I had my sleeve 1/31/12. I started my journey in 2010 to have wls it took two years. I weighed the day of my surgery 228. I now weigh 126. At my highest when I started was 267. I was approved in Dec,2011 for bypass then discovered last min sleeve was now covered so I switched. It is had work and education but I have no regrets. It took awhile fir weight to really come off.slow is good made me work harder. Good luck to all new comers!