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hi- i'm not sleeved yet, but one thing has me very curious. sometimes ill go for a walk around the neighborhood w/ the kids and that makes me super thirsty, so i glugglugglugglug Water as i'm walking and once ig et home. how will that change after surgery? I know you can't glug, and I have a hard time imagining sipping during those super hot walks. how do you do it!? course. I'm kinda dehydrated now, probably always, so when i do finally exert myself, my body says liquid PLEASE!

smileen- look at us, advanced members, woot! what do we get? why did it take so long?

LOL I'd pitch a fit too! hehe.. I'm glad you got yoru way surgery! I think I have a good chance of getting my surgery. the seminar i watched online, they said they would help with appeals, so i think everything will go well. I do have to see a psychiatrist too- that part actually sounds fun.

oh I hope so! maybe it will be helpful.. as far as a dietitian- I guess they aren't going to make me? the dr said that is what he would recommend, but i guarantee I can lose this weight. they never even gave me a specific amt. I guess the surgeon will do that next month? shelli- it does feel like it will drag. but I keep reminding myself how fast 9 months went with my pregnancies, 6 times. lol during it kindof drags, but then you are looking at your 6 month old going "WHAT?" I hope you get approved! did you have to keep track of every morsel?

My BMI is right at 40. I do not have co morbidies. The Dr. put a checkmark in the box that says something along the lines of "patient frequently struggles with handling stress." I've been in a lot over the last 8 years, for anti-depressants. sigh. Will this count against me afa wether or not they think I can handle the stress after surgery or whatever? I am so scared I'll do 6 mos and they'll pick the tiniest little thing to count against me and I'll get a denial letter. also- the ins co sent me a list of criteria I have to meet. It says "bcbsm has a 6 month consecutive weight-loss program requirement." I asked my dr' what exactly they want from me. do i have to write it all out every day- every bite I take? do I have to follow a certain plan? he said call the ins company and ask. i left the office and did just that, and they said "ask your dr." *HEADAGAINSTWALL she says something like "we dont preauthorize this procedure, it's all up to your surgeon. huh? I don't even meet w/ him until next month on the 25th. will they take this months weigh in? I'm kindof spinning in circles. can't wait until this hoop part is all over. am i making this harder than it needs to be? I also asked hte ins lady if losing a big amt of weigt during the next 6 months would disqualify me. she didn't think it would. said that was also up to my surgeon. do you guys know? cuz I can lose like crazy, it's the keeping it off part that is hard, of course. I hate this grownup stuff. I'm 28, but I still let my hubby handle all the adult things.

Rofl I'm a j.

Thx. I don't think I have any that would qualify as veri cose.

Another enell fan. Not cheap but great support! Was one of oprahs favorite things.

Oh that would be awesome!! Can you text? My number is 660-998-2823

See, I knew you guys would understand!! Lol. Sleeve doesn't found funny to me yet. Yet.

I think about the surgery off and on all day but this made me giggle at myself. I've watched so many videos of the surgery procedure, etc. That when I saw the stomach on this picture, it made me think of the surgery. And I envision three fourths of it being cut off, ha ha

Awesome!! I wonder if I can get my husband on a bike.

Aw, I hate to hear that for you!! I know that feeling also, of cringing at myself in the mirror. I still do! What about starting smaller, maybe! I'm 234 lbs and even though I'd love to be in a 10, I think I may go out and purchase a pair of 14's. I don't know what size I can get into with my med bones and my child bearing hips. Hehe. If I bought a 10 and came to realize its not a healthy attainable weight for my frame, I think that might depresse again. I think you will do fabulous!!

Oh, I thought I replied to this!! Thank you all do much for reaching out. I'm actually kindof embarrassed that I posted all this woe is me stuff. I'm off the pitty pot now and have decided to go ahead and start eating healthy and get more active. Noone says I can't lose weight but me and I have decided not to believe that lie. It will take hard work and commitment but I'm not waiting. The whole point was to change my ways right? What better time to start than now? Im really happy to hear over and over that the 6 mos will fly. I'm sure it will. In a year I'll be sitting back wondering what in the world I was whining about.

