anniew1973

Tricare DOES cover the sleeve, I am a nurse at Ft. Hood and I have seen multiple people getting this lately, and from what I here fairly easy. Good luck!!!
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Yes I understand I have the same thing in my home as far as eating, but he had an appt. with his dr. N now he is watching his weight . He is asking me for advice so don't stress.

I have a very un-supportive husband in most all aspects of our life...children, home, job. The one thing I will say is he has never said anything about my weight in any shape, form, or fashion. I honestly think he wouldn't notice if I weighed 1000lbs as long as life carried on for him in the usual fashion. However, in 10 years of marriage he has learned that I don't need his support or approval for anything I decide I want or need. When I first started my 6 month journey waiting to have surgery, he didn't want to talk about it. I wasn't to mention it around him. When I pointed out to him that his own jealousy and insecurity was keeping him from supporting my decision, things changed. Of course, he never admitted that I was right, lol but he did get on board and is now my biggest defender if anyone says anything negative. He still has issues with the thought of me being skinny and getting second looks but I think he's realized that if I didn't do something to KEEP the weight off, he was going to be a single father and that would be way too much for hours easy going lifestyle! IMO, support or not, this is for you and no one else so he can jump on board or get left behind!

Lol
My words to my husband: "you want to succeed as my husband, right?"
Him: laughing..."oh yes, more than life itself."
Me: "then support me and don't screw this up. I will take care of my needs and my own portions. But, please, don't sabotage this or be a food-forcer. I want you to succeed as my husband, as well."
True dat.

I'm having trouble making my husband understand that I need help with portion controls and I am having trouble dropping weight. He tells me that wanting this surgery is just a 'cop-out' and could do it on my own if I apply myself. Does anyone else have this issue??

Dr Edwards. Going to Hammonds Heart Institute. I haven't met him or anything yet. This wi be my first seminar.

Annie, the best decision I've made...obese all my life, tried every diet known (some worked) and so far -- I'm 4 months out -- have the tool finally that has allowed me to lose the weight! So far, I'm about half-way to goal and have lost 80 lbs. eating is definitely different - I can't eat anywhere near as much as I did - thus the tool I mentioned. Check everything out,research!! Make your decision that's good for you. For me, I would do it again in a New York minute! Good luck, this is quite the journey

Here is my list of reasons that the sleeve was best FOR ME.
1) duodenal switch was WAY too extreme for my case.
2) I know several people with lap bands. It requires a lot of maintenance visits to the dr for adjustments. I couldn't get past having a foreign object in my body forever. I've seen the folks I know cheat their way around the band, and I knew I needed something that would be more difficult to overeat with. My surgeon told me that he removed more bands than he put in last year.
3) my aunt had gastric bypass. She lost a lot of weight and is doing well. However, she constantly has to focus on malnutrition because of the malabsorbtion that comes with bypass. And, she kinda has that 'sickly' look of weightless that seems to follow bypass patients. Bypass also has the side effect of 'dumping syndrome' that she has explained and I didn't want to deal with.
4) with the sleeve, all of my insides are still in the same order that God put them in. Everything still works the same without any detours. While I do have to take some Vitamins and supplements, it's nothing like the other surgeries require. I don't have malabsorbtion, because I still have a stomach. I don't get dumping because it still works like it's supposed to. I just can't eat nearly as much as I used to. My surgeon said that he expects the sleeve to become the premier wls.
The best advice I have is, regardless of which surgery you choose, start now at finding new foods. You don't want to go through the surgery just to eat the same crap that made you need it in the first place. Contrary to popular belief, healthy food does not have to suck. If it did, I would not have had the success I've had so far. I'm six months postoperative and only 38 pounds from goal. And my goal was to lose 198 pounds. Here are some sites I use that have helped me.
Www.Emilybites.com
Www.dashingdish.com
And google bariatricfoodie because she is awesome but I can never remember the address.
Hopefully, this was helpful to you.
Good luck on your journey.