Hi I'm a 34 yr old mom of two young kids and my surgery is scheduled for August 2017! Im excited and super nervous at the same time. Just wanted to see if anyone else was getting surgery in August too?

I am too! We could be buddies. I'm in Georgia

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Me too! I'm in Oregon.

Jessalene: I'm 69, 5'3", starting weight is 210.

I'm from Pennsylvania. Starting weight 260 current weight 246 5'6.

I'm Jamie, from Virginia. Surgery date is August 16th. My starting weight was 356 and now weigh 335. I'm 5'11.

I'm from Washington state. My date is August 2nd! Yay!

Im 69 and my surgery is scheduled for Aug 2. Getting anxious to be beyond the surgery.

Hi, I'm 66. Looking at aug also. Good luck and keep in touch.

1 hour ago, sissiegirl said:

Hi, I'm 66. Looking at aug also. Good luck and keep in touch.

My family is becoming anxious about negative info ion the web. I told them five doctor gave me the go ahead. ?

7 hours ago, losintowin said:

I'm from Washington state. My date is August 2nd! Yay!

I'm 35 from Rhode Island east coast. I have a child 14.

34 minutes ago, littlelucy143 said:

My family is becoming anxious about negative info ion the web. I told them five doctor gave me the go ahead. ?

Give them the actual statistics about this surgery, rather than random stories: it's exceedingly safe, even more than gall bladder removal. Here's some facts:

"Common misconception is that the chance of dying from surgery is higher than one’s chance of dying from obesity. It’s true that individuals with severe obesity are more likely to have life-threatening conditions such as Type II Diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. According to a study done by the ASMBS Bariatric Centers of Excellence looking at nearly 60,000 bariatric patients, the average mortality rate associated with bariatric surgery was just .13% or about 1 of every 1,000 patients. This rate is considerably less than other surgeries such as hip replacement or even standard gallbladder surgery. Large studies have also looked at the risk of death from any cause of obesity and all of them caused more death than bariatric surgery itself. In fact, this study shows an 89% reduction in mortality because of surgery and the weight loss associated with said surgical procedures."

Source: http://obesityreporter.com/bariatric-weight-loss-surgery-statistics-updated-2015/

In short, it's more dangerous to be obese than it is to have this surgery, never mind the quality of life issue.

I will set a September group up here. I will title it September 2017 gastric bypass surgeries. I would love to keep in touch. I live in Oregon.

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Hi Lori, I'm from Oregon too. Who is your surgeon?

Dr. Leger from Kaiser Sunnyside is my surgeon.

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Awesome! Are you excited? We should stay in touch.

I just got my surgery date, and it's August 16th! Soooo relieved and happy this is going to happen. Scared too, but determined.

I just got my surgery date, and it's August 16th! Soooo relieved and happy this is going to happen. Scared too, but determined.

Congratulations! It so exciting!

On 6/16/2017 at 5:10 PM, briski said:

I just got my date today! I'm getting sleeved on August 9th. I'm 33, married, with one furbaby.

I was supposed to have this vsg done on July 26 but it got pushed back to august. started my preop