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I went under surgery with a BMI of 34.4 (or 34.7, it depends n the doctor, whatever). I have diabetes 1 and that was my biggest concern, I was afraid that eating so much and getting day by day more insulin resistant I would just have seriously bad consequences pretty soon. I am 30 y.o. So I really don't think I you're crazy, there must be a reason if one day you decided it was the right thing to do. Go back to that day. You do want to kill your diabetes (type 2, I guess?) and high cholesterol, right? Right now, just over 2 weeks after op, I am not using my insulin pump and I am only getting one shot of insulin in the evening. It's amazing. I do plan to go back to my pump one day, when I start to eat more. It's a relief. My blood sugar level is always great. I feel so good. I have to reach my ideal weight - 128/127 lbs - for health reasons (the less fat you have on your body, the less insulin resistant you are) and I could never ever do it without the sleeve. It has already helped me so much!

Seeing that my bmi wasn't that high the surgeon told me I didn't have to follow any diet before the surgery. I stopped eating at 7 pm and drinking at midnight the night before surgery. I had surgery at 9 the next morning. I had a great last Greek lunch wth just one glass of wine the day before (they did tell me not to drink a lot of alcohol for the day)!

Now this is MY personal experience, I hope it can help you somehow...

Thank you for sharing! It's always good to read that people are doing fine after surgery.

About not showing the weight loss yet... Personally it normally takes me around 20 lbs before anyone really notices that I have lost some. Then, everyone can see it!

Hello!

I'll be sleeved on the 8th too, I am starting to freak out, but MY shrink this morning told me the same thing: it is normal. I feel like on rollercoaster: one minute overexcited, the other terribly scared!

I am flying to Greece on Friday, I am going to have a fun weekend with my best pal and my sister-in-law and then get in the hospital on Monday at 8 on an empty stomach.

The fun weekend is an excuse to keep me distracted and I really hope it will help!

I wish you all the best and I'll be reading your updates from Greece (if I can find wireless somewhere!)!

Congratulations for everything!

Thank you for sharing your experience, I'll be sleeved in 2 weeks and this kind of successful stories really help a lot! Thank you again!