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I'm starting my sleeve journey May 30 2016 with my preop diet and surgery is schedule for jun 8 2016 ,I've been overweight the majority of my life and am finally ready to be comfortable in my skin again. I'll be a self pay using bariatricpal in Mexico so everything is moving very quickly for me.

I had learned the differences between the band, the sleeve, and the bypass and opted for the sleeve. I felt the sleeve would be the safest bet for me.

I'm currently at 200 and my goal weight is 110. I'm so ready for this journey! I'll be updating my journal along the way. If you'll be having your surgery in June please let me know so we can support each other!

I'll be sure to post throughout my procedure and will check in with progress .

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@@lovemyself Good luck! Glad you researched and came to a decision. I just had the sleeve (revision from band) on 5-25 and feel good. I'm very glad that I took action. Keep in touch.

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Today is Friday jun 10/16 and surgery was done Wednesday Jun8 , at 3 pm , first night and first day after surgery was very hard , a lot of pain , not sleep ,nausea etc .

Today i'm much better , got a apple juice and Gelatin it was fine . I have more energy today and I'm waking more , leak test was done and everything is fine , fought to the recovery house in a bit and back home on Saturday .

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Today is Saturday jun 11/16 3@ day after surgery , it's a bit easy now , on clear liquid only , not hungry anyways ,low energy but filling good , let see what's coming my way from now on .

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