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Good morning!! I’m very new here, I ran across the site yesterday and thought I’d go ahead and sign up!
I’m 29 years old and a mom of 2. I just got married March 29th this year but we’ve been together for 7 years!
I started my journey March 22nd, 2019. I went to my initial consult one week before my wedding day lol. I didn’t know if I really wanted to have surgery at that point but the thought had crossed my mind many times so I began the process. I waited until after our honeymoon and for the wedding excitement to calm a bit before starting monthly PCP visits.

At my consult in March I was 292lb but at my visit to my pcp in May I was 312lb...wtf lol. Happy weight maybe? It needed to go..since my 2nd PCP visit on 6/25/19 I’ve lost 30lb so I’m pretty happy with the work I’ve put in so far. My husband had no idea I weighed over 300lb but I’m “proportionate” so it’s hard to tell exactly, but I knew.

Anyway. I spent my 6 months researching and educating myself on this surgery, reading others stories, the good and the bad. I’m definitely having the surgery and I’m excited!

Today is actually my pre op visit with surgery set for December 16th!
I’m open to any advice, suggestions, or stories! I’m excited to y’all with you guys!

Wow I'm actually right behind you December 17th I'm getting the sleeve please keep us updated on how everything went I'm sure you'll do great.....I'm ready for change

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Welcome to the group! I had a RYN in September, no regrets at all!

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Welcome and praying all goes well for you tomorrow!!

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On 12/15/2019 at 13:43, lesleymack2019 said:


Wow I'm actually right behind you December 17th I'm getting the sleeve [emoji847] please keep us updated on how everything went I'm sure you'll do great.....I'm ready for change

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I’m almost a full week post op and feeling good for the most part. The one large incision is bothering me but I got my workout binder on and that’s helped a lot. Been to the store and ran some other errands this weekend, feeling tired today so just gonna rest.

How did surgery go for you? How are you feeling now?

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On 12/15/2019 at 15:12, Lynda486 said:



Welcome to the group! I had a RYN in September, no regrets at all!


Thank you! I’ll be a week out tomorrow, hasn’t been too bad thankfully! How were you feeling a week out vs now?

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On 12/15/2019 at 16:33, Deedee12 said:

Welcome and praying all goes well for you tomorrow!![emoji176][emoji175]

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Thank you!! Everything did go well! I’m home tryna get used to my new normal lol it’s not been bad though so I’m grateful !

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1 hour ago, eporter said:

Thank you! I’ll be a week out tomorrow, hasn’t been too bad thankfully! How were you feeling a week out vs now?

I had a rough recovery and it took me till 3 weeks to fell better!

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On 12/22/2019 at 15:30, Lynda486 said:






I had a rough recovery and it took me till 3 weeks to fell better!


Oh man I’m sorry to hear that! Hopefully everything is a lot better for you now!

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100% better now! I love your quote!

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On 12/23/2019 at 08:01, Lynda486 said:



100% better now! I love your quote!


I’m glad to hear that! ☺️ thank you!

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