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I was sleeved in July and could have done it alone. I would suggest that you get all of your post op supplies beforehand, and maybe stay in the hospital an extra day. They will let you if you can't drink enough fluids- you can arrange that. I would have liked the extra day to regain strength. Make sure you have all of your power cords handy- phone, laptop etc. You will want to go on this site to connect with all of us. You will go through your "omg-what did I do - am I insane - life really wasn't so bad before -how could I- stage and worry about not losing much the first week, that early stall, and the pain in the left ribcage/shoulder area. We will be glad to listen and calm your fears and cheer you on. This is a judgement free zone! Im sorry your wife left, that must have been quite a blow, but as the lbs drop off, you will become amazingly confident and feel and look much better and everytime you hear from others how great you look, the pain will become less! Good luck!

Hi Cam,I read your answer about not losing the first week and the stall.Can you please explain ?I was sleeved Oct.3rd and haven't lost anything since I came home from the hospital.Is this normal?Thank you.

Hi everyone,I'm fairly new to this web-site and learning how to navigate.I had my sleeve on Ocober 3rd.Came home on Wednesday afternoon and things are going great.I still find it so hard to believe that my dream has finally come true.The only thing about it was that I wasn't expecting so much pain afterwards but it's getting better everyday.Do I need to join something to be in this group?

Hey, Everyone! Please see below for the October Sleeve Roster! If I forgot anyone, or you need your name added or changed, please just reply to this post, no need to quote, and I'll update as we go!! So far, the 10th is a really, really busy day! So excited for us all!!! :grouphug:

Official October Sleeve Roster

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4 – JenniLee0628

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6 – 5McK, JMYERS NOLA (Jason)

7 - Shamrock323

8 - ara1973

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10 – kygal1982, Terry H,. Bakomom, A New Day, Pixie Jen, Courtines, Angelica

11 – lisajxoxo, Holiday, Fusilli66 (Gee)

12 - +change (Jan)

13 – New start, Lozza

14 – terrih1, oknev, Heller2U (Stephanie), AmberP, smallgirlsxthree (Stephanie)

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17 – Hopeful Spirit (Phyllis), mamasez (Leah), Ren<3, MsKendraHL

18 – azsenior, KayyyBeee, KCSunshine, his2my2our4 (Kristin), mocha, bh7

19 – SmokyMountainGal2011, Browneyedsouljah, Yukon Kara

20 – Soon2BMiniMommy (Chris), ab76307, Vegaslaw

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26 - CTFats

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31 – iboprincess, Honeydue28 (Ronda)

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Jennsev123, putasleeveonit 9^th or 10^th?

I am trying to join the October Sleevers group......where can I find it?

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Hi.I was sleeved on October 3rd also.How are you doing?Are you ready for the mushies yet? I'm going to look for the October group .

Hi everyone.I'm new at this and haven't really posted much.Still trying to figure out how to navigate.I'm having my surgery on Monday the 3rd of October and now I'm starting to get real nervous.I've been on the liquid diet for 7 days so far,3 more to go then another 10 days after the surgery.I hear that there's quite a bit of pain.I hadn't really thought about that,only how slender I was going to become.I'm 57 years old and this is a huge thing for me.I would appreciate any concerns or advice.Thank you

I'm so sorry for you,but I'm going through the exact same thing and I haven't even had my surgery yet.October 3rd is my date and she's already backing off but like you I was always the fat friend and she's always been jealous and hateful if I lost any weight and did everything she could to sabotage me.I guess she's not really a friend after all.I do have a couple of friends that are very happy for me.True friends will be by your side.

The person I considered my best friend bailed on me. She was supportive of the surgery until the week before, I had a moment of weakness and said I might back out, at that moment she no longer supported it. She had started doing everything she could to lose weight, and she was a lot smaller than me to begin with anyways, but it seemed like she couldn't stand the idea of not being the skinny friend. She came to the hospital the day of my surgery and that was the last time I saw her. She would talk to me like normal on the phone for the first few weeks but as I lost weight she just took off. I called her a few times over one weekend, she didn't answer, she didn't answer texts. She called once on Monday and I decided to wait and see if she would call again as I was not about to fight for a friendship when clearly she had begun distancing herself. She never called again. I reached out to her on Facebook a few times trying to find out what was going on, she never responded. She has since moved and I am sure I will never hear from her again.

I have another friend that was very unsupportive of me, he said over and over I could do it on my own. I rarely hear from him anymore and it's usually only when he's upset about something. He's not even someone I would consider a friend anymore.

I have dealt with a lot of snarky comments too, some just joking, many are just low blows. You would think my "friends" would be happy for me to get healthy and fit but jealousy can be a very ugly thing and girls apparently don't like becoming the "fat" friend. Ugh!

This surgery really has shown me who my real friends are.

Hi everyone,I'm also new to this site.I'm on my liquid diet now and scheduled for surgery on October 3rd.I guess it's nice to find out ahead of time that there will be some pain.At least I won't be so surprised after when I do have have pain.I too have only been thinking about down the line,not immediately.So thanks for the heads up.

Hi everyone.I'm having my surgery on October 3rd and can't wait.I'm 57 years old and so thankful that my 60's and 70's are going to be better than my 40's and 50's.

My surgery is October 3rd and I started my 10 day liquid diet Friday.So far so good but I find myself thinking more and more about food.< /p>

Does anyone know anything about bc/bs wal-mart?They won't cover any WLS.Thanks