A visit with my surgeon this week, then my date. it's getting close...

[beefenner]

Hello Everyone,

Well I am getting ready to start my journey like many other on this site. I actually have been saving my funds for the POSE Surgery which is non invasive and for those who only want to lose 25-75 lbs. it took me 3 years to be ready for it. Then they told me it was in clinical studies and would not be a available for a couple of more years. I was so depressed after that . I then started looking around for other options. I thought about Smart Lipo with a Tummy Tuck but It dawned on me that I needed to do something to prevent the weight from coming back and tackle that issue because Lipo and so forth is not a method for weight loss.
After speaking with Surgical Specialist of Louisiana which also offered the POSE that was invented by Dr Lavin whom has been seen on Dr OZ , the Today Show and in health magazines, and telling them of my dilemma they took my info and said that my BMI was 30.9 and that I would qualify for the Gastric Sleeve. This was something that I needed to do more research on and think very hard about. I did not plan on any sort of Invasive surgery. I read everything I cold find about it . I realized that my up and down weight my entire life is never going to change if I do not act now. I will be 50 this year and I am also going through the change of life,the weight will never come off now, it will only get worse. I need a life style change that I have no choice to stick to. I want to be healthy and fit for the remainder of my life. So I said to myself I CAN DO THIS! the protein drinks ,the stop smoking, etc., I CAN DO THIS and it will be worth the Money and the Sacrifices of giving up the bad things I love to eat and drink.
So here I go. My first apt with Dr Lavin is on Thursday and I set my date . Which I am thinking will be the fist week in Feb. I am so nervous and yet so excited.
Is there anyone on this site that the Sleeve did not work for? Or anyone who gained the weight back with in a couple of years? Is there anything anyone to can tell me to really prepare myself physically and mentally? I feel like I am missing something . What about sex after surgery ? Any first hand information I would love to hear. I would love to know the things no one tells you ?