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Has anyone used insurenutrition.com?? They specialize in getting your insurance to pay for your Protein Shakes. I just heard about it and wanted to know if anyone here has been approved.

Are you feeling ready? I'm researching and shopping and arranging. It's like having another baby, but without the midnight screaming and diapers (I hope).
Are you looking for a surgery bud, because I could use one.

Hi guys!!! IM ALIVE . Surgery went very well. Your prayers really helped so thank you. I don't have any gas pain, I did have a hernia repair, but overall I am great and I AM SLEEVED!! For all of you that have surgery coming up you can do this!! Thanks again to all of you that have supported me throughout my journey that is the only way I could have gotten through this, and if course prayers!!!

Good luck!. no liquid pre-op diet, lucky indeed!

YEAH! I just turned 44 a week or so ago and it feels good to be healthy and thin now! Just think, by next time this year, you will be looking so much different, and have a new and healthy lifestyle! GO YOU!!!! Have a great surgery!

My surgeon also didn't require a liquid diet, just a 1000 calorie healthy eating plan starting 2 weeks prior to surgery, which I was very happy about. I wish you the best of luck, DeeGee!

Went to my pre-op class today. Happy to find out that my doctor doesn't require a liquid diet before surgery. There is a meal plan to follow but it's very doable. My sleeve date is Nov. 19, wish me luck. Very nervous.

Just got my date today. November 20 is my big day!

Hi All!

I wanted to start a thread for African-American sleevers (no worries I HEART all sleevers from the rainbow). I just thought, no scientific proof, that African-American sleevers may respond to the surgery different than our lovely non-African American sleeved sisters and brothers. I wanted to know if we had the same skin issue, hair problems, and other surgery related issues. Also, how to deal with the culture shock. African-American "soul food" may be something of the past... or not. So I was just looking for a space to voice culture related issues and concens.

PS- I TRULY :heart: ALL SLEEVERS.

Great thread. I'd like to add a few.
1. Know that the first few days suck. The way ou feel the first few days is not how you will feel for the rest of the pre-op. After five tired days, I felt GREAT and had even more energy than I did before. I also felt successful and that boosted my confidence.
2. Don't tell yourself it's okay to cheat, just because some people here did and didn't have complications. Maybe they got lucky and you won't. Tell yourself you cannot chest and you're less likely to.
3. Do not chew and spit out food. It's very bad for you and confuses your stomach which has been secreting acid, waiting to receive that food you've been chewing.
4. Understand that the purpose of the pre-op is to shrink your liver. It is not to lose weight. If you do, great. But don't tell yourself you can eat just because you lost weight. See (2) above.
5. If you do cheat tell your doc immediately. Do not post here and listen to people telling you it's okay. We are not doctors. We don't know what's okay. Don't let anybody tell you not to follow your doctors orders. You can choose to get a different doctor if you want. But you should not get one and ignore what she tells you.
6. It doesn't matter if you understand why your doctor's diet is different to everyone else's. Don't use that as a reason to justify cheating. If you trust your doctor to take out 85% of your stomach! trust her to know what pre-op she thinks you should be on. My husband and I got sleeved by the same doctor on the same day. We had the same BMI. We had very different pre-op directions. Don't second guess your medical professional.
7. Know that whatever lies our fat brains want to tell us, going against doctors orders either pre or post op vastly increases your likelihood of complications.
8. Believe that you can do this. Really. Believe it.

Oh just a few hours to go from me being sleeved and I'm feeling nervous and excited but I am ready to change my life and live for the very first time it's like I'm being reborn mentally and psychically. Any October sleevers??