After much juggling and such by my doctor's office (who must employee miracle workers!), I am officially having my surgery tomorrow morning! I am petrified and excited and nervous and anxious all rolled up in to one. There's a different route that I had to take, though. I have to have the gastric bypass because my insurance has decided they won't pay for a sleeve. I admit I was bummed and off kilter for a little bit. I'm going to go ahead with the bypass because that was my first decision before I discovered the sleeve option. I have an amazing doctor that I adore and I just feel okay with it all. I suppose I'll have to leave this board now (after I check and make sure the August sleevers are good!) since I don't qualify. You all are in my thoughts and prayers and I am so proud of all of us who have taken control of our lives. We are rock stars!!!!

Aww sorry to hear you won't be a sleever but I completely get it - if I had been denied I would have went for bypass too. Make sure you let us know how everything goes and that you are doing good - you are an honorary sleever!

Yeah, I don't think you exactly need to leave the board, but if you do hang around you probably want to mention you're a RnY so people can know how to gauge what you say. There are significant similarities and differences. For instance, the nutritional needs tend to be the same. The mechanism for weight loss is very different.

My wife got a RnY six years ago. It's a tougher recovery route if you ask me, but it's faster weight loss. I would have had a RnY if my insurer had not begun to approve the sleeve at the end of 2010.