A 2019 study of the changes in bowel habits after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy found that around 11% of people had one bowel movement or less per week 6 months after the procedure. This ...

After gastric sleeve surgery, your stomach is around 80% smaller than it used to be. This means you’ll get full faster, but it also means that every bite counts. You’ll need to eat foods with ...

I am about a month post-op from my gastric sleeve surgery. I am down 30 pounds so far, which is awesome. I don’t think I’ve been this weight … it’s been about two years, so I feel pretty ...

Preparing for your life after gastric sleeve surgery will be exciting, but challenging, too. The diet you’ll be required to follow both before and after surgery is very specific and geared ...

Gastric sleeve surgery removes 80% of the stomach, helping 150,000 Americans annually lose 30% of body weight ...

Hayley Butler, 40, flew out to Turkey for a gastric sleeve operation but she suffered from four separate organ perforations and went into septic shock. One month later, she died ...

Initial recovery time after a sleeve gastrectomy surgery is about two weeks. Your overall recovery will take several months: Week 1: You’ll have some postsurgical pain for about 5–7 days.. Week 1–4: ...

Gastric sleeve surgery is best for people who have a BMI (body mass index) of at least 40. That means you’re 100 pounds or more over your ideal weight. Some people are too heavy for gastric ...

This was 12 years after a gastric sleeve operation had failed to help me maintain a healthy weight. It was also two months after I’d started on fat jabs and lost a stone.

AN EastEnders legend has revealed she managed to lose five stone thanks to a gastric sleeve operation. Lorraine Stanley, who played Karen Taylor in the BBC One soap, has been flaunting her very sli… ...