PJKS1989

Hi everyone! I’m having my sleeve surgery tomorrow at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles and I am so excited! I’m a bit nervous about the recovery process, so I was just wondering what tips or tricks you all may have for getting through the post op pain? I’m going to stay positive and strong but sometimes pain is pain. I’ve been on a pre-op mainly liquids diet for almost a month now and have dropped 25 lbs! So my weight going into surgery tomorrow is going to be 322 lbs. I’m a 6’1 31 year old male. I’m not sure what my goal weight should be, but ideally I’d love to get down to 225 lbs and in a dream world, be 200 lbs but I have a large frame so not sure if that’s doable! Any advice for the recovery would mean a lot! Thank you for your support, P

Hi everyone - I’m so glad this website exists - I never knew about it until today. I’m 31 years old, 6’1 and 350 lbs. I’ve decided to start researching information on the gastric sleeve. I live here in Los Angeles and have some great hospitals available to me. I’m wondering if anyone has had their sleeve surgery from CEDARS SINAI or UCLA? If so, do you have a surgeon you recommend? How was your experience? Any particular surgeon you thought was incredible? I would LOVE to connect and talk more if you’re willing. I have a web seminar with Cedars tomorrow which will hopefully give me more information, but hearing directly from patients would be amazing as well! More generally, if there’s anyone in the LA area that’s had the sleeve and would be willing to talk to me about their experience I would be very grateful. I’m feeling nervous but optimistic. I’ve tried everything since I was in 6th grade to lose weight and I’m hoping the sleeve will be a powerful tool that I can use to access the healthy life I so desperately want! Thank you all for the support.