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If you overeat after gastric sleeve surgery, you will likely vomit, have diarrhea, have uncomfortable intestinal cramps, and experience other dumping syndrome symptoms.

During gastric sleeve surgery, incisions are made around the abdominal area, allowing the bariatric surgeon to reduce stomach size and promote healthy weight loss.

Gastric sleeve patients should take roughly two to three weeks off work after undergoing surgery. This allows for faster short-term healing and better long-term recovery.

In the second week after gastric sleeve, weight loss surgery patients will incorporate proteins into their liquid diet and notice an improvement of early side…