Gleann

Ive been looking at surgeons and I had a friend who went to Dr.Cervantes and had a wonderful experience. Ive seen one comment on here about him having a fatality during surgery a few months ago, but to me 1 fatality out of hundreds if not thousands of procedures sounds pretty good to me. Has anyone else used him??? no hear-say please, just patients or former coworkers opinions. Im already extremely nervous about this.

I’m being sleeved on March 22nd! I’m trying to put together a shopping list, what are must haves!? I have a basic understanding but I always love more tips! TIA![emoji177]

March 22nd!🤞🏼

I’m scheduled for March 22nd! I start preop diet March 8th! Good luck!

Hi guys, I haven't had surgery yet. I want the gastric sleeve, my mom had it done when i was a kid so I'm familiar with the life style change. I'm here because I'm afraid that getting the sleeve is too drastic for me, and that I'm just over reacting. I was officially diagnosed earlier this month (Feb 2018) with Pseudotumor cerebri, which is a condition where i have too much cerebral spinal fluid in my head and the symptoms mimic a brain tumor. (headaches, ringing in ears, vision loss) my neurologist said that i HAVE to get my weight down or I will start to loose my sight. I also have PCOS that flares up when my weight goes above a certain point. I'm 27, I'm 5'2", my BMI is 35.8, I weigh 196lbs right now, I weighed 205lbs in November and since then i have been desperately trying to loose weight (5 days a week at gym, dieting), Ive always had issues keeping my weight down. I'm athletic and working out isn't a problem for me, its my eating. I'm more interested in the fact that the surgery will decrease the hormones in my stomach that trigger hunger, but the reduction in size of my stomach is great too. I want this surgery because I know that the vomiting will keep me in check with my eating and the weight loss will keep me from loosing my sight. I want this now when I'm young and haven't lost any of my vision, but again I'm afraid Ill be viewed as someone looking for an "easy way out". I've researched gastric sleeve and i KNOW its not an easy way out, I want something that will help me long term keep my eating in check so that my weight doesn't go way up and threaten my sight ever again. I have a consult with a surgeon in a few weeks. am i over reacting? should i just continue with my gym and diet regimen? or should I go for it? I have done a great deal of research on the gastric sleeve. i do not want a band, i do not want a bypass, i just want the sleeve. thanks in advance guys!