Life after sleeve gastrectomy | UCLA Bariatric Surgery
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2018
- A life long struggle with obesity ends in success for patients undergoing minimally invasive bariatric surgery at UCLA.
Hear their stories following the gastric sleeve procedure and watch as they reclaim their lives.
Learn more at surgery.ucla.edu/bariatrics - Наука та технологія
"I didnt feel as important as I should have been to the rest of the world." Very true words. Only people who have experienced obesity can relate to this statement. This is something not talked about enough. Nobody wants to be a victim, which is why we dont talk about it. But, being overweight makes you invisible to your co-workers, boss, investors, etc.
The Conservative Chef you right. They act like you have cooties smh
I feel that statement. ima come back to this after I get the surgery.
@@JuiceAndBricks how's it going today?
You don't know how right you are.
Oh dear, how true. I wasted enough time. Time for action.
I watched this video nearly a year ago and found it to be an inspiration. Here I am 10 months later after VSG and 150lbs less. Men need to consider this.
I agree man! Went from 325+ lbs to 180+ lbs, BMI from 44 to right under 25, crazy difference.
im considering it now
@@STILLNIGHTPEARL exact same weight here
@@anonymousdevildog1406 I weighed 187 last time, but I think this last year I gained some muscle because my clothes fit the same, I can’t really tell much of a difference from my high 170s, low 180s days. I got down to as low as 171, but looking at the pics now, I was a bit on the skinny side, I could even fit into some 30s already, right now I’m comfortably at a 32.
Congratulations
I had Sleeve Gastrectomy surgery 7 months ago and I feel like a million dollars. I was 265 1 year ago and 236 the day of surgery. I weigh 165 today, I'm only 5'6" tall. I can't believe how easy it was and very little pain. I didn't even need the pain pills once I got home. My advice for anyone having this procedure is drink a few protein drinks about 1 month prior to your 1 or 2 week liquid diet, it will make the liquid diet an easier transition. Good luck
respect bro
I'm 350lbs and am scared of side effects or pain, long recovery time. How was all that?
cool
@@annettesanchez4425 hehe off course pain women different to men but we get staples most and women get stitches unless its changed recovery within 6 weeks
@@annettesanchez4425 think this 350 pounds thats 25 stonne think this a bit pain or get more bigger and also have problems when u become older and may not live as long also so much can happen the body to a smaller person do it dont be scared ask questions talk to people or lose weight u self by counting u calories stick to 1200 cals a day no more
"I fit in airplane seat". This has never been truer to me. I just had the surgery 3 days ago and one of the main things I was saying as a motive: I want to once, in my life, sit in airplane seat without asking for the seat belt extension.
How is everything going so far?
I've had my in june/5 and it's just incredible.
@Randy Pascasio oh hell yeah it hurts, waking up from surgery its the worst 3 hours of constant pain you will have in your whole journey. It is worth it tho. So if anyone tells you it doesnt hurt. Yes yes it does
Wake up call for me is the airplane seat.
@Randy Pascasio I didn't feel anything when I woke up because I was still under anesthetic effect
@@theusros well in my case, they had to wake me up after surgery to do the check ups that were necesary after surgery and it was needed for me to be awake, but after those 3 hours they put me back to sleep
As of right now, im in the hospital recovering from the surgery, its my 3rd day of recovery. It is hard but looking at this makes me have hope
It has been almost a week since i posted this comment. I have lost 13kg since. Im on a liquid diet now, if anyone is getting regrets from surgery, it gets better hang in there :)
Its been a month anf 2 weeks and im down 28kg. Still got ways to go, but im feeling great :D
@@sergiom4300 How much is that in American? Lol
@@aryastark575 61 pounds
@@mesutdemirci7116 Yeah, I googled it after I commented lol.
Even when he was over weight he had a very kind face. He looks like such a sweet person.
Probably cause hes gay
Ted Bundy was very handsome I had a kind face too
This video has motivated me to look into the procedure. I've been obese my whole life. I'm 26 years old, last time I went to my home country of Turkey was 10 years ago.I never wanted to go back. I felt like an embarrassment to my parents as I was the biggest one everywhere and I just felt the sorrow in people. When they ask why I haven't gone back my excuse is always work or school. It sucks because I cried when I left because I probably had one of the best times in my life being around my whole family. I've accepted myself in the States but there's so much in this world I want to do and discover. Plane rides suck because I always keep myself awake dur to not wanting to bother anyone with my sleep apnea and also the seats arent that accommodating for people of my size. Being 6'3 and 400 pounds, you're really limited to what you can do. Thank you for the inspirational video and best of luck to you in the future.
then maybe count u calories or something eat 1200 cals a day and go home when u can after the virus never to late dude
Turkey has very good weight loss surgery clinics too!
