Jersrose43

It's my go to fast food. Am at 2 months and just enjoyed 2 orders of tuna sashimi today!

My acid causes lots of hunger issues so I have found eating at pre determined times every day has really helped me. May be too soon for you. I eat evry 2 1/2 hours or so. Never more than that as I will feel "hangry" and if I do go longer I want to eat everything in site and get overfull get more acid. Vicious cycle. I eat at prescribed times and control what small portion I eat and it's all good

I think I had scrambled once since my sleeve on 6/24 didn't make me overly excited ya know? I pretty much do whites now or poached eggs

You go girl!

If she is on staff at the hospital she has a boss. Call them!! Now! No excuse for this crap

Do you have Aetna? If not would just maintain. If you have Aetna you have to show no gain at all

I started activia a week ago and so far not bad. I have been 3 times in 7 days. Am hoping it lasts

This doesn't sound Kosher. I would ask your surgeon to request a peer to peer review. Or review what they submitted showing you did indeed lose steadily. Did they not show the net LOSS? sorry this isn't making sense. I know they're crazy but this is odd

It's really an insurance requirement on the weight loss. Talk to the carrier or the surgeons office. Whatever you do - don't gain weight

Depends on the employer purchasing the plan Go to the u if you're near Ann Arbor of course

Manager is also the wife I bet. Time to take those skills and go work at a hospital or jnsurance!

Oh my. Sounds like folks are confused in Texas

I am a sleeve patient and started the journey only looking at the band. I went down the sleeve route because : 1- I know myself really well. I will fail without permanent restriction. 2- lap band is a foreign body with a port forever. Or at least until it fails. So positive thinking. That port in my abdomen forever. Ew. Gross. 3- bypass - couldn't stand the idea of being rerouted. Sleeves have been around a long time for wls and ulcer surgery. I didn't mind losing a piece of a pesky organ If your insurance doesn't cover it. Talk to your employer about other insurance options. They also have the ability sometimes of telling your insurance what will/won't be covered. Depends on if they are big enough to self fund. If it's pro at insurance look for other options out there.

Tasha sorry to hear this. What is your docs plan? I see you had the bypass, what will the revision be to?

Oh forgot one. Since I just did it. Ate a carrot. Failed to chew thoroughly. Up some came.

I have regurgitation. And acid reflux due to this most likely. It is not all the time, it's never more and 2-3 ounces and I have been keeping my log for it. So I have it nailed down to the following : 1 - eating too much too soon after a full tummy of liquid. Tummy full of liquid won't take food. It won't go all the way down. Comes up 2- just plain eating too fast! I try my best but I am still challenged by eating slow. 3- eating when I am hungry. I over eat This one is easy have moved to scheduling meals at certain intervals and that way not hungry or hangry It helps a lot.

I did centrum from day 1

Well that's a great supportive hR team and company. You need to move on and quickly

Congratulations!!

Does your job not have a short term disability option? You should have applied for it. I don't understand why so many people take PTO or unpaid leave. Explore all options. If you don't have short term, if you are in the us, you are still protected by the FMLA laws. You can be off up to 6 weeks with no pay. I believe depends on how big your compnay is I would highly suggest you speak to HR about your rights and entitlements.

Thank you guys. I've really not hidden this surgery and everyone has been so supportive in my life or they've chosen not to say anything. Which is also fine. This is the first friend who has been critical There ore other things hat I've done for her that I didn't go into I have lost many friends over the years and made new ones. We all change. I like to think I put myself out there for my friends and my husband even criticizes that i give a lot to my fiends that he wishes he would get sometimes. So when I am accused of being unsupportive and criticized after being so supportive it really really really hurts. I am feeling hurt but sad as well as I don't think she will ever change. I tried to get her there to no avail

Can you apply for short term disability? That is what I did and enjoyed 2 1/2 weeks off I can work from home and stayed here through mid august from June 24.

10 days out you're eating a burger? Seems a little soon. But yes I wasn't getting full feeling until I was into puréed foods stage. eggs didn't really make me full Yogurt goes thru and cottage cheese as well Water doesn't make me feel full either and I am two months out n I tend to get dense Protein in and can manage 2-3 ounces if it's fish 4-6 but I stop at 4

I paid my deductible on most of the pre-op requirements so I basically everyone money still and am paying them off. The hospital who did he surgery got the out of pocket coinsurance charged and that maxed me out for the year. I haven't gotten their bill yet but plan on paying them over time as well. I have about $2600 of my deductible owing to doc and hospital for endoscopy and $3000 coinsurance to hospital who did the sleeve. Evryone else I have managed to pay off since I've been workings on the all year. I have $4500 deductible and $4500 coinsurance yearly. So 9,000 total. No way I could have paid any of that up front.

Welcome aboard. From north jersey myself. Sleeved 6/24 and down 47 pounds total