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I would say yes, insanity is, well Insane. I'm not allowed to life my 18mos old for 1 month. You could def hurt yourself. I was told walking and light cardio. Either way def check with your doctor.

I feel great. So far the day after was the toughest. In the hospital hit the pain pump when they ask you to get up. Bring 2 pillows also chapstick. When you home sip sip sip and concentrate on staying hydrated. It gets easier every day after surgery. The pre op diet was the worst part of the whole process for me. :-)

Not from queens but saw your surgeon's names. I just had sleeve surgery with Angstadt on 8/21 at st Charles. Dr Garber removed my lap band at mercy in may. Good luck to you both!!! Hang in there on the liquid diet!

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Maybe about an oz, not a lot, I'm kind of afraid to still eat or drink, not being sure what will mess with my new tummy and such. But I know one thing, hot liquids so far make me feel funny.

Could not have said it better! Insanely insightful! Love reading your blogs, they always make me think :-)

Girl you are not a failure at all. I also had a two week liquid pre-op diet. It was such a struggle, not proud but there were times of chewing and spitting just for taste and I even licked a piece of pasta with sauce. Sad but true. I got so hungry one day I chewed on some raw broccoli and you would have thought It was a chicken leg the way I devoured it. You are only human. Do the best you can and know that It will only help with your recovery. I thought for sure that my surgeon was gonna tell me that I screwed up. Well I was sleeved on 8/21 and the Doc told me my liver looked great and that I nailed the liquid diet. You can do this! When you wake up from surgery you won't even be thinking about food and you won't feel ravenous, I promise. What saved me during the liquid diet was the SF popsicles and flavored broth. Good luck and hang in there!

Sleeved on 8/21 and so far feeling better everyday. Was able to get a shake down yesterday and made me feel so much better physically, even tried a little puree and it's getting easier to sip. Tried some tea yesterday and I'm think that hot liquids are not going to agree with me right away. Made my baby B feel kinda funny. Yes that's my sleeve's name, lol, Baby B. Aside from that so far so good. Hope all my fellow sleevers are felling as good! Cannot wait to see how we are all doing months from now!

I'm also pureed shortly after surgery.

I'm right there with both of you! My nerves are shot!

Today is my last day of a 2 week liquid preop diet. Start over tomorrow. I know it is hard I have two kids myself. Last night hubs baked chicken and I wanted to shovel it in. I've been using the bariatric advantage vanilla shake. It's expensive but it doesn't make me gag and it met my surgeons requirements. Good Luck to you. You can do this!

I'm hiding it from a lot of people and have only told close friends and family. I can only give you my reasons why. I am a lap band revision. I remember comments made to me when I was getting my lap band and I told everyone. Telling close friends this time I got some negative responses one in particular that really pissed me off and also had an aunt shove a smart ones meal in my face and tell me WW was all I need in my life. (As if I haven't done that a gazillion times) I may or may not tell people after the surgery. I'm undecided. I told my husband to not tell my MIL bc she will tell the entire state of SC. His family are the happy fat people type that can't understand why you can't have "a little sugar"(diabetes) and just live life happy and unhealthy. In the end it's a personal choice, the surgery, and I dont need others negativity bringing me down about it. I have enough of my emotions all over the place right now as I'm being sleeved on Wednesday. I don't need to add to that bc of someone in my life forcing their opinions on me as to why I shouldn't have this done. Sorry for the long rant. Lol. The person I mentioned earlier pissed me off recently so it's still fresh. Hope that gives you some insight. :-) Kelly

College in also makes Thai coconut curry broth, YUMMMM, thinking of mixing it with my pureed chicken!

Had my band removed 5/22/13, and i'm due to be sleeved 8/21. Recovery from the removal was not so bad, worst part was the gas from the surgery. Only semi painful part was where the port had been. I'm not sure how much I gained, but do know my bmi went from 35 to 41 and is now back down to 36. My original band was placed September of 2004. good luck!

I sympathize, my preop diet is strict and it's been so hard. I'm on day 5 and surgery is August 21st. I ate a small cube of cheese yesterday. It's making puree after surgery sound absolutely delicious :-) Good Luck, Hang in there!

Sounds like, from what you said, that your insurance just doesn't require authorization and what they are probably submitting is the claim for payment after surgery, not submitting for authorization. Either way, I'd call the insurance and double check. You are super lucky if no auth is needed! Good Luck!

I was told by my surgeon I cannot have single incision bc of possible scar tissue or adhesions from my lap band. He wants to be able to see from both directions. So 5 more incisions for me :-(

My Surgery is with NY Bariatric as well, Dr Angstadt. Dr Garber removed my band on may 22nd :-)

Scheduled for August 21st

Good news, I got a date!! Woohoo!!! Insurance approved and scheduled for August 21st!

Yes, I have an appt with my surgeon on Monday. Finished all my consults, now I go see him on Monday and then have to wait the insurance. I'm scared to death they won't cover it. I think they are the most nerve wracking. Good Luck with your date!!!

Someone sounds jealous. I say not to let it get to you. I got all kinds of comments when I lost weight and most of the bad ones came from people that didn't agree with WLS, or from the ones that had their own weight issues. If you like the way you look that's all that matters.

Congrats! You look amazing!!!

I have not had the sleeve yet but had my Lap Band removed. I had my lap band for 9 years. The first 50lbs came off okay, then the next 20 I had to work even harder for, and the last 25 came off due to lack of eating and forced bulimia. I went back and forth getting adjustments started gaining weight again, and then got pregnant and gained 80lbs. I lost 50 after my pregnancy bc I was having the same issues with throwing up and force bulimia, reflux started up. It was a constant battle. I could not eat what I was supposed to be eating. Vegetables got stuck, meat got stuck, carbs were the only thing that went down. I was throwing up more times in a day than I could count. My breaking point was my 7 year old son walking in on me during one of these episodes, and me having to lie to him and tell him I wasn't feeling well. I thought to myself, what if one day he finds me passed out on the bathroom floor bc of all the damage from my band? My vanity could have killed me. So they removed my band and here I sit back up to over 200lbs finishing up my consults, hopefully tomorrow, so they can schedule my sleeve. I don't recommend it to anyone anymore. I know people that have lost no weight on it at all. It's extremely easy to eat around the lap band too. I was constantly hungry with it. My surgeon rarely does them now except on RNY patients that have gained weight back. That being said after reading some of the complications from others with band, mine are small and I'm very lucky that after all that time I didn't have more serious problems. Hope that helps some. -Kelly