I'm about to start the Journey. These videos motivate me. 2:30 - one of my first wake up calls to the change.
I'll have this type of surgery too, and I love watching these videos before this happens, it helps me a lot.
How did it go ?
im been conslting for it , you right watcing this videos is great encouragment
This was a very comforting video
I am so afraid, but ready and excited. I am 31 and almost 400 pounds. I have done every diet known to man. I have lost some weight, but just put it back on and I gave up. I just seen my surgeon yesterday and I am getting the sleeve done. I have 3 kids, but it is hard for me to do fun things with them. If I don't get this surgery I will end up dying of obesity. I REFUSE!! I look forward to being able to ride roller coasters with my kids again. Going on hikes, which I try to do now. But a question for all of you is... has anyone been a previous smoker? I have been for 23 years. Yes, I started as a kid. That is what worries me the most. I am quitting, you have to for the surgery. I am afraid and want to change so I don't leave my kids at an early age, I just hope it is not to late. I lost my dad to cancer and it runs in my family. But this is best for me. I can't breath, I'm always tired. I can't do fun stuff with my kids and I am so depressed because I hate myself for being fat and a smoker. But I pray this changes it all. So if you pray, please keep me in your prayers.
I hope it worked out for you. I am having surgery in August. I have struggled with my weight for over 40 years. I have tried everything. People who have not been through this have no idea. And they can be cruel.
I am finishing up my 5 pre-op to dos and my VSG is in 3 weeks! Go us!
im doing all my appts to gain clearances right now i just turned 29 im 355 6'2 i am excited to try and lead a different lifestyle
Obesity dosent kill u,it dosent let u live either.. thanks to such procedures day can help u live better.
I have my surgery scheduled on sep/29th/21 these videos are inspiring
how did it go.. my surgery isnt for like 6 months from now
@@TapHax it went great no complications or anything currently down 60lbs.
good luck on yours
@@lucyha3809 Any side effects now???
How long ago was your surgery and how are you doing now, good job
Got VSG surgery two months ago...Down 50 pounds 😊😊🎉🎊🎊 it’s all about health 😊
how is it going now
So amazing!
Hey congrats on your Journey I’m striving to make this work for me as well need too figure out how to work on sagging skin.
Please let us know if you get to know about sagging skin
Exercise to lose the sagging skin. It also depends on your starting weight and your skins elasticity.
pushup or sit ups work
Wow kristen looks great!
Grande antonio ti seguo da quando venivi in classe con me e pesavi 170 kili
Where are they now?
Good work.im from Egypt im fat 100 kg and short i search about people who did this operation for advice .im afraid from it.iask why we take vitimins long time .? Why we became weak ? . are we returN back in weigh after many years??
I had my surgery 3 days ago, the first 2 days after surgery i had much pain while trying to get food and water in my stomach, but now at day 3 it is going the good way. I have no remorse that I had my surgery done, I can ony recommended to everyone if you wanne be healthy again.
Getting this done 02/04/2020. Got all the VLCD shakes and stuff to start 6 weeks prior to the surgery date, Doctor wants me to lose 10-15kg before the date. I am like 205kg. When I first saw him he bluntly told me that I will "never be skinny"... As I am quite tall and muscular. I suppose he is just making sure I have realistic expectations. I realise that this will not be an easy road the next 4 and a half months, but I need it or else I am gonna die very young (25 ATM). Just need to save $1250 for the excess and out of pocket from my private health insurance - best price in Australia!! Family members have had similar surgeries and have paid over $10000 out of pocket. Counting down the days now! Any tips and advice, greatly appreciated!
well hope went well april now we in july hope no leaks problems 205 kgs a lot weight u age but u one step ahead surviving now good on you that shakes taste like shit but no choice get slim u will lose weight and be tall doesnt matter u get to where u want to go if u dont eat junk food as if so u not lose weight even u have this sleeve done,i know someone just done it yesterday came out tonight thursday 23rd july 2020 melbourne he wants to lose 25 kilos only cost him $18000 no insurance
Awesome!
Just had this surgery
How is it going?
How does u feel!?
It’s definitely a lifestyle change!
ITS AMAZING BUT I LOVE SHOPPING
Has anyone been on suboxone and had bariatric surgery. Please help
Congratulations your action activity
Hey Doc how much is the cost of this procedure?
Thanks
Like $8-12k
But@what cost please?
He was a very handsome big guy though !!
So first this procedure then about one year later another to cut away the excess skin flaps that are left behind, right?
Mr. Mediocre Gamer depending on how much weight you lose and your body, some people don’t have much loose skin at all, I’m 72 lbs down overall and it’s not that bad, but I still have a good 50 lbs more to go to hit my goal weight, but I am hitting the gym already, targeting all areas.
