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Wow! Sounds like your perserverance is paying off. I am so glad your pain is getting better. I've had these surgeries that I thought would be quick recoveries end up keeping me down for 2 weeks! I pray that's not the case with mine.

I begin my liquid diet soon and will be sleeved on the 28th. You should join the group of us who've had surgery in March. :-)

I like to just be real in everything I do. I know folks are gonna talk, so I head up all the gossip and questioning. After I have the surgery folks who haven't seen me in FOREVER will assume I lost a few pounds. Others who have known me recently are gonna start all kinds of rumors. I'll probably wait till they're all lookin stupid, and say, "I had surgery what is the big deal". They will probably scatter like roaches. If they didn't have the guts to ask me to my face what was going on.....they deserve to be made to look dumb.

Tomorrow is my day....Don't cheat!! I was told to absolutely positively NOT to cheat 3 days before the surgery. I have been on a liquid diet for 2 weeks. It wasn't so bad.

Did you cheat???? Even a little??????

Texas Steph,

I'm also in Texas BTW.

"Some have told me good stories and some bad. I am really happy I am choosing the sleeve"

I also had to choose the sleeve over the lapband. I am a military wife and I met a woman who is 2 years post-op. I am not sure what she looked like before but she is still very overweight in my opinion. She seems to be in denial about the situation saying she just hasn't gotten her fills because she's a nurse and her doctor listens to her. But who would go through that much pain and NOT want to be at a normal weight?!?

I'm glad I chose the vertical sleeve as well. I wish you the VERY BEST of luck and care.

Cynthia

P.S. the dietitian told me that there will usually be a window of about 6 months where we will have NO appetite at all. That is a blessing. We should agree together to use that time of blessing to learn no ways of eating healthy and ignoring the fat. I DO NOT want to regain this weight in 5 years as so many do.

I'm very excited to find this group. It seems many of us who are going thru Tricare to get our surgeries can benefit from each other's experience.

I have recently finished the last of my prerequisits and just got my date assigned: MARCH 28!!!! I"m soooo excited! I have jumped through many, many hoops to get to this point but I'm so glad I'm here.

When I first began my journey my BMI was under 35 so I only qualified to get a LapBand. I realized that the VSG was probably a better option for me. I am actually glad I have gained quite a bit of weight since I began my weightloss surgery journey. I now qualify for the Vertical Sleeve.

I hope my stay at BAMC is a good one. I have one fantastic experience there in which I felt so well taken care of. But another time I was very disappointed in my treatment there.

Any other members have WLS experiences at BAMC?

Cynthia

I'm sure everything is on the up and up here. I was just pickin at ya'll.

Yay Pookey!!!!! You should be very proud!!!

Pookey,

Thanks for this information. My son is not going through any type of surgery but he's been having some serious bad breath. They prescribed him some decongestants as he does have some yellow drainage going down the back of his throat. If the pills and gargeling with salt Water doesn't work I'm gonna have him start searching for those nodes. I actually recall having them when I was his age.

Cynthia

Wow! Big changes!! Good for you!

Thanks for your awesome post. I am very excited about my surgery but I am so afraid of failure too. I'm afraid that I'll be one of those who lose a bunch of weight but learns nothing and gains it all back. I don't want to be that person. But I have to face the fact that I LOVE to eat. I can't imagine myself stopping eating just because my stomach says I'm full, I haven't done that in YEARS. I always over eat and I love all the worst things to eat. I love anything fried, anything smothered with gravy. I don't know how I will stop myself or even how this surgery will stop me from doing these things. Reading your story does help me though as I realize that I will have stalls and even set backs but the important thing is to just keep going.

Thanks!

Mrs. Reine,

We share the same surgery date!!!! My story is fairly similair too. Many people tell me I shouldn't get surgery because I'm not so super obese that I can't lose it on my own. But I have done many diets, pills and plans. Ofter I lose some weight but never really get to my target and eventually gain it all back.

I am beginning today to try out Protein Shakes. I will beginning my liquid diet on March 14. Will you required to do a 2 week liquid diet as well?

Cynthia

Im so glad this group was started. I am going to be sleeved March 1st and Im so excited I can barely control myself!

