Geting Nervous

[crosswind 134]

My sleeve is scheduled in Mexicali with Dr. Aceves and I'm starting to er, rethink this. Am I crazy? It's so much money. What if something happens? I have no insurance. I have a little insurance but...oh boy oh boy what a huge step to take....

For a while I was retreating back to the lap band but there seem to be a lot of long term complications with it there aren't with the sleeve. I have tried every diet and gained all the weight back, gotten depressed and gotten back on the trail again to lose over a hundred pounds twice, but it never lasts. I'm just under 40 BMI now....I don't think I can ever in any scenario see a time when insurance would ever cover this for me.

I don't even like food very much. I just want to be normal. Go to work, eat what I want, stop when I've had enough and not be fat. I feel like I'm at the end of the trail, it's this or nothing, Now or never. I just hope it works out.

[Becca 108]

You are making a great choice!!! I am so glad you are not getting the lapband. You will love the sleeve. I had struggled with weight for a majority of my life until I had the VSG. The sleeve gives you control over food. It is a great thing.

[crosswind 134]

Thanks Becca.

I was wondering, do you feel -- can you tell your stomach is smaller now? Do you feel that it's smaller inside your body or does it just feel like a normal stomach after a while?

[Elle31 1]

You are not crazy! I have been back and forth with myself..should I do it..shouldn't I, but I finally realized this is the right choice for me. So..I bought my tickets and set a date with Dr. Aceves. I go in late April. When did you schedule for? Best of luck, do what feels right.

[Susanne 32]

No, you can't feel anything, unless you eat too much.

I always say if you would wake me up in the morning and tell me it was all a dream, I wouldn't know any better. Then, if I had some eggs and turkey sausage though - I'd be able to tell that it was anything but a dream and that my life is awesome and better than it has been in many many MANY years

[crosswind 134]

No, you can't feel anything, unless you eat too much.

I always say if you would wake me up in the morning and tell me it was all a dream, I wouldn't know any better. Then, if I had some eggs and turkey sausage though - I'd be able to tell that it was anything but a dream and that my life is awesome and better than it has been in many many MANY years

Wonderful. I hope I feel the same way.

[Douceur72 3]

It is a big decision. I can't relate to the $$ aspect because I have insurance...but have told myself if something happens and I am denied I will need to scrape together the extra needed for selfpay.

I too have lost, gained, lost again as so many others here. Never in a million years would I have believed I'd seriously consider WLS...but last December, a few months before my 39th birthday the clouds parted and I realized this is it...I only get one life and I really don't want to be fat for the remainder of it, obsessing about food and how I look, missing out on things I used to love because of the extra weight.

Good luck with your decision