Erin6573

I have also done P90X and it is in intense. The thing that discouraged me most of the time was not the exercise, but the amount of time that you had to devote. Some of the workouts are like 40 minutes, but then he wants you to pop in the ab video for another 30 minutes and the yoga video is a full 90 minutes. If you have the time, I say go for it, but it was a little too much of a time committment for me. I have seen him recently on an infomercial where he has a new program and the videos are 10 minutes in length. I'm sure you stack multiple workouts on in a day to get what he calls "muscle confusion" If you google Tony Horton or Beach Body, I'm sure you will find it. Good luck and in the words of Tony Horton, "do your best and forget about the rest"

I tapped into my 401k for the surgery. Had them take the taxes out when I withdrew the money. I know that the money is for my retirement, but at the rate I was going, I wasn't going to make it to retirement. Yes, the taxes and penalties are crazy. I had them hold 20% for the feds and then they took whatever the state of Michigan was getting as well. Good luck to you.

I guess that's something I never asked when I left the hospital, all they told me was to dry my incisions good after I took a shower. Maybe I should have...oops...I was swimming in my pool 2 weeks post op and I went swimming up north in the lake last weekend. My surgical tape is off and incisions are fully healed with no problems. Maybe I did too much too soon, but haven't had a problem.

Also from the Detroit area, downriver, actually. Had my surgery on June 19th with Dr. Pleatman.

I was in to see the doc last week for my one week post op and he told me that I could go ahead and start supplements. So Saturday I took my first set of Multivitamins about 45 minutes after finishing my Protein Shake for Breakfast and within 2 minutes, they came right back up. I hate chewable vitamins to begin with and can't believe I wasted my money on these things that I will never take. I need to find something else that agrees with me. Can anyone give me an idea of what they are taking on a daily basis, so I can get my vitamin/supplement regimen in order. Before surgery, I took the Gummy vites for adults and was wondering if people were taking those too?

My insurance denied me and I ended up as a self pay patient. I was with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama. Their requirements were 6 months of diet documentation, along with 3 years of proof that I was morbidly obese 40+ on the BMI scale or if not morbidly obese, had a co-morbidity to go along with it. So I played their game and did the 6 months. I have moderate sleep apnea so I have the co-morbidity (or so I thought) and the surgeon submitted and I was denied...their reason: because at some point in 2010, my BMI dropped below 40 and they didn't consider my sleep apnea severe enough, it was only moderate and not severe. So my options were to make sure I was fat enough for 3 straight years or move on to self pay, which is what I did. The insurance coordinator said that she was shocked at how closely they looked at my medical records. She said most of the time they just look at the 6 months worth of diet documentation and go off the letter of necessity from the surgeon and the letter of support from your doctor and you are good to go. Unfortunately for me, there was nothing for me to appeal on because I just wasn't "fat enough" sometime in 2010 when I went to Weight Watchers for a while and lost 40 pounds. I was actually quite aggravated with the insurance coordinator at my surgeons office because through this whole process she kept telling me to not get discouraged, it would happen, they have an excellent track record getting people approved. And then when the denial came, she was like...well sorry, but there is really nothing we can appeal on. Let us know how you want to proceed. So much for "don't get discouraged, we will get this done for you" I ended up switching surgeons because my original surgeon was somewhere in the ballpark of 15,000 for the self pay and I found another Michigan surgeon doing self pay for 11,200, so I went with him. Good luck to you on your insurance approval. I'm pretty sure the person who looked at my chart was 110 pounds and eating a celery stick while she was typing my denial, never having a weight problem in her life. LOL.

Sorry about how you are feeling, but believe me when I tell you it does get better. I'm only 9 days out and have made leaps and bounds of progress in those 9 short days. I too came home in pain but could not tolerate the liquid pain meds, I threw them up so I had to just muscle my way through. My last dose of pain meds was in the hospital at 6:00 am the day I was discharged. Your antidepressant and the lack of you taking it probably has a lot to do with your anxiety and worry. I know that when I was in the hospital the ice chips hurt, every single sip of anything hurt. As the days went on, it still hurt, but got better and better and I was able to tolerate more and more. sugar free popcicles were my boyfriend and still are. I still have the occasional cramp in the stomach reminding me I drank too fast or ate my pureed Soup too fast, but it does get better it really does. Sounds like you are going through a lot right now that has nothing to do with the surgery and frankly it's not fair to have extra "baggage" piled on you at a time like this. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DIE!!!! Every day you will wake up and feel better and will eat a little more. Get up and move a little, even if for a couple minutes, it helps. Hugs to you on your recovery.

That's wonderful. Congratulations!!!

Surgery June 19th and so I guess I'm officially 1 week post op today. Yeah Me... No real discomfort anymore except an occasional "nagging" feeling on the left side, but I'm sure it will get better. Like everyone else having trouble getting in my liquids and Protein. I did find a new juice bar place by my house and he made me a spectacular tasting protein smoothie with 42 grams of protein and all natural fruits. It tasted so good, I had to remind myself to sip and not gulp. I won't spend $5.00 every day to go there, but once in a while it will be a nice treat. I got a small and still could only drink 1/2 of it. First post op with the surgeon is tomorrow. Will update after that.

Surgery June 19th and so I guess I'm officially 1 week post op today. Yeah Me... No real discomfort anymore except an occasional "nagging" feeling on the left side, but I'm sure it will get better. Like everyone else having trouble getting in my liquids and Protein. I did find a new juice bar place by my house and he made me a spectacular tasting protein smoothie with 42 grams of protein and all natural fruits. It tasted so good, I had to remind myself to sip and not gulp. I won't spend $5.00 every day to go there, but once in a while it will be a nice treat. I got a small and still could only drink 1/2 of it. First post op with the surgeon is tomorrow. Will update after that.