5 years post VSG today!!!

Feb 23, 2015

5 years has gone by since  My dear hubby and I drove to Michigan and met the AMAZING Dr. Mark Pleatman.  He is the best!!!  My surgery went very well, and after a week staying in a hotel suite near Dr. Pleatman's office, I returned to his office and got the clearance to go home to Tennessee to complete my surgical recovery and begin my new life as a healthy, active, and normal weight individual.  I have followed up with Dr Pleatman by emails, and have needed no further post op visits except for yearly lab work with my regular doctor here in Tennessee.

 My weight today at 5 years post VSG is 137lb. and aside from normal aging, I am healthy and have no physical problems.  My blood pressure, although it was very difficult to control even with medication, is completely normal now, and no meds needed.  Snoring and sleep apnea was a problem for me prior to my VSG 5 years ago, but I have had absolutely no problem with this since just a few weeks following my sleeve surgery.   I no longer have trouble with my knees like I did before my weight loss, or the general body aches that plagued me when I weighed over 200 lb. 

I am so thankful for my Dr. Pleatman and my VSG!!!!!

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