Anakin Jay

haha... The lady at my surgeons office says she calls insurance every other day to check on the status... I guess they know if they sit on it they have to keep dealing with her, so they push it through faster and YES IT IS!! That's my battle cry for when I get nervous about surgery, or when I don't want to work out... I remind myself that I'm going to turn "From FATT to FETT" !!

best of luck!! congrats!!

The thing about the juggernaut is "Nothing can stop him!" So in a way... January Juggernauts are Unstoppable! Really works well imo

Haha yep sorry, I'm a boy... we ruin everything

hahaha.. I love it... even though I don't think most people would understand...

wow you look great!!! On behalf of men everywhere, I'd like to say: ... "How *you* doin?"

Not sure if this is healthy or not, but I just had all my paperwork submitted for approval, so I'm 2.5-4 weeks away depending on how long they take... and I'm not afraid in the slightest. It's not that I'm being brave, far from it, but my weight causes me so many issues... I have to sleep with a mask on my face hooked up with a tube pumping air into me... I have to take an entire pharmacy's worth of pills every day.. I can't stand up and walk for more than 10 seconds without severe leg pain from sciatica from a herniated disc. I can't fit into booths as restaurants. I can't fit into seats on an airplane or bus. I have to buy all my clothes from specialty stores. I realize that dying in the OR is a very real possibility with *any* surgery... but I'd *rather* be dead than keep living like this... And I find it very comforting that no matter the outcome, This old me and this old way of life is ending. I don't *want* to die, so don't everyone go forwarding my name to emergency hotlines lol.. I'm just saying my fear of dying is a lot less than my fear of my life staying the way it is now.

I haven't got my date yet, but all my paperwork was submitted for approval today. It's likely that I'll be part of your gang Speaking of, we need a catchy gang name... Like the july sleevers are the july firecrackers... any ideas?

When did you guys start getting the desire for a food funeral? I'm 1-2 months away from my surgery and it just hit me.... >< I feel like ths is waaay too early.

I'm from Morgantown. I'm still pre-op atm but surgery is about 1.5 months away.

As a guy, I can tell you that the first rule we learn as we're growing up is not to compliment women on losing weight. Guy: "Hey Amanda, looking good, are you losing weight?" Amanda's mouth: "Yes I am!" Amanda's brain: "God is it that noticeable? Was I the joke of the office with my fatness? Excuse me Guy... I didn't realize I've spent the past 5 years here being your personal Macy's day parade float... You're such a pig. I hate you. I hate men. " And then Guy has to spend the rest of the week wondering why Amanda is acting cold and distant towards him.

Hey guys, My initial surgeon consult is next week, and I'm sick of waiting (had to schedule this appointment a month ahead of time.) Between the time my primary care doctor recommended WLS 3 weeks ago, and now, I think I've read everything on the internet about sleeves, watched every video on sleevers progress on you tube, I've even watched video of the surgery being completed twice. I'm half afraid once I get to talk to the surgeon, he won't have anything new to tell me... LOL. Anyway, I thought I'd be more nervous, but I'm not... I'm just anxious to get it all over with and started.. (I'm going to have to do the 6 month diet I'm sure...) So, I guess I just wanted to check in and say hi to everyone... and ask if anyone knew what to expect for the initial consultation? Will that day be the start of my 6 months? Or will I need to come back and speak to a NUT for that?

chiming in for my monthly update. Still not used to the cpap machine... it sucks really bad, and I don't feel like it's helping AT ALL. On the plus side though, the doctor started giving me Nuvigil to help with my sleepiness from not being able to sleep with the machine. If ANYONE is having trouble sleeping with their cpap, I *highly* recommend you guys ask your doc about it. I feel GREAT on this stuff, awake, focused, ready to seize the day!! On the weight loss side of things, my starting weight was 415, when I checked in with the surgeon, it was 405, and today ( 3 months into my preop diet) I'm down to 375 !! Down 40 pounds ! woot.!

