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katierebecca83's Blog, a weight loss surgery blog by katierebecca83 on BariatricPal. 2 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Read more about My experience, Surgery til now, 6 days later.

My experience, Surgery til now, 6 days later.

So, today makes six days since my VSG surgery. Let me tell you, it was NOT easy! Though I am thankful that there have been no complications, there was, however, plenty of pain. But let me start at the beginning. When I got to the hospital, the people at registration said I was supposed to be there at 8 AM (even though I had my paperwork IN MY HAND that clearly started to be there at 1 PM and it was about 12:15. Anyway, so they tell me they marked me as a no show, but they'll try to see if they c

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• katierebecca83
• August 1, 201313 yr

Read more about Pre op

Pre op

So, I have been on a medically supervised diet since January, had tons of tests including 2 EKG's, had blood work 3 times, an upper GI, an ultrasound, and a whole bunch of other stuff. After I finished everything, my paperwork was sent to insurance for approval. I waited several weeks, but my surgeon's office finally called them and just got my approval that way, and I got my surgery date, July 25th, 2013! For the last week, I have been on the preop diet. It was originally supposed to be the liq

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• katierebecca83
• July 23, 201313 yr