When I first decided I wanted WLS I thought the lapband was for me, and until I talked with my doctor (Hugh Houston) I was set on it. I am so GLAD I listened to him and got the sleeve. My highest recorded weight was 290. I'm sure I weighed more than that. I remember in October 2011 when my PCP told me I weighed 290 all I could do was cry. I had talked to my husband a couple of years before about lapband, because I have tried my whole life to lose weight and have had success only to gain it all back and then some. So what's I seen that number I knew something had to change, so I went to a seminar. The surgeon who's seminar I went to I found out was not covered under my insurance, he recommended HUGH HOUSTON I am very thankful he did. I had my sleeve done on February 27th 2012, I was walking the hallways a few hours after surgery. I went home on the 29th and then it hit I WAS STARVING!!!! My family was eating and I was starving, I thought why did I do this. Thank goodness this passed and now I'm loving my sleeve.
I weighed 271 before my pre-op liquid diet (2 days, I did 3) and weighed 267 on the day of surgery, I went for my 1 week check up yesterday and I weighed 249!
Sorry if this is all over the place I didn't want it to be to long. Thanks for reading my story so far...... I can't wait to lose more!!!!!!!