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SMO do you feel deprived? are you craving your old standbyes?

SMO when was your surgery? Because gamer wasnt yours awhile ago?

Honestly did any of you stop in your tracks one day and say to yourself..OMG most of my stomache is gone and I will never eat a real meal again...thats a fear Im having..

Thanks Cowgirl btw you are ONLY 2 PONDS FROM GOAL!!! I bet your in heaven..

Give it to me straight. We have all heard the good things the weight loss strories, the before and after pics, the fun trips shopping...but if you could say 1 bad thing anything that came of this what would it be? I am a realist and would like to be prepared for the whole story.

So I got the call Thursday that my surgery was approved and scheduled for the 27th of Feb YAY! Truth is- I am as nervous as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs.... Im 43 let myself go from being a 145 5'8 33 year old who never had a weight problem baloon into a 260 pound 43 year old. And now It has to come to this. I am excited to see what I look like after all this comes off..will my face be full of wrinkles now that I have no more fat? Will all my hair fall out? Will I turn into a raging alcoholic? ( thats one of the big warnings) Will I still be hungry? How will I comfort myself when I am stressed out or my worse eating trigger...exhaustion. These things actually worry me more that the actual surgery.. Will people know I had surgery when I start showing up places getting thinner and thinner? So much to consider...but Id rather not be fat chick anymore...tried it for ten years...not a big fan..

Love this. Cant wait till I can walk out of a dressing room again with a smile...

Yes I feel the same way. Grrr

#The Gamer Im laughing so hard at your post because I am about 2 weeks pre-op and so curious as to how this is all going to play out and am I really prepared for what I am getting my self into and am I really ready to break up with my most disfunctional boyfriend (food) LOL and I am almost positve that your expierience will be pretty much like mine, I am not a good patient either. I am not good with pain or starving for that matter, never been a big fan of being nauseaus or throwing up for extended periods of time or one time, But having said that, I feel better about it having read your post.. Thank You.

Ok so I am meeting with the surgeon tomorrow and read on this site about Bougie sizes. Do we have to decide with the surgeon what size we want? Any suggestions as to what size is better, Ive read about this, not exactly clear on it though. Anybody else?

Hello. Was wondering if anyone has had Dr. Valerie Halpin As their surgeon. She is at the Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, I have an appointment with her on Monday. and just want to hear anyone elses expieriences with her. Thanks,

Think of it this way, People have a lots of things removed that alter our body but make it work better. Such as having your gall bladder removed when it goes bad, uterus when its causing us trouble or we dont need it any longer. Thats the way I am looking at it. And its vanity is just a wonderful side efftect of the sleeve. Its meant to make our lives healthier and enable us to be more active.