This is the start of my 4th week trying to sleep with a cpap machine because of the results from my sleep study. I *still* have not been able to get a decent night's sleep with it. I'm tired all the time, falling asleep at work, and I travel a lot... there's been a few times I've had to actually pull off at a rest stop and take a nap in my car out of fear of me falling asleep and crashing. In those 4 weeks, I've sleep (not counting naps) twice WITHOUT it, and they were great nights! I've *never* had an problem sleeping or feeling rested UNTIL I started using this blasted machine. I'm sooooooo done. So what do I do now? Do I just take it back and say no thanks? How will that effect my VSG surgery? Do I push to try and get apnea surgery (I still have my tonsils, I imagine that's probably the problem.).. do I push for that now to recover in time for VSG? I would just lie about it and just tell them I've been using it, but the damn thing tracks my breaths to a little computer chip... >< PLEASE HELP!

That's exactly how I sleep... I like to alternate laying on one side, then the other.. I don't wake up, it's just how I sleep... and that's the *exact* same problem I have! always having to move the tube / adjust the mask, etc.. as I roll. So I called the sleep lab, and they're going to give me medicine to keep me awake during the day... It's not that I'm ungrateful, as that's my biggest complaint.. but.. I dunno... it just seems like the "cure" they've given me is the problem, and now I'm taking drugs to save me from the effects of their cure... >< I felt *TOTALLY* fine before all this crap. *sigh*

you're SO lucky.. I had to call in how many hours I used it at 7 days, and will have to report in ever 30 days after that... >< which surgeon should I talk to? the VSG one? or an apnea one?

Ok so, At work we have a weight loss competition where everyone pledges $50, and after 6 months whomever has lost the highest % of body weight takes the pot. Since I'm getting VSG in 3 months, I kind of feel like I'd be cheating.... not saying it's the easy way out by a long shot, but it's a tool that no one else in the competition has at their disposal. What is everyone's thoughts on this?

Mine was required by the surgeon. The surgeon himself actually ran the seminar and it was very informative. I had already known a lot of it from my research, but for someone without the google skills I have I think it would have been invaluable. There were about 40 people at mine, and the presentation included all 3 surgeries he does (RNY, VSG, & Band.) The surgeon discussed his views on the pros and cons of each, they passed around a lap band / port so you could see what it would look like. They even showed the surgeries (about 5 min. worth of each) on a projector screen being done. (yes it was kinda gross, but really interesting.) He walked through each procedure step by step telling you exactly what he was doing, and why they did it.

uuggghhhh..... Got my cpap machine, slept with it at home for the first night last night, and I'm exhausted today. At the sleep lab, I was exhausted from not sleeping, but I actually (surprisingly) slept well last night once I had the machine in my bed without all the wires hooked up to me... but I'm WAY more tired using the cpap that I've ever been without it. Anyone else experience this?

if it *REALLY* was an issue, you could always just add in soft/liquid calories.... like icecream. "Ohh, I have to make sure I get in my scoop of icecream for the day, doctor's orders..." What a wonderful problem to have

I know this is really old, but I just had to chime in.. MAN... what a wonderful problem... "Well, gotta make sure I get in my my chips and salsa or my snickers bar for the day so that I don't lose more weight."

I think this is a *great* point I hadn't considered. GAINING weight definitely changed who I am inside. I'm less outgoing, less social, more fearful of being judged... Maybe we're looking at it wrong, maybe WLS won't change who I am inside, maybe it'll just let me get back to who I really am?

Hello All, Here's something I've been really struggling with. I'm 4.5 months pre-op (out of 6 total) and I just met a girl. She seems pretty nice, and taking the surgery out of the picture, I think I would be pretty excited. But in the back of my head, I keep thinking... a year from now I'll be an entirely different person. How do I know I'll still like her? or her me? How can I try develop a relationship with all this crazy sleeve business going on? What if she bakes me pies or something.. or we end up eating out all the time and it sabotages my WL efforts? I'm getting to the point where I kind of feel like maybe I should just wait until a year post op before I even think about dating.. Has anyone else been through this?

lol, I'm 4.5 months out, and I also feel like I'm just counting down the days >< I learned something just this morning... Patience, comes from the latin word "Pati" which means "suffering" hang in there!

haha yeah, it was reaaallly awkward. I get the impression that she didn't even have something she WANTED to be passionate about.... she was quite content to be in her little bubble, and more power to her. But that's not where I belong