Hiya! I just recently went to my first Doctor's appointment (1/8/13) for the Sleeve Gastrectomy surgery! Im 19 years old and was wondering if anyone of this age (or anyone, really) that has had or is going to have the surgery could tell me any tips from theirs, or little tricks that help. Things like that. I have done my research and have read the materials my doctor gave me. I have quit smoking, drinking soda, and consuming large amounts of sugar. I feel like I am fully prepared, but there are always surprises! Any info anybody feels like sharing would be much appreciated!

Brooke

Hi My name is Cynthia. I got sleeved 11 days ago and I am 29. I got this surgery bc I really want to have a baby soon and I decided I don't want to be obese and pregnant. So here I am, post-op and reminding myself every minute that I want to eat real food that I have a reason:0/. Glad I'm not alone.

same here . how old r u

23

I will be 50 tomorrow and so wish I'd done this 30 years ago too!

Thanks so much guys! I need all the support I can get because I feel like people I work with and my Facebook friends are looking at me like I am taking the easy way out. But even if you do this' date=' you still have to work at it!

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Hi Brooke, let me tell you something you can tell your co-workers and Facebook friends, this surgery is so far from being the easy way out that its not even funny! It requires a lot of dedication and hard work, so you can let them know that they don't know what they are talking about. You keep your head up and good luck!

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Hi My name is Cynthia. I got sleeved 11 days ago and I am 29. I got this surgery bc I really want to have a baby soon and I decided I don't want to be obese and pregnant. So here I am' date=' post-op and reminding myself every minute that I want to eat real food that I have a reason:0/. Glad I'm not alone.[/quote']

I feel the same way! I want.children and didn't want to be unhealthy and pregnant. But.most of all I want to feel better about myself

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