dee.jay.bee

THANK YOU, Everyone! I'm so glad there's hope. In the meantime, I'll just keep icing and stretching. I was taking ibuprofen and it really helped the inflammation, but really bothered my stomach. It's just so irritating to feel like you want to lose weight, but your body is working against you!

Hi everyone. I'm completely new to this site and to the concept of sleeving, in general! I went to an informational meeting last night, where they went over the 3 types of bariatric surgeries they do. (bypass, sleeving, and banding). I went into the meeting being all about the band and came out all about the sleeve! It seems that the complications with sleeving are less; than with bypass, and I can't stand the thought of a band in my body, and then having to willingly let someone stick me with a needle every month! They gave me a bunch of paperwork to fill out and I turned it all in today. And it scares me that i just came home from the meeting and filled it out and then turned it in so fast. Part of me says it's too hasty, and part of me says lets do this. I don't know why I'm posting, other than for hellos and support. Any advice is welcome!

Thank you, everyone. I'm excited/nervous, but I'm moving forward. I'll find out next week if my insurance (fepblue) will cover the cost. After poking around on here, it looks like it shouldn't be a problem!

Thank you so much for your responses. It's nice to know there is a group where I'm 'not the only one'. I've enjoyed reading lots of threads here the last couple of days. I love when their is a link to a blog about someone's journey! It's funny, I'm not that scared of the surgery itself. More afraid to tell people what I am doing. WLS has such a negative connotation for being the 'easy way out'. AS IF!!!! Just making the decision to do it is hard, then all of the steps you take, then the surgery and the immediate, necessary life changes you have to make.....!