Hello to all,

I am in the early stages of starting my wls journey and jut when I think I know which surgery I will opt for, I read some of your threads and it completely makes me question which one to go with.... Pleeeease share your own weight loss journey and which surgery you chose, why you did so.....and if you could change it would you?! Please can you tell me how long it's been and your current weight loss total? Thanks for any advice, experiences and wisdom shared!

Up the arse!!!!

Ewwww! That's a very long way... with a very big stapler. Although the post operative pain "down there" would at least take your mind off your incisions.

I've read Harry Potter. I know how these things are done!

Up the arse!!!!

my new explanation for why I didn't get the sleeve...I didn't want it up the arse that far....

my new explanation for why I didn't get the sleeve...I didn't want it up the arse that far....

What do you mean "that far..."? Surely you mean "at all"!!!!

New Zealanders always punch above their weight... We've been looking for someone just like you to join this thread... At last!

I'm actually a POM. Been here for 26 years though, so I guess I qualify.

What do you mean "that far..."? Surely you mean "at all"!!!!

ROFLMAO...touché!!!! I do indeed mean not at all but oh how that rumor could improve my dating life.

I'm thinking there was just a misunderstanding here. If the staples fell into the digestive track to be pooped, they had to be on the inside of the stomach....but if they were, how did he get the stapler in there? Or out again?

This this!! See I'm confused on how she thinks it is on the inside. IDK.

ROFLMAO...touché!!!! I do indeed mean not at all but oh how that rumor could improve my dating life.

OMG that's funny!!

I'm actually a POM. Been here for 26 years though, so I guess I qualify.

I too come from "up top"... born in Basildon, emigrated 44 years ago (practically to the day), have such a Qld strine that no end of $$$ has been unable to rid me of it! Even if I wanted to unclaim my Aussie-ness, first time I open my mouth they claim me!

I've still got my pommy accent, as has one of my sons (he was 7 when we came here). But the other two are very Kiwi. All married to Kiwis now, and four Kiwi grandchildren. I LOVE Australia - been there heaps of times. My favourite place in all the world is Port Douglas, followed in close second by Maroochidor. Love shopping in Sydney - oh! the QVB. Might go clothes shopping there when I'm thin! Although my budget is more Paddy's Market!

I've still got my pommy accent, as has one of my sons (he was 7 when we came here). But the other two are very Kiwi. All married to Kiwis now, and four Kiwi grandchildren. I LOVE Australia - been there heaps of times. My favourite place in all the world is Port Douglas, followed in close second by Maroochidor. Love shopping in Sydney - oh! the QVB. Might go clothes shopping there when I'm thin! Although my budget is more Paddy's Market!

Do they speak English over there cause I don't understand a word you said?

What's a pommy???? All I can think of is pomegranate and pretty sure that ain't right!!!

Mmmm pomegranate juice.. my absolute favourite....

My surgeon told me that the sleeve is the worst way to go. She is Sacramento's Too Bariatric Surgeon and has been featured in Sacramento Magazine many times. Dr. Machado.

She says that she does not even like or suggest doing the sleeve. She says, "why would I want half of my stomach cut out and then have a hundred staples going down the side of it!?" She says that it's the riskiest of all wight loss surgeries because of the amount of tissue you are compromising . The risk of infection and spillage goes up dramatically because again, there is more manipulated tissue involved..

I personally would do the band over the sleeve any day.

My surgeon, Dr. Acosta in El Paso (center of excellence) did the band for years and now won't do them, only sleeve and RNY. OP, just do your research on the % of issues with each procedures and the lifestyle afterwards to see if it makes sense for you. Good luck.

What's a pommy???? All I can think of is pomegranate and pretty sure that ain't right!!!

That's what it is from. It is what Australians and New Zealanders (and maybe South Africans) call British people because their faces tend be red. I think it might have started with sailors and their chapped sunburned faces. It is a(very mild) insult.