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Where is your pain? Right or left upper sides? Is it constant? does it comes and goes? Are you having fever with the pain? These are important questions. A lot of my patients have pain two weeks after the sleeve and a lot of the time is nothing major. Check with your surgeon.
If this pain wasn't there and after 2 weeks appeared I would check with your surgeon. If this pain is accompanied by shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, left shoulder pain, etc seek medical attention just to make sure all is well. I hope this helps. warm regards, Dr. Alvarez
I have had patients with similar symptoms. Most of the times the diarrhea came on after drinking milk or milk products. These symptoms tend to improve and disappear with time. However, I agree with Dr. Simpson, there is a bacteria that you can get in the hospital call C.Diff. This bac...
Yes, asthma is a co-morbidity that improves considerably with obesity surgery. Your BMI is high enough to get approve for the sleeve with or without co-morbidities. The sleeve is a good procedure and works well for patient with low BMI such as your self. You will be happy with the sleeve.
Hello, I hope you are well. Weight loss varies from patient to patient, as many factors come into play, including the type of procedure done. In your case, based on the metrics you provided, your BMI is 32.6 which would probably make you eligible for a gastric balloon or a gastric sleeve. Most...
