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Awesome News Tammy!! Congrats you are on your way to finding the new you. You can meet other August sleevers here if you choose. http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/38113-august-sleevers-where-yas-at/ Best of luck with your journey and we are all here to support you along the way..

I can relate to the tidiness, I haven't even started my pre-op diet yet, but I have been preparing things in the house. I want recovery to go smoothly and want to focus on me and not on things being out of place or disorganized. I do not have a goal yet, have to wait and see what the doctor says. Glad you are handling your pre-op diet easily. I will be starting mine in about 2 weeks, and I am not sure how well I will do. My diet will be a complete liquid diet for two weeks. I am so dreading it. Keep up all the great work you are doing, and I hope Wednesday moves smoothly for you and that you have a speedy recovery. You will be in my thoughts. Keep us updated on how you are doing. Best Wishes.

For starters i am not sleeved yet, but this forum is very informative. I have learned that nearly everyone hits a stall around 4-6 weeks some later. These stalls can last 2-4 weeks, with the norm more around 2 weeks. I know I cannot attest to my own situations, but from what I have read it happens, your not doing anything wrong, Some people think upping their Protein, carbs, or calories just a bit can help break the stall. If you do a search on stalls, you will come across many many posts, that may give you some better information. One person said a stall is inevitable. Referred to cleaning house. Our bodies are making such a change, that it realizes all of a sudden there is all this extra space, and is trying to figure out where everything went, so it is rearranging the furniture so to speak. They say that you should keep your measurements during a stall, cause even though you are not losing weight you are most likely losing inches as your body is adjusting to the already missing weight and extra space,. Best of luck on your journey. Keep up the great work, and you will soon reach goal.

Thanks for sharing Mr. Worm. Congrats on your loss so far, and your almost at goal. Keep up the great work.

I can't answer your questions about insurance or approval, but I know others will be able to. I would however like to welcome you to the boards and hope you enjoy the members that are around. There are tons of people who can offer support, experience, tips, how to's, and what nots. I have found this forum to be supportive, exciting, thrilling, informative, caring etc. This has become my second home. We are so close nit that we literally share in each others journey's. I wish you the best of luck with your journey. I hope things turn out well and you can start moving forward with your plans.

Hi Aaron, welcome to the boards, Congrats on your surgery date!! Despite your nervousness and emotions of freaking out, you are going to do great. Everyone has nerves that kick in and try to convince you otherwise, but just stay strong. I just love the saying that can be transformed into so many variations. But 'No one said this journey would be easy, We only promise it will be worth it'. Best of luck to you.

Holy Smokes!!, Congrats. It sounds like all of those are victories!! You are truly doing a great job. Keep up the awesome work. One day very soon I will be joining the victory run as well.

Congrats. Your time is coming up real soon. futureskinnypants has a list going with all august sleevers that has posted on when their surgery is and the doctor if the person listed it. You can view it here. http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/38113-august-sleevers-where-yas-at/ So far I am only seeing one person on the list right now. Take no worries as there may be tons of people having surgery that hasn't found the august posts yet or some that didn't state which doctor. Feel free to roam the conversations and meet other August Sleeve'rs

Congratulations. Nice to meet you. I too am a August sleever. The 6th for me. Please don't think I am implying you posted in wrong place, but there is an august thread going if you want to meet other August canidates here http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/38113-august-sleevers-where-yas-at/ It really is a great club over there. FutureSkinnyPants has been so nice to keep a running calendar of everyone's date. If you post in there she will get you loaded into the calendar. Welcome on board and if there is anything you need help have no worries to ask the tons of people on the forum.. It was a pleasure to meet you. Good luck in your journey.

That's great News. Your just going to have that much more of a jump on achieving the NEW YOU!! Keep us updated.

I will definitely send prayers, well wishes and best of luck your way. I am sure everything is going to turn out just fine. I wish you have a speedy, uneventful recovery. Let us know and keep us updated as soon as you can. You can DO This!!

Congrats Tabby. You are going to do fine. We share the same surgery date. Let's Rock This!! Being scared is a natural sense for the body. I have been through many surgeries in my life so the fear I have learned to override, but the anticipation, and the excitement that I get from this surgery, is just wild. If I could make the calendar fly by I would.

Congratulations on reaching your your surgiversary!! It sounds like it has been a grand year for you. I love reading everyones success stories. I can't wait til I get to start working on my year. Coming soon,, Coming soon. Keep up the great work.

I would have imagined choosing a Mexico doctor would be very difficult. I was planning on difficulty but my decision was very easy. A personal friend of mine was recommending the same doctor who did her lap-band 5 years ago, so he is who i started researching at first. I got on forums all over and was ready other people's experiences with him. Upon researching for him, I came across the doctor I am using. I had such a strong inner pull towards him. So I started focusing most of my research to this new doctor. To much of my surprise he was who I felt most comfortable inside about. I did get the chance to meet him a seminar this past May, and seeing. meeting, and having him to answer my questions personally one on one, only secured my decision. I have chosen the best doctor for myself. So I would imagine finding a good doctor or researching a mexico doctor would be difficult if you didn't get that inner feeling of "Thats The One". I would suggest reading the forums, researching the internet, checking their stats are all good places to start. In the end you really have to go with the one you are most comfortable with.

