I am hijacking off another thread, but I have seen several people have named their sleeve. Haven't picked one for my soon to be made sleeve, so I need some good ideas!

Annoying Customer.

chiquita is kind of catchy

I find this idea off-putting and slightly creepy. Why would you want to name your sleeve? It's not new, it's not a special friend or a cute fluffy pet, and it's certainly not a seperate entity. I hate when men name their d^cks and women name their boobs. It's still part of us. It's our stomach, it's just smaller and more normal sized now. What we had before was an endless abyss inside of us, or a monster that was always hungry. Surgery helped us out in desperation and made it so that we don't overeat. It's not cute. I find it embarrassing that I had no willpower before surgery; I hate the fact that my eating habits were so bad that I had to resort to this. I am very thankful that my stomach is now much smaller, but I won't be talking to it or petting it.

I find this idea off-putting and slightly creepy. Why would you want to name your sleeve? It's not new' date=' it's not a special friend or a cute fluffy pet, and it's certainly not a seperate entity. I hate when men name their d^cks and women name their boobs. It's still part of us. It's our stomach, it's just smaller more normal sized now. What we had before was an endless abyss inside of us or a monster that was always hungry. Surgery helped us out and made it so that we don't overeat. It's not cute. I find it embarrassing that I had no willpower before surgery; I hate the fact that my eating habits were so bad that I had to resort to this. I am very thankful that my stomach is now much smaller, but I won't be talking to it or petting it.[/quote']

Ok. That's fair. This is just meant to be light and fun. Please forgive me for commenting that while you may not plan on talking to it, it will talk to you.

It's not cute. I find it embarrassing that I had no willpower before surgery; I hate the fact that my eating habits were so bad that I had to resort to this. I am very thankful that my stomach is now much smaller' date=' but I won't be talking to it or petting it.[/quote']

I can't agree with this more.

I am 1 week post op and it's been rough, but I am grateful and looking forward to seeing results. However, I am still embarrassed I needed to cut out my stomach before I could lose weight.

When I went for my preop appt, my surgeon comes in and goes "Are you excited???" like I was about to win a huge prize. It's kind of weird.

Ok. That's fair. This is just meant to be light and fun. Please forgive me for commenting that while you may not plan on talking to it, it will talk to you.

I understand, I may find it strange but if it helps people feel better about it then more power to them. I'm sorry if I offended you.

Too funny! When I read the topic, my first thought was "Hope."

When I went for my preop appt, my surgeon comes in and goes "Are you excited???" like I was about to win a huge prize. It's kind of weird.

I am so excited I can barely stand it! A chance for a normal life! I'm downright giddy at the thought. There's actually a light somewhere in this dark tunnel through hell. Not a wide open door, but a hand reaching out to me to help. How could anyone not be excited?

Some people live life wayyyyyyyyy tooooo seriously. You only get one life, some of us now are getting a second chance to live the life that we always wanted, why not throw a little humor in it? I think it's awesome that people are naming thier sleeves. I get mine Friday morning and I'm still trying to come up with a good name, but this sleeve has changed and saved my life already! When I went for my endoscopy they were able to find a polyp that came back as a mass of neuroendocrine cancer! I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I just wish I could come up with name for my sleeve to thank it.. Whether its a him or her.... I guess you don't really know until post op! Thanks for the giggles this morning! And to all you grumps.... Lighten up!!!!!!!

Some people live life wayyyyyyyyy tooooo seriously. You only get one life' date=' some of us now are getting a second chance to live the life that we always wanted, why not throw a little humor in it? I think it's awesome that people are naming thier sleeves. I get mine Friday morning and I'm still trying to come up with a good name, but this sleeve has changed and saved my life already! When I went for my endoscopy they were able to find a polyp that came back as a mass of neuroendocrine cancer! I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I just wish I could come up with name for my sleeve to thank it.. Whether its a him or her.... I guess you don't really know until post op! Thanks for the giggles this morning! And to all you grumps.... Lighten up!!!!!!![/quote']

Copy that!

Some people live life wayyyyyyyyy tooooo seriously. You only get one life, some of us now are getting a second chance to live the life that we always wanted, why not throw a little humor in it? I think it's awesome that people are naming thier sleeves. I get mine Friday morning and I'm still trying to come up with a good name, but this sleeve has changed and saved my life already! When I went for my endoscopy they were able to find a polyp that came back as a mass of neuroendocrine cancer! I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I just wish I could come up with name for my sleeve to thank it.. Whether its a him or her.... I guess you don't really know until post op! Thanks for the giggles this morning! And to all you grumps.... Lighten up!!!!!!!

Hear! Hear!

Sleven the Sleeve (Sleeven)

When I went for my preop appt' date=' my surgeon comes in and goes "Are you excited???" like I was about to win a huge prize. It's kind of weird.[/quote']

My surgeon did the same thing. I am excited about this chance to be healthy and look better. But this is not a door prize for sure. Anything worth it takes effort though.

Tekara3927 how about naming your sleeve angel

I know people are having fun with this, but let me tell you why I would never consider naming the sleeve. It is still my stomach, it is still me, it is just a smaller stomach. I am working to de-emphasize food and eating in my life, to make it just be a normal way to get sustainance. I just feel like naming it gives it too much focus, too much of a centerstage and potentially, too much power (in my own mind).

While the names are creative and fun, I'm with you. It's just my stomach.