ChristineS NY

Hey djhenin, I'm about 90 miles north of the city. Ulster county (Near poughkeepsie/Kingston area)

I'm in upstate NY, about 90 miles north of the city. I am still doing my pre op testing. My surgeon is in Middletown, NY. I will be going to Orange Regional. No date set yet, hoping to wait til my kids are out of school for the summer.

I am not banded yet either, I am still doing the pre op testing. Some days I have all the confindence in the world to go forward with the surgery and then my thoughts turn crazy with the" what if's".....What I DO know is that I can't keep living this way yo yo dieting. I know I need to do this for my health and I am grateful that I have the opportunity. I just have to get over the worry hurdles and just do it!! This forum has been a wonderful place for me to come to daily to build my confidence and ease my fears. I hope you feel better about your decision too!

Good Luck ladies!!!

Congratulations on all your hard work!!

Lol jdhenin, "don't trust a fart" great advice! I love it

Congratulations, so glad you're feeling well!

The best of luck tomorrow! Prayers and good thoughts

Congrats! You'll do great!

You look awesome! It's posts like yours that get me excited and feeling very ready for my journey! Thanks!

Good luck and congrats!! This time tomorrow you'll be on your way to a new start at life!

I will be finished with all of my pre surgery appointments on May 23. So here's my issue....I have three kids, ages 18, 12 and 5. My daughter will be graduating June 22 (party on June 16th) My 12 year old is in track, practice after school with meets being on the weekends. My 5 year old is in pre school from 9 to noon monday through friday with me being the one that does all the driving back and forth, dropping off and picking up. My question is should I wait until their out of school to have the surgery done or should I do it at the end of May? I am wondering if I will be ok by graduation. I don't want her day ruined because I'm not feeling well and have to struggle through the day. I have had 3 c-sections and my pain tolerance is pretty good. I had no complications other than nausea with them. I was up and about with all 3 and even left the hospital early with two of them. I wonder if the sleeve surgery is comparable to c-sections??? Decisions, decisions!! I hate not being able to foresee the future

You look amazing! Congrats on your weight loss! BTW were almost neighbors

Those are great ideas! I never thought about using sf pudding mix, the varieties are endless!

Congrats to the both of you!

Congrats! I am still in the process of getting all the pre surgery appointments done and out of the way. I am hoping to be sleeves the end of June after my kids are done with school.

Definately in the blender with ice, I agree!

Yay! Good luck! I can't wait to be sitting on the loosers bench with everyone!

My aunt, who has the lapband (who will soon be switching to the sleeve) shared her little trick for getting her protein shakes down. At night when she is wanting something sweet, she makes a chocolate protein shake with a quarter of a banana and puts a dash of mint extract, helps with the taste AND the smell!! She made one for me with chocolate muscle milk protein and I swear it was close to a milk shake! You can buy all kinds of extracts at Wal Mart in the spice section, mint, coffee, cinnamon, lemon etc...

My aunt, who has the lapband (who will soon be switching to the sleeve) shared her little trick for getting her protein shakes down. At night when she is wanting something sweet, she makes a chocolate protein shake with a quarter of a banana and puts a dash of mint extract, helps with the taste AND the smell!! She made one for me with chocolate muscle milk protein and I swear it was close to a milk shake! You can buy all kinds of extracts at Wal Mart in the spice section, mint, coffee, cinnamon, lemon etc...

You look amazing, congrats on all your hard work!!!!

She told me that the surgery is a covered benfit under my insurance!!!! This is really gonna happen!!!! I am so excited and alittle scared!

Thanks Cassieh and christine50 I just have to keep reminding myself that the good is going to outweigh the bad in the end!

You look AMAZING! Congrats to you!!! So inspiring!

Hi, I've been reading quite a bit lately about feeling depressed/down after surgery due to the estrogen being released in your body as the fat burns. I also assume that it's also due to the fact that your body just went through a major change and temporary feelings of depression are normal after such an ordeal. I am worried about this, as I have a history of depression on and off for the past 12 years. After the birth of my second daughter. Is this a temporary feeling of sadness or do you feel like this as long as you have fat to burn?