I am starting with a beginning bmi of 41.3 and I am having to do a 2 week liquid diet. The diet is really all depending on the doctor. I have read some who has higher bmi's with short diets or no diets at all. There really is no set suggestion except for your doctor. As far as "Most Surgeons" if you were to spend days looking back through diet posts, i would have to say its ALMOST even as to diet or no diet and length of diets,

Wow, congratulations. That is great. It's normal to be nervous, anxious, scared, excited. That is just our emotion processes trying to prepare us for what is coming. Hell I don't even know you and I am excited and anxious even envious for you...lol. I guess I just have to wait my turn next month. I wish you the best of luck and a speedy uneventful recovery. You are going to do great at this. Good Luck. Keep us updated.

The A1C test measures your average blood glucose control for the past 2 to 3 months. The A1c test is a way of monitoring how well your blood sugar levels were controlled over a given period of time. The lower the score, the more your diet, exercise and insulin or oral medications prevented instances of high sugars. Even though reducing our weight and exercising reduces our risk for diabetes, there is still a chance of developing diabetes. The A1C is a test that lets you see how well your diet and food maintenance is holding up over time. Testing your finger daily only gives you your sugar levels, testing your A1C tells you how well things are controlled and working together.

Another one of EggFace recipes. Cream of Spinach Soup This is a full liquid recipe. Great for vegetarians but I love it and I hate vegetables. It is spinach (it won't always be dangerous LOL!) but you can change it to broccoli, beets, asparagus or even carrots. The regular recipe called for light cream but we used 1% (skim would be too watery, don't use skim) and served 8 people. DH cut it in half for the 2 of us. It can be frozen into individual servings. Cream of Spinach Soup Serves 8 people (but you can make half recipe easily) 5 Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped 2 lbs. fresh spinach 2 yellow onions, roughly chopped 3 garlic cloves 1 cup light cream (use 1% instead not skim) 1/4 cup grated Romano cheese 2 tablespoons butter (we used Olivio spread you can use whatever you use instead of butter) Salt & pepper Pinch of nutmeg Water Melt butter in a large soup pot. Add onions and garlic and brown for about 10 minutes. Add potatoes, nutmeg, and enough water to just barely cover the potatoes. Simmer until potatoes are soft, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat. Add spinach and let sit for 8-10 minutes until spinach wilts. Puree in a regular blender. Add cream, cheese and season with salt & pepper. Heat and serve

Not sure what phase you are at, This recipe I'm sure i saved from Shelly (Theworldofeggface) Cream of Broccoli Soup This soup is really good and should be pretty good for Proteins. I think it has about 7.10 proteins p/cup the way I made it tonight. 6 Tablespoons of butter or marg 1 Tablespoon finely chopped onion 5 Tablespoons flour 1 cup chicken broth (I used the whole can of undiluted) 2 cups milk (I use skim) 3/4 teaspoon salt Dash pepper 1 package (10 oz) frozen chopped broccoli, thawed (If I do not have chopped, I have used florets. It will chop up in the blender. I just used the whole bag even if it is more than 10 ozs.) Heat butter and onion for 1 1/2 - 2 min on high in the microwave. Blend in flour. Gradually add broth, milk, salt and pepper. Heat 7-9 min on medium or until soup is slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. Add broccoli and puree in food processor or blender. Return to bowl and heat 3-4 minutes, stirring once.

OH SUSIE, i am crying HAPPY tears for you.. You wanna trade places with me? you can go on the 8th of august?? on other hand, i do not feel you messed up. You are going to do great, and this has not postponed anything,

Congratulations anais02. Glad to hear your surgery went so well and that the doctor was able to relieve the pain that you felt. You are on your way to a new you. Keep us updated on your journey. Wish your recovery continues to be a healthy uneventful one. Take care of yourself.

Yes You will, we are all fighters and have to be tough and strong to commit to a new lifestyle. That takes more work than most (non surgery people) understand. I use to be one of those people so to speak, those that thought surgery was an easy way out......no offense to anyone,.. but then I got tired of struggling and fighting the battle alone, so I looked into surgery. The more I read, the more I learned there is NO EASY part about surgery. I have to commit myself to a lifelong change in the way I see food. I have to continue to watch what I put in my mouth. This surgery is only limiting the amount that goes is, The WHAT that goes in, is up to us.. Some will battle and struggle more than others. We all have our demons.. SO Yes AllNewMe, you are a tough one and you will survive cause you were strong enough to make this decision. - Not meaning to jump off topic there, just stating.

It doesn't the Gas-X will only work for intestinal/stomach gas. The surgical gas has to work itself out (body absorbs it) The walking will help alleviate the pressure and pain from surgical gas by keeping it moving so it can't settle into one particular place and be a pain.

glad to hear all went well Sharnae. Darn that gas bugger, It sure strikes the best of them. I'm glad to to hear that Dr. Alvarez is treating you so well. He really does take pride in his patients from what everyone says. I can't wait to sit where you are. Hope recovery keeps making progress and that soon you won't have to deal with the gas or reflux.

you can even get smaller bottles at walmart for under 5 bucks, but cost to quantity ratio comes out cheaper at sams.