I'm so excited!!! Today our loan went though for the surgery....AND I got hired at a school district here. What a double blessing!!! I'll have plenty of time to have my surgery and to recover from surgery before school starts Aug 4th! Miracles do happen!!!! I'll go tomorrow and pay the surgeon and get my date. I hope it will be very soon.

Thank you everyone. I really feel like all of this is surreal. I'm now obsessively researching post op sleevers and how to get through the first couple of weeks. That is my biggest fear. I'm afraid of chronic nausea and low energy level. My plan is drinking lots of fluids right out of the gate to avoid dehydration.

Right now I'm facing lots of big life changes and I hope I'm strong enough to handle them all. They are all good, but it is alot of changes in a short period of time.

I know if I don't do anything else, this surgery WILL be the best thing for me and my family.

And to all you veteran sleevers...be prepared to be bombarded with lots of questions from this newbie!

I got sleeved in costa rica and they made me Rice Water. It was a clear liquid that tasted like rice but the most important thing was it gave me energy when I couldn't eat anything. Look online for the recipe (not the dessert one with condense milk). It was a life savior for me. 3 days after the surgery I went to down town and walked for 5 hours around the museums and felt great.

Take care everyone

Congratz on getting your date for surgery. You will LOVE YOUR SLEEVE!!!!! Please keep us posted with your updates.

Deb