It took me nearly a year before I decided to pursue WLS to help me with severe deterioration of my hip and knees. I was scheduled for Hip replacement but cancelled after discussing WLS with my Orthopedic Surgeon. He felt even though I have a relatively low BMI that significant weight loss would greatly increase my success with hip replacement. My Bariatric Surgeon and General Physician, agreed.

I then battled between Bypass and Sleeve for several months, ultimately it was my decision to pursue Sleeve ( Bariatric Surgeon said either would work for me ). I have prepared myself mentally and physically for this surgery and used this Forum as a crutch with great success. I'm 3 days (4 total ) into my clear liquid diet. I'm surprised that I'm not experiencing hunger issues but I do keep drinking liquids and eating sugar free pops like crazy, weight is already coming off.

I'm confident I have made the right decision. Thank you all for sharing your experiences.

Congrats on the date! Yay for a smooth pre-op phase! I didn't mind mine much either. Good luck!

Hope all went well!!

Thinking of you and hoping all is well! When you feel up to it let us know how things are going! ????

Hope you are well. I made the decision for my joints as well, though I had already lost 25lbs in 1 year prior to surgery and my BMI was 36 and had no other metabolic problems. But I had stopped a lot of things that I loved to do, like soccer, squash and running due to bad knees. On top of that seeing my mother, who now needs knee replacement and is too afraid to do it, I felt I needed it.

Hope your bouncing back- I was sleeves yesterday too! Doing well- getting discharged now.

Thank you all for your well wishes. The surgery went fine and recovery was manageable. I had a sudden drop in blood pressure Systolic hit 50, they were concerned about a leak, scared the hell out of me ! Turned out to be a vaovagal nerve response. I will be going home tomorrow, if it was not for the BP issue I probably would be home now.

Vasovagal