I am new here as well. I've been considering surgery for 3 years, but couldn't pull the trigger. I'm 56 now and have little hope to lose the weight myself. My sister has had a few bariatric procedures and I don't want to go through what she went through. I recently had a laparoscopic hysterectomy and it went very well. Back to work in less than a week. So well that now I'm considering the sleeve by laparoscopy. Could it be that simple? I realize it will have to be a lifestyle change, but I feared the surgery, re-surgeries, and complications the most. How hard or easy was it that had the laparoscopic sleeve?