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Delicious! Bought it yesterday. Doesnt even make me nauseous

I had mine oct 21. I swear my body forgot food exists. My brother ordered chinese food last night it smelled good but no craving to eat it...so weird..commericals of food have no effect. its kinda scary. Ive been drinking Water and broth. I can do a bottle of water in an hour...my doctor said thats alot and to slow down

I just started getting gas pains last night. Woke me right up out of bed! I find that drinking Water, as the water goes down the gas comes up...its uncomfortable but worth it

Me too!

I co sign!...lol minus the dancing part. I have no rhythm sadly

Sorry read that wrong.

At my pre op visit they did a EKG, blood drawn, urine taken, and a chest xray...well all that was done at the hospital. They explain to you what you have to do to prep for surgery also. At my doctors pre surgical approval visit. They reviewed the information from the pre op visit at the hospital. Doctor listened to my heart and asked my alot of questions. Then Basically I was approved by her to go for surgery.

Im having surgery tomorrow morning

Im Tomorrow...Finally!

I am! Really ready for Monday to get here. It has been a long journey to get to this day. Looking forward to the next step in getting healthy.

Your not joking about a long journey! Im getting sleeved in Long Island, NY. Good Luck! Ill keep in touch and let you know how it goes. Im off work for 6 weeks so I have plenty of time to recover. What about you?

Where are you having your surgery? I am in Cedar Falls, IA

Getting Sleeved on Monday, October 21th!

Who's getting sleeved that day?!

I started out at 268 for my highest weight. Then 265.5 right before I started my preop diet. Now with a day and a half to go I'm 249.5

Im October 21

Im taking 6 weeks off of work. I work with wheelchairs, lifting, and such. Its paid so why not lol!

My doctor made me do a partial liquid for two weeks. Two shakes, eat dinner, 1 snack. I think this Wednesday I start full liquids, 5 shakes a day for 3 weeks.....It wasnt as bad as I thought. first 3 days I wanted to eat everything. Now I see food and Shrug lol....defiantly a mind thing

October 21th too!

It took me about a month to do all the pre op requirements. The office submitted on Monday and Thursday the same week I was approved. I have Empire bcbs, Anthem. Oo and my surgery date was given to me on my first visit with the surgeon after the seminar. They said if I wasnt approved by then, the date would change. Good thing I did lol. It seems all the offices operate so differently. Good Luck! I hope you get a date soon!

I used an out of network doctor so I paid 300 dollars and for the hospital stay i have a 100 copay and everything else is covered. I have empire bcbs Athena

I had a friend, lets just say that we are no longer friends. They told me I had self esteem issues and I didnt love myself.....but anyway peoples true colors come out when you are on your way to doing better. it SCARES them!

Thats weird...all I had to get was a stress test, echo, and a EKG done. Then she just approved because I never had any prior heart issues. They want that insurance money smh! On a side note my insurance didnt even want to approve the ECHO because they said uh your heart is fine, you never had issues, and they felt it was a waste...but yea the doctor got it approved with a peer to peer. Sorry i ramble lol

Me too!

I am scheduled for October 21st!!! I am so excited! Any other October sleevers out here? I am from Ohio and cannot wait!!

Congratulations!....I wish mine would come back APPROVED so quickly.

Thank You! I have so many mixed feelings....It almost seems to easy, like im getting punked or something lol.

It was submitted Monday and I was waiting, but got approval this Afternoon! YAY!

October 21! Good LUCK

Went in for my meeting with surgeon today and I got APPROVED, like literally Monday then today APPROVAL is official.

Let me say first off, I DID NOT have to do a 6 month diet through my insurance (Empire BCBS of CA-Anthem)

I started my journey on July 18th by going to a Seminar. My first visit with the surgeon was July mid 20's. He told me ALL the requirements. I finished them all by August 31th, except for Echo, but thats only needed for cardiovascular clearance.

Pre-op requirements

​Letter of recommendation from Primary Care stating medical necessity

Pulmonary Clearance

sleep Study ( I ended up doing 2 because the first one showed i had slight sleep apnea)

Endoscopy (found mild hiatal hernia)

Full Blood Work

Cardiovascular Clearance (echo, stress test)

Arterial Doppler and Sonogram of Organs

Psychological Evaluatiion

I had started doing 6 month supervised JUST IN CASE they denied me, but i didnt..wasnt a waste. I learned alot

Today I started a partial Optifast pre op diet. Basically a shake for Breakfast, lunch, and dinner something healthy and light, also one snack bar during the day. that's for one week. Next week I will start the FULL liquid Protein shake diet. MY surgery is the 21 of OCT.

YAY!!

Currently pigging out on Chinese food...IM starting this diet TOMORROW morning :/

Any questions FEEL FREE TO ASK. You can follow my journey on instagram too _oct21

I ALMOST CRIED IN THE OFFICE WITH APPROVAL lol...

ooo my stats because i know mobile can see

height: 5'5

original weight: 268

Current weight: 265.5

Goal Weight: 150