Alexis

I an allergic to Vicodin so they gave me something called Nucynta. I'd never heard of it, but boy does it work! It's a teeny tiny pill so I never had any trouble swallowing it.

You look great! What a difference in your arms!

I'm new as well and I must say- this is the kindest and most supportive group I've ever seen! Welcome to the club

You look so beautiful! What an inspiration

Alliegb3, who is your surgeon? I live in Asheville NC but am going through the st. Francis program in Greenville

Congrats! I can't wait until i'm in your place!

Went to a second info session yesterday and was VERY impressed, especially compared to the first one I went to. I started filling out all of my paperwork today, called my insurance company (no supervised diet required! Woohoo!), requested medical records, made another appointment with my PCP to talk it over one more time. it's moving so fast now... But I've done my research, and i'm ready!

I'm new here as well, and I couldn't agree more- the people here are wonderful! I've never seen a more informative, supportive, and open message board!

Part of your journey? I am new to this whole thing. I've thought about WLS for a while but just recently really started researching. I've been reading the forums here for a couple of weeks, but this is my first post. I went to one seminar in my hometown last week, and am going to the next closest one next week (about 50 miles away). I feel like I should look into at least two options before I settle on one. The whole decision making process is proving to be both scary and exciting, but I'm about 75% sure as of right now. It may take me another 3 information sessions to make up my mind, but I'm ok with that. I've been overweight my entire life- so what's a few more months?! I just want to be sure I'm doing the right thing for me. A little history... I just turned 29 and have been overweight my entire life. Ove the past several years, I have gotten sever parts of my life in order that really needed working on. My weight, I feel, is the last really big piece and I'm finally in a place where I'm ready and able to deal with it. At my past PCP visit last week we discussed my options for losing weight and she mentioned surgery as an option since I am young and healthy. She also mentioned that I had been seeing her for 7 years and my weight has stayed within a 15 pound range for the entire time, which she said was actually very good in terms of surgery because it means I'm very stable with my habits. Thanks for listening. I look forward to learning from you all!

I too was sure I wanted the lap band.... untill I researched. For me, the sleeve was a no brainer after my research!

Thanks to everyone for your replies! I think the strangest part for me is hearing all the stories from people who had major surgery and have no (or minimal) complaints! Every day I'm more and more sure that this is right for me.