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So I'm currently a freshman in college (19 years old) and in the early steps of the GB program - have a date for my first group meeting, making my consultation soon. Anyway, obviously I do not have my own insurance and will be going through my mother's plan. How did you guys introduce the topic of surgery for the first time and get approval? I'm away at school (a little over an hour) so I'm not home much. I want to finally bring it up to her this weekend. I will also discuss with my dad since he had it 10 yrs ago. I think my mom might be reluctant and judgemental, but we will see when we get there. (he was 400 lbs and 6'. I'm not there yet --- BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE. EVER!) Also, how is college life post surgery? My room is right next to the gym (where students don't really go) so I plan to use it to my advantage. I also have a full kitchen in my apartment! Very excited. I want to have the surgery the week before I move in (classes will start about 2 weeks post-op if my plans work out). How hard is the adjustment? How does it work having roommates notice your work and not have them catch on that you had surgery? Any other help regarding college? Please share experiences! ANY and ALL information and advice is truly appreciated! I am scared, nervous, and excited all at the same time.

hey, I'm really happy you replied to this. I was so eager to hop on & give my 2 cents on the topic, since I never get notifs from this site it was kinda a lil reminder. I checked the date on the post & that's when I connected the dots - it was MY post 😭😅 its been so long. I'm 6+ years post op. I'm trying to make friends with the person who wrote this post. I love her, miss her, and am very happy for her. she's still with me, though she is no longer me. I talk to this world as if I'm talking TO her. (not in a delusional way that she is alive, but energetically I talk to people as if they were also that size. regardless. this sound super weird but it makes sense to me) babe, you got sliced on Aug 16, 2017 around 10am. ever since then, life has twisted and turned so much down the rocky road. you'd never believe where you've been, what you've seen, and yet they (I) am sitting in the same bed, in the same position, where you also used to lay. let's hang out. 💞 (this was a 2me4me / 2HERfromTHEM)

Hi y'all I recently booked my consultation for my gastric sleeve procedure. I've been thinking a lot lately about the loose skin after major weight loss. How bad really is it?? I've heard some people have no problems and I've heard others that needed a lot of plastic surgery to fix it. I'm 19 years old and about 300 lbs. Is there any chance the excess skin might not be tooooo bad? My mom was originally on board for this whole thing, but she remembered that aspect and now is trying to talk me out of the surgery. Thank you in advance!

Thank you for the help! I'm more concerned about the insurance and costs since she will definitely see that, so I'd rather try to have her on my side from the beginning, like you said. I have a pro and con list made, and my pro side is 2 pages long, while my con side is 4 bullet points The program I'm looking at requires 6 months of a restricted diet with monthly adolescent group sessions. It is possible to have it reduced to 5 months but I'll find out next week when I attend the seminar. If I don't get it done by mid-August, I really don't have other options because I start nursing school a year from this September, so I will have approximately negative six hours in the week to keep up with what I need to do (LOL). I also only have classes on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays so I can reserve Wed/Fri for appointments as needed. The program is 15 min from my house and about an hour + from my school. Again, thank you so much for your input, you made some great points!!