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I got my date (October 15th) and my insurance approval. I'm excited and nervous. Who else is being sleeved in October?

I got my date (October 15th) and my insurance approval. I'm excited and nervous. Who else is being sleeved in October?

I got my date (October 15th) and my insurance approval. I'm excited and nervous. Who else is being sleeved in October?

Just wanted to share an awesome NSV I experienced last Friday (9/27) at Disneyland.
To start, the basics: At my heaviest I was over 300 lbs. I was 302 lbs as of July 26th of this year, lost about 20 lbs on the pre-op diet, and was sleeved on 8/19. My current weight is 249.
I decided to attend Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland on opening night, September 27th. It's a fun family event where there is special entertainment, fireworks, trick-or-treating for kids, etc. Also, it's the only time of the year that adult guests are permitted to enter the park in costume!
The thought of being in costume made me pretty apprehensive, because I hadn't dressed up for Halloween since 2005. Dressing up for Halloween, for me, always meant the possibility of more fat shaming. I didn't want people to look at me and think that I was the "fat version" of whatever I as trying to be. So I never dressed up. This year, with my new attitude and weight loss, I plunged into the lost art of creating the perfect costume. It had to be Disney (natch)...it had to be relatively easy...it had to be completely fabulous. There was only one obvious answer: Mary Poppins.
On the evening of the party, I put the whole outfit on for the first time, and was really pleased with how it turned out. After meeting up with a friend inside the park, I noticed a Disneyland employee standing (quite literally) right next to us, watching us. Just standing there. No talking. It was very awkward. When I turned to the cast member and asked if I could help her with something, she hit me with the following:
"Um, yeah, I was just wondering, you have a great costume, and I was wondering if you'd like to be in our Halloween parade tonight. I've been on the lookout for some of the best costumes of the night, and yours is really fantastic."
Wait. WHAT?!?!
I was shocked. Of course, I agreed, and was scheduled to be in the parade at 10:30pm that night. The best part, though, was the realization that here I had been scared to dress up for Halloween for the past 7 years. Afraid of how I would look. Ashamed of my body and the thought of being a laughing stock. And once I finally faced that fear, and embraced a costume, not only did I feel great, but I was chosen out of hundreds of people to be one of nine people in a parade cavalcade in my most favorite place on Earth. Now that's pretty cool.
Needless to say, being a part of the parade was an absolute blast. I felt like a celebrity. We got to see the backstage area and watch the dancers prepare and the floats get ready. We were driven along the parade route in an antique fire truck, with a place of honor right before the grand finale float. The cast member in charge of wrangling all of us told us that Disneyland hadn't asked guests to be part of a parade in over 10 years. Even cooler.
Just a reminder that breaking out of your comfort zone can have some pretty amazing results...and I couldn't be happier with the change in my attitude, confidence, and of course, with my sleeve in general.

I got my date (October 15th) and my insurance approval. I'm excited and nervous. Who else is being sleeved in October?

I got my date (October 15th) and my insurance approval. I'm excited and nervous. Who else is being sleeved in October?

I got my date (October 15th) and my insurance approval. I'm excited and nervous. Who else is being sleeved in October?

I am brand new here! Surgery date is 10/15 and I am very excited and just a tad nervous!

Hi everyone! my surgery date is oct 15th in Arlington tx with Dr Lyons. i just got my approval yesterday and i am on cloud nine! i have been a lurker here since last aug when i decided to research the surgery. My First appt was actually Jan 10th of this year, and i was told i might be able to be sleeved by March... But instead i fought tooth and nail with bcbs and shed many a tear. i was denied in may, but my amazing surgeon appealed it for me, after tons of run around, i finally got approved!! i have an appt next weds to sign all the final paper work and learn what my pre and post op diet will be and when i start all that... its been 9 months of uncertanty and in the last 30 hours my whole out look has changed... i am ready!!

I am also scheduled for October 15th! Can't wait but also really nervous!

I got my date (October 15th) and my insurance approval. I'm excited and nervous. Who else is being sleeved in October?

I got my date (October 15th) and my insurance approval. I'm excited and nervous. Who else is being sleeved in October?

I am scheduled for October 16!! Excited and nervous

October 21, New Jersey. 8 weeks and counting :-D

I'm october 10 w/garcia

October 3rd in Denver for me :-)

October 7 in Mexico.

My date is October 18th, with Dr. Garcia. Who are you guys going to?

Oh and that's my birthday! Happy bday to me

Oct 3rd for me! A little less than 6 weeks away!

Congratulations! I know the feeling. My date is 10/15 as well. I'm a self pay so things are moving pretty quickly.

Another October 2nd here! So excited

My surgery is Monday 26th... So excited! Only all I have to do is a 3 day liquid diet. Does that seem right?

Just got scheduled for October 2nd! Good luck to all of you!

Just got my surgery date and I am schedule of October 2nd, excited and nervous!