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Read more about My turn! Getting sleeved in 36 hours.

My turn! Getting sleeved in 36 hours.

This coming Monday won't be a typical one. I am a willingly driving myself to a hospital and paying someone thousands of dollars to staple off and remove 85% of my stomach.   How did I get to this place? What made me so unable to control what I put in my mouth that I have to take such drastic measures?   Don’t get me wrong. I’m not unsure about my decision. Not even scared, really. Just perplexed by how I became a person who needs to go this far to fix myself. I’m not an emotional ea

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• Douceur72
• June 19, 201115 yr

Read more about Surgery date in hand. I am beyond ready.

Surgery date in hand. I am beyond ready.

Amazing how fast the last few months have gone. I am finishing up grad school this week (last test is Tuesday woot woot!) and soon thereafter I will be embarking on another huge undertaking – getting sleeved.   I’ve complained about this on the boards a couple of times but will say it one more time…the pre-op classes are simply ridiculous. I can honestly say I got nothing out of them. The only semi-interesting class was a one-year post-op RNY patient who talked about the challenges and victo

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• Douceur72
• June 5, 201115 yr

Read more about Hoping for June...Pumped and ready! Weight 280# BMI 40

Hoping for June...Pumped and ready! Weight 280# BMI 40

I’ve decided to start blogging to create a chronological record of my mental journey through WLS. It will be therapeutic for me not only as I write, but also months or years down the road if/when I find the need to revisit my current mindset in the height of the decision process.   My story is similar to many on the Vertical Sleeve Talk forum. I first realized I was heavy in grade school. Of four kids in my family, I was the only heavy one. My siblings were, and still are, of average weight w

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• Douceur72
• March 13, 201115 yr