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Deborah my surgery scheduled for Sept 2 2 days after my birthday and I said the same thing, what an awesome birthday gift.

That's awesome, keep up the good work.

Well first off Happy Birthday. I wish you luck at work tomorrow but I'm sure you'll do just fine. Enjoy your birthday as much as you can.

I'm single and I have been meeting people online and in person, nothing serious has come as of yet but my question is what do you tell people that you've just met about your surgery? There is this one guy that I met a couple of weeks ago and I really like him and he thinks that I'm having a "female surgery". My concern is if he wanted to come see me in the hospital or even at home after surgery and I'm drinking broth and pureed foods.

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you both Jennylou and Stromgardgirl.

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's great.

Me too, I haven't had surgery yet but I have close to 200 pounds to lose.

I'm having surgery on Sept 2 and I'm so excited. I have about 170lbs to lose

Funny thing is I was going to make this same post today.

My name is Shanecia and I'm 30 years old, I'm 5'6" about 345lbs . I have been overweight as long as I can remember. About 2 1/2 years ago I decided to have WLS, my pcp suggested that I get the lapband so that's what I had my mind set on when I went to my first consultation with the surgeon. After meeting with her and telling her my medical conditions and eating habits she suggested that I get RNY. I was fine with that..........it took me another year and a half to actually do everything that my insurance company required. I was approved in December 2009. Well since it had been over a year since I saw the surgeon I had to make an appointment to come in to see her. After the visit I was really discouraged....because of a previous blood clot in my lungs and leg she wanted me to be cleared by a hematologist which I was already being followed by but she wanted me to see a hematologist at the hospital where I'm going to have to surgery and she also wanted me to lose 25lbs :biggrin0:, she never told me this on my initial visit. My sister had just had gastric bypass surgery at that same hospital with a different doctor. So I made an appointment to see sisters doctor, I saw him about a week later and he wanted me to have some more blood work from the hematologist that I had been seeing for over 2 years. After seeing my hematologist and having the blood work done my Iron was extremely low which it had been in the past so I had to get IV iron. Once the hematologist sent the note over to my surgeon and mentioned that I was getting iv iron he decided that because of the malabsorption he didn't want me to get the rny, but the DS in 2 stages instead. However he really doesn't want me to get the second part of the surgery and I didn't like that one bit, lol. I wasn't to sure how I felt about that until I found you all. I didn't think that I could lose the weight that I need to lose without that malabsorption. Now I know that I can do it. So now I'm waiting for my insurance company to switch my approval over the DS. So that's how I ended up on this site which has been very informative to me and has helped to learn so much about a surgery that had never even crossed my mind. Now my frustrations comes in here........my oldest sister had the rny back in Feb my other sister just got her date today for august and I'm still waiting. I feel like it's never going to happen for me, every time I think I'm getting close something else comes up. And every time that I say something about being frustrated my sisters act like I'm not supposed to be frustrated and it annoys me to no end. I've waited so long and I know deep down that it is going to happen but can I just vent a little. I'm sorry for such a long post, but I just needed to get this off my chest since I don't really have anyone else to share this with. Thank you all in advance for the support that I know I'm going to get now and in the future.

Thank you Kabinkitty. I was kind of worried about not having the malabsorption but like I said after finding this website I know I can lose weight without that part of the surgery. I've been anemic for a long time and I couldn't imagine feeling like that all the time because of the malabsorption.

Thank you all so very much. I'm happy to say that I have a date, my surgeons office called thursday my surgery is going to Sept 2.

I got a call from my surgeons office yesterday with my surgery date...........Sept 2. I don't really know how I feel right now, I'm sure in the days and weeks to come I will feel many different emotions.

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Thanks ladies! Yes Papillon I'm excited now but I'm not sure how I'll feel tomorrow, lol

Welcome! I'm also new and I love this site

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't have to lose the 25lbs since I switched surgeons, but I actually lost 30lbs since my last visit with him because I've been sick for the last 3 months.

I'm praying that everything works out for you.

Thank you very much and you are so right. If he wanted to rush into it I would be worried.

Congratulations on getting a date. I hope to get one in the weeks to come.