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Hey the oldmusicboxyhanks for sharing. Amy problems with exces skin? You droped pretty quick

Bawse u look amazing dude. How soon after could you really get into weight lifting? I know you mentioned you were weak at first. Wandering if u had to increase the protein intake to do weight lifting and byhow much? Sorry for bombarding with questions but u justgave memore confidence to go thru with this. I lift weights and want really know when i ll be back doing this. Loose skin is def scary thing. Yhanks for sharing my man

I have a very mild case and mtvsurgeons wants me on it anyways. They gave me the one just for the nose. Been a week and still getting used to it. Good luck

Just tell them that you might have to blend your chicken wings, doritos, pizza and beer for some time! Its tough to hide something like that because the weight will be coming off pretty fast. Me personally would try to keep it to myself but a confession might be inevitable. Either way they will know something is off and you are not saying something. I say take a few jabs and 'vagina' references and it will all be forgatten before you know it. When they see you shrinking they will have a new respect for you. Go Giants!

Does any one have an idea of how long you should wait in between surgeries? I know it all depends on the type of surgery you are having and the anesthesia used. The reason i am asking is because i might need an arthroscopic knee surgery for my meniscus but i dont want to delay my sleeve. Hoping to get sleeved mid december. Wondering if i could do the knee surgery begining of november. Thank you

Greetings! Wandering if anyone here was sleeved with Dr Garber or one of his surgeons. How was your whole experience? Thank you

Hey man. Wandering how it all went for you. Hope u r doing good!

I am 6'6'' 400lbs. Hoping to do it in December. Wanna get down to about 260-270. Miss playing b-ball.

Would Dr Garber patients mind sharing their experience? Thank you

Queens here. Started my process with Dr Shawn Garber from LI. Hope to have it done end of december

Hi sleevers. Do you mind sharing a few stories of how has the sleeve helped your high BP. I am only 31 and on two diffetent meds for high BP. My BP now hovers around 135/80. without meds it is probably close to 150/90. i know thease are not huge numbers but i am only 31. eithBesides loosing the weight this is one problem yhat i would really like to go away. Thank you.

Thanks rootman...how soon did you notice the difference

I have Cigna. He does accept insurance. You would have to be a really stubborn dr not to accept insurance especially now that approval rate is on the increase. Also, Mexico Drs will beat US prices by a hefty margin. Just be ready to go through a lot of testing if you go with Garber. His staff seems very nice and he humself was very nice and ready to answer any questions. He claims to be ine of the pioneers in WLS surgery but thats hard to prove so i will take his word for now.

Queens here! Started my process with dr Garber on long island. Hoping to have it done somwhere in mid december.

I am from Queens. I was debating between NYU and Garber and decided to go with him. I started my process and he definetely requires a lot before he goes to insurance for approval. I gotta get clearead by every doctor under the sun + Sleep study, sonograms, endoscopy.....etc. that is just their standard procedure. I am kinda releived that they are doing so much testing but then it takes forever. I know of him from tv commercials and internet but would love to hear from some patients

Long Island, New Hyde park

Yes. The one in LI

Well i gotta rep. Queens. Hi my fellow New Yawkers. I am in the beggining stages and deciding between NYU or Dr Shawn Garber in LI. Any thoughts????suggestions???

Damn dude u look fantastic ...no homo. Since i am a big eater like you how much would make full once u started on solids? One thing i cant get my thru my head is prople saying that they get satisfied on 1/2 a cup of food. I just cant accept that. Is it really true? I think my one bite is 1/2 cup rite now. Lol. Amazing result!

Hey forum! I am new to WLS process and when i first started researching i was adamant on having the lapband put in and nothing else was an option. The more research i did and after the seminar i realized rhat i eould rather go with a sleeve. I am 6'5'' amd 405. Big Boy! From Queens, NY and thinking about having the surgery at NYU. My insurance is CIGNA and i only have to do 3 months of supervised diet which is good comparing to other ins. Companies. I have switched from LapBand Talk to this forum and have been reading a lot of posts ans it seems to me that sleevers have it easier than bandsters. I am really turned off by waiting to find the right fill and finding the "green zone" with the band i really want results fast. Also the follow up with the band seem bothersome so i am now 75% leaning towards a sleeve. I would appreciate some words of encourangement and some suggestions on why this and not that. What was your deciding factor? Anyone else had theirs dine at NYU? Thank you in advance.