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I
lost about 80%
of my stomach
last month and
I don't miss it
one bit. Or one
bite. Yes, thanks to
sleeve gastrectomy,
my stomach is a lot
smaller. Soon, I hope I
will be, too. Five days
after undergoing the
robotic procedure, I've
already lost 10
pounds. I've got a long
way to go, but the
scale's needle is point-
ing in the right direc-
tion.
In 6 to 8 months, I
hope to lose 100 to 125 pounds. I hope to get off my diabetes and
blood pressure meds. And I hope to be able to run across my front
yard, all 20 of the longest yards of it. Running such a short distance
might seem trivial to you, but it's long been an impossibly long dis-
tance for this 61-year-old, 302-pound, stress eating lifetime Weight
Watchers member. To move across the grass with ease would be the
greatest gift of all.
Gayle Rowland Evans, BSN, MBA, CNOR, CASC | Acworth, Ga.
Why I Underwent Sleeve Gastrectomy
Here's hoping happy, healthy days lie ahead
for me after I lost most of my stomach last month.
• IS THAT ALL THERE IS? Most gastrectomy patients are able to comfortably eat a
wide variety of foods, including meats and fibrous vegetables, but it's a liquid-only
diet for the first few post-op days.
Gayle
Rowland
Evans,
BSN,
MBA,
CNOR,
CASC