I’m planning to have either the band or the sleeve and would love to hear back from people who had either of these and your thoughts? Did you have success? Did you have complications? How much weight loss and how long?

How has “skin affected any forty year olds “? Tht is my biggest fear the skin not tightening

I am 63. 2.5 years in. You will never lose all if the loose skin but with a gym regimen you will be fine

On 01/20/2019 at 18:45, sallie Lindsey said:

How has “skin affected any forty year olds “? Tht is my biggest fear the skin not tightening

I'm 44. My advice...start working out w weight training asap. It will help make it not as bad.

14 minutes ago, sallie Lindsey said:

How has “skin affected any forty year olds “? Tht is my biggest fear the skin not tightening

If you are worried about looses skin you can always have plastics. Some insurance company help cover if you have documented rashes or mobility issues. I was 45 yrs day of surgery (now 50yrs). I just wanted to have my health back. There are far worse things in life besides loose skin.

Prepare yourself look up photos for worst case and best case scenarios.

My loose skin is livable for me. Photo below.

I had VGS surgery and have no regrets at all. I've had no negative side effects, no dumping, no hair loss so far, and I feel great. People say they wish they had had it sooner, but I wasn't ready sooner. I needed to have a few close friends have the procedure and have it be successful for them. And if I hadn't waited, I may not have gotten my awesome surgery who was able to do the procedure all through a single incision in my belly button.

My old workout buddy had a band and I asked her if she would do it again and she said "no" so...

Your inspiration I don’t see any skin tht looks loose ?

I’m planning to have either the band or the sleeve and would love to hear back from people who had either of these and your thoughts? Did you have success? Did you have complications? How much weight loss and how long?

I am 5 days post-op sleeve. I was originally approved 1 year ago and cancelled surgery about 3xs for various reasons (fear, wanting lose weight on my own, timing at work, etc). Hwevr, I attended many free support group meetings facilitated by the program RD offered by my hospital so that I could get first hand knowledge and learn tips and strategies. This helped sooo much!

The 1st couple of days in the hospital post-op was a little rough, but nothing unbearable. I also had a haitial hernia that I was unaware of that my surgeon repaired during the surgery, which Ive learned is very common for wls patients.

Since coming home, I have had a lot of diarrhea, but Ive learned that many sugar-free things, including a couple of the bariatric vitamins have sugar alcohols (sorbital, sucralose, etc) that does not agree with my system. Im in the full-liquid stage til next week and today was the first day w/out diarrhea bec my RD said to start full-liquids and include hot cereals and yogurt (cream of wheat, grits, etc), which stopped it completely.

I know im a post-op newbie but I have no regrets at all so far. Physically, my knees no longer hurt and I already have a diff kind of energy than before surgery that is a great feeling. I have no desire for sweets or fried foods or anything unhealthy. It may be bec im still sore and jst trying to get all of my basic proteins and fluids in, but I feel much better knowing that im finally on the other side of my wl journey [emoji4]

On 01/20/2019 at 19:00, Healthy_life said:

If you are worried about looses skin you can always have plastics. Some insurance company help cover if you have documented rashes or mobility issues. I was 45 yrs day of surgery (now 50yrs). I just wanted to have my health back. There are far worse things in life besides loose skin.

Prepare yourself look up photos for worst case and best case scenarios.

My loose skin is livable for me. Photo below.

Wow! I don't see any loose skin either! You look great!!

Wow looks awesome to me ! I’ll take those legs!

Me too! I want to get to that point where I can wear shorts and look like that in them!!!

Great legs. I never had thin legs when I was thin!

2 hours ago, sallie Lindsey said:

Your inspiration I don’t see any skin tht looks loose ?

It's there. Tummy, bat wings, inner thighs, boobs, and butt. It's covered by clothing. Only seen by me. my husband, and the occasional Dr.

U look great ,and healthy ,tht is my goal to be healthier,I have a bad food addiction and wonder what I’m going to transfer tht too ,turn into a workout freak I reckon , I never had a weight problem till 30 happened lol then boom ? one day at a time though right ,what has been your biggest challenge to overcome? And what advice would you give on it ?

6 hours ago, sallie Lindsey said:

U look great ,and healthy ,tht is my goal to be healthier,I have a bad food addiction and wonder what I’m going to transfer tht too ,turn into a workout freak I reckon , I never had a weight problem till 30 happened lol then boom ? one day at a time though right ,what has been your biggest challenge to overcome? And what advice would you give on it ?

The surgery won't cure food addiction. I highly recommend you see a therapist for that before you have the surgery.

7 hours ago, sallie Lindsey said:

U look great ,and healthy ,tht is my goal to be healthier,I have a bad food addiction and wonder what I’m going to transfer tht too ,turn into a workout freak I reckon , I never had a weight problem till 30 happened lol then boom ? one day at a time though right ,what has been your biggest challenge to overcome? And what advice would you give on it ?

The best gift I got out of WLS was fighting and overcoming the mental battles. Some of this may be counseling and changing old behaviors over to healthy habits. Learning to live a healthy lifestyle was eye opening and exciting. Research research research! Take in all the information out there. youtube, read books, studies on WLS and documentaries.