My surgery is quickly approaching, although I am still waiting on final approval from my insurance company, I am trying to stay optimistic. I'm wondering if all of the post-op sleeve patients could tell me about their experience and what they learned that they wish they had known before surgery.

Thanks!

Ashley

Welcome and congrats. Come on over to the November Sleevers group. Good luck and let us low if you need anything. Btw...I'm on 11/20 too.

I'm 11/21, YAY!! I'm still waiting for approval also, I can barely stop myself from calling every hour for an update.

I just had surgery for he first time this month. It was nose surgery to fix a deviated septum. Some things I learned after the fact that I wish I had known before:

While under anesthesia your muscles twitch which causes muscle aches for a couple days (seriously felt like I spent 8 hrs at the gym torturing myself);

The breathing tube causes a severely sore throat. I thought I was going to lose my voice. 15 days post op and I'm still hoarse;

You're soo tired. I took 10 days off work, mostly because I would run out of energy after a few hours running errands.

On top of this it sounds like there will also be a bit of abdominal pain from getting the sleeve. LOL.

But knowing all this I'm still super excited. Even if I have to spend a month in bed it will be worth it knowing I'm changing my life for the long haul.

Best of Luck!! And Congratulations!!