Denmartin

Best of luck to you as well sunnydaysahead!! Prayers for all who are going through this.

Will do and thanks iegal!!

Well it's now here. My surgery that is. Been ongoing since Oct. with my first visit to Dr. Cahill. My story started with my boss having a sleeve because he was pre-diabetic. I had never heard of this procedure even though my mom had recently had a Gastric Bypass. He lost a lot of weight and started to tell me of the benefits. You see I've been a type 2 diabetic for roughly 15 years and it is really starting to take it's toll. I've been heavy most of my life with a fifty pound gain 20 years ago when I quit smoking. At my heaviest i was around 290 but have maintained 265 to 270 for quite a few years. The struggle has been that with type 2 it is extremely hard to lose weight. My main issue right now is the neuropathy in my feet. It feels like I have acid in my shoes. I can't hardly stand to have shoes or socks on anymore. When he told of the sleeve I started to do some research and found that it is almost as effective as the bypass for resolution of my diabetes without some of the issues. Dr. Cahill had almost talked me into the bypass until he found out I have history with Ulcerative Colitis and said there was too much chance of a serious flare with the bypass. So the sleeve it is. Just praying that the amount of time I've been diabetic doesn't prevent my chances of resolution. I figure at the very least it should improve it. So that's my story or at least the concise version. I do know this week of pre-op diet has been the hardest thing I've ever done. I'll be glad when this week is over.