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My name is heather im 25 and im having the sleeve sept 15th 2011 in san francisco....I started out at 357 now im 2 weeks away from surgery i am 333.. i was hoping that someone can help me out with some questions i have??? im very nervous honestly and im not sure to expect as far as pain wise and im really afraid of excess skin....anyone can help me out how do not have alot of excuess skin? i have alot of questions so hopefully someone will respond lol

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Heather, I just had my VSG surgery on Aug. 19. I'm 10 days out now. I was terrified before surgery (even though I'd already had lapband surgery almost 2 years ago) so I know how you feel. I was actually crying in the surgical holding area! I'm just a worrier.

You're going to be fine. After surgery you'll be asking yourself, "what was I so worried about". You'll just go to sleep and wake up in what seems like a few minutes and everything will be okay. Your pain will be controlled very well in the hospital. I can't honestly say that I was ever in "pain" just uncomfortable sometimes and that wasn't even bad. The first few days at home were a little challenging mostly because I was just so tired and had no energy. But things got better every day. I'm back at work today and other than some tenderness where my incisions are, I feel great.

Good luck to you and try not to worry (I know that's easier said that done). You'll do great!

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Hey heather im 20 and will having my surgery in two weeks! i Also im really worried about excuses skin! and funny thing is i weigh at the moment 352 and by surgery need to shed a couple on the liquid diet! Im hoping exercise will help me out with firming the skin but idk! let me know if u get any good answers and sorry i wasn't able to help out :/.

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I had a horrible hospital experience (08/22/2011 and I don't regret doing it at all), so you may not want to read by posts about it. 99% of the people I know who have had surgery had a much better experience than I did. YOU WILL BE FINE! As far as excess skin goes, that is a completely individual thing. For me, there are certain areas I know will not shrink. And I'm mostly ok with that because my clothes will cover it. The program I'm going through won't allow you to get plastic surgery of any kind until 2 years out because our bodies keep adjusting even after we've gotten down to our goal weight. Skin takes time to adjust and shrink back. My boyfriend showed me this quote and it's made me feel a little better about excess skin: "Very comfortable in my skin. That's why I have so much extra" - Brother Ali.

Who are you going through for your surgery? I'm in the bay area as well, so I'm curious.

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