New_Hope

Probiotics are good for you to take after surgery, because the put back the good bacterias that our body needs after takeing the antiboitics.

Newfoundlove - Sounds like you are doing great! Keep us up to date.

Hi All! Great news today - - Insurance is approved!! Now waiting to talk to the scheduling people to get my date.

Thanks for the update missileer. I hope I will be able to say the same for my skin when I am 4 months out.

Should get my insurance approval by this next Thursday. Then they will schedule my surgery. Think I might start my liquid protein diet on Monday, maybe that will speed up surgery schedule date

I had a six month wait also. My paperwork was turned in last Friday also. I was told my insurance usually takes one - two weeks to approve. "Patiently" waiting.

I love hearing all of these success stories!

There is a place in Dallas that does a single incision laproscopic vertical sleeve. Sometimes they go in through the belly button so there are no scars. You can search it on Youtube and find videos about it.

TJMom - let us know how you do. You will be in my prayers. Hopefully will have my approval in a few weeks.

Good for you!

Congrats on your date and Happy Birthday Sandy! Hopefully I will be right behind you. Hope to have a date within a month.

Yes, I would consider it exercise. You burn 200-300 calories per hour

thanks for sharing.

I think everyone hits plateaus from what I have read, and I'm sure that is all that has happened. I bet you start losing again in no time. Just keep following your plan. You have already lost a lot!

I think you are absolutely right. I have not had my sleeve yet. Probably about 1-2 months out. Finishing up my six months to request approval from insurance company. Right now wearing a size 24 I would be ecstatic to be in a 14. That being said, my dream weight would be about to get into my wedding dress, which is a size 9 from 30+ years ago, lol. I think you need to set several goals, and if you don't reach every one of them, you are still successful in reaching the ones you do reach, and still strive towards the other ones. Your happiness in life can not depend on one outcome. I am a pretty happy person most of the time now. Overall my life has lots of positives. I have a great loving husband, two wonderful kids, a good job and a Lord that loves me. I am not happy about my current weight, and the health issues that is causing me. Life is never perfect, but there are lots of things to be grateful for if we look around.

thanks for the recipe to soft skin

Yeah for you!! Keep it up.

You are doing GREAT!!

WTG MassIndex. Looks like you only have 1 lb to go now! I followed a little of what you were doing on the exercise thread. I will be traveling 170 miles each way to go to my Dr. Being from a small rural town in Texas, it comes with the territory that you will drive a long distance to go anywhere, lol. I look forward to some of the successes you are all reporting.

In the DFW area here in Texas, the self pay price for the Dr that is going to do my surgery is $10950. I know several that use this DR and everyone seems to like him really well. I have to do the 6 month pre diet, so haven't had the surgery yet. However, I am about a 2.5 hr drive to the DR office, so everything has been over the phone and via internet so far. http://www.mybariatricsolutions.com/

Kayte, I hope I join you on that nsv. I am also a chocoholic. I would love to not think of sweets.

Great success story so far. You inspire me!

Congratulations everyone on all those great NSV's so far! Very encouraging!