A few years ago I was encouraging a friend's Mother to get off the sofa, turn off the TV, and get outdoors. She did not. Soon she was in a nursing home in front of the TV, bribing the nurses to bring her sweets. Then she died. So I retired Dec. 2012, at 66 after working 47 years, and found myself sitting on the sofa, depressed, eating, and watching TV. I felt myself heading in the same direction as that lady I mentioned. Went to another WLS Seminar last year for my husband, and oh dear Lord when they said I qualified I could not believe it!

I have been shouting hurray! ever since I was sleeved. No matter what, I wanted to be mobile and not die a fat old lady who could not walk or move and ended up in a nursing home, wheelchair, and scooter. I have watched the lives of people I know end this way, so I have NO REGRETS. I will spend the rest of my life trying to encourage others. My husband was very scared to have WLS. There was a reason I guess, that he didn't, he waited for ME to lead him. I for one, am very thankful I was able to have this surgery, and my heart breaks for anyone who has fought their weight for a lifetime like I did, who cannot discover this newfound happiness. Wrinkles be damned, I can walk instead of SHUFFLE, and I feel 10 years younger!

Hurray for you and the husband!

Its never too late, I am heading down to MX with an older (61) family friend who has trusted me to take her and she is so excited to get off this silly weight rollercoaster.

It jsut gets better from here

Well said, Linda!

I like my wrinkles and loose skin. If they were not wrinkles and loose skin they would be all puffed out with fat layers. Under that shifting covering is a healthy and a yet alive body. They are a badge of victory and freedom!

That said, if I hit the lottery or something I'd probably get plastics. I'm not a fanatic.

That my life pretty much boring I don't get out and do anything and I young....boy I know the surgery will not change me only I can change me and find people who want to do things besides eating

We'll stated. I'll take the wrinkles and loose skin over obesity any day! I love my sleeve and my new lifestyle!

Linda well stated and thank you! I have been stressing and worry about loose skin and losing my hair. All of this anxiety and haven't even been sleeved yet! Reading this was my que to focus on becoming healthy and extending my life better yet the quality of my life! Very well said.

Thanks friends, and to each and every one who reads this thread I encourage you, I cheer you, and I pray for those trapped in a world who cannot be so lucky to have this surgery. Our world consisted of HBP x 2, Diabetes x 2, Asthma, Neuropathy, Cellulitis, Heart problems with Stent, Knee replacement, I was considering bladder surgery (not now woohoo!); and I hope everyone who is considering WLS does not wait until they have all these health problems before they find the strength to go for it. I may never lose another pound but I feel like a million dollars and know that I can maintain. God Bless.