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Oh god.. Now butter is off fantasizing about you jogging

I'm not, but my husband is!!!!! LOL He has been cleaning all morning. We leave tomorrow for Las Vegas, then surgery on Thursday. I'm just trying to catch up on work, so I can take time off and not worry about it.
Best of luck to you guys! See you on the the loser's bench in a few days.

My mom passed away yesterday, after being sic for a very long time.. my heart and soul hurts and I miss her, but I know she was so proud of me and what I was accomplishing she called me her skinny son..lol. im so glad she got to see a healthier and happy me. plz tell your loved ones you love them often and hold each other tight. make memories and live a good healthy life good luck and God bless you all Frank

It was not too bad. They put about 20 sensors stuck all over my body and this Gummy crap in my hair to make those sensors stick. Then I had to lay down in a room that looked like a hotel room and try to sleep on my back. I didn't really sleep well at all. At all. Next thing I know she's coming in with a CPAP mask and explaining it to me. She puts it on and I'm ok at first but I ripped it off twice as I was sleeping because I felt claustrophobic. However, I got more sleep with it on that without. All in all, it was just an awkward sleeping experience at worst. April

Today I officially finished all of my pre-op requirements! The results should be in by the end of the week, then my coordinator has to compile it all and I will be submitted for insurance approval. So exciting!
So far I have done:
Seminar
Pre-op consult
Chest x ray
Nutritionist visit
EKG
Psych eval
sleep study
7 vials of blood work and the h pylori breath test
Pre-op support group
I know you all have done it and it isn't a huge deal, but that is a lot to me. I am serious about getting my health back. I can't wait for the next phase!

Yes !! Now I've noticed that I click on profile and it says I'm not permitted to do that, nothing in my threads comes up and I haven't been getting notifications. Also what is suppose to come up on the my surgery tab because nothing is coming up on mine. And just now it wouldn't let me do anything , wouldn't let me reply it said that I didn't have permission so I had to completely get out of the application and reopen it .. FRUSTRATION !!

I live in Houston tx and having my surgery on 13...at methodist hospital. Can't wait..

I am still preop , but have lost over 40 pounds on the liquid diet and I am always cold already. It is such a change for me I used to be the 'Shorts year round' guy. I live in Ohio we are already hitting low 30s at night. Big adjustments coming I guess

Forgot to post this pic of me at a 5k a couple of weeks ago. I am the one in pink on the right, looking like I am freezing (because I was). And yes, that's a guy in a wedding dress who was also running.

Tried posting this in the other thread that was already started but it won't let me. My surgery date was June 17 of this years...so I'm 4 months post op. Started at 230 pounds day of surgery and today I am 149 pounds. I'm 5'4ish I took these after pics yesterday and the befores are from the week after surgery. My goal is to reach 135.

Today starts my journey of 10 days of Clear liquids before surgery. I have been up for 4 hours and so far so good. I had a bottle of Water, a very small bowl if green Jello, a carton of muscle milk (per my doctors orders) a cup of coffee (first day without cream) and working on a cup if hot tea. I can do this!! Praising God for strength and a sound determination!!
This morning I weighed, took my measurements and my husband took pictures of me in a sports bra and sweat pants. Right now I am to embarrassed to post but I hope someday to show my before and amazing after!
Rocking on till November 15th!!
Tiki

My plan is to have a gastric sleeve done since I've had a pretty terrible experience with the band. Thank you for your reply to my post.

Wasn't really a big deal. Sore for a while but was back at work the following week. Within 2 weeks my energy level was the best it'd been in years (because I was eating real food and sleeping through the night again without choking to death).
Good luck!!!