Piotr J. Gorecki, MD

I am a 53 female of Afro-Caribbean decent. I have struggled with issues of weight since my mid teens. I am a mother of 3 and grandmother of 2. I decided to have the Sleeve done because of varied number of health issues the worst for me being diabetes. Though I have always been overweight I have always been healthy, but in the last 12 to 14 months there has been a down hill slide where my health is concerned. I also got tired of wishing to see the person I use to be in the mirror and wondering if I would wake up in the morning.
My grandson is 9 and one of my greatest joys, I would like to be here to see and be part of his future. I want to be able to enjoy my grand kids and just enjoy life.

So far I've decided to go ahead and have the gastric sleeve done..I'm not nervous just ready...April 11th here I come. My main goal is to lose size and ultimately become healthier by changing my eating altogether which I've already started to do. My goal is health period... I can say that I know for a fact that this will be the beginning to a new way of living and I'm all in.

Updated on 26 Apr 2016:
Surgery was a success..I was up and walking about 2 hrs after( I had to pee). The gas was intense so the walking and standing upright helped some...not much tho. I stayed in the hospital an extra day because the gas pains were so bad, but other than the gas I had no pain..I used the morphine drip 3 times in 3days because the nurse suggested it might help with the gas pain. Once home the only issue I had was dizziness from not eating for 3days in the hospital (oh yeah, the gas was so bad I didn't want to eat the jello so I just sipped hot water for 2days).
As far as the first week of the liquid diet I purchased Premier protein shakes (pre made) from Costco and Isopure protein shake mix from Amazon.
I stuck to water, sugar free ice pops , fennel tea and chicken broth. After my first visit to the Dr. I then went into full liquids and added thin soups.... I'm now on pureed & soft foods but I stick to a lot of fresh raw juicing ,soup and today I tried a scrambled egg with salmon...I'll have my protein shakes in the morning if I don't have a juice.. Honestly I crave a lot of greens right now and I can't wait to be able to crunch into a salad..but for now I do spinach or kale usually with apples, carrot parsely ginger and pineapple... This is definitely a journey... not an easy wat out.
As far as weight loss.. The day of sugery i was 250lbs(size 18/20).. 3wks in I'm now 230lbs(size14)..and dropping... the weight is falling off and so are my clothes...lol...nothing fits.
FYI.. Dr. Gorecki and his team are the best!!! BEST!!

After spending countless money trying to lose weight, I have been going through all the preliminaries to finally get a date for Feb 5th 2016. I've been reading other people's stories for awhile on RS and I hope to be as successful as most of them. I've still got time to go, but I will definitely update. :-)

I also want a BBL, but that's another story for another year LOL.

Updated on 17 Jan 2016:
These 6 months full of appts felt like non-stop and forever. Everything is done and I am submitting my clearance from my doctor on Tuesday. I am crossing for fingers for approval!! I was also told to lose a few lbs. I am already down 10 lbs and hoping to get another 10 down before surgery.

Updated on 26 Jan 2016:
I am so excited. Feb 4th, here I come!!

Updated on 3 Feb 2016:
Liquid diet week was not bad at all. I lost 3 lbs from it. And citrate of magnesium is terrible, even in cherry flavor. Ughh. See you guys on the other side xoxo.

Updated on 4 Feb 2016:
I had such a great experience. Hopsital is about 45 mins away from and I found a parking within minutes in a part of brooklyn that is impossible to find parking. Signed the paperwork and was told theres a 10% chance surgery wouldnt be able to be done once he is in there because of a previous splenectomy that left me with a huge scar and mountains of scar tissue right on my stomach area. I prayed and woke up SLEEVED! I had about two hours of very mild uncomfortableness due to the gas and no more afterwards. I was so happy about that. I feel amazing and ready for my first sip of water tomorrow. Didnt use any morphine at all. Just the regular pain killer.

HEAVIEST WEIGHY 225
PRE SURGERY WEIGHT 212

I hope to have some good numbers in the upcoming weeks lol

Updated on 6 Feb 2016:
Am I the only one that doesnt feel like their stomach was just cut off? I think the doc played a trick on me. Lol. He just wanted me to eat less so he stuck 5 holes in my belly, but didnt really do the sleeve. I have been burping like crazy though, so I assume something happened.

Updated on 10 Feb 2016:
I went for my 1 week visit and I was 199 fully clothed. Yayyy. Hopefully get out of the nineties by the end of this 2nd week of liquids.

Updated on 15 Feb 2016:
I decided to go with isopure vanilla powder mix and i dont love the taste. Lol but i mix it with lowfat milk and its bearable. Please dont mind my sons dirty mirror. Lol. But as always with weightloss my butt is already half its size. : ( i cant wait to start exercising cuz im gonna be queen squatter, otherwise im headed to DR. Lol

Updated on 17 Feb 2016:
What did you start with?? Tomorrow is the big day but im so confused lol

Updated on 24 Feb 2016:
I just realized i havent pooped since surgery! Is this normal???

Updated on 27 Mar 2016:
I guess i thought id be losing faster. But people do notice the weight ive lost so far. Checking in around 182

Updated on 23 Apr 2016:
yep. i did notice i lost couple of inches too. all my hair is falling out. and the weight is just taking its sweet ole time to go lol

Updated on 12 May 2016:
I need to incorporate some exercise. I haven't done any. I am 171 today and my poor butt has vanished! The photo looks better than in person lol.

Updated on 24 Sep 2016:
Yayy. So happy.

Updated on 28 Sep 2017:
its been 1 & 1/2 years and im still at 150. my goal was 130. im still striving for that. i do wish i had just done it the right way in the gym. my body isnt too happy. but overall im glad im 150! lol

Updated on 29 Nov 2018:
Starting a new update for my future tummy tuck so excited! Since my gastric sleeve i had lost a total of 75 lbs. i gained about 15 back. Which i think i needed. My skin is very saggy and a hanging belly is not pretty.