Are you a nurse? I am starting a support group for nurses that are contemplating, undergoing or are now 'old pro's' with their sleeves!

By way of introduction, my name is Jana & I live in the DFW area and am currently undergoing the approval process. I have been a RN for 38 years--18 years in Surgery & 18 years in Case Management & as a Manager for a major health plan carrier.

So feel free to jump on board!

I am an RN in San Antonio Texas and will be sleeved 6/12 th. I am beyond excited. I have fought this battle ling and hard for 15 years. I am so looking forward to having a new tool to work with.

Good luck and keep in touch!

Ha love your excitement! I get excited then worry and go back and forth

Totally normal.

Ha! I guess that's what I get for thinking I would never be "one of those people."

They admitted me to the hospital today for dehydration.

I've been having some problems with my sleeve the last few days, so an upper GI in the morning and then hopefully I can go home. ::sigh::

Ha! I guess that's what I get for thinking I would never be "one of those people."

They admitted me to the hospital today for dehydration.

I've been having some problems with my sleeve the last few days, so an upper GI in the morning and then hopefully I can go home. ::sigh::

Hello everyone. I've been a nurse for 10 years with DD. I in process of completing my masters in Nursing Informatics. I was sleeved March 4, 2014. I have lost 35 since surgery, 90 since highest weight in 2010.

My main reason for moving forward with surgery is the pain I was suffering while on my feet all day. Now I don't have the pain, and I can run circles around my co-workers (even though I am twice their age and still twice their size)

Amyjo Good to hear! My legs just kill me after 12 hour shifts- I wanna run circles around my coworkers and I wanna stop bumping the overbed table with my hips!

Ha! I guess that's what I get for thinking I would never be "one of those people." They admitted me to the hospital today for dehydration. I've been having some problems with my sleeve the last few days, so an upper GI in the morning and then hopefully I can go home. ::sigh::

I am so sorry to hear about that. I hope you got good news?

Ha! I guess that's what I get for thinking I would never be "one of those people." They admitted me to the hospital today for dehydration. I've been having some problems with my sleeve the last few days, so an upper GI in the morning and then hopefully I can go home. ::sigh::

How are you today? Did your upper GI go ok? Sorry you're stuck in the hospital! Sucks to be a patient!

hi there,

I am a nurse on a medsurg floor. I have worked at the same place since i was 17 years old and 4 years ago went to RN school. I am having my sleeve mainly so i can continue to work and enjoy my life. Heres hoping everything goes well.

I just completed all the preop stuff and they just sent my request for approval on Friday May 9. I was expecting to not know anything for a few weeks and the RN coordinator called me today and said that the insurance sent the approval letter. I just thought I would have more time to prepare myself and my family.

I know--I find myself thinking about potential complications like leaks and infection. I was talking to our pediatric surgeon and he told me to take a bath the night before with chlorahexadine and another one right before the surgery, which I will be doing.I am even taking my own PDI wipes for the room. My husband thinks I am crazy to be so concerned about infection.

I worried about complications, too. I worried for the first 6 weeks post op. I actually did have an infection that took about 7 weeks to heal. It kept healing over and I had to go in and insist they cut it open again a couple of times to allow it to drain - I just kept thinking I was going to get a fistula! Anyway, i'm telling you this not to scare you, but to point out that complications of all types can and do happen, but mostly people recover and do well. When I decided to do the surgery, I took a calculated risk. Now that time is a blur, and I'm so happy I did this. That infection was really pretty minor in the grand scheme of things. I wish you great success, and really, the statistics are good these days and it's much more likely that you will not have any type of complication.

I can tie my shoes with clothes on and breathe at the same time! :-)

I can tie my shoes with clothes on and breathe at the same time! :-)

Wait till you cross your legs!!!! Best post moment ever!!!!!

I can tie my shoes with clothes on and breathe at the same time! :-)

Yeah for you... That's a big accomplishment .....

I'm a nurse in NYC getting sleeved July 1st

Good luck Janetta I just did June 9th.