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How is everyone this morning? Me? I'm feeling great! Why? Because in Jan. of 2015 i got off the fence ( the fence broke so it wasn't really that hard to get off it, LOL) and saw Dr.Seun again after trying to deicide on WLS for about 2 years. I can do this myself i thought, WRONG !!! I couldn't. The wake up call came when i was having some medical issues due to my weight, my BMI was off the charts at my doctor's office, his chart stopped at 50, mine was 54. I'm 5ft. 9 inches tall and my weight was 378 pounds. I wanted the Lap-Band, the idea of cutting and re-sealing my stomach was freaking me out, but Dr.Seun assured me that the " Sleeve " would and should be the way to go, i figured that he without a doubt knows more about this than me so i said let's do this. Now my only regret is that i didn't do it sooner, this morning my weight on my scale at home was 233 pounds!!! I just wanted to get under 250 pounds as my own goal and everything else after that would be " honey on the biscuit" well the honey has been flowing. Some medical issues i had, i was having some kidney issues retaining water, swelling in my legs, cellulitis in one of them( that was nasty) some fluid build up around my heart, trouble with my breathing, sleep apnea, and high BP. 2 weeks after my WLS the swelling in my legs was gone and the cellulitis went with it, 30 days later the " C-Pap" machine was gone, sleep apnea gone, i now sleep so much better and with that my energy levels have gone way up. I still take BP med, but i'm down to once a day, with no water pill to go with it and a much lower dosage. I'm not the type of person to tell people what they should do with thier life, but this has been a life changing choice i made and was maybe the best thing i have ever had happen to me in my life, it ranks right up there with the birth of my 2 children ( maybe hitting the Mega Millions would make me happier, but i ain't holding my breathe on that.LOL). So all you fence sitters, make a choice, i say get off it and get it done, find a Doctor you feel comfortable with ( i of course think the world of Dr. Seun and his staff of awesome people that work for him, they are just great and very helpful too). I may now live to see my Grand Children be born some day and be able to even spend some time with them for many years to come because of the WLS, if you don't think you can do it, think of how your family will get along without you being around. It ain't easy, it's alot of work, the end results will be well worth it. I bid you all Love and Peace, William Milko.