Stacy1139

Hey Guys...I'm I the only male May sleever??? I'm scheduled for May 4th with Dr. Icaza, Springfield, IL. !!! Hard to believe we are a month away

Yay another surgery date buddy! My date is also the 13th, Katie!

So excited and nervous! I'll be among you in the May Sleeve Group! My surgery is set for May 13. Feels like so far away, but I know it will be here before I know it! I have so many questions, so I'm hoping this site helps! Best wishes to all of us!!
Katie

I have my appointment to meet my surgeon on the 6th and then will set the date! Hoping for sometime mid May, but don't know how busy the surgery schedule is.

WOO HOO!!!!

Great news! Good luck!

Jealous! Haven't had mine yet!

Congratulations!

Congrats!! Keep us posted!

Congratulation!

Just got the word that I've been approved! I meet with the surgeon on April 6th and then will set the surgery date! I'm thinking it will be someone in May or maybe late April

Just got the word that I've been approved! I meet with the surgeon on April 6th and then will set the surgery date! I'm thinking it will be someone in May or maybe late April

Just got the word that I've been approved! I meet with the surgeon on April 6th and then will set the surgery date! I'm thinking it will be someone in May or maybe late April

My last apt with my dietitian is next week, so I'm hoping for a May date!

My last apt with my dietitian is next week, so I'm hoping for a May date!

My last apt with my dietitian is next week, so I'm hoping for a May date!

Sorry folks. Was back in hospital a week. Just got out again. They inserted an NG tube so I am being tube fed 24/7. Guess from my nose to my small bowel. They are hoping it wakes things up. I am finally able to tolerate some liquids in my own. If all goes well, they may pull tube in a couple weeks and I will be on my own and hopefully sustaining myself. We shall see. Been living this nightmare for 2 months now. 4 hospital stays 5 ER trips, 1 ambulance trip. Ugh

My name is Justin Wiseman. I would love to share my story with you. I have been bigger than everyone around me for as long as I can remember. I have my report card from kindergarten and there in black ink under my weight is 100 lbs. Wow, 100 lbs at 5? All the doctors my mom took me to said I would grow out of it, but the only thing I grew out of was my pants. Well actually jogging pants because that was the only thing my mother could find to fit me. food was my world, it was my everything. It made me happy and took all the pain away. By the time I was in middle school I was over 250 pounds, and when I graduated high school I was over 400 pounds. After high school I pretty much stayed home. I hated leaving my house. After everything that I had been through I never wanted to feel humiliated again. By 25 I topped the scale at a massive 600 pounds, and at the age of 26 I was given only months to live. I was suffering from severe complications of cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes, sleep apnea, and high blood pressure. As I began planning my own funeral I had the ultimate “aha” moment and finally realized exactly what I was doing to myself. Desperate for one day of complete freedom before I died I began looking for options to shed the pounds. Being too big to be operated on I was left fighting the battle on my own until I was healthy enough to be cleared for surgery. Over six months I lost 130 pounds, and was actually healthy enough to be taken off several medications. I then had gastric sleeve surgery and over the course of two years I lost a total of 420 pounds. In the midst of the battle I made what I call my “Live IT List” kind of like a bucket list but my focus was on what I wanted to live for, not do before I died. With that my “Live IT List” was born and my desire to live was unstoppable. I got my one day of freedom plus a whole lifetime more. My focus has now shifted to helping others in similar situations along with doing my best to help eradicate childhood obesity. I was a child in the 80’s and the epidemic keeps growing. My story was extreme, but there are so many out there facing an even worse fate….death. I am the perfect example of what childhood obesity actually turns in to, and I have made it my mission to put a face on the cause. We hear a lot of statistics but people tend to overlook them, but if people asctually see what it turns into the impact is so much more. I feel like everything I went through was for a reason and if I can help save someone's life it was so worth it. I spend my days helping as many people as I can find their freedom and I really hope I one day get a chance to share my story with the world and throughout the schools. If you want to hear more of my story my blog is theliveitlist.tumblr.com my public page www.facebook.com/theliveitlist my personal page is www.facebook.com/justinwiseman13 and follow me at twitter.com/theliveitlist

I am only six weeks out and the sleeve has already saved me. Not for the reason you think. Yes I have lost 40 lbs and gone from a BMI of 42 to 35...but that's not the reason.
On Dec 14th I started vomiting violently and thought I had caught the stomach bug. When it didnt go away I went to see my surgeon. I was dehydrated so he pumped me full of IV fluids and gave me three seperate shots of anti nausea medicine while I was there to try to make me feel better. When the nausea didnt let up at all he ordered an ultrasound to check my gallbladder.
I went for the ultrasound and found out my gallbladder had to come out and THEN they also noticed a possible mass in my left kidney. So then my surgeon ordered a CT scan to further investigate the mass....
So to bring you up to now....the CT was done. I was referred to a specialist and got the news. Turns out I have a stage 1 kidney cancer mass in my left kidney. See if I had never had the sleeve, the rapid weight loss wouldnt have aggravated my gallbladder. And as my specialist stated, I probably wouldn't have found the cancer for another 5-10 years and it would have been a much bigger monster to fight as kidney cancer has no cure once it metastasizes.
So on new years eve I will be having my gallbladder removed and six weeks later I will have a partial nephrectomy to remove the cancer. Hopefully pathology will report it as a non agressive grade cancer and my prognosis will remain awesome with no further treatment besides CT scans every 3-6months.
I am so very thankful as I am only 28 years old and I plan on having a long healthy life.

I will not miss sweating. I swear I sweat in any store like I just ran a marathon, like running down my face sweat. Even in below freezing weather. It's embarrassing.

I've only told the four people whom I trust the most and truly value their opinion. I really don't care what anyone else thinks. Being a jerk can be very useful sometimes.

Hey sleevers I'm almost two years out and I'm currently in training for my first physique competition. Set goals and achieve them!!!

You look simply amazing and radiant!!
I can’t wait to let time pass and put in my hard work. I’m only post-op 12 days and down 17lbs.