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june 11 for me (since i'm a jewel should i buy me a diamond earring to celebrate?, been looking for an excuse to, lol)

I'm having my surgery june 11th (self pay) and am also a surgery virgin. plus i'm traveling to mexico by myself (oyy). I am petrified but i won't let fear hold me back.. i have my life to live! regarding your blood pressure don't worry about it, if it is high on the day of surgery, anethesia will give you extra blood pressure medication through your iv.

OMG congratulations on the weight loss!!! amazing sucess. i haven't been sleeve yet and this is inspiring to me. yay for you!

i havent had my surgery.. i'm looking at my eating habits now to see what the potential problems... they say you can't get addicted to chocolate but i swear i am. not a physical dependency but psychological. I am not addicted to just any chocolate just hershey's plain milk chocolate (i love all chocolate but i can decline them, just not the hershey). i can't have it in moderation, i can eat a bag of hershey milk nuggets in two days . when i'm out and about, i'm good but when it's time to go home, if i know i don't have chocolate waiting for me, i feel uncomfortable. i've quit many times but always backslide when i'm stress. i notice if i had quit for a period of time, initially the taste is not that good but the more i eat the better it taste. when i'm stress, i dont want food, just chocolate. i can't pass a cvs store or other drug store without thinking of buying it. one surgeon suggested the gastric bypass cause it will give me negative reinforcement if i eat chocolate, but the other side effects of the bypass were too much for me. what do you do when you have an addiction for a particular unhealthy food. i'm planning on quitting before the surgery but as mention before ive quit before.I DON'T WANT TO FAIL MY SLEEVE!!!!

thanks guys for your support. i am hoping after surgery i won't care too much for it. i have stopped eating it (feels like forever but it has only been a few days ). i have to learn not to buy a bag of chocolate just because it's on sale, etc. i have to be hypervigilante cause i am determine not to fail.

I will be sleeve in june and stressing about failing it. this is the first time i'm having surgery so i really want this to work forever not just a few years. I've been evaluating my eating habits to see where i need to improve, there are many areas that needs it but this is my biggest challenge frankly.

yep... i'm going to Mexico, so apparently they do elective surgeries on the weekened but it works for me, gives me more time recovery time at home from work.

what's the name of the cream? and how soon after surgery can you start using it?

still having my surgery in june but had to move it down to 11th hope that's last time. i don't want more time to stress,lol

just got a call from dr aceves office wanting to change my june 7th surgery...they will reimburse me my flight and hotel. due to my schedule conflict i can't do it sooner it's only post pone a few days (june 11th) but i am a little disappointed but it could be worse.

have anyone had smartlipo done or know someone who had it done? if so, what body part and what were the results? i'm a pearshape and want to make my thighs a little bit more proportion to my top (it will always be bigger but that's genetics, oh well). i don't want lipo cause of scarring. look forward to your input

just turn 34 y.o april 8 and will be sleeve in june... now i won't be dreading turning 35 (too much) in my new body!!!

i'm in south carolina and is schedule for june 7th.

hi cheryl... i feel your pain about the date being far away lol. i'm sched for june 7 and made that decision at the end of march. but the time will get here soon. i only told the people in my office that i'm going to mexico, i'll tell more people after the surgery. like you, i've found out not everyone in your life will be supportive of this decision. but i'm doing it for me.

june 7th with dr aceves scared and excited and wish it was here already.

ticket prices are crazy. i'm in a small town in south carolina and flying to san diego. i'm paying almost 700 for my tickets and there's no nonstop flights i hope i'm not too miserable coming back from mexico.

i did a month of strict protein diet, lots of protein shakes (for insurance purposes) and lost weight. i got denied by the insurance and is going self pay route in june.. i've been eating everything and anything i want (not binging but more than i should). it's scary to me but i know post op i will be doing a lot protein shakes (yuk). i am going to get my head right. i did join a gym and has started exercising.

i had lost 70 pounds before and started putting it back slowly before i could do the maintaining... i too had some very emotional things going right around that time (worst time of my life)... you know what they say about stress and cortisol level. i having my surgery done with dr aceves june 7th... very anxious

i've never had perky breast (i do a mean cleavage with my victoria's secret ) i'm a 38 C and the only part of weight loss i won't like the boob loss (when i had lose weight before i went to a small . i'm also a pear shape. i've been think breast implants but am scared, will see.

I havent had my surgery yet but when i hit my goal i'm going shopping... did i mention i'm going shopping? also smartlipo on my thighs (i'm too hippy). then vacation in italy... OMG i can't wait!!!

I understand where you are coming from. I'm single and is going to have the surgery in june. i would not feel comfortable telling a guy on the first date i've had weight loss surgery (like you said, you don't want the focus to be on weight). it's not lying not to mention it. the first few months after surgery i don't plan on dating cause that's too stressfull. once i have a better handle on the sleeve i'll do what other people say and order from the appetizer menu. there are tapas restaurants, so if you have to share a meal maybe he won't notice (or if he does, you'll be too cute and deal with it .... now how not to look stupid chewing, chewing, chewing i don't know, lol.

it's amazing how people who are close to us can be the most unsupportive. i'm having the surgery.. i'm not planning on telling my parents. my sisters know i want surgery but won't tell them where i'm going (i'm heading across the border..lol). my best friend is very much against the surgery cause i'm taking "the easy way out".

it's amazing what we find tempting when we can't it eat. I told my coworkers over and over to stop offering me food, it took them a while but they did. the first few days when i was doing the diet i wouldn't eat with them... once i was more stable i found myself able to sit with them most of the time... keep strong, you can do it.

I have BCBS ppo and i was denied the VSG because it was "experimental" . Like you said I felt like they should pay for it because i pay a lot of money toward insurance and i am in fairly good health so i don't use my insurance very much. I thought about it but didn't have the energy to go through appealing and i'm on a time constraint so I will be self pay (im going to mexico). it will cost me the same as with insurance (deductable plus 20% of the surgery cost). the downside is i won't have my surgeon near me if i have complications and insurance won't pay for complications. If you are up to it to fight you should do it. keep us posted

so, i'm an ob/gyn doctor (solo practioner). I'm on call 24 hours mond thru frid. i have clinic mon thru frid. elective surgeries on tues and emergency surgeries as they arises. i'm only takin 6 days off from work and the week i return i plan on working half a days (but i'll still be on call) but won't schedule any surgeries. i'm very worried about being able to get the adequate fluids in, the Proteins, the Vitamins. i'm so use to not eating and eating on the run (which is why i'm in this situation ). every where i read it's about sipping, sipping,sipping throught the day and eating slowly. i'm trying to prepare myself for these problems. i can easily see myself not eating at all throughout the day cause it's easier, that's what i've been doing (but unhealthy and after surgery very dangerous). i've been thinking about having my nurse put an iv in and give me some Fluid bolus if needed (but i can't do that all the time).