Just starting out!

[mistysj 1,940]

Hi! i am still in the research phase and have not yet contacted a surgeon, but I have decided I want to have the VSG procedure. I am a researcher by nature and I have already read 5 books about the subject, as well as several studies, articles, etc. I know that before I can succeed at the surgery I need a great support network. My husband is skeptical but supportive of the surgery, and my doctor is very supportive of the idea. My current BMI is 44 and I have type 2 diabetes. The things that brought me to this decision are: 1. I know the risks of my current weight outweigh the risks of the surgery 2. I have done every diet known to man and have lost weight, but failed to keep it off. The latest was a year of Optifast under medical supervision. I only lost 20 kg even though I worked that program pretty hard. I see the surgery as a tool to make a low calorie diet feasible. 3. I am only 35 and have been morbidly obese for most of the last 15 years. I want the next 15 (and more) to be different. 4. The sleeve seems like the best bariatric surgery option. No foreign devices, no malabsorption, no re routing of intestines. Just a drastic reduction in stomach capacity and physical hunger due to grehlin. I think I will find lots to read here!

[NewAshes 232]

I haven't even talked to my doctor yet I'm hoping for a positive outcome on the 11th. Welcome and good luck!

[mistysj 1,940]

Thanks! I hope it goes well for you. I am going to try to get an official referral this week when I have the results back from my latest diabetes tests.

[NewAshes 232]

I'm hoping things go well. My BMI is 47 and I have high blood pressure..not sure if I have diabetes but I take metformin which means I either have pre or I have it. One doctor told me one thing and another the other lol. I just got a new doctor though so hopefully she can clear things up