kmoore

Good luck! Prayers with you for quick healing

Cigna is the pits! Expect to wait 31 days for the answer. I started calling them daily at about 16 days...still didn't get the approval until day 31.

It can bloat and stretch your sleeve.

I am 5'3" and chose my 1st goal by BMI. That would be 135lbs. That puts me a couple of points into the "healthy" BMI range. However, at one time, I did manage to maintain a weight of 150lbs and felt and looked great there too. So I would be thrilled to hit that too

I didn't care for the Lemon Tea or the apple one. The rest were pretty good though. I mixed most of them with skim milk (8-10 ozs). As someone else said, Nectars tend to be thinner than most protein shakes anyway, so 16ozs, to me, would be too much. LOVED Strawberry Kiwi, Cappuccino, Mountain Sky, Cookies and Cream, Chocolate, and Vanilla.

Does your doctor do the swallow test or does he/she test before closing you up during surgery. I was fortunate and my doc does his leak test before ever closing you up. No swallow test the next day!

Glad they are getting better. Normal is 60-99. 152 is pretty high for a fasting sugar. Try the pre-op diet as suggested and your sugars will come down pretty fast. 120 is not bad, considering how out of control your sugars obviously are with an A1C of > 11. Sounds like you are on the right track. You can do it

I don't have children, but was on a 20lb lifting restriction for the 1st 2 weeks. After that, I was released without restriction.

If I am not mistaking, I think a SF pudding is only about 1-2 grams of protein and not a dense protein. You can eat more of it and not be full. Try Refried pinto or black beans with melted cheese...can top with a mild, and not chunky salsa. Very flavorful and is a denser protein that will fill you longer. I do have to eat a small something about every 4 hours or my tummy growls I am having finely shredded chicken salad (2 ozs) for lunch today...was full before the full 2 ozs was finished BTW...I am on purées too

I'm so sorry y'all are having such a hard time and not feeling well. I was back to work at 1 week. Was pretty tired out at the end of each day, but did well. I am 2 1/2 weeks post op now. Hope things get better for you soon.

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Most likely they will have you try a couple of medicine cups of liquids and if you do well, they will let you go home. I had to down 2 medicine cups worth within 1 hour to go

When I get home from choir practice tomorrow night, I'd be happy to work on creating a private facebook group for us...unless someone else beats me to it

LOL! Streetlights! I will have to check out the genie bra. Never heard of them, but I am sure I will need something for when I start dropping sizes myself. YEARS ago I was a 38C...now up to 44DD. I would LOVE to get back to a more reasonable size.

Girl I work with had her sleeve done 10 months ago...said she bought a couple of sports bras (elastic) to hold her over until the boob shrinkage slowed

Mine is just no driving if I am taking the narcotic pain meds. I drove 4 days out

Good luck and fast healing wishes to all of today's sleevers

I finally announced my sleeve on facebook...so I am Kimberly Neel Moore there I'll add y'all too

I had horrible nausea the day of and the day after my surgery...but it was not the surgery that caused it. Figured out I am HIGHLY sensitive to Morphine, which they were giving me for pain. Once that was stopped, I have been nausea-free

This soon post op, I would think you would go with you bariatric MD and not PCP??? edited to say...I should have read further down. I am so sorry you are going through all of this. I hope your hospital trip will be a productive and healing one. Saying prayers.

I do understand. I plan to go to the next one at the Cornwell Center. Matthews is quite a haul for me Do call that number that goes with that support group to make sure they are meeting. I went to one at Presby Main without calling first and it had been cancelled

Goog luck to all of today's sleever's. In just a few short hours your new life begins

Something I read in my surgeons Journey to Wellness packet was when on mushies and purees, that I am to still be getting my main protein from shakes, since getting all of the protein you need from just a couple of bites of the mushie or puree won't work. Might be something you want to ask your MD?

OMG! I am still on liquid phase post op and I SO want this Guess it is time for my shake

I also used nicotine free electronic cig ( http://www.smokingeverywhere.com/ ). Was a little more expensive than the ones you pick up in convenience stores. I used it for about 3 months before laying that down too.