mom2lucky (suznc)

I have Cigna & they required only 3 months of NUT + a couple of more things. Google Cigna bariatric medical policy for more info. Hopefully your employer did not exclude this from their negotiated package. Keeping fingers crossed for you!

Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Diabetes affects the entire body's organs so the proteinuria could be associated with the diabetes affecting the kidneys. I would think this would be even more reason to have the surgery. Whatever is going on is in the early stage or may be false positive so don't let it consume your thoughts until you go back to the doc. When is your surgery?

Just tell them you are following your physician's plan. That is not a lie & is all they need to know. I was going to say that but my bf blabbed to anyone who would listen. Still mad about that. . .oh well . . No crying over spilled milk at this point

I'm planning for 4 weeks out. My doc recommends that amount of time to fully adjust to new lifestyle. I have to go to a 1 day seminar 9 days after surgery but will still be on liquids. I also will have to coordinate a work project due Dec 21 while I'm out. I have the sick time so I'm gonna use it plus I will get through Christmas too.

My doc said He recommends 4 weeks but most people want to go back sooner. My surgery is 11/27 so if I take 4 weeks, I will be out through Christmas. I'm gonna take him up on that so I will be on soft foods when I go back. Job is very stressful anyway so won't miss that at all

Initial EKG showed history of inferior infarct - what?? Then it was determined to be bad lead placement & not a true problem. Big boobs can result in bad lead placement from what I learned.

Asked about parents, childhood & then I had to do a questionnaire. Questions were silly to me. Some were trying to see if I had anorexia - obviously not! I do know of some that failed & needed more counseling but they eventually were ok'd after further visits & have had surgery.

Here's some things I'm looking forward to after surgery. Please add yours too! Buying clothes that don't have an X or W in the size Not stressing about seatbelts on airplanes Crossing my legs!! Buying cute bras and matching panties Not struggling to get socks and undies on Working out at gym like i used to Participating in 5K (or more) again Not huffing and puffing from car to work Seeing my neck again Painting my own toenails (well I do like a good pedi but to have the option to do it myself would be nice) No longer unintentionally knocking things off the table, etc. with my butt Feeling good!

Charlotte NC but surgery will be in Rock Hill SC just over the border.

My docs only do RNY or lapband. They won't do the sleeve due to higher risk of complicaitons like leakage. Even if they did sleeve, I would have opted for RNY because it can be undone if needed (not easily but possible). With the sleeve, most of your stomach is gone and the only revision they could do would be to take you to RNY. No surgery is perfect, you have to decide what is right for you. I agree with what kisersassy said and that was also a factor for me.

My surgeon's group won't even perform the sleeve due to increased risk of complications & leakage. They just do bypass and lapband and prefer bypass if you're going to have WLS due to greater success. A woman in my support group went to another hospital and had the sleeve and they ended up taking out her spleen too because the dr nicked it during the surgery. Now she has to deal with life without a spleen and take extra precautions to prevent infections. She's lost 50 lbs after 3 months but has a complication that will always be a concern. Surgery is always a risk, you just have to decide which procedure is right for youi because you are the one who has to live with it.

Had my preop today. Had an EKG, chest X-ray, 10 tubes of blood for baseline labs. After all that, went to see the doc & he will write me out for 4 weeks (thru Christmas!!). No liquid diet but must be on low fat diet 2 weeks before. No gravy on the turkey!

Got my date! Joining others in this awesome November group for RNY on the 27th. Yee hah!!!