Hi everyone...Just wanted to let you guys know that tomorrow is the start of my journey, and can't wait!! I love reading all of the post on the site of all the succes that everyone has had since surgery, I just hope that I can add to the succes!

A little about me...My name is Jason from New Orleans. I have high BP...sleep apnea...I just turned 40 in August, and my wife and I just had our first child (Logan) in July! If that is not enough motivation to do something about your healt/weight, then I don't know what is!!

In high school I was a little runt and did everything I could to gain weight, and I think all those weight gainer shakes caught up with me!! LOL! After high school I went into the Marine Corps weighing 160lbs and 4yrs later when I got out I was weighing about 195lbs. I would say that that weight gain was more toned muscle, rater than extra weight, but...from that time until now I have put on weight.

My highest weight was around 270lbs and was at the begining of 2011 at that time, I had came to the realization that I was just a "big guy" and kinda excepted my weight. Well since that time I brought a child into the world and I realized, that I have to be here for him!! Not only will I be an "older" parent, but I was fat and unhealthy and really needed to do something about it. That is the time I started getting serious about weight lose. Being that my wife has had WLS, she was very supportive of my decision to look into the Sleeve. She was not familiar with the sleeve but after asking her Dr. about it, her mind was put at ease.

At my first visit in Aug. I weighed 266lbs with a BMI of 38,but because I have high blood pressure and slep apnea, the Dr. thought that I would make a good canidate for the sleeve even with a BMI below 40. Since that first visit it has all moved very quick, because I am a self pay patient I did not have to deal with insurance companies.

Which brings me to now...my "Surgery Eve" I guess you could say. I only had to do my liquid pre-op diet for a week, and all I can say is wow!! Definatley a enlightining experience!! I am ready for tomorrow to get here, so I can get started! So....at 6:30am tommorow my journey will begin!

I am looking forward to getting to know some of you and being able to share my progress with!

Hey, Jason!!! Welcome!! Come and join us over on the October 2011 sleevers board! http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/forum/108-october-2011-sleevers/

I will add you to our roster and we can all support each other as we go through this journey and recover together. So glad you're here and can't wait to sit on the 'loser's' bench with you!

Hi Jason: I wish you the best tomorrow. I was sleeved on 9/27 and things are going great.

Good luck! I was sleeved on 9/12 and i have never felt better!

Good Luck Jason and let us know how it goes!

Congrats. Keep us posted on results. Have a good surgery and hospital stay

Good luck, and I second the recommendation to come hang out in the October group. Everybody is pretty awesome over there.