Hey everyone,
new to the forum, and to even really understanding what the sleeve is all about!

I am a 385 lb male, 6'1...
Been big my entire life (since about the age of 18)
Weight has fluctuated my entire life but not massively , always been around the 350 - 390 lb range.
Until 2018 when I did Keto for 6 months and lost about 70 lbs.
Gained it all back and then some during covid with parenting and work stress and probably a bunch of other excuses.

Ive always stayed away from the surgery but met someone who had it and then I started looking into options.

Pretty nervous.
But excited at the same time.

57 minutes ago, justaguyincanada said:

Hey everyone,
new to the forum, and to even really understanding what the sleeve is all about!

I am a 385 lb male, 6'1...
Been big my entire life (since about the age of 18)
Weight has fluctuated my entire life but not massively , always been around the 350 - 390 lb range.
Until 2018 when I did Keto for 6 months and lost about 70 lbs.
Gained it all back and then some during covid with parenting and work stress and probably a bunch of other excuses.

Ive always stayed away from the surgery but met someone who had it and then I started looking into options.

Pretty nervous.
But excited at the same time.

i did the same thing for a long time avoided the idea of sugery, until finally I had to look at that as an option because nothing else was working, i tried everything. After three Dr. suggested I do the surgery I started to look into it. I had the gastric sleeve on Nov 29th. so far i am doing well. It is taking some time for my energy to come back but otherwise i am feeling good. Already seeing some benefits, my blood sugar is in a good range finally, I am type II diabetic and today got my meds lowered by endo so that made me happy! It is highly personal decision and journey but I am so glad I made the decision to just do it. The weight loss center I went to offers support groups and nutrition classes which are helpful too. I start on soft foods tomorrow, a little apprehensive about that because i don't want to do anything wrong LOL. Congratulations on your upcoming surgery so far so good and I am sure you will do fantastic.

Hello and welcome!

I had bypass so I don't have any specific input for the sleeve but they are both weight loss surgeries and are a lot alike but also different. haha.. that didn't help at all!

All I can say is DO IT! Do it for you, or your kids, whoever you want but do it.

I talked myself out of it for so many years because I could always lose weight on my own (over 100 lbs multiple times) key word "MULTIPLE". I could never keep it off! This was my deciding factor for having surgery.

I am 8.5 months post op and my only regret is not doing it years ago!!