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Hey all,
My surgery is Oct 21 :-) It does feel like its taking forever to get here but I'll be patient.....well I'll try lol. Very excited to start a new healthy life. Where is everyone from?

Does it help that I'm 19+ months out and STILL losing? I DID lose 100 pounds in my first six months, but that was less than half of my excess weight.
Folks, it's not a race. Learn your stuff and get it done. Stalls are normal, frustrations are normal. We keep saying "it's not about the finish line, but about the journey" and it's annoying, but VERY true. At this point, I'm losing 1 pound per week, on average (it comes in big spurts... I'll lose 2 pounds in a week and then nothing for two weeks). BUT it's been that way all along, just the amounts have gone down as I get closer to goal.
I've lost over 200 pounds. Heck, I've lost more than some of the STARTING weights I've seen from the really short folks. If I can do this, you can do this. There's no time limit or expiration date on your sleeve. Treat it well and it will be good to you for many years to come.

Just wanted to share an updated before/after. I reached goal yesterday. 2 years and 23 days, seemed like forever, but so fast at the same time. Life is good
Starting weight, May 2011, 375 lbs .... vs .... Goal weight, July 2013, 150 lbs

Candy reached goal weight by CandyTX, on Flickr

A "sleeved in Seattle" get together would be awesome! My husband was sleeved 4-11-12 by Dr. Landerholm and is around 120 lbs down. I was sleeved this last week by Dr. Landerholm so now it is my turn to lose! I'm blessed enough to have had surgery during all of this great weather we are having so walking is a must for me!
Nice to meet everyone!!

Congratulations!!! Great news

My start weight was 253 and current weight is 163. I'm 6 ft.

214lbs vs 380lbs
These pics are 9 months apart
Great pics! Congrats!! Yay
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This is about 26 days short of one year. At my goal.

Hey im having mine June 13 too!!! Woop woop!! Good luck to us both!! :-)

Ooo coming up! I'm June 19.

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I haven't heard of many people getting a catheter... where was your surgery?
Congrats on your revision! I will be joining you on the sleeve side soon!

That's exactly what I thought...,I didn't ask for after my egd/ endo but I definitely will b asking for one after the sleeve:)

I got mine at the hospital. I just asked them for one and they brought it to me.
They make lots of types - mine was pretty simple, just a long stretchy piece of fabric with velcro. I still use it occassionally, I'm 3 wks post op. It helps when I'm cleaning the house and moving a lot. When I move around for longer periods of time, I get a little achy in my belly and it really helps.
Ask your doc if they would give you one in the hospital. I also got one in the hospital (a different hospital) when I had my GB taken out. It's not an uncommon thing for the hospital to provide.

I'm not sure if this is a personality flaw or what, but I am absolutely obsessed with all things gastric sleeve. Do any of you feel this way?? How long have you guys been researching into this procedure? I feel like I've done a good job of not buying too much stuff yet (a suggestion I got from you lovely people) but I think, read, and probably talk about it too much- my poor poor husband. Haha.

if you didnt have nerves i would be worried but....3 months out and i can say it was very easy for me. sleevers have the least complication issues...you get good meds in the hospital. i was walking within a few hours of waking up. i am barely 3 months out and i am almost 50 lbs lighter and my life is changing so quickly in so many GREAT ways. as soon as you get that IV in you wont remember anything and the hospital will pass in a blur and you will be home again. chin up your head is going thru worst case...mine did too. you will be fine and most likely be with or around 2 to 5 others who had same procedure to tallk with while in hospital i did:) GL to u

June 10th for me!!!

Hello all! I've been reading the forum for the past couple of months, thank you all for the great advice and sharing your experiences. It's been very helpful and informative! I met with the surgeon a week ago today, my surgery date is June 26. Anyone else for June?

I'm a number geek so I understand and I love what about bob!

Had emergency triple hernia surgery May8, 2013. If this would have waited a couple weeks my approval might have killed two birds with one stone, but hernias made me unbelievably sick. So, this might kick my sleeve down a few weeks so I can heal for 6 weeks. Doc said hernia op is harder than the sleeve. I had no pain, no nausea (thank you lord)(cuz the nausea was killing me for weeks)... Only soreness and pain was well taken care of. Twelve days out from hernia and doing great.
ANY HERNIA OPERATIONS OUT THERE AND THEN HAD SLEEVE?

One thing that seems to be missed throughout this thread is, smaller is not better. Small sleeves tend to be more susceptible to complications. Very small sleeves have twisted inside the body, and also are more likely to have problems with acid reflux. This is one of the primary reasons you almost never hear of a 28 or 30 being used anymore.
I think the best advice is to make sure you are very comfortable with the surgeon you have chosen, & trust that he/she will make the best decision.