Hi all I'm a tall 6-5 340lbs I'm considering having the sleeve done it looks like the right option for me I see more ups than down, I have two hip replacements, lately a bad back and the worst I have a bad case of varicose veins I had multiple surgeries but the pain has been getting worse, in the last few years I been thinking about having my surgery done but its scary I'm still not sure if I'm willing to do this surgery, has any one seen improvement on their varicose veins after surgery ?????? or lower back pain ??? any feed back will be appreciated my surgery is still 2 or 3 months away!!!!!

Yes less joint pain and improvement in veins. Make sure your vit D levels are good. I did have a few months post op when I had lower back pain but my D had dropped once I got it back to normal levels then pain disappeared.