Anniep5029

I was sleeved on 05/02/11 and as of 05/12/11 have been on pureed foods and seem to be doing well with that. My questions are as follows and any suggestions or advise would be appreciated. I still feel a little weak and tired. I am following my doctors orders to the tee and taking my vitamins as prescripted. Secondly, the itching is out of control and making me crazy. The areas are healing nicely and I am avoiding scrathcing, but how have others handled this phase. Thanks for the input all!~ Ann

So my surery is scheduled for 05/02/11. Pre-op visit is scheduled the Friday prior. I am excited & nervous at the same time. Have been a little stressed about having any type of surgery, for one as I have never had surgery in my life and two because my income keeps my family afloat and we will be on a tight shoestring for the next few months. I feel that with that having been said, this is one of those "Life Changing" decisions and is VERY necessary for my future health & wellbeing. Been organizing things and getting ready to be down for a few weeks. Thank God for my support system and my faith in God. I am sure that this is the best choice for my health and the fact that I will feel better & move more with less weight is a very good thing. Am so thankful for the Kaiser Program and all the people involved. They have helped prepare me for this huge step and have taught me so much about food and about myself as a person. Having hobbies, doing more things with my time, has opened my eyes to so many fun and wonderful things I have allowed food to overshadow. NO MORE.

I also have my surgery in a few short weeks, May 2nd and would welcome any and all suggestions.

Thanks to all who have shared. I really appreciate it and hear what the overall theme is. That basically the "cons" are worth the end result. Looking forward to going to the seminar and then meeting with my surgeon to get the appointment scheduled. The info shared here will help me make my decision easier.

Well that sounds good, not a bad Con list at all. Thank you for your input.

Hi all~ I am new to this site and have read quite a bit about the positive things in having the procedure. However I am curious to hear some of the negative things also as I have completed my options program and will be talking with my surgeon soon regarding this procedure versus a full bypass procedure. The resources and insight are wonderful here and I thank everyone for being so open to sharing. This has been quite the journey so far and it is a little scary. It helps knowing others have been there.