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Thanks Liberated,,,,I will do that.

Thank you Courtney!

Well I have my consultation with the surgeon on April 5th...nervous and excited...don't know how I'm ever going to be able to afford the cost since my insurance BC/BS of Kansas won't cover it. Guess I will cross that bridge when I come to it. Wish me luck everyone!

Thanks a lot!!

Can anyone please tell me where I can buy the Premier brand protein shakes with 30 gm of protein? Thanks

I haven't had my surgery yet but I have had two hernia surgeries and a hysterectomy. The first hernia surgery I just had one incision about an inch long under my belly button. Then had the hysterectomy with two small incisions on the left side of my tummy and one on the right side. And the last hernia surgery I had two incisions on each side of my tummy. I was wondering if the scar tissue from all of these would cause any problems with my sleeve surgery.

I hope not either!! I've learned that you take the stairs one step at a time not all at once...lol

This reminded me of when I had my hysterectomy in Oct. of 2007 and we had only three more days until we could have sex again and I fell down a flight of stairs and broke 10 ribs and it was another 3 1/2 months before we were able to do it. My husband said that most women just complain of a headache but his wife had to throw herself down the stairs....he was kidding of course...but it was funny...Sorry just had to share.

I'm glad you haven't had to many problems and that you are well on your way to recovery...keep us posted please!

Brandy mine didn't have beads on it and it was $18......close...lol

Hey I bought a really cute black and white print maxi dress today at walmart..wonder if it's the same one? It's a size 22/24 also....lol small world.

I agree missmeow....I'm on weight watchers and have lost 3.2 lbs so far...not much but that's 3 lbs gone. Going to stick that way it less I will have to loose later and it will make my surgery a little easier I think. Good luck to you as well!

Thank you all...I don't think I would be able to travel out of state because I couldn't take that kind of time off work and just the expense from the surgery is going to be all I can handle, let alone travel expenses as well. But you never know....things happen for a reason and it will be my day soon.

Thanks everyone for the concern and suggestions...I'm not giving up on this..it's my life we are talking about. I will have to look up that post from futureskinnypants.

Thank you both. I'm not giving up but it will take me awhile to figure out what I can do. I was just so ready to get going on this...just one more hurdle I guess.

Went to my information seminar today and found out that BC/BS of Kansas does not cover any kind of weight loss surgery what so ever. It's going to take me a long time to save up that kind of money.

I am from northeast Kansas and was wondering if there was anyone else on the board from Kansas?

Hi Vicki, my orientation is this Saturday and I can not wait to start my journey as well...I hope I get to see the surgeon as soon as you. Good luck to you!!

Thank you both for responding to my question. You both had questions that I had not thought of. If anyone else thinks of anything different, please let me know. The support on this site is just unbelievable. I look forward to visiting her often. What are both of your stories if you don't mind me asking? Thanks again.

How do you get the ticker tracker...it ask for a pin but don't know how to get a pin...would someone please explain it to me...thank you all

I'm having the sleeve IowaAndy. I should have stated that sorry.

I am going to my information seminar on March 10th and I have a list of general questions that I want to ask. I was wondering if anyone would post some questions they asked or questions that they wished they had asked. I'm just trying to cover as much as I can. Looking forward to starting my jouney. Thanks in advance for the help.

Good luck today Liberated. Please keep us posted!

Answeredprayer..I have all of those conditions and I am hoping that they will all get considerable better if not go away once i have the surgery!

Missmarbe..may I ask what is a ivc filter?