Hi, I am sooooo NEW!

[Diana_in_Philly 1,426]

@@Chrisanna - I was pretty close to where you are now. I am 55. 5'3" and my high weight in April 2016 was 271.5. I went to my seminar and came away thinking LapBand. Then I talked to my surgeon (first visit May 11) and realized that the sleeve was what I needed. My surgery was on August 23. I was 246.9 on day of surgery. My insurance did not require a monitored weight loss, but my team did. I met with my doc, NUT and NP every month. I had a 2 week pre-op diet (mix of shakes and food) and a long class about my post op program. My 6 month visit is on February 9. Today, I'm 196 pounds. That 75 pounds from high weight and 50 pounds from day of surgery.

There's lots of testing (endoscopy, possible colonoscopy, chest x-ray, bloodwork, psych evaluation, etc.) which has to get scheduled. Get your head in the right place and you are going to be fine.

The sleeve has been the best thing that has happened to me. I now weigh slighlty more than I did when I got married 19 years ago (183 on my wedding day) and the last time I remember weighing this little was before I got pregnant with my oldest who is 17, so sometime in the last century.

Best of luck on your journey.

[steph56 32]

I'm an aussie having sleeve on Feb 9. It is wonderful to see other ladies in my age group doing the same thing. I will be 61 in April and my bmi is 42. It's never too late to want a positive change. There is still a lot of living to be done. Go girls!

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[Raymia 565]

Welcome Welcome Welcome!!! This a outstanding group and depending on your insurance your surgery could be sooner rather than later it only took me 4 months only because of my work schedule and my two kids : ) I have NJ BCBS no 6 month diet and only 3 classes when ever you choose to take them I did 2 classes in one day then I had to do a 2 hour group class. It took the insurance a week to approve and I got my surgery date that same day : )