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MzGee,
I am meeting with my surgeon tomorrow, having read so many posts here about others concerns and experiences I was able to make a list of questions and concerns that I have, hope they will help you.
1. what are the chances of leeks? and what causes them

2. how many incisions will I have?

3. Are there any heavy lifting restrictions, how long?

4. Will I have a drain after surgery? if yes why?

5. Pain management after surgery and when I go home. (I have a very low tolerance for
pain, but I am a total wimp lol)

6 Gas pains after surgery, how long and is there anything you can do to minimize
them?

7. What have you heard about hair loss, and why?

8. Will I be nauseous after surgery? meds to stop it?
I keep adding as I read something else and or something else comes to mind. keep in touch. Pamela

no, I am from Long Island, NY but June 12th is my birthday! thats a good day to start a new life. I am 3/4's of the way through my clearances, 2 more and I will have my date, I just wish it would come already. Anyway, hope all goes well and is well wilt you. keep in touch if you like. Pamela

I will be getting my surgery date next week! Woo Hoo!
I live in NY on Long Island and my doctor, Dr. Shawn Garbar created a new procedure called single incision gastric sleeve, meaning 1 incision through my belly button no scaring at all. Has been doing his sleeves this way for 7 years now. Not sure why other surgeons haven't followed suit, 1 incision compared to 4,5 and 6,7?

I think for me, my last straw wasn't 1 thing specifically but a build up of so many last straws!

Like everything in life there are needs and wants. Reasons you NEED to lose weight and reasons you WANT to lose the weight!

For all of us brave, beautiful, strong people who have made the decision to finally take back some control of our lives the needs are the first and most important ones. My needs and wants are probably the same as some of you but together we can do it.!

1. I NEED to be able to walk up a flights of stairs and not feel like I am going to have a heart attack.
2. I need to seriously lower my cholesterol before I have a heart attack and leave my girls without a mother
and a husband without his wife.
3. I need to stop my joints from feeling like they will give out at any moment
4. I need to stop the pain I feel in my lower back all the time
5. I need to lower my blood pressure before I have a stroke
6. I need to wake up and not feel so sad and depressed anymore
1. I WANT to be able to be active with my family and not have to sit down to rest after 5 minutes
2. I want to go shopping with my daughters and or friends and actually buy something besides shoes
3. I want to not find a reason to stay home every time we get invited to a family get together
4. I want to be able to walk through a row of seated people and not be afraid I won't fit.
5. i want to love going to the beach
6. I want to finally feel full when I eat
7. I want to wear a bra that only has one letter in it

I have just started my journey and get closer to my surgery date with every doctors appointment and clearance letter I get! I hope that some of you can relate to my needs and wants and look forward to sharing everyones weight loss journey together, the up days and the downs.!! God bless

I have 3 straws...
I was at my hair salon in November 2011 getting my hair colored and I went into the dressing room to put on a smock. None of them fit. I had to come back out of the dressing room and tell The stylist that they didn't fit. Next thing I know they are all looking throughout the salon for a clean smock that will fit. They couldn't find one so my stylist took his off and gave it to me (he's 6'3" and approx 240). I was 5'5" and 243. Needless to say I was so humiliated.
The next month I get a call from my dad who lives alone. He's 400 lbs and 6'3". He says he can't feel his legs (diabetic neuropathy). We go pick him up and he can barely walk. Then he falls at my house and he is so heavy that we can't help him up so we call an ambulance. It takes 3 large men to get him off the floor. Then it hits me. Watching my father in this state is what my little boy will be doing with me if I don't get things under control. I don't want to put him through what my siblings and I have gone through to get my father proper care. It was very eye opening.
In January, I start looking into WLS. This same month my little boy asks why we don't have any family photos. I made something up like I just liked taking pictures of him, but the reality is I never wanted my picture taken. This broke my heart. A few weeks into January and I run into a friend who had gastric sleeve surgery and she looked amazing. I decided that was Devine intervention a took the hint.
I had my 1st appt later that month and surgery in March. I still have problems with those darn smocks, but now its because they are too big for me. This has been the best decision I have ever made (outside of my marriage and my child of course)!
Thanks for reading.

I think for me, my last straw wasn't 1 thing specifically but a build up of so many last straws!

Like everything in life there are needs and wants. Reasons you NEED to lose weight and reasons you WANT to lose the weight!

For all of us brave, beautiful, strong people who have made the decision to finally take back some control of our lives the needs are the first and most important ones. My needs and wants are probably the same as some of you but together we can do it.!

1. I NEED to be able to walk up a flights of stairs and not feel like I am going to have a heart attack.
2. I need to seriously lower my cholesterol before I have a heart attack and leave my girls without a mother
and a husband without his wife.
3. I need to stop my joints from feeling like they will give out at any moment
4. I need to stop the pain I feel in my lower back all the time
5. I need to lower my blood pressure before I have a stroke
6. I need to wake up and not feel so sad and depressed anymore
1. I WANT to be able to be active with my family and not have to sit down to rest after 5 minutes
2. I want to go shopping with my daughters and or friends and actually buy something besides shoes
3. I want to not find a reason to stay home every time we get invited to a family get together
4. I want to be able to walk through a row of seated people and not be afraid I won't fit.
5. i want to love going to the beach
6. I want to finally feel full when I eat
7. I want to wear a bra that only has one letter in it

I have just started my journey and get closer to my surgery date with every doctors appointment and clearance letter I get! I hope that some of you can relate to my needs and wants and look forward to sharing everyones weight loss journey together, the up days and the downs.!! God bless

no, I am from Long Island, NY but June 12th is my birthday! thats a good day to start a new life. I am 3/4's of the way through my clearances, 2 more and I will have my date, I just wish it would come already. Anyway, hope all goes well and is well wilt you. keep in touch if you like. Pamela

Oh my gosh this makes me want to cry! You look so unbelievable and gorgeous! Keep it up and keep posting pictures of your weight loss, it is such an inspiration for me, cannot wait to see the end result!
I am at the back end of my clearences so my date is coming!!! Pamela

41. Start 277. Today 174 !!!

Irene - you must be really tall....I am almost the same weight as you and no way I look that "hot" or fit into size 4 jeans!!! You inspire me! YOu look GREAT!!!!

In the hospital now. Got here too early lmao. At the waiting room all these kids eating cheetos and I'm thinking how good it would be to at least lick the cheese off of one. Lol.