I know, it sounds strange, but I went into surgery on Dec.29th expecting to have RNY surgery and woke up to a sleeve. On top of it all I knew nothing about the sleeve after doing months and months of research on RNY. How could it happen? Well, I am one of the people that have pretty much every co-morbidity that you can name, type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, hypertension and my personal favorite, stress incontinence and was pretty much assured that they would go into remission, or be cured with a RNY. Sold.

Into surgery I go, with game plan in place and what do I wake up to but my surgeon telling me because of the adhesions and scar tissue he was not able to do a RNY. But he had called my wonderful daughter (in Charlotte NC) from the operating room and asked her if he should close me up or do VSG. After 20 minutes of explaining the surgery (and being reassured that I had the same chances of the diseases going away) and her doing fast internet research, she gave him the go ahead. So he starts explaining all of this to me and I just start crying hysterically. I didn't know anything about the sleeve, I didn't know about diet, etc.

Well long story short, surgery on Wednesday, home on Saturday (with a drainage tube I might add) and after a couple of days of research I found this board. I had been on OH extensively, but to have this board dedicated to the sleeve, all I can say is PRICELESS.

So let me say thank you to everyone that posts and I look forward to loving my sleeve!

Oh my goodness, I'm sure that was quite the shock. I can only imagine how I might feel if I had woken up to something similar happening.

However, I'm sure after you have had time to do your research and you are feeling better, you WILL be one saying you love your sleeve and will probably be SO happy that your surgeon did the switch for you. I met a friend at my dr. office who had the RNY the same week I had my VSG and she WISHES she had known about the sleeve or done more research, she wishes she could go back in time and do the sleeve. But she is making the RNY work, we have decided to be support buddies to each other. I think waking up and NOT having any WLS at all would have to be the worst.

SO welcome, and post any questions you might have, this forum is the best place ever!

It has been 2 weeks and a couple of days and I am back to work, feeling great and I have lost 13 lbs. Still on full liquids, and purees and will be for the next 2 weeks. I have also had zero pain and all incisions are healing well.

I have had these 2 weeks to do the research and I can now say it was fate, destiny and God's plan for me. Very, very happy that I ended up getting the sleeve and finding myself in such supportive company.

Thanks everyone!