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Read more about First 2 Weeks Post Op - Nothing Like I Expected

First 2 Weeks Post Op - Nothing Like I Expected

Let me start with this; no matter how much knowledge you accumulate before this surgery, you can’t be fully prepared as to what will happen after surgery. I went through and read so many posting of people struggling with food, cheating, wondering why they hadn’t lost weight. I couldn't understand how someone could go through this surgery and do that to themselves. I knew I would NEVER jeopardize my health or my new little sleeve after surgery by cheating or going off the Dr.’s plan...   Surger

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• TamaraS
• October 9, 201213 yr

Read more about So Incredibly Disapointed In Myself

So Incredibly Disapointed In Myself

I ate 5 saltines and I am less than a week out of surgery :'( I cant believe I would do this to myself. I read about people who cheated and was in disbelief that they would have surgery and do that to themselves. I seriously couldnt fathom how any one could be the weak willed and viola, here I am 6 days out eating crackers... terrible. I could have injured my stomach. I dont know what the hell is wrong with me. I am so incredibly upset with myself. I was not at all prepared to have any hunger af

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• TamaraS
• October 3, 201213 yr

Read more about Approved!

Approved!

Seminar July 5th   Surgeons office visit August 24th   Nutrition class August 27th   Psych Evaluation August 30th   Insurance request submitted September 10th   Approved September 17th!   I really didn't think this day would come. So many personal hurtles and worries about insurance. Im estatic! I really look forward to starting my new life which won't revolve around food. It's going to be hard, so hard, but it will be so worth it. I just hope and pray I make it through surgery <3

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• TamaraS
• September 18, 201213 yr

Read more about Head Hunger Articles- 1St Two Articles Are Particularly Awesome!

Head Hunger Articles- 1St Two Articles Are Particularly Awesome!

Excellent article on Emotional hunger Vs. Physical hunger http://www.livestrong.com/article/14885-emotional-vs-physical-hunger/     Am I hungry? important questions to ask- http://amihungry.com/whatisamihungry.shtml   Recognizing hunger signals - http://www.myfooddiary.com/resources/ask_the_expert/hunger_signals.asp   Head Hunger- http://myfoodmaps.com/head-hunger/   3 steps to take to become aware of head hunger http://www.livestrong.com/article/512246-how-to-tell-the-difference-b

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• TamaraS
• September 10, 201213 yr

Read more about Waiting For Ins. Approval? Call, Call, Call!

Waiting For Ins. Approval? Call, Call, Call!

I called my surgeons office making sure they received all my paper work and results from all the testing I’ve completed. I am so ready for this surgery and really want to know if the insurance will cover it for sure. I completed all of the things specified by my insurance but I learned that my primary Dr. never signed off on the surgery :/. I personally took the papers over to his office and the girl at the front desk told me he would sign them that afternoon and fax them to the surgeon’s office

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• TamaraS
• September 5, 201213 yr

Read more about Thoughts Of Death

Thoughts Of Death

I have been so focused on getting approved for the surgery, focusing on other people success and imagining my own that I hadn't really thought much about the possibility of dying in surgery until recently. It’s terrifying. I have a six year old boy. when my grandmother had passed in April, it was the first death He had ever experienced. I just keep replaying through my mind when he told me "mom if you ever die and go to heaven, Id make myself die to so we could be together" indescribably upsetti

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• TamaraS
• September 1, 201213 yr

Read more about My 1St Week Of Appointments

My 1St Week Of Appointments

I just had my first consultation this last Friday! I was so anxious and excited I could barely sleep the night before but the actual appointment was very basic, not at all what I had worked up in my head . I met with the surgeon’s physician assistant and filled out a lot of paperwork and discussed how the surgery was performed, length of time in the hospital (2 - 3 days), nutrition, she asked me some questions about my obesity history and current health problems, I took a short quiz and she also

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• TamaraS
• August 31, 201213 yr