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Good luck ladies!!! Wish u the best.

I decided not to do it either..but i admire those that did. I am just going to try and do it on my own. My bmi is 36.

Biiotin and iron pills for sure.i would not cut it right now. Wait until after surgery..they say that hair loss will happen after 4 months of surgery but take biotin and iron now to minimize...remember it is easy to cut hair but to grow it back is soooo hard!!

Thanks ladies. Believe me, i see your posts and i think...dang that could be me feeling better again after surgery...but as of today i am still glad i did not do it. I think i woul of been very depressed. I hope they come up with something that works as well as the sleeve but not so dramatic. I really admire all of you. Some say surgery is the easy way out. I don't think so. It is for brave people. People that are determined to make a change in their lives. It is everything but easy.

I got my date today...so nervous and excited.

I admire those that went thru with getting the sleeve on the 16th. I could not do it after all. I was so scared. I think what made me have second doubts were a few items such as: the hormone grehlin...and the tie with memory loss...the fact that i could never get my tummy back...the possibility of malnutrition...well..i don't feel like a failure. I am doing my best to eat healthy so that i can loose weight.please keep me updated. I wish everyone the best of luck.

I agree.

I agree with lisa

I hope you feel better. I decided not to do my surgery. I am gonna try diet and exsercise. Try and stay positive. I am sure they will figure out what is wrong. I got really nervous the weekend before my scheduled date before surgery and cancelled.

Grehlin is also responsible for memory...

Lisa. I love your list.

I am 36 and i am concerned about sagging and loose skin. Is anyone my age that has already had the surgery? What has been your experience about the surgery after fast weight loss?

Can everyone please share if any, complications with the sleeve?

I have decided not to get it. I was scheduled for tomorrow. Also, let's say that everything goes fine and there are no leaks with mine..they are still removing my body part that produces the most grehlin in the body which is responsible for memory. I dont want to hear years from now a study showing where alzheimers is typical in sleeve patients. Maybe i am exaggerating, but i am just gonna try to eat right and exercise. I do wish everyone else that is going through with this, much success and no complications.

I struggled so much last night! I could not sleep. I tossed around in bed. I finally got up, ate an apple and some crackers! I asked God to send me a sign if I should do it or not. So far, I just feel it in my heart that I do not want to do it. I will try it on my own. I will try and eat better and excersise. That is the only way I can think of to loose weight. I started the preop diet yesterday and i felt like crap! i felt dizzy; i was at Walmart buying items and i thought i was going to faint. I dont' want to get mal nutrition later. I don't know. Just real scared and i Just think i will be healthier if i am able to nourish my body with quantiites that are not so tiny. If I loose 40 pounds, I will be happy: I am 200 right now. so if i loose 40, I will be at 160 and I can live with that. I kinda feel like a failure for not being brave enough to do this, but the minute that my heart told me not to do it..my heart felt happier! It seemed like my stress level went down.

I learned a lot from the nutritionist. So far i am fillowing her rules and u have lost two pounds. Just weighed myself. Yeah!!!! I will continue to post my progress.

Your words really helped me. Everyone on here is really helpful, but I really liked your thoughts. I love you guys. Yall are so supportive! I feel like I have friends that really do care without judging my decision. Tears are in my eyes right now: I just don't know what to feel. I have never felt this anguish before. I look outside my window right now, and the trees are moving and the leaves are blowing and it is such a nice beautiful day outside. I have 4 lovely children and I don't want to ever do anything that would jeopordize me not being healthy for them. I know they need me. I spoke to my coordinator this morning and she was also so understanding. she does not want to rush me, and her words also helped me a lot. I wish that these things were easy. never in my mind would of i imagined that this decision would be so difficult. I mean i have had a C Section, A Breast Lift, Lip Suction, gall bladder surgery; and yet, this one i am not sure why it is so difficult!

Thank you!

Has anyone ever had that? I have never had these..but i have noticed it this week..today more? Anyone with that issue? It is very uncomfortable

Today was first day of preop diet feel so dizzy

I am 36..has not happenned before..it feels like when your feet are asleep...i tried massaging them and it feels a it better...but it is my ankle and foot....and my hand...not arm...i feel like ants are walking on them.

I can definately see a difference! you are looking good!

Anyonw have any regrets from this surgery?

I don't know why, but i just had to write a letter to my family! I met with my physchologist and she recommended that I write a letter of all the reasons why i was doing the surgery, and then to look at it after the surgery to see how much success i have had! I started to doing that, and then it turned out as a goodbye letter to my family in case i die on the operating table! i know i am being totally silly! my surgery is on Monday, the 16th; but I cannot share those feelings with anyone, as they will think i am crazy; but i even put a password on it so that nobody can read it but i left a clue on the letter as to what the password was so they could open it in case something bad happens. I know i am being silly, but is this normal? I mean does anyone else feel like that or am i just exagerating? i know there are always risks in every surgery, but I guess since this one is an elective surgery; and the thought of them ripping my stomach out; just really makes me feel very sad and bad! Anyone else feels like this?