Anakin Jay

It's different for everyone's insurance. Typically it's 30-40 BMI with some serious health issues (diabetes, high blood pressure, etc..) or 40+ BMI regardless of the other issues. I just had my initial consult 4 days before yours! We should start some kind of january 2012 sleeve club!

Scheduled my psych eval yesterday. They said it would be 1.5 hours... (holy crap!) What the hell am I going to talk about for 1.5 hours?? ( How am I supposed to pretend I'm not crazy for that long? )

To give you guys a male perspective on this, you shouldn't feel uncomfortable. Yes, the way they're acting is a bit rude and disrespectful, but they're not judging you. It's not that your clothes are particularly slutty, or anything. An attractive woman could be dressed up in a carrot costume, and as long as we could still see enough of her to know we're attracted, our actions would probably be exactly the same. Different guys handle the hormones differently, some get trapped starring like a dear in headlights, others get an adrenaline surge and feel the need to show off... thankfully MOST of us have enough self control to just think "Wow, she's really attractive" and let it go. At any rate, it's a compliment. You're attractive enough to stimulate a subconscious release of hormones in males. That's a good thing, and something to be proud of, not ashamed.

Well, just got back from my first meeting... Turns out my insurance covers the sleeve, and they've had good luck using them in the past. They also think I'm a good candidate for the surgery. Feels like I have a giant pile of things I need to get scheduled and finished in the next 6 months, but it feels great being one step closer!

I kind of disagree... with so many things going wrong in life, this would be an easy time to start turning to food for comfort. What better time to limit the amount of food you can actually eat? *especially* if insurance will cover it. Plus eating less = less money wasted on food. I know right now I can eat a whole large pizza for a meal, post-sleeve I expect to only be able to eat a single slice, making that same pizza last for days.

Oh no! That describes me 100% !!

I realize this thread is old, but I wanted to chime in. My experience is that there is a certain personality that comes with being a fat guy.. It's some kind of combination of self judgement, fear of being hurt, low self esteem, and a general all around negative attitude. I think women naturally avoid fat guys because of those secondary side effects. No one wants to be around some judgmental negative downer. Women are looking for strong confident leader type of guys with a positive outlook.... and I think it's hard for fat guys to act that way when they spend most of their time judging their looks, and focusing on feeling like an outcast.

I thought that was just a side effect of heart burn... is that a warning symptom of a hiatal hernia? cause that happens to me about once a week

I'm from morgantown, wv (go mountaineers!) I have my first consultation next week!

Just turned 31 two weeks ago, and my initial consultation with the surgeon is next week. I feel like I wasted my 20's being overweight, and limited.. looking forward to spending my 30s enjoying life instead

DUDE I did the same exact thing.... I was even thinking "Man, I wonder if I could ask the doctor to just get that out of me while hes in there." Seeing that, and thinking about it being inside of me right now is just disturbing... >< and only helps solidify that I'm doing the right thing.

haha thanks! It actually makes me feel better knowing exactly whats going to happen to me... if I hadn't watched it, I would have assumed it was SO much worse than it is. It actually looks pretty easy to do... I find that very comforting!

Oh, also: My surgeon lists operations he performs as "Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy " That's the same as VSG right?