hello im new to this my name is samantha im 36 years old i had my sleeve 19th may 2012 its nearly a year later i was 20 stone 13 lbs 4 foot 9 and i am now 12 stone 11 lbs and 4 foot 10 i am happy i had the surgery as i had tryed every thing to lose the weight , but there is alot of down sides to having the op too the loads of hangy skin the pain the hair lost the costent tierdness and weekness but the fat lost is fab and i cant complain about that.