Hey Everyone,

I had my band to sleeve revision last Wednesday 6/27 weighing in at 301 which is a 51 pound gain from the lowest weight I ever was with the band. I was released from the hospital late evening Friday 6/29. I had a few rough nights once I got home, Sunday was the worst day out of them all. I hadn't had a BM since the morning before surgery and then Sunday, I felt like I was going to die all day. Everything was making me go to the bathroom, it was just pouring out of me..and then my period came also..it was a mess..sorry I know TMI.
I had my follow up appt with my surgeon yesterday 7/6 and weighed in at 292!! So that is a 9 lb loss for the first week. I officially have 33 lbs to go to get back down to the lowest weight I saw with the band. My goal is to hit that goal by October 11th which I when I see my surgeon again.
I think this is doable.
As far as food goes, I've been having a protein shake for breakfast, sf pudding, carbmaster yogurt, and creamed soups throughout the day. I have been getting around 67.6 oz of water in everyday. I'm currently taking a chewable multivitamin, dissolvable B-12 and 2 calcium citrate pills, one in the am one in the evening. My surgeon also wants me taking some type of acid reducer so I have been taking a 40 mg nexium in the mornings. Apparently an acid reducer is supposed to help with hunger since acid in our stomachs makes us think we are hungry? I'm not sure if that is accurate but it seems to be helping so far!

Ive decided to post all my measurements I have record of below. I have gained a few inches since I last took them, I plan on taking them every 6 weeks once I start exercising!
Thanks for reading.

Measurments	4.27.09	8.10.10	9.14.10	1.17.11	1.8.12	7.7.12
Bust	57	56	52	48	43	44
Waist	59	57	55	49	48	51
Abs	69	64	64.5	51	46.5	47
Hips	68	63	63	57	54	57.5
Thigh	37	35	33.5	29	30	30.5
Up Arm	20	19	18.5	18.5	18.5	17.5

Hey Everyone,

I hope all is well,

I have had a crazy couple of weeks..first let me say that I have been sticking to the pre-op full liquid diet since Wednesday 6/20, I weighed 310 that morning, yesterday morning when I weighed I was at 303 so luckily I was able to lose the 7 lbs I gained since seeing my surgeon last on 6/7.

I have been eating a lot of oatmeal, cream of wheat, blended cream soups such as cream of potato, bean with bacon, and homemade vegetable soup, sf jello and sf pudding with sf whip cream and protein shakes.
For some reason the protein shakes have been giving me horrible stomach aches so I didn't have any yesterday, and today I'm on all clear liquids, so I've been having mainly jello and broth and lots of water. I've been getting in at least 101.4 oz of water a day!!

I have been feeling really good the past couple of days, my emotions have been like a roller coaster-one minute I'm excited, the next I start feeling anxious and nervous. Today its just been weird with how many emotions are..I feel like I just want to scream but it's not a upset scream, its definitely my anxiety kicking in.

My surgery is scheduled at 12:30 pm so I have to be at the hospital at 10:30 am! I'm so excited for this new journey to be starting :) I will keep everyone updated!

Hey Everyone,

I hope everyone is doing well!

I decided to begin vlogging my new journery-I will keep blogging every few weeks but I plan to post videos more often than anything
http://www.youtube.com/amariewls

I went for my pre-admission testing on 6/7 so everything is done with that finally. I went to see my surgeon later that day and weighed in at 303, that was a lower number than I honestly expected to see so that was good. My surgey has been rescheduled to June 25th instead of the 20th.
I was aggravated when they told me this at the office but it had to be rescheduled due to them wanting both surgeons there at the time of the revision so I thought about it and feel it would be best to have 2 surgeons there since they have only done a few band to sleeve revisions so far.

When I went to see the surgeon I was able to ask him the additional questions I had for him as far as the actual procedure goes. These are just random questions I asked.
What are the chances of not being able to do the sleeve at the same time as the removal?
He doesn't think they will have an issue with this, they really won't know what to expect until they get in there and can see. Since they weren't able to detect a slip or erosion, the only thing it could be is scar tissue, if he feels that it is too much of a risk then they will just remove the band and we will have to wait a few months for the revision.
What size bougie is used? This is the tube they stick down the throat into the stomach to create the sleeve.
They use a 34 french bougie.
How many band revisions have been performed?
They have done a few so far, they are in the realm of removing a lot of bands, the patients they have done revisions on haven't had any complications so far
Will I be able to take regular sized pills after getting the sleeve? I was mainly worried about this due to some meds I'm on don't have a liquid/chewable form and the taste is unbearable when crushed
He doesn't think I will have an issue since I was able to take them fine with the band, the sleeve should do what the band was doing for me when I had optimal restriction with the band.

I decided to start my pre-op liquid diet early and started yesterday, that will give me 14 full days of full liquids, my surgeon only requires 10 days. I have been doing well so far, I have just been having really bad headaches from not having any carbs/sugar in my system. I weighed in at 307 yesterday morning, so I'm hoping I can bust out at least 15 lbs during the full liquid diet.  I will update more in a few days with what I'm eating on the liquid diet and how much I've lost so far!
Thanks for reading :)