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welcome! i have the same date as you. you may want to check in to this post, http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/320588-any-november-sleevers-for-2014-need-surgery-buddys/page-17#entry3646949, which is all people with November dates.

fingers and toes crossed for you!

Got my date!!! 11/18. Anyone else on that day?

Thanks. I realize how down I sound in the post. I get like that and then I get over it very quickly. I'm sure there is a reason for the date I received.

that's fantastic, you must be very pleased.

i wish i could say i'm excited, but i'm just disappointed that it's not for another three weeks when just three weeks ago they told me probably 10/21 or 10/28. well, i'm also in the middle of a horrific insulin attack (low blood sugar) and dealing with multiple production problems at work, so it ain't the best day. yay

you are so lucky! waiting is the worst!

congratulations! i'm right in the same place as you! i hope we both get answers quickly.

folks, as someone who has used a cpap for over 5 yrs, i will attest that it is VERY DIFFICULT to get used to. i almost gave up on it to because it was so uncomfortable, but a good friend who uses one convinced me to keep trying different mask styles because they all feel different. he was right! on my third mask style, i found a winner, and have slept awesomely ever since. please call the people who provided the machine to you and tell them the mask is not fitting correctly. keep doing this until you get the right one for you. there are many different styles, and many different brands of each style. the mask is like shoes. sometimes you have to walk around in them before you know they are not the right fit. i hope this helps you get through this!

definitely the waiting is the worst!

to me, it's not the actual FAT that i hate, it's the weakness i feel exists by not being able to handle this one issue in my life. why am i capable of just about everything else i've ever attempted, and not at this? THAT's what gets me irked.

i think it's great the way you always focus on the positives, @@Misty ! you're doing fabulous.

what a great birthday present for yourself!

good luck, wishing you a speedy recovery!

@@cube68, i would call the insurance company to make sure they got everything they need first. following up with them seems to be the easiest to do, and doesn't annoy the person in the surgeon's office by continually checking. when i got the word from the insurance company that they were waiting for additional information from the doctor, THEN i called the surgeon's office to faciliatate them sending the additional info. then back to the insurance company, yada yada yada. does it help to do all this calling? i don't know, but it made me feel better than just waiting.

first of all, you have NOT "already" failed. and please, take that phrase out of your vocabulary, because it sounds like you are EXPECTING to fail. to me, the amount of exercise you are describing doing is NOT the definition of a sedentary person. so, give your nutritionist the benefit of the doubt of her professional knowledge (regardless of her unfriendly manner) and try upping your calories for a week. i bet you have great results! one thing i remember from my WW days is that if you eat a little differently each day, it keeps your metabolism active. so even if you add two or three days a week of higher calories, i bet you will see a difference.

i finally got the approval late Friday, by calling the insurance company. now i'm waiting on the surgeon's office to schedule me. and, yes, i called them Friday and today. one more hurdle....

here's my initial thought: whenever we first go on a diet, we lose quickly. i have always found there is weight that comes off easily because of the large amount i have to lose. call it "Water weight" or whatever, it's just a fact. you've already lost that weight, with your pre-op and post-op diets. that could be the reason your loss has slowed. are you eating enough to support your workouts?

i love their lemon tea and their cappucino flavors

@@jennyliz, i like your answer. because i feel like many of the people in the world fall under that description: "ignoramuses who may be gossip mongers".

can't wait to see the photos!

i really like the syntrax lemon tea flavor, which mixes with water, and the syntrax cappucino flavor, which i mix with almond milk.

oh, @@Summer Rain, i would have loved to have had you as a surgery buddy, but i just got off the phone with them and they said 11/4 is already booked. they will call me later today to give me the definite date. i'm very bummed. i hate waiting for anything!!!

I finally got approved on Friday! woohoo!!! going to call the surgeon this morning to find out my definite date. still hoping they'll get me in for 11/4. wish me luck!

Yay! Finally got good news when I called the insurance company. Now I have to hear from the doctor about my date. Another hurdle passed.