My name is Jennifer but most call me Jen. I'm 31 and the mother of the most precious 8 month old little boy. I've been overweight my entire life starting in elementary school. I'm here because of my son. I'd like to teach him very young how to eat healthy and make healthy choices. I've had to battle weight issues all of my life and I don't wish him to go through what I did growing up. My weight peaked at its highest when I was 9 months pregnant. I was 308 pounds a week before he was born. I'm now 239. 69 pounds gone. I was 285 at my surgeons consultation and he wanted me to lose 10 pounds. I lost a little over 30. Then I lost 10 pounds on the liquid pre-op diet. I weighed 246 right before my surgery. I had the gastic sleeve on 9/26. I'm just a week post op and down 6 pounds since surgery. I know I made the right choice for my family and for my health. I'm already feeling better than I have in a long time. My doctor is Dr. Naik from the Bakersfield Surgical Group. My first post op visit is on thursday. I embrace the new changes that are to come.

Hi Jen,

Welcome to this site and congratulations on getting your sleeve. You are going to love it. I was sleeved a little over 14 months ago and have lost about 120 pounds.

Good for you for doing this for your son. My kids were main motivation as well. I became a single dad to my three beautiful kids when my wife died of cancer in 2007. The kids were 12, 7 and 6 at the time and it scared me that I was putting my health at risk by remaining so heavy. After a lot of soul searching, I decided to have the surgery so that I could be healthy enough to stick around and finish raising my kids.

WIthout a doubt, the decision to have this surgery was one of the best I have ever made!

Good luck to you!

Brian

this is my first post to so i hope i am doing it right i had the sleeve 9/19 i have lost 22.5 pounds so far including 10 lbs preop i am happy no regrets

Hi Jen,

Welcome to this site and congratulations on getting your sleeve. You are going to love it. I was sleeved a little over 14 months ago and have lost about 120 pounds.

Good for you for doing this for your son. My kids were main motivation as well. I became a single dad to my three beautiful kids when my wife died of cancer in 2007. The kids were 12, 7 and 6 at the time and it scared me that I was putting my health at risk by remaining so heavy. After a lot of soul searching, I decided to have the surgery so that I could be healthy enough to stick around and finish raising my kids.

WIthout a doubt, the decision to have this surgery was one of the best I have ever made!

Good luck to you!

Brian