tpietrowski

Welcome to the group. I finish my 6 months the end of Feb with sleeve scheduled on 3/14.

What were your before and after #'s? You look absolutely amazing

How are you feeling? Wishing you a healthy revocery.

I can't wait for my surgery in March and have before and after pics

Fingers crossed and wish you the best of Luck

March 14th here!!!!!

Me too. My surgery is 3/14... Congrats

I am two months out for my surgery my surgeon has suggested an early start on the liquid diet one protein shake for breakfast one for lunch chicken and broccoli or green for dinner anyone else have to do this

I was informed by my surgeon that the pain in the incisions are very similar to my gallbladder surgery. I never had any issues or pain with that so fingers crossed that this will be the same. I'm glad that you have some help and I'm hopeful that your recovery will be speedy and less painful

Great advice where do we get those bracelets

Congratulations I wish you the best of luck tomorrow

Congratulations.... Fingers crossed my surgery is 3/14

Thanks for the post definitely something worth reading

Congrats on the weight loss and you are a true inspiration to all of us going through this journey! I'm glad to see that you didn't lose the girls while losing the weight they look amazing in your beautiful new fitted dress... congratulations on your wedding

My friend who does the protein shakes had said that we could use the extracts found in the baking aisle is this not the case? This way I was thinking I could add the different flavors to the chocolate or the vanilla shakes

When you speak of protein shakes are you guys referencing the HMR diet? That is what my doctor has asked me to do

Congratulations mine is hopefully March 14....

Hi i am to new to the thread and am awaiting the insurance approval. My doctor gave me a surgery date 3/14 though so now I'm wondering if the insurance had previously approved it. My BMI is 41 so based on that I should qualify however my surgeon is asking me to lose 20 to 30 pounds prior to surgery which will drop my BMI. It's been a long six-month process with my insurance with classes and phone calls and now every Monday we have therapy sessions so I'm just hoping to get the surgery done and move on with my life

I told my husband that when I lose my weight I would like to do belly dancing

My doctor has informed me that once my six-month program is done I will be doing the liquid shakes until my surgery so that is approximately 2 to 2 1/2 weeks

Lahey clinic in Burlington Massachusetts

I would request a new surgeon but he is the head of the department so I figure I'm in the best hands even though his bedside manner stinks

I too am on a six-month program and I'm almost ending my six months and have gained 6 pounds and it's not due to the fact of me overeating it's due to me under eating since I'm watching the consumption of food my nurse said they should not be an issue as they are just looking for a lifestyle/food change

The insurance company has not approved that date yet but that is the date that the hospital has provided to me so fingers Class for that date considering my triplets birthday is on March 18 and a kind of throws a wrench in the system... We definitely should stay in touch so we can both support each other during this time