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Guys I can not tell you how informative your messages have been for me. All of you are absoloutely amazing. I am getting so excited to get this "thing" out of me. Today at work was one of the few days that I didn't have to excuse myself and go and vomit after lunch but still I couldn't help but think to myself that soon I will be able to sit with everyone and not worry about that anymore! Also, this evening I went and did one of my pre op check ups. Now I have only about 5 more to go - but my surgeon said that in less than 1 month I will have the sleeve done. After reading your messages and going thru other peoples posts I am feeling more and more confident that I am doing the right thing. I still wonder why this wasn't offered previously. Honestly until recently I never really heard of the sleeve. Why is it that none of the weightloss shows or documentaries even mention it? I don't want to be skinny, I want to be healthy. I have RA and take lots of medicines, this excess weight that I carry really puts a strain on my joints and makes things alot worse for me. I am so relieved that from what I have read here that most people a. don't feel hungry, b.know when to stop eating c. don't vomit and feel pain (by the way I get terrible pain in my left shoulder - I thought something was wrong with me - but now I know from other posts that I am not the only one! I am so looking forward to being in social food situations and being "the same" as everyone else. Don't get me wrong, I totally get it that I will be restricted but I will be full in my tummy - like normal people. Yay - now I am counting down the days. By the 15th SEP I will have done my final pre op check ups and then I will get the date for the surgery. I am so glad that I can talk to people here, I really don't have anyone around me that understands what it is like to have the struggles that I have had all my life. Thanks so much. BTW, when I read that some people even forget to eat ..... I thought oh my goodness, can that ever happen to me? Every moment that I have I think about food - I really hope that food stops being my whole life.

Hi Helen your message has really helped me. Are you feeling well? How different does the sleeve make you feel physically? Do you feel like a normal person. Can you eat all types of food and is it really just a feeling of fullness in your tummy that your just not hungry anymore? How many kids do you have? Recovery from the op was quick? How did you balance being a mum after the op? As you can see I have quite a few questions for you, that I hope you don't mind answering. You sound as if you are doing so well!!! I can't wait to be in your shoes. I just have to do the pre op check ups and as soon as I have finished them - which is with in the next 2 weeks, my Dr said that he can pretty much op on me straight away. I have made my decision 100% and have no doubts, but I am still pretty nervous. The way I am trying to think of it is that I am giving my body a fresh start. I will have a new tummy and I won't give it junk any more Love to hear from you and see how you go. My goodness, you are no longer in the obese catagory - YAY for you!!!!

Hi Guys thanks for the welcome notes and words of encouragement. I can not tell you all how obsessed I am with getting the sleeve. We were at a wedding now and I just have such stupid thoughts going thru my head. "I am the fattest person here", ,"My husband should be embarassed of me". Getting paranoid that people are looking at the fat girls plate on the table and thinking to themselves - "she shoud not be eating ALL that." Don't get me wrong, nobody makes me feel the way I do about myself, it is just me!!!!! I am really looking forward to getting the sleeve and starting eating to live and not living to eat (as Tiffykins put it.) Obsessing over everything that goes into my mouth all the time. I wanted to ask, with the sleeve do you feel like vomiting if you have eaten too much? Can you only eat and drink later in the evening - that is what is happening for me with the band. My band is even empty now and I still vomit nearly every day. I also wanted to know that even though I need to lose at least 15kg-25kg in order to be in a healthy weight range if it is still likely to happen as soon as I have the op seeing as my BMi is 32? The other thing too is that my husband is not very supportive of me having the op. He says that I should be happy just the way I am and if I do however want to change the way I look that I should use WILL POWER. Personally, I don't have the mind over matter thing..... Anyway, I have spilled quite a bit. I would love to hear from you guys more.

Hi All I am new to this and actually a bit nervous writing on this forum as I have never done it before. I was hoping to hear from others that have had the lapband in the past and now have done the sleeve. I am getting my band removed in couple of weeks and getting the sleeve done. When I went to the dr I was really nervous that he would tell me that I no longer qualify for any surgery anymore because my BMI is too low. Lucky for me (I guess) my BMI is 32- still can't shop in regular clothes stores where I live. :wink0: To cut a long story short, I have other medical problems and with out hesitating he said that there is no way that he will let me go with out anything to protect me from becoming morbidly obese again. Is there anyone out there that can tell me their experience. I really want to hear from you - especially those that started off with low BMI (even though it is still in the obese catagory) I want to hear the good and the bad.