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Jessica Ann, My husband is the same way, he is very supportive. He worries about something happening but I am relativly healthy with no co-morbidities. I am sure I will be fine with no complications.

Your story is very similar to mine except I grew up in the 70's. I was thin until prob 10 and then I was maybe 8 lbs overweight. My mom was a stick ( still is at 71) but she rode me my whole life aboutw eight and EVERYTHING else. We were very restricted in what we could eat and there were never snacks around. We ocasionally had cookies and cake and i cream were for Birthdays only. Compared to now I am unsure how I even gained weight. I did have a serious sweet tooth and I remember learning to make Icing from confectioners sugar when my mom was not home. I sneaked any sweet thing I found in the house. I was Chubby all throughout adolesence and teen years. I never lacked for dates or boyfriends. I was 124 in 1983 right before I gotpreg with my son that summer. I was considered overweight for my height prob about 5 pounds. I am in therapy now because my mom abused me and I think that I eat because I could defy her if that makes any sense. I also have been married 19 yrs and started cheating on him 3 years into the marriage because I didnt feel attractive with 50 extra pounds and if any man looked t me or whoohooed at me there I was at his feet ( yuck I know) Hubby forgave and we had a baby in 99 and as punishment for my sins I gained an extra 2 0 to keep the men away and so I wouldnt cheat. It worked but I know he is repulsed as well. He loves me and I am doing this for me. I am sorry Iwent off on a tangent but I totally saw parts of my life in your blog post.

Congrats Beth, I can'tanswer your question as I am still pre-op ( Jan 30th) but I just wanted to say Congrats on the weight loss. In 11 days I hope to be on the same side. Were you crazy nervous pre-op?

I wouldnt bash you because I know what its like to have an addiction. I too have something I must give up a few days prior to surgery its a med and I am scared cuz I will get sick if I don't take it. Good luck to you.

Mom of 2 I am struggling with that right now. The fear and anxiety has woken me up and I did not go back to sleep and I have to be up at 5:15 and trust me when I say sleep is my best friend. I DEVOTE 8 hours everynight cuz I am a teacher of little ones. I make myself go to sleep ay 9 every week night. Anyway.... I am struggling with that same exact thought right now and I did some more reading and it is a safe procedure and fatalities are rare. I guess that is why they give us an EKG before hand to make sure our hearts are ok. I have done many courageous things in my life and one was giving a daughter up for adoption in 89. I found her online in 06 and her boyfriend had a brain tumor and I keep telling myself if he can have 2 brain surgeries that are much more dangerous than the sleeve than I can do this. I am trying. When is your surgery? Mine is Jan 30. They say this surgery is prob a tad bit less dangerous than lap band only for the fact that lap band introduces a foriegn body inside you. Keep me up to date. I also have the same fears. I have a 13 yr old who at times is like a 2 yr old and he needs me, so does my 28 yr old, he may not need me the same way but I am his mommy and we have a special bond cuz I had him as a teen. You will bethere after for your babies and I will be there after for my big babies.

I just woke up in a panic. What if I do not make it and die on the table? I have this extreme fear and I do not know where it comes from because I use to take gobs of painkillers just for fun and couldve died thousands of times. I think that is just the problem, I have always had anxiety but I covered it up while using and its just been there at times pretty raw in the last 7 years but I talk myself through it. I had 2 major hip surgeries in 2002/03 and I was out on the table for prob 5 hours. But this is elective, I am choosing to do this. I keep trying to talk myself out ofthe surgery by saying Oh I am not that bad ( big) yes I am. I am 5'5 andprob 245 since I have not weighed in lately. I do not have any co morbidities ( legs hurt, back pains etc) this is me trying totalk myself out of it. I just read up on the surgery and made me feel better, it said it is realativly safe and fatalities are rare. I do feel better but how do I shake this? I have been praying and praying. I know some one you all have little kids and mine are 28 and 13. I want to be here for my 13 yr old but If I keep at this weight in 5 years , as I am healthy now it could turn and I could have other issues. Damn I hate anxiety. I couldve slept another hour but due tomy stupid roving thoughts I am up now. Anyone else go through severe pre op anxiety? How do you talk yourself down? Thanks for letting me vent.

laura -ven, I dont think I will have to do a pre-op diet, unless they tell me on the 22nd to do it and that will only be 8 days. The surgery Coordinator told me due to my bmi I will not have to do a pre op diet but I guess we will find out Next Tuesday. Thanks for all the replies, you all are very sweer and helpful.

Hello, I am fairly new onhere although I have been readng and lurking for about a monthor so. I am due to have surgey on Jan 30. I don't have to do a liquid diet but I do have to do a pre-op class next Tuesday. I was thin til I had my first baby in 1984. I was just out of high school when I go pregnant and for 6 mos I hid it from my family. After they all found out in my 6th month I ate everything that was not nailed down. My Bf's mother had a veritable bakery in her house and every night it was cake, donuts, ice cream and I gave myself license to eat. I was devastated when I was being discharged from the hospital and saw a scale and had only lost 10 pounds. I had gained 50! So Al thru the years I kept that extra 40 lbs and when I met my husband, I put on more weight and wore a size 20 wedding gown 5 years later we had a baby and I really didnt gain that much but had a hip replacement in 202 and became very fond of the painkillers. I used abused and misused painkillers after that for many years and finally got off them and clean in 06. So since 06 my new addiction is Ben and Jerry's Phish fod fro yo. I gained an additional 20 pounds in these 7 years. All that to ask. How do you deal with cravings after surgery? I have a ferocious sweet tooth at times and I know it is due to the med I take to replace the painkillers ( Its called Suboxone) Somtime after surgery I wanna go down and off this med but in the meantime how do you all handle the cravings after surgery? Will they subside after I have detoxed from sugar? hanks ladies and gents. Its weird whenever I post here my keyboard sticks lol

How would you know if your liver is fatty? Would you be able to physically be able to feel it? It would show up on blood tests right? My pcp did a manual exame And I guess it was okay but how do you know? We dont eat a lot of fast food at all maybe once or twice a month ok maybe a little more cuz pizza is fast but my cholesteral and all other things are within normal range. How did you all find out you had a fatty liver?

I dont have to be on a liquid diet prior and i didnt have to lose weighf pre surgery. Does it go by your bmi?

I know 2 eople who got the band and one lost 30 lbs and the other prob 40. The girl who lost only 30 lbs started eating ice cream and all knds of things and never went back to fills so I guess her stomach stretched and the band slipped IDK. I originally looked into the band becaise its less invasive but knowingmyself I decided on the sleeve, after seeing Lisa Lampanelli loose so much weight in so little time. Only you an deide which one is right for you. My dang keybrd is skipping letters again.

My date is Jan 30th Dr Small at Meritus Medical Center Hagerstown Md.

I also ad thought of this but my thinking was, what if I had Cancer in what litle stomach I had left after the surgery. I am okay with it now. I am beating myself up at the moment because I am upset with myself that it had come to this at all. My surgery date is Jan 30.