Good Luck Today!!!! Leederz

I'm right there with ya. My pre op is march 2 and my surgery is March 28th. I'm very excited but also aprehensive. This is going to be a major life changing event. We gotta hold on tight, it's gonna be one heck of a ride!!!!1

Cynthia

Hubba Hubba, Gman! Check out those biceps! What Hans and Franz face? Yeah, I got the reference! I agree that your exercise routine is probably going to be pretty different from mine, since I'm aiming to NOT have those biceps that look so good on guys! I want the strength, but without the ripped look.

I went with a friend to a strip club recently and I was truly impressed with the muscles those girls have while still looking soft and feminine. THAT's the look I want when all is said and done. Yes, I know I'll never look like a stripper, but I don't want to look like I could arm wrestle the "Ahnold" either!

I feel as though I walked into a private-type convo. Glad ya'll could meet each other here on this site.

I haven't had the sleeve yet, but I'm a Constipation PRO! I even had surgery to correct the problems that constipation caused.

Here are my solutions: (ask your doc before trying any of them)

1. fleet brand laxatives are very gentle and may help out.

2. frosted mini wheats Cereal but LOTS of Water afterward or else you'll have major issues.

3. dolcolax is what most docs recommend but they take FOREVER to work. If you are on pain meds, you will almost always have constipation.

4. glycerine suppositories

5. enema

Don't be embarrassed about taking an enema. It's better you give yourself one in the privacy of your own home than the nurses have to administer one in the hospital .

You should talk to your doc about which options are viable. Once you get things "going" continue eating Fiber full meals followed by lots of Water or else you could come up with the very same problem.

wow! That's a long row to hoe. Sorry it's taking so much. You will be there before you know it. Keep jumpin thu those hoops!!!

I'm so sorry this happened to you. It makes me even more aware of the fact that I will need my husband and best friend with me throughout my hospital stay so they can be my advocates while I'm incapable. I pray for your full recovery and for justice to be served.

Cynthia

Congratulations! I wish I had gotten the sleeve instead of the lapband 3 years ago.

I know there are many who feel exactly like you do. I simply didn't want to go through yet another operation. Though with 4 kids....the hospital seems like a mini vacation. lol

What an awesome feeling it must be! Cannot wait to welcome you to the loser's bench!!! Congrats!

I can't wait to be on the losers bench either!!!! THANKS!!

Thanks. I will keep you posted. When is your surgery?

March 28. I just found out today

Youre gonna do wonderfully!!

I am about to start my 2 wk pre op diet and am about to start buying and trying some Protein. Can you tell me how much sugar the muscle milk has in it?

Also, other than unjury does anyone recommend any others brands??

Cynthia

Bumblebee,

I don't have my sleeve yet either. I understand you being excited and nervous, I'm already feeling that way. I just keep thinking how this surgery is a gift. We will need to use the loss of appetite we will experience after surgery to make healthy changes that will last our entire lives.

I can only imagine how proud we will feel after the first 20 pounds are gone.

Can't wait to hear your surgery tale as you post your story to this site!!

I've belonged to both the LapBand and Sleeve websites for a little bit now. I've read here so many people who have had revisions to the sleeve from the LapBand.

Yesterday, I completed the last of my requirements to get weight loss surgery.

Today I spoke with my surgeon and he agrees that getting the vertical sleeve is probably the best option for me. He also gave me my surgery date: MARCH 28!!! I'm so very excited. I cannot believe this part of my journey is almost over.

I had a lot of prerequisites to complete before I was able to get this surgery. I was scared I would be diagnosed with sleep apnea which would have made me push my surgery back for at least 6 months. But I passed the sleep study and all of the other hurdles my insurance company had for me. It's been 3 months since I began this process.

I can't wait to be posting my weight loss on this site with the rest of you!!!!

Cynthia

Hi Futureskinnypants,

I have Tricare (military insurance). Just yesterday I finished all of my prerequisits. I know that every insurance company has different rules. Mine were:

1 Informational meeting

2 Another informational meeting

3 Attend 2 support group meetings

4 Attend 9 nutritionist appts (2 per month)

5 Psychologist Meeting

6 Blood work

7 sleep Study

(not necessarily in this order)

I do know that many insurances will require patients to be on a CPAP machine for 6 months if they are found to have sleep apnea.

My entire process began in January and I will have surgery on March 28th!!!!! I'm very excited!!!!