D1NOnlySexyLady

Hello everyone I am new to this site and I have a ton of questions, Let me tell you a little about myself I am 24 years old weigh 280 lbs and thinking about getting the sleeve gastrectomy. I live in New York City and the hospital I plan on having surgery is Columbia Presbyterian. I have seen my general doctor for the required 6 months in order to be approve by insurance, I have been tested for each and every exam for clearance, and I have had my pysch eval, so here begins my questions; 1. How long after submitting all these documents those it take to be approve for surgery and get a date? 2. In this group I hear everyone talking about the vertical sleeve so now I want to know what is the difference between the vertical and the sleeve gastrectomy 3. My biggest fear is once I start losing the weight I'll have all this excess skin, so my question is, is there anyway to avoid this? How soon can I begin exercising? and What has work for people here? 4. Will you ever stop losing weight? If so how? I want to thank any and everyone who takes the time to read and answer some of these questions this group will be incredibly helpful to me and my process.

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions this is extremely helpful

I am new here and I'm very excited for everything this group has to offer