There are two reasons why we started this blog. One main reason was to document our journey with the gastric sleeve and how it transformed our lives. Second, to offer an honest, real-world experience of life after gastric sleeve.
Let us talk about these two reasons!
1. Documenting Our Journey
This blog, a sort of diary for us, records everything related to our experience with a gastric sleeve. Some subjects are big, large, and important, most notably how to exercise after surgery, and others are small and perhaps a bit silly, the likes of which may never have ruined a party for you before – unless that party was our party, and the culprit was a sausage roll!
We want to look back in a year’s time and see how much we’ve done. By making this journey public, we’re also hoping to drive a community of readers to walk beside us. We’ll be more accountable, knowing that you – the audience – are reading about our experiences. In return for the content we’re providing, you all are giving us your time and attention, and to that we shall give more.
Hopefully, there is something for everyone here, whether you are pre-op, post-op, or at the same stage as us. The bigger this site grows with content provided, the more advice we can give and the bigger community we can build. This, in turn, keeps us motivated not to let the blog become just an outdated site among many.
2. Sharing Reality
When we first researched the gastric sleeve, we found the transformations taking place out there on Reddit, Facebook groups, and other online locales to be astounding. There’s some very inspiring stuff to be seen. What was missing, we felt, was a fully-fledged account from someone who had documented their journey from beginning to end.
Most of the time, we would find a few initial posts or videos, then things would go radio silent. There was also all this conflicting information, and honestly, even the various NHS sites were saying different things. We want this blog to be a resource for anyone just starting this journey: the clear, consistent, and honest information that others might follow to replicate success.
We created this website for that purpose. But we are not stopping at that, since we have some great plans for the next few weeks. We will start our Facebook group for people to connect with one another, ask questions, and support each other. We are also planning to use TikTok and Instagram for short videos, and even a YouTube channel for more in-depth content. So much is packed into August and September, so keep an eye out!