jas wow that is crazy support have you had your sleeve yet? cris you sound like me my hubby was always you dont have to do this your pretty just the way you are, i know he loves me he has to bc i am a mean wife never happy but i got approved with in the week bc i had diabietis and sleep ap and so on and i had the sleeve the next 2 wks i was so excited and so scared dont really know why i have cancer so i should have been good lol i think it was the needles bc i knew as soon as they would do the iv they would not be able to find the vain lol they told me we do this all day long your in good hands wellll i kid you not it took 10 times until someone found the vain and then it was not that good so when i was out they found a better one lol i told them. well i had my surgery nov 16th and lost 37lbs and not sure why but gained 5lbs back still trying to find someone to answer my question to why that is or if it is normal. good luck to you i am so happ that you are having this. after wards i was just in gas pain but as soon as i started burping and passing i was fine. the real problem i have is that the protien makes me have diarreaha but lots of ppl told me that is normal. the new why liquid protien is the best i mixed it with sf koolaids and had 4 16oz bottles of water set out everyday and that was how i kept up with my water intake. sip your water every 15min use a alarm that will go off 15min all day and sip through a meds cup and you will get it in it is hard but dont stop....yay you!!!! i see ur from garland i am in denison!!!! nice to meet you.