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My wife is actually a surgical RN and has worked tons of bariatric surgeries. She told me that they look at the gallbladder when they are in there and just remove it if it needs to come out. She made it sound not all that uncommon.... Maybe with the sleeve it is uncommon but with RNY it sounded pretty common.

Bedhead, that may be the greatest answer to any question I have had yet! Thanks!

So I am a complete hater of all things salad. The only items in a salad that I do like are the croutons and carrots. All lettuce is as tasty to me as going out and grazing in the yard, and tomatos, cucumbers, olives, etc may as well be considered the devil to me! So, that being said, am I really screwed with weight loss surgery and will be "forced" to like these things, or are their alternatives? Anyone else here really despise salads? If so, what have you done?

Its funny, I told one person at work that I would be taking a little time here and there leading up to this surgery and he siad not to tell anyone becasue he wanted to start a "biggest loser" contest for the site and he would put money on me to win..... Nothing like inside information! Haha! I really am looking forward to it, not so much for me, but for my 8 month old daughter. I see how my brother interacts with his kids and know I am not able to do that at this weight, and I want to be there for ANYTHING my daughter asks me to do with her or be the inspiration to get her out and about doing stuff.

Hey everyone, I just wanted to stop in and say hello. I am new to the site as a registered member but have been on periodically over the past few months reading as much as I possibly could in order to get a real world education on the sleeve. I actually visited the surgeon for the first time on Jan 26th, got his preliminary approval to move forward and to decide which route I wanted to go. My wife is actualy a surgical RN and works in bariatric rooms so I was pretty sure which direction I wanted to go based on her recommendations, but still needed the consult with the doctor to help make the right choice. It looks like I will be scheduling the surgery for sometime in May and I am looking so forward to it. My story is that I was always pretty normal growing up as an athlete in HS and then in the military for 4 years, always in that 165-185 range (dipped as low as 155 when I was doing a stint in Saudi Arabia). In college following the military, I found the love of beer and then tore my ACL while playing softball. From that point on, I blew past the 200 mark and have only dropped under one time, about 12 years ago. I was actually almost there in 2006 when I got married but have since gained 100 lbs to top out at 317 when I went infor my consult. As of now, since seeing the second doctor for the nutrition consultation, I have dropped down to just above 300 just with diet habit changes. I actually look forward to the 2 weeks of the Optifast diet leading up to the surgery because I am already a fan of the liquid diets (I'm a slimfast lover already). Anyway, I really appreciate this forum and have been looking up a lot of the before/after pictures as motivators to keep moving forward with a positive outlook. I think I will initially will struggle with the slow and steady pace of eating and drinking because all of my life I have been an eat-chug-run type of person not wanting to take time to sit and eat a normal meal at a slower pace. As for the drinking part, I have a problem with having a drink in my hand, regardless of what it is, I want to drink it as fast as possible. It will definitely be a change that I need to work on now. I look forward to reading many more success stories while hoping to provide one of my own shortly. By the way, those of you who have posted before/after shots, you all look amazing! It is quite a sight to see your profile pics and compare them to your pre-surgery pics. Most of you I would never think in a milion years that the before pics are actually you!