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Planning on my yearly trek to the Bonnaroo Music Festival; I would be 18 days out from being sleeved, is this too early to be in the elements for four days? I won't be camping, I will be sleeping in an air-conditioned tour bus each night. I always have a camelback strapped on so Water is always close. Thoughts?

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Www.bonnaroo.com

Getting mine @ Vandy on 5/21/12.

Four weeks out ... CONGRATS!!

Interesting question; I can't recall a time, looking back at a trip, vacation or event where I say to myself " now that was a a great meal" most of my meals come and go. I am no epicurean. I work for a French company and complained about the food the last time I was in Paris so short answer, FUEL, bring it. MY problem, when I have been hungry on the road, the drive through or office canteen means more to me for the savings in time.... That, will be my biggest challenge!!

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Congrats on the surgery; I will certainly keep everyone posted!

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What do you mean the hospital "surprised" you?

I'm going to Dr. Williams @ Vandy . . .

Congrats to you

Hello, I was signed on with Dr. Melvin but by the time I completed my pre-reqs, Dr. Melvin was booked three months out. I have my surgery in 21 days with Dr. Clements. The staff has been great and luckily my insurance has covered every step, I will be completing this journey for a $250.00 copayment thanks to BCBS of IL.

It's a great ride. Just rock your sleeve and listen to your body. Stop before you go that extra bite when you are eating and try to be anal about recording everything you eat and drink. It really helps when you look back.

Will do, thanks!

Serious complications are extremely rare. If you have a competent care team and follow their instructions to the letter' date=' the odds of anything going wrong are very slim.

I know it's easy to be nervous about the unknown, but for those of us who've "been there, done that," we can definitely say that the first couple of weeks to a month are the hardest. After that, you just need to learn how to eat to please your new, smaller stomach, and enjoy all the "free" weight loss![/quote']

I am going through Vanderbilt; they are one of the leading hospitals in the US so I am not concerned about competency, you hit it on the head, it's the unknown weighing on my mind. Thanks

Dorrie, looking forward to adding "skinniness" to my vernacular someday, congrats on your success and thanks for sharing.

First post for me. I completed my 6 month Doc monitored diet last week, insurance approved in two days, surgery scheduled in 21 days and I woke up this am thinking "holy cra_ what have I done". I think I am most nervous about the first 48 hours; most of the posts have been from the ladies and some of them had some bad reactions. Other than that, I am most looking forward to kicking type 2 diabetes; I am tired of injections, sticks and a handful of pills each day.

I got my approval and paid my estimated portion of 680 for my iband. Honestly was expecting my part to be about double that' date=' but who am I to argue?

Anyone else surprised at how low their portion was?[/quote']

Yes, after meeting with others in the support meetings, I discovered my employer offers amazing coverage through BCBS of IL. They covered all of the pre- surg appts and my deductible for my VSG is only $250. In total with the 5 visits, $ 445.