Hello everyone, I am new here. I am going through the steps now for the insurance and hope to have it done in December. What I would like to know, is anyone that has been sleeve for 10 years or longer.

A sleeve as a stand alone procedure - very few as they were rarely done by themselves back then. My wife has a sleeve as part of the DS that she had done 11+ years ago and is doing well, as are several others in our support group we have dinner with every month, most of whom are 10-15 years out.

Hello everyone, I am new here. I am going through the steps now for the insurance and hope to have it done in December. What I would like to know, is anyone that has been sleeve for 10 years or longer.

Are you concerned about being able to lose it and keep it off? I am pre-surgery but from what I am hearing it's fairly easy to lose for the first year or so, after that you have to work at it by watching what you eat and exercising.

Go on YouTube and search for VSG. You will see many, many people who are 2, 3, even 5 or so years out. Most will have a slight regain unless they keep working at it.

That being said they look amazing! Statistically a person who loses 50 pounds (and let's face it, most of us have much more than that to lose) has only about a 2% chance of keeping it off for 5 years. Stats for WLS are much better than that.

I just know, for me with 100 pounds to lose, the likelihood of doing it without surgery is close to zero. I need the jump start.

anyone been sleeve for 10 years or longer.

@@mstrice

welcome, welcome, welcome!!!

we've been waiting for you!!

always room for one more cutie

the sleeve was developed many years ago (100+?)

it was used to help OP with stomach cancer

after a while, docs were realizing people were losing lots of weight

then they used/invented the sleeve for WLS

i don't know exactly how many years sleeve has been around for WLS?

15+ years?? "maybe" longer

i was sleeved 12/15/11

i am couple months shy of 5 years PO

4 years GOAL

there ARE others i see post on the board that are more than 5 years PO

OP don't show up that often

but they DO exist

many VETS here that are 1-3 years PO

good luck with finishing jumping the hoops of insurance

hope DOS is sooner than later

speedy recovery

kathy