phillyfawn

Good luck to you, but I am sure you will do great with your sleeve. www.obesityhelp.com/forums/vsg has a great message board with lots of people posting regularly. It is a GREAT support group for us sleevesters...Hope to see you there!

It may be different over there, but my surgeon told me that the VSG was the safest WLS and had results that surpass the Band- closer the the RNY w/o the malabsorbtion issues...I had my sleeve a month ago and love it...let me know if you have any other questions. I think you could benefit from visitng www.obesityhelp.com/forums/vsg There is a lot of info there, and a lot more people to gather info from. Also, this site has a revision and a complications forum too...knowledge is power...:whatchutalkingabout

I originally went to my surgeon with thoughts of the band in my head, but after learning about the sleeve I knew it was for me. I am married to a Marine, and we move every three years so I knew that the required permanent aftercare (fills, unfills) would get tiresome. Also, after I learned about the port and the possible problems with the band I became worried about the foreign object I was going to put in my body. Anyway, I had my sleeve done exactly two weeks ago, and I am feeling great! I had absolutely no pre-op diet (my "last meal" was actually KFC) and I have lost 16lbs so far. I do not feel hungry or have an acid problem. The first four days were hard as I had problems with nausea and headaches and dehydration, but after I crossed the week mark I was feeling pretty good. Now I am getting my water and protein in and able to walk a mile a day on the treadmill. Deciding which surgery is best for you is very personal, but I honestly think the sleeve has less problems and complications and better weight loss.

I understand that there are mostly bandsters here. There aren't many good forums for sleeves. I just know that the operations are fairly similar in terms of incisions and things like that. Good luck to everyone!

My surgery is tomorrow morning. I am so excited, but also really scared... I am having the sleeve rather than the band, but I bet the pre-op jitters are the same! Any advice on how long before I can be up and playing with my littles ones (5 & 7) after surgery??? My doctor was vague about how long till I will feel 100% (understandably)... I am also nervous about pain.

I have Tricare Prime and go to a MTF (West Point), and I recently started the path to surgery. I had no trouble getting the surgical referral (I just asked for it), and the surgeon signed off three days later. Now I am on my way down the checklist and am planning on having surgery at the end of this month. I am only 90 lbs overweight (by their Metlife standards), but because I am short my BMI is 38. I think it needs to be one or the other. Also, I had apnea that wasn't corrected by surgery, so I think that helped. When you go through an MTF there is no seperate Tricare approval needed and it is at the sugeons discretion. Hope this was helpful!