Texas Sleevers!

[Dallas86chic 6]

Aw, I'm sorry you're hurting:-(. Hopefully the pain goes away quickly! Here's to hoping my left side stays frozen!!

[klerose 14]

Thanks' date=' lady! I've had a pretty easy time so far:). Klerose, how are youuuu feeling?[/quote']

I'm feeling good it was really bad after surgery!!! Had some complications but now I'm feeing more myself for sure!!

[Skinny in Here 83]

I'm about 20 miles South of Dallas, TX. Getting my sleeve Monday morning at 7:30 am. Monday can't get here soon enough!!

[SarahBeth1217 19]

I live in the Austin area. Was sleeved on 7/25. Slowly feeling better! Anyone else in the Austin area?

[kjordan83 65]

Howdy y'all! I'm Kristin from Eastland. It's a little town about an hour west of Fort Worth!

I was sleeved on July 1, 2013 and I'm down 29lbs and 29 inches! Glad to have a Texas group!

Any Aggies out there? Fightin' Texas Aggie Class of 2006!

[scaredtosleeve8921 2]

Thinking of the sleeve I live in Plano I'm 27. My family isn't a huge fan of my decision. Nervous about the whole thing. I've done my 1st of 6 nutrition visits hopefully will have surgery in December. Any other young sleeves that have any advice? It's a huge decision to make at such a young age. My family thinks in taking the easy way out.

[baniwala 40]

I am in Austin, 12 weeks post op, feeling great!

I really want to find local people for support.

[Chellemetime 299]

Hi everyone! I'm between Houston and Galveston in Santa Fe, Texas! I was sleeved 12/5/12!

[Chellemetime 299]

Thinking of the sleeve I live in Plano I'm 27. My family isn't a huge fan of my decision. Nervous about the whole thing. I've done my 1st of 6 nutrition visits hopefully will have surgery in December. Any other young sleeves that have any advice? It's a huge decision to make at such a young age. My family thinks in taking the easy way out.

How old are you? I will tell you, the sleeve is definitely not the easy way out. YOU still have to decide what you're going to put in your mouth and what your not. YOU have to make the decision to eat this way (Protein first then vegetables). YOU have to make the commitment to take your Vitamins every day. It's still YOU that has to make the decision to use your sleeve as a weight loss tool for the rest of your life so it's not the easy way out at all.

[scaredtosleeve8921 2]

I'm 27 I'm 238 pounds with a bmi of 40 my family doesn't really get it because my mom lost weight and kept it off with slim for life and my brother lost and keeps it off with herbalife. The only support I feel I get is from my aunt who had bypass done. I want them to know that it's not the easy way out at all and my dr told me to invite them to visits and support groups before surgery. It's just making me rethink my decision.

[Tx.Doll3 30]

I'm 27 I'm 238 pounds with a bmi of 40 my family doesn't really get it because my mom lost weight and kept it off with slim for life and my brother lost and keeps it off with herbalife. The only support I feel I get is from my aunt who had bypass done. I want them to know that it's not the easy way out at all and my dr told me to invite them to visits and support groups before surgery. It's just making me rethink my decision.

It's not the easy way out no one but fellow VSGer know that. No one else understands the physical and mental changes we have to go through. Those diets don't work for everyone. You'll always have a supportive family here.

[FRED1977 186]

I'm in Lewisville, TX close to just about everything I'm post op day 6 today. Nice to see a lot of people near me.

[nikkijane 13]

Can I come out and play, too, girls??? I live in McKinney!!! I got my sleeve 7.31.13.

[Dallas86chic 6]

How ya feeling so far, Nikki?

[nikkijane 13]

Thinking of the sleeve I live in Plano I'm 27. My family isn't a huge fan of my decision. Nervous about the whole thing. I've done my 1st of 6 nutrition visits hopefully will have surgery in December. Any other young sleeves that have any advice? It's a huge decision to make at such a young age. My family thinks in taking the easy way out.

I have told very few of my family and friends. My husband and my mom are hugely supportive. My sister, fairly supportive, my cousin and my aunt, kind of mixed...ranging from making sure we knew about their friend who had had weight loss surgery who had had a terrible time and looked AWFUL, (I personally think she looks great) to them calling to check on me post surgery. Friend-wise...the few I have told...either are very supportive or fun ruiners, and say stuff like...isn't that dangerous?

I was talking about this with my doctor because I was really struggling w my decision not to tell people certain people I work with, especially. He gave me the BEST answer. He said, people see this as an elective procedure. And to us, it is NOT an elective procedure. He had also told me that the procedure itself is rather benign. Especially compared with other wl procedures. Even compared with other abdominal procedures. It has the same risk as any other surgery, of course...but our relatives, especially, flip out, thinking we are removing our guts "just for fun."

I am 40. But I went on my first diet at age 10. In fact, when I was 24, I would have qualified for a sleeve had I known anything about it, but that was the year of phen-fen. Anyone remember that? Oh yeah! I am barely 5' tall, and I weighed 204 pounds (at the time) I did lose about 50 lbs, kept it off for almost 10 years...with every fad diet under the sun...but phen-fen harmed a lot of people.

So yes, I would have done this years ago, I I could have done things differently. Good luck, Scared!