare really.

Today I saw Dr Watson who has said im suitable for Sleeving and has given me the Date booked in for 16th April 2012...... im First that day so i will be done about 7.00am in the morning seems like forever away yet,Im glad as i right now have to get my head around it, yet i feel venerable of getting fatter seems to consume my every thought

My desire to be thin or Classed as normal and not obese by doctors is like dream i know i can do this im just really scared about things going wrong so i have set myself a task to get evan fitter and take vitamins try to be as healthy as i can be between now and then. I read this web forum every day and im so envious of you all and your success and its all of you that inspire me to move forward and join your success so im going to now count down weekly to the day i start my new life

12 WEEKS TO MY SLEEVE

thankyou all for listening Kimmi