Mrs King

Chelenka - this advice is like gold to me. I literally read about a lot allowed to my husband and he was laughing at the pizza story which made me think he may have done that if I hadn't read the story. I love the idea of exercising together too I think that would be the best idea for both of us. Thank you so much for your experiences but I'm sure my husband has learned a lot as well.

Carlotta - wow I didn't even think of the reassurance when I lose the weight. Thank you for that. I would never ever want to make him feel like I would leave him just because I was getting a little bit more thin. He love me for 10 years before we got married and loved me even at my heaviest weight. He's definitely a keeper.

Thank you BigGirlPanties!! My husband is very very excited about my surgery but he just doesn't want to do anything that would be anything but supportive. His plan is to eat a little bit less too so that he can lose a little bit of weight in the process as well.

So I'm curious for all of those who are married or have significant others - what is the best way for them to support you during your gastric sleeve process? My husband is very excited for me and wants to be there as much as he can in any way that he possibly can. Does anyone have any experiences that would be helpful for him to relate to?

MissMe - wow your advice is invaluable. Thank you so much for your insight on the surgery I'm really excited now reading what you it said some of the tips you gave me. This is why sites like these are so helpful to new people or people that are a little bit timid about going to this process. People like you make it seem a little bit more real and help to give a helpful perspective on it. I definitely know there will be struggles post op but I also know that in the long run this is the best thing for me and definitely something that's going to help to create a healthy life for me. Thank you again for everything and congratulations on your 3 month celebration!!

Hi there Irene!! Thank you for the welcoming words!! I think the suggestion of patience is always a smart way to go. I definitely have the patience with the process. I'm just looking forward to it all coming together. I'm VERY excited to do it.

Jody - This is all GREAT advice for me!! I'm just so excited and look at this as a major tool in becoming a healthy version of me. Hearing how you have already lost 23 lbs is amazing to me!! Congratulations of your journey this far. I'm so grateful to meet people like you with such awesome experiences.

Thank you for the kind words!! And congrats to you as well!! I totally understand the being ready concept!! I'm not nervous, just excited!!

Hello everyone. My name is Erin and I am excited to say in one week I will be having my gastric sleeve surgery. I have wanted this surgery for over 10 years but only recently found out that my insurance covered it. Once I knew that I would be covered I jumped on the opportunity and now I'm here one week out from surgery. Last night I was lucky enough to find this app for my iPhone. Now I think this is the best way to spend my week before surgery reading stories, getting inspiration, and getting even more excited for the new life I have ahead of me. You guys are some really amazing people and I can't wait to share my experience with all of you. For those who recently went through the sleeve what are your recommendations in the last week before surgery? Was there anything that you wish you had done prior to surgery? Was there anything that you wish you HAD NOT done prior to surgery one week before? My doctor has let me know that I will be on a liquid diet two days prior to surgery - so for those who went through the same process was this difficult or was it something that you were so excited about the surgery it didn't matter? I want to say thank you in advance because I know there's going to be a lot of advice and positivity from you guys. I can't wait to become official "SLEEVER" just like many of you.