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Got the call... 10/18

Me to.

Thanks Catherine!

You are the only one who knows what will be best for your body and your life. I have friends who had the sleeve or RNY. After three to five years they gained a little weight (5-15 lbs.) and they feel like this is ultimately where they belong. My doctor has set my goal at 140 after I'm sleeved in two weeks. I'm going for it!

Good Morning! Oct 7 to me as well as my other buddies who are going on today will be marked on the calendar along with birthdays, holidays and other special occasions in our life! I don't think I will have no regret about the mark on my life I'm going to make! Thanks so much to the support of this website and the helpful tips given by fellow Sleevers! Let me finish getting ready will up date you when I can! Thanks you all @1gorgeousgodzilla and tips since we see the same doctor!

Sending you positive vibes on this special day. Good luck!!!

I am using spaghetti squash in place of Pasta and I love it!

That is good news. Take care of yourself.

After taking a pretty big knock at the weekend, it has taken me until now to realise that, for the first time in my adult life, I didn't reach for food to feel better.
Wow.......

I weighed 169 lbs when I had surgery. I had a revision to sleeve from my Lapband of 6 years. Today I weigh 161 which puts me 16 lbs from my overall goal and I'm only 2 weeks out. Your body adjusts to where it needs to be and as someone mentioned the less you have to lose the slower it comes off and the harder it is !! You don't have anything to worry about.

Hi powder keg, I understand about your daughter. I am older, 68, and my daughter is trying to accept that I am going to do third. My son and grandson are fine. I haven't told my best friend because she is adamantly against the surgery. I have other issues and want to enjoy these later years of my life. You will be great .

Thanks... Headed home!! After weighting 7 months to get approved I know it's going to be well worth it.

Today was my last day (I hope) of requesting a seatbelt extension for a flight!!! No more travel until next year... And by then my Oct 21 surgery date starts to see the health improve and the waist go down!!!

Glad you are home and appear to be doing ok. Onward and upward ( or should I say downward) :-)

I am glad to read this thread. No one ever mentioned Hair loss. Luckily. As an African American woman I used to wear a pretty bald look in a very short afro. I also occasionally rock wigs as my hair is already thin in the top front area (a male patterned baldness). Now I will at least be prepared to go back to my previous look. Thanks for sharing. I am per-op looking at surgery in the last two weeks of October.

Hi, I am a pre-op Gastric Sleeve candidate. I started thinking about Bariatric Surgery about 2 years ago. My insurance did not cover the surgery or seeing a nutritionist. Therefore, this year in June we were able to change our medical plan to Kaiser Permanente who offers the surgery. I am a wife, mother and grandmother. I was downsized from my job about 4 years ago. I lost my mom during that time and went into a depression. I picked up weight because of my depression, a surgical procedure and my age, which has been very difficult to loose. I recently started a new training and speaking business. I stand on my feet for hours and because I saw numbers on the scale that I have never seen in my life, it was taking a toll on my body. My back, knees and feet hurt (I feet is a new symptom because of the weight). I am in the second month of the evaluative process that my insurance requires before surgery approval. I am excited and anxious about this new journey. I have told only a few people about what I am doing because the second person I told was very discouraging. Therefore I am very selected about who I tell. I am a part of a private Facebook page called "Sassy Sleevers" and this website was mentioned there. I have been watching a lot of YouTube videos and posts from different places. I am glad there are forums like this because it makes it easier for me to get honest information about this life-changing journey. I look forward to sharing in your success and sharing with you mine as well. Thank you for joining and supporting me as I become sleeved for life!

I just thought about this after reading this thread. I normally have Thanksgiving at my house, which is the largest. It is important that I have it again as this will be our first Thanksgiving without my mother and the others grandmother, great grandmother, and aunt. I will cook the Turkey and make gravy & stuffing. I will ask the others to bring sides. I will just be four weeks out from surgery . I hope I can have a taste of gravy and a well puréed vegetable.

Yay!! So excited! I am officially out of the obese category an now in the overweight- my bmi is now at 29.9- sleeved aug. 26th!

I turned in my paper work sept 17 and I got my approval today AND scheduled for oct 30th....I'm so nervous!

I found out today that I am approved and scheduled for 10/25.

I recently had a procedure for pulmonary embolisms and the nurse told me, but I didn't realize it, that she gave me 5 shots of versed in my IV and I never went fully to sleep. Luckily the procedure didn't require major cutting. I am being sleeved on the 22nd and I definitely plan to share this with my surgeon and the anesthesia staff.
Glad she felt comfortable enough to share here.