did you have the sleeve done? your advice is great and i appreciate the positive attitude you have, i'm totally ready for the surgery, it just gets so frustrating when people are so negative(especially when it's your parent's!!!) i try so hard to ignore them but they just won't lay off and keep telling me how it's not reversable and blahblahblah, LOL, my husband, friends and other family members are so excited for me i think that's what the hardest part is because my parents are not, my mom had the bypass 11 years ago so she believes that that is the one i should do, but i don't so that mskes me wrong for having my own idea!!!