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Hey there guys this is a report for the diabetes people. So before my surgery I had a hb A1c of 10.2 % and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to have the surgery at all because my sugars ran around 290 everyday and so I am proud to announce that my sugars run around 100 or less now and my hb A1c is 5.2%. Praise the Lord, I never took another metformin once I left the hospital on my surgery day. I went down from 278 to 207 in 6 months. I have had alot of plateus but I am making it.

Dr. Weaver is my surgeon too! I'm nervous and excited. My pre-op appointment is 4/14 and I was wondering what to expect. I'm assuming it's the same as Dr. Wegner, so just in case they haven't told you (they didn't tell me), expect to be there all day. You first wait around for a group meeting with the nutritionist to go over the liver shrink diet, then you see the doctor and the nurse practitioner. After that I was sent to the hospital for preop testing and to meet with the financial planner. I think I was there from 9-2 that day.

I'm scheduled for surgery April 17th and recently had my EGD done at the hospital where my surgery will be performed. As I was being hooked up to the heart monitors and the IVs and everything else they had going on I started to panic and question myself if I was making the right decision. I started to freak out about...If this was any indication of what I would be going thru the day of surgery I was scared sh**less...all I could think about was what if I didn't make it? What would happen to my little girl...that was until I heard the anesthesiologist tell the nurses that I was "rather large" and she was going to stick around. Quickly snapped me back into why I was doing this in the first place. My doc requires a 1 week pre-op diet but I'm going to give it two. The more weight I lose before the better =)

I'm about to bust wide open! Approval came back. My surgery date will be April 21st.!!!!

Pre op appointment with my pcp today went good! Pre op diet starts next week and I'm all set!!

April 22nd for me! I am already counting down the days!

Got the call this morning! I'm approved! Surgery date is 4/15!!!

Hey everyone! My surgery date is 4/7! I'm very excited and nervous!