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sherryk    54

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Hello everyone

I am 52 (53 next month) and I'm scheduled for VGS April 25 th in St Louis, Mo area. I know y'all are already done but I am needing some WLS friends to communicate with. I am only on day 2 of my pre op liquid diet and I can't shake this thought of "what if"! What if this doesn't help me lose. What if my diabetes isn't any better. What if I go through all of this for nothing. Help!!

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Hi DRene,

Hope everything went well. I had my sleeve done on April 25th as well. I had mine done in Florida, but live in Ohio. Snow bird. I am 53 yrs old. Excited about my journey.

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Zsazsaamor    46

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Hello I'm Shareese I was sleeved 4/20/16 Congratulations!!!

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denise250    8

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Hello. Had my first appointment for sleeve last week and meet with nutrition and fitness next week. 52 years old and trying to see how women in 50s are doing with sleeve.

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Inner Surfer Girl    12,015

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Hello. Had my first appointment for sleeve last week and meet with nutrition and fitness next week. 52 years old and trying to see how women in 50s are doing with sleeve.

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Welcome!

I am doing great. I still have a long way to go but my life is completely different than it was a year ago.

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cuddletime    4

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Patricia, welcome! I was sleeved at 51 and my only regret is not having done it earlier!

was it rough in the first few months? I mean with feeling full and bloated, enough fluids, etc. I feel like I'm struggling a little.

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nina1562    35

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@@denise250 I'm doing great and hope to continue doing the same. I was never in much pain so didn't need pain medication after 2nd day after surgery. I went to my first post op appointment on July 7th and had lost 17 lbs in 2 weeks...I'm in the puree stage and doing good no problems swallowing so far. The only problem for me is getting all my liquids in, it seems like I need more hours in a day but other than that no regrets. Thanks for asking!????

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Queen of Crop    1,103

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Welcome everyone! I'm Queen of Crop, and am 62....joined this group when I was 58 and was sleeved a few days after my BD....here I am 4.5 years later, still at goal and living a dream life. I wrote a book about my first year, (Queen of Crop). YOu are all in for a fabulous journey! Lots of veterans here....my best advice is enjoy your first year, it's weird, but it's a true honeymoon. As I said, I'm still at goal, but now I have to work (like most normal weight people) to stay here because I can eat a whole lot more now. If I were to do this over again, I would have tried to lose a lot more weight in the first year. I stopped at 138 because I thought that was a good weight for me. Now, 4.5 years out, I think 128 would have been better (and I could easily have lost another 10). Now to keep at 140 is really tough, but I'm doing it.

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