SHORTDOG

First of all, I hope you get well sooner than later. Blood clots and leakage are biggest fears of getting sleeved, but when i took a test to see how fast i "clot"...they said that i am a bleeder and took long to clot, is this a good thing or ???

Okay so what would be considered "clear" & "Full" ?? What was or is everyone drinking post op as clears and fulls? What do you recommend?

My surgeon told me that decaf is fine all the time, he even said that 1 regular coffee a day wouldn't hurt but that it was better for me if i stuck to decaf...and decaf tea too....and that means decaf ice tea too.

Sleeve Harvey!

I graduated options 10/2011 and was suppose to have surgery at Pacific in San Diego but they gave me the run around, wasted a whole year and now i am back too, but i kept off the weight that i had lost during options (49lbs) so they didn't make me take the classes again and now i am scheduled with Fedorka 6/13/13...I still have my binder with all my notes but i too wish that i could just sit in the classes as a refresher course. Good to see that you are back on your way to getting healthy...Good luck & God bless!

At least you fit in it, that beats having to stand because of the obvious. People still look at me weird when i ask for an armless chair at the Olive Garden...but not for long! Scheduled for June 13th!

well since my shirts already have a left and a right sleeve....how about the middle sleeve? Just joking!....kinda like "Sleeve Martin!" lol!

My doctor told me that i only have to do the liquid diet the day before surgery but i was thinking of doing it at least 3 days before......what do you all think? Hey lifer, Go decaf!

Naming your sleeve?? okay we are just getting way too into this.

Have your PCP re-write the letter and let you proof read it before anything, then i would "demand" him to make an appeal on your behalf. If he doesn't, then it is way past due for you to look for another PCP and have the process started all over again....frustrating, time consunming, if at first you don't succeed...you know the rest! Good luck and don't give up! God bless!

I guess all doctors are different because i never had a EGD or a endoscopy.

I just got my date today....June 13th! but i am seeing alot of liquid diets, my doctor told me that i only have to do the liquids the day before surgery He said it was because i already have lost a good amount of weight (over the 10% they requested) so my liver should have shrunk enough already. Now that i have my date, I got that feeling you get when you are getting on a big roller coaster for the first time

Way to go Frank, way to stay positive!

Congratulations and a big Thank You to your husband for serving to defend our country! I wish you the best and now that it is done....it'll be all down hill from here, just hang in there, you'll feel better. Take care & God bless!

Okay guys, I am meeting with my surgeon tomorrow and i was wondering if there are any questions that you can suggest that i ask about before having surgery like... 1. ABOUT Vitamins 2. ABOUT POST-OP 3. PRE-OP DIET 4. ??? Anything at all, if fact....what are some questions you wished you would have asked before going in?