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I hope to have my sleeve done in December and I need some suggestions. Looking back on your own journey, can you recommend the best way to prepare mentally and physically for mine? I want the best chance of success and am willing to do the work.

I plan to have sleeve surgery in December. I am really enjoying this forum! Everyone is so helpful and encouraging, so here are my questions. If you don't "feel full" while on liquids post surgery, are you always hungry? I am also very concerned about my energy level post surgery. I have three weeks off before I go back to school to complete my last semester of nurses training and am scared to death that I may feel too weak to meet the demands. I am 43 and 100 lbs overweight, so I have struggled with energy all along. My alternative is to wait till I am working but that seems even more risky. Any thoughts or experiences to share? Thanks!

My birthday is December 29th!

Won't it be great to welcome the new year with real hope for a future free of excess weight, failure, and poor health? I am so excited!

I am totally obsessing! I am trying so hard not to drive my family nuts with all that is going through my head. I am going to attend a support group in hopes that I will have a safe place to share all this! My surgery date is dec. 16th (Lord willing!) and I can't wait!

I am self pay, so I have very few requirements. I'm going to look into support groups. Thanks!

Thanks for your response! I think my school would work with me if I had to retake this semester. This semester is advanced nursing, but I have a very supportive family and no job. I agree with you that school would be easier to manage than a new job. I also suspect that if I was able to get a job at this age and size, the surgery would just get pushed to the back burner and my health numbers cannot hold much longer!

I plan to have sleeve surgery in December. I am really enjoying this forum! Everyone is so helpful and encouraging, so here are my questions. If you don't "feel full" while on liquids post surgery, are you always hungry? I am also very concerned about my energy level post surgery. I have three weeks off before I go back to school to complete my last semester of nurses training and am scared to death that I may feel too weak to meet the demands. I am 43 and 100 lbs overweight, so I have struggled with energy all along. My alternative is to wait till I am working but that seems even more risky. Any thoughts or experiences to share? Thanks!