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Yeah for you ahar!!! Congrats, I bet you are super excited like me My last day at work is the 20th!! Sent from my iPhone using VST

Woohoo San Diego!! I'm having mine at Sharp Memorial with Dr Mueller, he is so awesome! I have a 5 hour class on Wednesday the 11th. That's when I start my diet. Do you have to do a 2 week diet also? Sent from my iPhone using VST

Oh Wow, I will be thinking of you and sending well wishes your way! How exciting Mine is April 24th, I can't wait! Take Care and keep us updated Sent from my iPhone using VST

It will be 3 Protein shakes a day, then one lean protein with veggies meal. I'm probably going to have that meal at lunch, just so I can get thru my work day without biting someone's leg!!  But seroiusly, it makes sense also to eat heavier earlier in my day, so I can burn off more calories .is yours similar? I ordered unflavored Protein powder, plus this stuff called Pro Go Elixir in white grape, you had it to your Water, kinda like that Mio stuff at the grocery store, but this has protein, it's Bariatric Advantage. Sent from my iPhone using VST

@slimmommaSD Are you from San Diego? I'm am in San Diego, and my surgery is on the 24th of April!! Good Luck to you! Sent from my iPhone using VST

@betterthanbefore, Thank You!!!! I thought maybe I was alone in my love affair with food. Food has always been there for me, but now it's feels like it's not my friend in a way, it's an frenemy. I keep thinking... What if I try to eat my all time favorite and it makes me terribly ill. How will that make me feel. But then I tell myself, maybe that's a good thing. Then I read stories on here about "head hunger" I hope I don't get that. I'm going to try to really get gung ho about exercise and hope I go way too overboard with that, like I did with my food! Sent from my iPhone using VST

Oops, pre op!! It's been a long day, LOL Sent from my iPhone using VST

That's great, congrats to you!! I start my per op diet next week on the 11th, my surgery is on the 24th. Good Luck to you!! Sent from my iPhone using VST

Oh yeah, another April 24th Sleeve Buddy! Congrats to you also! Sent from my iPhone using VST

Oh yeah, I love love Peppermint Tea! I drink it for all my aliments, like sore throat, stomach ache, migraines. I sure hope it helps me out after my Sleeve. So maybe frozen pops might not agree with me after WLS? Like you said it's trial and error! Thanks for the tips!! Sent from my iPhone using VST

I'm gonna try to make frozen pops with my Bariatric Advantage ProGo Protein Elixir, it's White Grape Flavor. I sure hope it tastes kinda like my good old Gatorade Fierce Grape! Let us know what works for you! I willing to try anything that's tasty!! Sent from my iPhone using VST

Welcome! I was able to squeeze in on the day I wanted, well actually it was the day after, but that wasn't too bad!! I'm a nurse also, I just had to warn everyone at work, that I would be gone for weeks. Hope the roof doesn't fall in while I'm gone, LOL! Sent from my iPhone using VST

Yeah!! Congrats to you all. Isn't it so exciting, yet scary? I'm excited to finally get my Sleeve, but scary because I am losing my friend( food) and not sure if we will ever be cool with each other again This is probably jusy fear of the unknown. But it has come to this, I have to get a new friend, I hoping exercise will be my new friend! Sent from my iPhone using VST

Woohoo! Good Luck to you! Keep us posted on your experiences, I will keep updated as well. I have a 5 hour pre op class on the 11 th with my Doctor and my NUT. That's when the 2 week liquid diet starts! Yipes Sent from my iPhone using VST

Thank You ! I appreciate it  Sent from my iPhone using VST

I'm so ready for my Sleeve. I have watched and waited, now it's finally my turn, yeah!! Any one else out there on April 24th? Sent from my iPhone using VST

Yes, I have Cigna from my employer, and I had to choose an H. M.O. I have had Sharp Rees Stealy for like 12 years, but they gave me lots of grief about WLS, so I parted ways with SRS and joined Sharp Community Medical Group. I love my new PCP, he is the best. Sent from my iPhone using VST

Yep! Of course the whole Quest for WLS took 9 long months( 6 month supervised diet) plus I had to do the Psych Eval and strangely all my pre op tests done before my surgeon's office would even submit my info to Sharp. I met with my Surgeon only after I finished my diet and Sharp approved a visit with him!He told me I didn't have to deal with Cigna at all, just Sharp. It was so fast!! Sent from my iPhone using VST

Once my coordinator sent my items in this past Monday, I received my approval yesterday!! So it took 4 days. I have Cigna, but it was my (H) (M) (O) Sharp Community Medical Group that reviewed and approved my surgery! Can't wait for April 24!! Sent from my iPhone using VST

It seems like I started this journey so long ago. It has taken 9 months from Seminar to approval. I am so happy, but still impatitent, can't wait for April 24th!! I start my pre op diet on the 11th. I stocked up on my Protein and vitamins!! Now to get my hospital bag ready and do my spring cleaning at my house!! Sent from my iPhone using VST

Congrats! You took the thoughts right out of my head. After waiting soooo long my time has come for surgery in April. I want this surgery so bad, but I'm worried about some of the side effects. I think we can just do the best to forge ahead, as for the hair thing, that really freaks me out, so I have ordered Silicia and Biotin supplements to take. I don't have enough hair to part ways with!!! We will be taking Prilosec and gas pills for nausea and gas pain, so I think we will be ok! The thought of possibly being to thin really intrigues me, Ha! I'm gonna take my chances with that one I wish you Good Luck, and please keep us posted! I'm either the 16th or 23 rd of April. I prefer the 23rd. Keeps mr out just past Mother's Day!! Take Care Sent from my iPhone using VST

Ha, that's funny. I tried to write (H)(M)(O) they *** it out. Yipes is that a bad word? Sent from my iPhone using VST

Hi there! I saw my surgeon for the first time today. While it is good news, hevtells me since I have an ***, I won't have to deal with Cigna at all. Sharp Community Medical Group will make the approval, he said they wouldn't have even approved the referral to him if they weren't serious! But, now I have to have all the clearance tests done before they submit. So it's wait some more. Sent from my iPhone using VST

Hi everyone, me again, Hello Nurse. Just another way to help all those such as myself who need to count their pennies! FSA! It's the way to go I get reimbursed for everything I pay for. All medicines, all Doctor co pays, tests, lab work, Protein powders, if it's for treatment for Obesity, it qualifies. As long as Doctor writes a prescription for it. Even my $500 co pay for the surgery!! If you are able to sign up thru your employer, I suggest it. The maximum I can save is $2,500/ year. They take put a certain amount from each pay check( pre tax dollars) then put it an FSA account. I then fax in a claim with proof, and my money is reimbursed back to me via direct deposit. But you can also choose to get a check mailed to you!! I was able to pay for braces for myself and my youngest daughter this way! It's one of the ways Im able to get this surgery without going broke! Plus I use my Aflac policies to help me out while Im out of work. Hope it helps someone!! Sent from my iPhone using VST