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I'm scheduled 8/29....pretty nervous about "not making it". I am so happy i found this site today! I dont know anyone else who has had the sleeve! :)

I know 4 people personally and they have all done great!!! You will do well!

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The next few weeks will drag on but they will pass! Today is my 1year surgiversary and the time flew! You will be so glad to have the sleeve!

Cam if you don't mind me asking, how much ave you lst in a year?

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I was terrified and the closer it got to my date' date=' the less I was sleeping from worrying about what if's. It's perfectly normal. I'd worry if you weren't scared. Hang in there . Before you know it, it will be over and you'll be on the losers bench too. I'll save you a seat. :)[/quote']

Save me a seat too!!! Lol

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I had to do a two-week pre-op diet where I lost nearly 20 lbs. Since I felt so successful on the pre-op diet' date=' I thought I did not need the surgery. Up till the moment I was put under, I almost backed out. I thought I would die under the "knife" or that I was just making a dumb decision. I did not back out and I am THRILLED with the process. I feel wonderful and know this is the best decision outside of deciding to have children. :)

On a side note, and please don't think I am being critical. But I do not care for it when people refer to this as "a new life." Your live will still be your life, you will still have the same problems and issues. I think of this process as my new attitude towards myself and the way I interact with food.[/quote']

It's not a new life but I do think it s a new life style.

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