Hola!

I went for my first consultation today and found out I can have my surgery in as little as three months! I have to go through testing and the like but my insurance is on board! I cannot believe it! I only found out about the sleeve on Monday (I was considering LapBand) and I cannot be more excited. I have been researching like a maniac and have loved reading all of your posts! I am ready to get healthy! If anyone has any wisdom they would like to share, please feel free!

Welcome to the boards and congratulations on taking the first steps to a new you!

We've got a great group of people here and there is so much support.

I love my sleeve and I love these boards!

Several of us are in chat quite often in the evenings so feel free to pop in and join us anytime you want.

Welcome and gratz on your decision to get healthy. Best of luck to you.

You sound excited! That's great! Get set to change your life for the better.

Hi and welcome.....

You'll find loads of information on here which will be useful to you....I'd recommend getting together a list of questions to ask your surgeon so you're fully informed. Theres several posts which you can search for relating to questions to ask - IMO it helps to go in fully informed as its a huge decision to make.

Good luck

Thank you for your warm welcome! I have so many questions running through my head right now. Things like how/what to tell work, if anyone has heard of my Doctor (Nowzaradan) besides on TLC , and how to prevent hair loss. I do not know why but that is the thing I am most worried about!

Thank you again everyone!

It is up to you how much you tell work. I told my boss because I knew he would be supportive and I wanted him to know I would need to be out between 1-3 weeks depending on recovery. Hair loss is a hard one.. from everything I have researched it usually occurs month 3-7 then starts to rebound. There are a few people who are lucky and do not have much at all. (hoping to be in that boat) Honestly I would cut all of my hair off to be healthy again hehe. I wish you all the best on your journey! Research research research... I actually found a person on youtube that I have enjoyed watching his videos. His screen name is Thinjourney. Hope that is helpful to you.

Welcome and I'm so glad to hear your insurance is on board and that you will be able to move so quickly. I thought I would have a few months to wait - waited 6 weeks just for my consult - but then it was like, would you like surgery next week? uhhh let me think.. yeah!!! Congrats and you are in for a great ride.