Decision has been made to have Gastric Bypass and I am 99% sure I am going with Sleeve. I attended a seminar about 5 years ago and again last month and I am ready to proceed. I have been overweight my entire life and in October 2009 at a weight of 281 and a BMI of 49.8 I started attending a weight loss clinicand by May 2010 I dropped 80 lbs and felt great. Sadly once I ended my treatments I packed 40 lbs back on in only a few months. At a cost of $55 a week I cannot continue this long term nor do I want to rely upon shots and pills the rest of my life. So therefore I have decided to pursue surgery. I attended the seminar pretty much set on Lap-Band but then when I kept hearing about having the mindset of reversal I thought to myself, this needs to be a permanent life change! Luckily I think I am pretty set with my 6 month dietary history already and I will be attending my consultation on Monday. I am hoping to have the surgery by December if not sooner and am looking forward to using this site for support and encouragement!

I have not had the surgery yet, but congratulations to you. Hope everything works in your favor.

Decision has been made to have Gastric Bypass and I am 99% sure I am going with Sleeve. I attended a seminar about 5 years ago and again last month and I am ready to proceed. I have been overweight my entire life and in October 2009 at a weight of 281 and a BMI of 49.8 I started attending a weight loss clinicand by May 2010 I dropped 80 lbs and felt great. Sadly once I ended my treatments I packed 40 lbs back on in only a few months. At a cost of $55 a week I cannot continue this long term nor do I want to rely upon shots and pills the rest of my life. So therefore I have decided to pursue surgery. I attended the seminar pretty much set on Lap-Band but then when I kept hearing about having the mindset of reversal I thought to myself, this needs to be a permanent life change! Luckily I think I am pretty set with my 6 month dietary history already and I will be attending my consultation on Monday. I am hoping to have the surgery by December if not sooner and am looking forward to using this site for support and encouragement!

It might just be a typo- but just wanted to be sure you knew that the Gastric Bypass is a different procedure than the Sleeve. The Dr.'s will often refer to the sleeve as the Vertical Gastric Sleeve and so maybe that's what you meant?

Congrats on making the decision to be sleeved, and welcome to the forum!