Welcome, sorry I havn't dine a good job w/this page updates wise. How bout we introduce ourselves. I started this group before I was sleeved in November 2012. I chose the sleeve because I wanted good nutrition, a pemanant tool, and thru my research the sleeve fit the bill. I am now 7 months post op and could not be happier, I folowed Luann's (nutrulitionist) advice to a "T", and have not gotten sick once, all my vitiman levels are normal (3 and 6 month tests), I get all my nutrition from food sources not shakes and I am down 67 lbs and 6 lb from goal... I started at 222 lb and now weigh 163, I had a bmi of 37.5, now it is 27.