@@STILLNIGHTPEARL If all goes well I'd like to end up about 150 pounds less. But I'm so worried about the loose skin. I feel right now (maybe it'd change) like the whole point is to feel comfortable and attractive in your body. But if you have aprons of loose skin hanging off you then the same problem would occur for me. No beach, no gym, no shirtless in the summer...etc. I know it's shallow but I want to look and feel good.
@@mr.mediocregamer9653 You can get the skin cut off and not all people have excess skin after weight loss. Also if it's just about looks wouldn't you look better even with the excess skin.
What are the side effects
Nilesh Shah I just passed 2 months post op and 0 side effects... Down 49 since surgery and 82 overall. No sickness at all... Feelin great here...
@@leroyboyz2667 thanks for the reply
Don't get it I regret it
I had my surgery on 4/30, everything is good so far, the mental part is still there and you still have to make the correct choices with your food, but no longer having the capacity and cravings like before makes a huge difference, having a regular sized stomach sucks and is really unnecessary.
@@katrinajones7066 why
Hi, how are you ? This bariatric surgery is a medical error, just as errors occur in any other profession. I have two acquaintances of mine who died because of this surgery. One had little stomach and when she went to eat a snack, the little stomach she had was unable to digest it, and then she got severe pains in her stomach, feeling sick and died. The other acquaintance of mine, became weak and when she ate, her intestines could no longer retain nutrients from food and she died of malnutrition. And when she was alive, she kept passing out fainting from weakness, even eating and eating right. Her stomach became small and so the body did not absorb food for it to survive. With so little stomach left in it, they cut a part of it out, and didn’t keep the tissue to be frozen, so that if she eventually needed to undo the surgery, put it back in it again. So how do you do it? And there was another one that I forgot to mention. That the internal scar of the surgery became very thin and broke, causing her stomach to fall into her body and she died instantly. I do not know how they have not yet banned this surgery, with so many people who give problems, after they went through it. Not to say them all. Be careful. Why go through this? Dieting, without being radical and exercising, is the best thing. And examine the patient to see why he doesn't lose weight. I currently, when I eat only two tablespoons of rice on the plate and eat at regular times. It helped me a little to maintain the weight. Hugs
This is gastric sleeve not bariatric surgery. that is different
@@taco1010 Dude.... the gastric sleeve is bariatrics surgery. Bariatrics surgery cover the procedures to help with obessity, like gastro banding, gastric bypass and yed the gastric sleeve. Though the program here doesn't cover the banding so here you're stuck with the more permenant of the two
Honestly saying, this clip tells my back mind to hate my self if i am fat. Go do the surgery & u will be happy person which is not true at all. Depression can hit u so hard after the sleeve surgery. I know what i am talking about. Those kind of paid advertisement that comes like a news is killing, just avoid it plz
how u know this depression can happen anytime not just a surgery like have a kid u go thru pain
KRISTEN YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS QUEEN
Why does my stomach growl all day long when I'm not hungry
Why is it that my stomach growl all day long even when I'm not hungry
That happens to me too chew mint gum or drink tea or water it helps me 😊
Are you drinking enough water? Sometimes Im just thirsty when my stomach growls
You look unwell now...do you feel unwell?
maybe its ok i didnt want it i had lapband wasted $5500 out of pocket it broken within 1 1/2 years couldnt eat chicken,rice,meat if i did got stuck had to put my fingers down my throat spew up only way and out came a big bubble like gas and felt better lots food i couldnt eat so this one maybe safer yes but lapband think again i say stuff that i had a bottle to carry 6 weeks in hospital and a tube was inside about a metre long it hurt to come out i lost weight twice myself but i say this last straw to think about it when i was there in a private hospital dandenong valley private mine broken inside the stupid doctor told me take some panadol and i went home went on on a monday and had a gastroscopic done and was broken and within 4 hours had surgery take it out as crowded inside my stomack thx the doctor some parts my left side stomach nerves gone was on a operating table 6 hours what pain i went thru was a new zealand girl had it done twice as hers broke also and this surgert sleeve was another australian girl told me hers leaking so she had to go in second time after that no idea what happen as i got moved a new room.and couldnt sleep eat only thing i drunk was warm water 6 weeks and lost 28 kilos couldnt eat a thing before and after this shit so think twice before u decide i say how about count u calories what u eat i did this lost 7.2kg a month me i was 152.5kg before surgery lost 29 kilos after not much while the band in as couldnt eat what i wanted so there we go its hard to lose keep off but no choice this surgery looks ok then lapband but a choice dont do lapband at all
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Do you have to take vitamins for the rest of your life ?
Yes
@@tgreen2751 i dont think its needed with a sleeve since you can still eat a good amount of food, but its needed with a bypass
Ngl... he looked better before.
85 to 95% success rate! Show me the people who had the surgery but were unsuccessful and even worse, suffer from complications.
