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I submitted FMLA paperwork to my doctor who is supposed to complete the paper work and fax it to the HR dept at my job. Not sure how long that will take. I'm also taking off 2 weeks.

WOW!!! Congrats. Keep up all your hard work, you look great.

Hi! I'm 28 living in a north west suburb of Chicago. I am scheduled to be sleeved on Feb 25th. I feel as if I have been on a diet my entire life. I've spent thousands on diets, personal trainers, devices you name it. My deductible for the surgery is only $275, could have saved so much money if I wasn't so hesitiant in the past. I am nervous and excitied all at the same time. To the one that was dimissed by their primary, I was dismissed by my psychologist for cancelling an appointment 22 hours in advance. I missed the 24 hour cut off by two hours. She is charaging me a $65 fee, pretty much the amount my insurance would have paid for the visit. I'm very hurt by this because I felt a connection and like I ws making progress. They aer supposed to be a christian based non-profit organization, but wont show compassion! I'm at a disadvantage now because having a psychologist was a tool in place for me to help with emotional, stress and over eating both pre and post-op. Now I have to tell my life story to another doctor, lol. My primary doctor has no clue that I'm having surgery. I guess I will let her know. What are you all doing to prepare for pre and post-op? Have any of you found and good books/guides.cookbooks for life after weightloss surgery? I'm excitied for all of us!!

I am fairly new to VST. I am scheduled to have the sleeve late next month. I've been doing my fair share of research and reading the materials that were given to me by the nutritionist t. I am in the process of preparing myself for my new life style. I've joined a gym and have been working out 3 days a week hopefully I'll be up to 5 days pretty soon. I haven't been on an extremely strict diet but I have been watching what I eat. I feel that I have all the information I need to for the pre-op diet, the liquid phase post-op, blended stage and soft food stage. However, I am little concerned about the on-going nutrition phase. I really want to make sure I have all the knowledge and tools needed to be successful post-op. For those that are post-op do you have any tips or advice for somebody who is going through the process? Any tips for getting in all of your Water and Protein pot-op? Did you find any books, guides and/or weight loss surgery cookbooks useful? **side note about the cookbook, I am not a cook so I am looking for a cookbook with simple recipes ***

I feel the exact same way. When I got the call that the surgery was approved I was full of fear instead of excitiment. All I could think about is all the foods I wouldn't be able to have, missing out on social events, not drinking and of course every possible complication. What brought me back to reality is thinking about all of the things I will be able to do and how I would feel after weight loss. All the foods I'm not going to be able to have is what got me to this point in the first place. My surgery is 2/25 I'm still nervous but more so concerned about having everything in place for post-op. Good luck to you and to all of those going through the same thing.