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THat is good to know, that the stomach area is not too bad.....thank you....as far as our arma, I guess it's just the price we pay for being fat all those years....at least for me it is. How long did it take you to loose your weight? How many months?

For me it's now or never. I want to do this before I turn 50. I am going to try to exercise while loosing in order for my skin not to sag so badly. But I have a feeling it will anyway. I would also be happy at 140 or 150 for that matter. I'm in 20's some 22's. I hate my fat upper arms, and inner thighs, and my stomach....sigh....when I had the two c-sections a year apart, it created that bikini line scare which made the extra fat fold over it. So I'm sure I'll have extra skin in that area for sure. But like you, it will be being the way I am now. My husband has assured me that we would take the next step and have that taken care of if I want. So I'm so ready to get started. I won't have my first consultation until Oct. 22nd....waiting is really hard. THank you so much for writing. Hugs.... Judy

Huggs to you Donna...thank you for your kind words. I will most definately be here for the duration.

WOW you answered a LOT, thank you. Although I have no idea what the foamies are..... inlighten me?

Thank you, these things are good to know. My job IS a work out every day. I am a floral Mgr. and a super upscale Kroger. I am constantly pulling down and putting up displays. We use wooden crates for most of the displays, and they are not light. I pull around palettes of product taller than me (5'5") with a palette jack, unstack and un pack boxes of plants, flowers and vases. I am constantly walking from the office to the rest room, to clock out for breaks and lunch, then, back to the floral work area, It's a huge job, that take all my energy, because it's a big store. And the time clock, restrooms, and office are on the opposite end of the store, then there's the box crusher and the trash ben....sigh....enough of that. I'm praying that with this surgery, I will have a ton of energy, and be able to do this job with ease. I like that it's physical, but somedays are just exhausting. ANd I don't even wanna talk about Valentines and mother's day!!!!!! I can't wait to get this over with, get recovered and get started with my new life.

Please explain foaming and sliming. I've not heard this yet. I am in process of scheduling my sleeve. Sounds really nasty.

Thank you so much ! I'm finding out so much just by reading the blogs and messages here. It is comforting to know there is such a place to start, and share such personal information. Thank everyone who responds to my questions. I'm sure there will be more. BTW since I'm here...here goes another. I'm 48 years old, I've been overweight for 25 years. My starting weight will be 235 lbs. I'm in pretty good shape other than the normal back problems associated with caring around an extra hundred lbs. I have high blood pressure occationally, but not that often. I have a very physical job, that keeps me on my feet all day, I walk at least 5 miles or more during my work hours. I lift, pull, push, bend, stretch, on a regular basis. But then again I eat plenty to keep up this pace. My BMI is 39. Do you think I will have to be on a pre-sugery diet? Also, I've had 3 major sugeries in my life 2 C-sections (in the early 80's, on year apart) and a hysterectomy 2 years ago. I've always come through with flying colors. Is this surgery similar in anyway?

Hi, I am making plans to have the sleeve, and am reading as many blogs as I can to understand what I will be going through. Does everyone do a pre-surgery diet? I have not had my first consultation yet so I have many simple questions. Like: how often to you see your surgeon post op? I live 3 1/2 hours away from where I will have the surgery. Do you feel drained post surgery for the entire 6 weeks recovery? Do you have serious emotional sadness from the lost of eating food? I would think that is a Huge part of the process? Do you excercise at all during recovery? Have any of you experinced sagging skin from such a rapid weight loss? Is it true that if you excercise regularly that can be avoided? It seems to me that the "biggest Loser's" never have that problem, because they excercise constantly. So many questions....