Heya! I went to sturgis when I was 12 w my dad when he lived in rapid city.

I have a lot of those same thoughts. But I sure would have an easier time doing low carb or any sensible eating plan if I got full quicker and wasn't always starving. Sure, I still have to differentiate between real and head hunger and make healthy choices, but it will be a lot easier after surgery. Emlefie, That was great!! Are you at goal? 12 miles is incredible!!

I. Love. This. Thread. So much truth and awesomeness.

Lol you're silly. I was just thinking that since sometimes its harder for a vegan to get their Protein especially, I didn't know if it would work with this, since we have to eat protein first. When I ate Raw vegan a couple years ago I had a lot of green smoothies. there is supposed to be a lot of protein in Spinach, but I don't remember exactly how much. I can probably put a lot of Protein powder into my smoothies also, I love vanilla pea protein powder. I'm not eating a vegan diet right now, but ultimately I would love to be sleeved and vegan

Can a vegan get the sleeve?

this is my one last thread that i want to start, to make ABSOULUTELY POSITIVELY SURE that I want the sleeve, and not something else. there is one other technique that i'm interested in, but id like to hear from to veteran sleevers (or whoever really) to see if anyone ever wishes they'd gotten a different surgery. It's the DS that has peaked my interest.

I'm certain that I'm gonna have to have mine removed when I hit goal. Has anyone had this done? Was it painful? How do they go about it? What does it run??? Oh my gosh, the dream of wearing shorts!!! I havent since I was 12 and I hate summer because of it.

If I didn't have 6 children who need me day and night, I wouldn't be able to drag my big butt out of bed. I was fully ready to head on down to MX and self pay- and as most of you probably know, stuff happened and I wasn't able to pay for it anymore. Now I'm going the insurance route, and it's just going to take so long. I know, 6 months isn't the end of hte world, but it sure feels like it when I was going to have surgery june 4th and now I have to wait until around Cmas time. I'm really fighting with my depression. I'm supre cranky at the thought of having to be this big for 6 more months. I suppose I'll be losing a little bit, but I'm not trying super hard at this supervised diet thing- I've never stuck to a diet more than 4 mos because I just cave and eat a ton of food and all the wrong foods of course. I don't want to moan and whine, I dont want to feel sorry for myself, but I do. and Honestly, this surgery is about all i can think about, day and night. I think about it to fall asleep even. you could say I'm hyper focusing. I don't want to screw the next 6 mos up. I dont even go to my pcp untl this Friday- the shrink next Monday. I NEED this weight off, and asap. As far back as I can remember, I have felt bad about myself. It's hard not to when you can't find cute clothes for yourself, and when you find halfway inexpensive mens tshirts, you have to pay 3.00 more because your body requiresmore fabric than smaller people. I will have to go through another entier summer being fat. I saw the light at the end of hte tunnel, and as I've said before, tha light is so tiny now. I have thought of 101 ways I could go about getting htis surgery sooner, and i just keep hitting dead ends. i just want to eat, sleep, and do days without a shower. I just thought maybe you guys would understand. sorry if this is hard to understand, kids need me so i'm typing super fast, and probably not thining everything all the way through. i did switch to lamictal from effexor and hopefully that will help. i just dont have anything nice to wear, and really- i watn to refuse to purchase anything to cover this fat ugly body. :/

I hope no one minds me rabbit trailing a little but: Did you guys have to do the 6 months of dr supervised diet? Do you have I write everything down, or what? I imagine every dr is different in what they want you to do, bit what was your 6 mos like!?

Well on glad someone's happy for me, hehe.

Yes!!!!!! Dr. Roger de la torre He's in network, has good reviews and is so close to home!! I'm so excited! It's a center of excellence whatever that means sounds good, lol. Now I start my 6 month process. I might be sleeved for Christmas!