Welp, the monthly support forum has not been updated for 2016. I know there's a thread somewhere for December & January sleevers, but thought I'd include you January peeps in honor of the upcoming year. Share your dates, doctor/nut/psych visits, tests, hopes, and whatever else you want to share pertaining to your surgery. Feel free to offer encouragement and cheerleading as warranted. Maybe everyone can link up with some sleeve buddies!

I'll start. I have 100 to 130 pounds to lose (no goal set yet). My sleeve was supposed to be in January. Instead, my husband needs to go out of the country on business in the middle of the month and can't guarantee he'll be back, so I'll probably be sleeved in February. It's frustrating to me because my insurance requires 6 months supervised diet. I finished that the week before Thanksgiving (U.S.) I'm scheduled to attend the final "class" they require all patients to take on Dec. 17. My endoscopy is Jan. 13. I could easily have made it in December, but hubby didn't want me restricted over the Holidays. (I had thyroid surgery with complications last year just before Christmas, so I understand how he feels.) Still, you can imagine my frustration now that my surgery needs to be pushed back again!

Who's next?

*Mods please move this to the appropriate forum when you update the support groups.

So it has been almost a year since we all had our surgeries. Is anyone at goal yet? It is so nice to not have to say "I am going to lose weight"as my New Years resolution

I had my surgery Jan 26th 2016 so not quite 1 year. I am 40 pounds from the weight the Dr wanted me to get to before skin removal surgery. He felt after the skin removal I would be at the goal we set up. In the 10 months since surgery have lost 95 pounds for a total of 277 pounds from my highest weight.

Wow!!!!!! Amazing!

Yay!

Edited December 28, 20169 yr by nicktol

My surgery was January 27, 2016. Can't believe it's been eleven months! I haven't had my December weigh in yet but as of November I was down 105 pounds. Finally hit onederland! Last time I saw that was in the mid 80's.

I am about twenty pounds away from goal. I am having a few plastic surgery procedures so I estimate taking off another 15-20 pounds with that.

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My surgery was January 27, 2016. Can't believe it's been eleven months! I haven't had my December weigh in yet but as of November I was down 105 pounds. Finally hit onederland! Last time I saw that was in the mid 80's.

I am about twenty pounds away from goal. I am having a few plastic surgery procedures so I estimate taking off another 15-20 pounds with that.

Congratulations GirthGirl. You are doing fantastic! I can't imagine how wonderful you must feel hitting onederland. My surgery was a day before yours. Right now I have lost 95 since my surgery date and hope when I see the DR again at the end of Jan I can say I have lost at least 100 pounds. I too will have to have plastic surgery which the Dr feels should take off another 30 pounds. Sure sounds like a huge amount of excess skin. Let us know when you have the visit with the plastic surgeon. Keep going strong.

My surgery was January 27, 2016. Can't believe it's been eleven months! I haven't had my December weigh in yet but as of November I was down 105 pounds. Finally hit onederland! Last time I saw that was in the mid 80's.

I am about twenty pounds away from goal. I am having a few plastic surgery procedures so I estimate taking off another 15-20 pounds with that.

Congratulations GirthGirl. You are doing fantastic! I can't imagine how wonderful you must feel hitting onederland. My surgery was a day before yours. Right now I have lost 95 since my surgery date and hope when I see the DR again at the end of Jan I can say I have lost at least 100 pounds. I too will have to have plastic surgery which the Dr feels should take off another 30 pounds. Sure sounds like a huge amount of excess skin. Let us know when you have the visit with the plastic surgeon. Keep going strong.

Thank you ssflbelle! Congrats to you too! I am planning on having my first procedure in May. I just have to get the money together first.

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