I am 41 years old female. My height is 150 cm. I was about 100 kg when I had sleeve gastroctomy. I lost 9 kg by day 9 after surgery. Now after 8 weeks my weight became 86kg. Is it normal? I still eat few bites of small quantities. I dont eat sweets nor white sugar.However, what makes me worried os when I hear people say they lost between 20 and 25 kg within the first 2 months. Please I need to know. Note:I suffer from costipation.
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Gastric Sleeve limits the amount of food that you can eat, it helps decreasing the ghreline hormone who is responsible of the hunger, you will feel less appetite after the surgery, also increase other substance that helps to control the diabetes.
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Thanks for your time and question.The Gastric sleeve is an option for you, if you want to make some changes in your life. Bariatric surgery is a tool to lose weight, you must supplement it by modifying your eating habits and exercises. The best time after pregnancy for you to get the G...
If you get clearance from your Cardiologist, you could look into the sleeve as a good option to help your health and medical conditions at the same time improving your quality of life. I hope this helps.Dr. Alvarez