I've been lurking around on here since May when I first started thinking this was a possibility for me (found out insurance may cover). This forum helped me decide to go with the sleeve instead of the band. So I did the nutritionist, and psych eval, and finally submitted all my paperwork the first week in July. The past five years (since my son was born) I have done it all... strict doctor monitored diet, boot camp workout three times a week with the diet... i would lose and gain the same 40 lbs. I found out last Tuesday that I was approved by insurance! Met with my surgeon Thursday and I'm scheduled for the 27th! I still have my EGD to get through Wednesday and I start my preop diet tomorrow. It still doesn't feel real but I am oh so ready. This forum has helped me so much and I hope to have as much success as many of the posters here have had. I'm ready to start this new journey!!

Welcome to the world of happy sleevers! You are in for the time of your life! We're here for you and we have all had questions, big and small. We are excited for you. Just think how you will feel by Christmas! Congratulations on this exciting adventure!

Mine is scheduled for 8/27 too

Welcome to the world of happy sleevers! You are in for the time of your life! We're here for you and we have all had questions' date=' big and small. We are excited for you. Just think how you will feel by Christmas! Congratulations on this exciting adventure![/quote']

Thank you! Yes I'm hoping to be able to be excited about taking pictures at Christmas. Right now I avoid cameras at all cost!

Oh! Please take photos now!!! You don't need to show them to anyone and if you really hate having them around, then throw them out next year. But seriously, it's a true moment when you can look back 6 months from now and really see how far you will have come. You can never go back and really, haven't we all wanted to compare a great AFTER photo with a terrible BEFORE photo? Trust me on this one. If you can figure out how to do the automatic timer then you can do it yourself. I'm sorry I didn't take a photo every Sunday so at the end of the year, I could go back and see each one, week after week. Too late now.

I did, I did! And I do hate them! But I want before and afters so I will just hide them away for now.