Joyson Fernandes my friend is two years out, and hasn’t gained any weight. Went from 430 to 260, greatest decision of his life!
I lost 210 pounds and I gained 50 pounds back, oh well that’s my fault tho
chucho32922 it’s ok, if you lost 210, you can lose those 50 that you gained back, you know what it takes.
Alfred Hernandez yeah you’re right, I’m not motivated anymore, I’m just eating and drinking. I’m 2 years out.
Alfred Hernandez are you sure it’s a good choice because I’m 20 years old and around 420lbs. I think I’m getting to old to lose this weight naturally.... I made just get to 600 lbs and go down to dr. Now for help.
I oppose this because it doesn’t change habits
Worst thing I have ever have done I would have rather lost weight naturally
rochelle taylor why?
People over weight must fix the gut in order loss the weight naturally. All the food choices that created the excess weight destroyed a lot of good microbes, it must be put back to work in losing weith
ME TO ILOST 11 POUNDS LOVE IT BEING SKINNY
who is here after heart attack grill
He aged so much though.
What does this mean?
He looks a little underweight
Gendo3s2k depending on his height, he’s most likely within that 18.5-25 BMI, I saw 180 when he stepped on the scales, so he’s most likely good. Compared to his before pics, he looks underweight, but in reality that’s what he should look like.
Randy Pascasio he’s fine and not underweight, I’ve talked to him already on social media. I had my gastric sleeve surgery on 4/30/19, I was 306 the day of surgery, on 8/6/19 I was 240, so 66 lbs down in a little over 3 months. I’m 6’0”, even at my current weight of 240, my BMI is still in the 32 range, I’ve come a long way since my highest weight of 325 which put my BMI at 44, but i am still obese at 240, my current goal is around 200 lbs which would still put me in the overnight category, but who knows, I might just aim for 180 which puts me at a 25 BMI for my height, but for now the goal is 200-205 which is still considered overweight for my height, but no longer obese. I should be there by November assuming I keep dropping at my current rate. I don’t know how tall you are, but 240 is still pretty heavy, I tell you this because that’s my current weight and although I feel way better than when I was 300+ lbs, I still have a way to go. Let me know if you have any questions, I’m 3+ months post op already, I will tell you that it’s been worth it so far.
Randy Pascasio yes, especially the largest incision where they pull the stomach.
Well I guess I’ll just sit here and stew with my mere 68 pounds natural weight loss in the past 9 months or so when these people lost 150 pounds in 6 months from surgery. And to think people actually say that weight loss surgery is not an easy way out. Give me a break...
microsickful lol don’t hate, if you can do it on your own then that’s good for you. 68 lbs in 9 months is really good, you obviously have some discipline, and whatever plan that you have going on seems to be working.
Alfred Hernandez thanks I appreciate it really. I guess my frustration mainly comes from me thinking that it’s not “fast” enough. I am a 6ft4 male that started out at a little over 330 pounds and now I am 262 pounds. Considering my initial weight I thought I would have lost more by now. I am mainly doing weight training so maybe that’s why. Still, having worked REALLY hard in the gym and eating more healthy and fighting cravings, there is just no way that my initial reaction to this video would be anything other than annoyance since I don’t believe for one second if anyone says that these people worked harder than I did...
microsickful it’s really all diet man, like today I probably had in total 600-700 calories, I got my protein in, and I got my liquids in for the most part, but I couldn’t do it if I didn’t get the surgery done, but having the sleeve done makes eating a lot less so much easier. I’m 6’0”, I was 325, I lost about 20 lbs on my own before the surgery, had my surgery on 4/30, I weighed 306, weighed myself one week out on 5/7 and I was already at 290, it definitely was all diet because I was only walking around my neighborhood, it’s pretty crazy how much easier the weight comes off, I also feel way better across the board, sleep better, have more sex drive, I don’t even have these headaches anymore, that just tells me that processed junk food is the worst for you, does absolutely nothing good. At your height I wouldn’t want to be less than 220 anyways, so even at around 260 ish you must look pretty good already, my goal weight is 205 for my height. My problem was always the food, working out I was doing 1 hr cardio 5-6 days a week, the exercise wasn’t a problem, but you can only drop so much on a crappy diet.
microsickful you should get into running 🏃, some type of cardio, I think you’ll drop even more, I dropped 20 lbs just doing cardio before the surgery.
@@microsickful the the surgery you'll lose the weight faster, sure, but if you mess up your diet or fall off the wagon you'll have immediate, seriously painful medical complications. That lifestyle/portion/diet overhaul becomes a mandatory lifelong commitment whether you want to quit or not.
Id rather keep my stomach & go vegan.
What a dumb reply.
He sounds like one of them gays
I’m gay and I found your comment hilarious 😆
BadStar Music dang how do you sound gay? I wonder if you can hear it in a women’s voice too.