Hi! I am 64 years old with 30 years of yo-yo dieting and finally couldn’t stand it. (5’7” and 200 pounds!) and against the advise of my family, I had my gastric sleeve on 4/17/2018. I was petrified driving to the hospital that morning and almost bailed! I AM SO HAPPY 😀 I DIDNT BAIL!!!! Now 9 days post surgery, this morning I weighed 179.8 and thrilled with myself! It was sooooo easy, none of the horror stories you read about happened, and I never took any pain killers even in the hospital. None! I can be your Sleeve Pal! My goal is 130 pounds and I have severe high blood pressure so hoping that will get better as the weight falls off. My ONLY regret is that I didn’t do it earlier! Best wishes to you!!!!