A year later and another surgery later...

Mar 09, 2011

My sleeve sucked.  Period.  It was too big because he couldn't make the staple line straight because of swelling from the band just being there and previous staple line.  SO, I could eat whatever I wanted, and never felt full until I did eat more than I should have been eating.

I gained more than 10 lbs versus where I started with sleeve surgery, so I decided to to the bypass after 6 mon of thinking.

Now I'm 10days out and down 13 lbs.

I was worried that he didn't make the pouch small enough until last night when I tried to eat a cheesestick and some sliced turkey breast.  Needless to say, there IS a full feeling now with small amounts and I paid the price for pushing it. ):

*shrug*  A learning experience, I suppose.... and a bit of relief.  I truly was worried that my pouch was too big again.  Seems that soft stuff just slides down instead.  So, for those foods, I'll rely on measuring exactly and eating only what I'm "supposed" to for a serving.  Like breakfast - 1 6oz cup of light yogurt.  Didn't feel full but didn't feel starving either.

As Tim the PA said, there's a steep learning curve for this surgery.  My response?  Bring it on!

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