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Glad to hear things are starting to come together for you! I am 4 days out now and things are pretty good - I got two shakes in yesterday!

@@hrhlaurie - My feelings were very similar to yours - I kept thinking, maybe I don't need to have the surgery, maybe this time will be different - but I also kept coming back to I couldn't do it on my own before.

I was sleeved on Tuesday, got up and started walking within two hours and was able to come home late Wednesday afternoon. Mostly cramps and gas pains at first but they've pretty much gone now.

Amazing that I am not hungry at all - especially since my intake has been so low. I got one shake in yesterday.

Sleeved yesterday (5/27) at 10:30 AM and home today (5/28) at 5:00 - except for some gas pain and mild cramping I am feeling pretty good.

Well - in on Tuesday and sleeved at 10:30 AM -

Home on Wed at 5:00

Feeling pretty good except for the gas pains.

Thanks

Todays the day ! I'm nervous / anxious / excited / and a bunch more emotions all rolled into one. This is my first time ever in a hospital and my first surgery,

Just a few hours until I'm sleeved.

same surgery date- similar schedule... Just different requirements probably

I could have scheduled my surgery ealier - probably Late April / Early May but I had a pre-sechduled business trip and a college graduation to get through in early - mid May - so we elected to wait until the end of the month,

Here's my timeline ...

• Feb 6th first meeting with surgeon and coordinator
• Feb 11th First NUT meeting
• Feb 12th First support group meeting
• Feb 18th First meeting with pulmonologist / sleep center
• Feb 19th First meeting with Gastro
• Mar 10th Psych Eval
• Mar 10th Second NUT meeting
• Mar 17th Primary Physician physical
• Mar 19th Second support group meeting
• Mar 26th Endoscopy
• Apr 7th-9th Home sleep Study
• Apr 8th Pre-Op Testing & Screening
• Apr 15th Final NUT meeting
• Apr 16th Third support group meeting
• Apr 16th Submitted to Insurance for Approval
• Apr 21st Pre-Op Nurses Surgical Class
• Apr 24th Sleep Study results
• Apr 26th Received Approval Letter
• Apr 30th Primary Physician approval
• May 2nd Surgical Pre-Visit with Surgeon
• May 13th Start Pre-Op Diet (2 weeks)
• May 21st Support Group Meeting

May 27th Surgery Day!

I have Horizon BCBS of NJ

Mine will be the same - next Tuesday the 27th. The day of surgery NPO until the next morning when they do a scan to ensure no leaks,

They are a litle sweet / funky tasting but inexpensive - once you get used to them they are not bad and it's just a few seconds each day.

These were ok'd & recomended by my NUT. She said I could buy more expensive ones but that they have the same Vitamins and minerals in them.

Besides the flinstone did you have to take any other supplements with it?

I also take sublingual B12 and chewable Calcium Citrate - both directed buy my NUT

Regular Kids chewable - just that I take 2 per day

Are they nasty? Lol... I have a weak stomach an in a little worried about throwing up. Does it have that chalky feel on your teeth an in ur mouth?

They are a litle sweet / funky tasting but inexpensive - once you get used to them they are not bad and it's just a few seconds each day.

These were ok'd & recomended by my NUT. She said I could buy more expensive ones but that they have the same Vitamins and minerals in them.

my doctor has in our workbook that we can take Flinstones or bugs bunny chewable, and sublingual B12

Is it an adult flinstone chewable or the kids one?

Regular Kids Chewable - just that I take 2 per day

my doctor has in our workbook that we can take Flinstones or bugs bunny chewable, and sublingual B12

Same here - Flintstone's Complete Chewable and sublingual B12 from GNC

I'm about to chew and spit a Dorito!

Bahh, ha ha ! - I know how you feel - I actually did this to a bite of a Bagel over the weekend.

The next time someone says your WLS was "the easy way out" , have them compare it with something like dental surgery or braces. They could have a mouthful of problems for the rest of their life, or they could have dental surgery or braces so that they could have a normal , healthy life . Which would they choose ?? Every single time they make a decision on ANYTHING, ask them if they chose the easy way or the hard way. Did choosing the "easy" way make them "lazy" ??? I dont think so ??? It takes hard work and dedication to make WLS work for anybody ! WLS is simply a tool, just like braces , etc. Good luck !

Well said - l really like this analogy, it cuts right to the point

Congrats! Cant wait to get started myself - coming down to the wire in under two weeks

I am scheduled for my VSG surgery on May 27th - my wife currently has a band (3 yrs) but is meeting with the same surgeon I am going to on the 21st for her first visit to talk about a Band to Sleeve revision - she is having problems no being able to keep things down.

Exactly - we thought going through this together would help support each other.

i am getting sleeved at the end of May and would like to get down to a 36" waist - I am currently a 46" or 48"

Thanks - reality is starting to set in.

I started a pre-op diet and post-op food shopping list this morning to get ready.

Pre-Op Diet starts in two weeks

Got my approval letter today! Entering the final stretch of the process - surgery scheduled for May 27th

Process so far

Feb 6th first meeting with surgeon and coordinator

Feb 11th first NUT meeting

Feb 12th first support group meeting

Feb 18th first meeting with pulmonologist / sleep center

Feb 19th First Gastro

Mar 10th Behavioral

Mar 10th second NUT meeting

Mar 17th Primary Physician physical

Mar 19th second support group meeting

Mar 26th Endoscopy

Apr 7th-9th Home Sleep Study

Apr 8th Pre-Op Testing

Apr 15th Final NUT meeting

Apr 16th third support group meeting

Apr 16th Submitted to Insurance for Approval

Apr 21st Pre-Op Nurses Surgical Class

Apr 24th Sleep Study results

Apr 26th Received Approval Letter

Still to come

Primary Physician approval

Surgical Pre-Visit with Surgeon

Pre-Op Diet (2 weeks)

Continued support group meetings

May 27th here - and I received my approval letter from insurance today!

I am using Dr. Rainville and the Hunterdon Center for Advanced Weight Loss. He and Dr. Ballem work with several hospitals in North Jersey.

http://www.saintclares.org/assets/Uploads/Marketing/03.07.14-Inside-Saint-Clares.pdf

I am still pre-op with a surgery date scheduled for May 27th.

Dr. Rainville and the center have been great so far. the Center has been very organized and have kept the process moving forward smoothly.

Flintstones Complete - 2 per day - recomended by my NUT

Had my last NUT appointment today and everything is going to insurance tomorrow. Was told I should hear in a week or so!

I guess they should have told you earlier but .... $500 is a lot less then the $5000 + I will have out of pocket by the time I get my surgery and thats with having insurance really bad insruance ... but insurance none the less.

I had mine about two weeks ago and what ever they gave me I don't remember it at all. It's like lost time - I lost about 20 mins - one minute I was talking with the doctor then next I was sitting up in the recovery area.