I'm praying for you, and please keep us posted on your progress when you are able to do so.

Frank you are in my prayers. I can't wait to follow your journey!

Will keep you in my prayers. You will be fine. Can't wait to see your future posts.

Thank you all for your support and words of encouragement.

I'm home!.. And again thank you all for your prayers and support. It all went very well, except I had some moderate pain afterwards. Nothing that the pain and anti-spasm medicines couldn't deal with.

The biggest issue was that I could not urinate, so they put in a Foley catheter. I still have it in until I see my urologist this week. And I can see just a few small blood clots in the urine. So I'm not sure why my bladder was affected? I was urinating just fine before surgery. My surgeon said that it can be a side-effect from the anesthesia and things should be fine in a few days. Nevertheless, I am following-up with my urologist.

Other than that, it has been great!... No desire for food at all! Even when I am around it and can smell it. I have lost 9 pounds in 6 days since my surgery on 12/22/09. And it's amazing that I don't care about food anymore. It was right up there with God for me! It feels like the "Idol" has been broken!

i am so glad things went so well for you. hope you get a great report from the urologist. i will keep praying for you. so happy for you...

Thank you for the update Frank. I'm glad that you have mostly excellent news to report. Good job on the weight loss so far...it's great what the sleeve helps us do so quickly.