MistyAnnMoon829

I had the same problem when i first joined here! After a little time and research I think i'm mostly figured out.

What's your Most Favorite thing about being sleeved? What's your Least Favorite thing about being sleeved?

Post a picture of the dresses that you got!

I'm very much looking forward to that myself. Congrats!!!

I did not have this happen to me, but what I did was ask the bariatric office which dr.'s they recommended or that work "with" them and I made a appt with one of them. I was in and out of the office in 10 minutes, my paper was signed and faxed over to my surg's office in less than 5 minutes. So call your surg office and ask them to recommend a dr, make an appt and have them fill out you form for you. No muss no fuss.

When I first started my antiobiotics I had so much nausea for 2 to 4 hours after each pill for the first day and a half, then I was fine. Took the body some time to get used to the pills. I like to think it was the death of the little beasties that was making me feel sick. They are being punished for causing me to push back my surgery a month. Oh I just remembered, I also had two absolutely terrible side effects of the Clarithromycin, my mouth constantly tasted gross and I got my first ever yeast infection (TMI, I know but I like to be overly honest at times). If you get Clarithromycin (though from what i'm told it can happen with any antiobiotic because they are killing bacteria, good and bad) try and offset it by eating a lot of yogurt with acidiphillus and chew lots of gum or suck on hard candy/mints. The two weeks go by quickly.

I don't want to be skinny per se, but I would be very happy any where from a size 8 to a 12. I was a 12 once and I looked amazeballs, so I know that an 8/10 would be even better. Other than that, what happens happens. I just want to be able to shop with my sister who is a size 9/11/13 depending. I want to wear super cute dresses and skirts and not have to pay up the ying yang for the 1 dress that looks cute on my body, what with my monster truck spare tire that I carry around.

When I first started my antiobiotics I had so much nausea for 2 to 4 hours after each pill for the first day and a half, then I was fine. Took the body some time to get used to the pills. I like to think it was the death of the little beasties that was making me feel sick. They are being punished for causing me to push back my surgery a month.

When I got my labs back, I also had H. Pylori. I had to take 2 different antibiotics for 2 weeks. I didn't have any problems with the pills at all. Thank goodness!! The drs. Haven't said any more to me about it. From what I read, it's pretty rare for the antibiotics to not work. My surgery date is July 14th. I see my surgeon on July 1st so I will ask him about it then.Good luck on taking the meds. I just receive my lab work back and testes positive for h. Pylori. Will I have to have an endoscopy now?I was initially told I didn't need one because I have never had problems Hmm, from what I have read some Surg's don't do an endo. Some take H. Pylori more seriously than others. Some of them will just do a breath test, others will just do the anti biotics and go with it, mine requires me to do an endoscopy. I completed my antio-biotics last week. I have my pre-endo on the 18th, and then the endo on the 26th, then on July 9th i'll find out if I can submit my papers to the insurance and get my date.

I can't lie, I am mainly doing this for my looks. I'm healthy otherwise, so I'm what I call myself cosmetically obese. I know I have a crap road ahead of me if something didn't give healthwise, but basically I want to look like the Hottie McHotterson that I feel like inside.

Awesome, thanks!!

My insurance requires one as well, but what I did was ask the Surgs office who they recommend or work with since I did not have a PCP and I went to see him, I was in and out in 10 minutes, paper signed and faxed over.

I'm 5'8 and at 275, depending on the airline it cuts pretty close. I'm a big midsectioner as well. I can fit on all planes I think, but on Alaska or American it was a really tight fight and a small battle. So I imagine since we are similar you could do it around 250 to 260 depending on where the weight comes off of you.

You look gorgeous!! I really love your tattoo as well!! Peter Pan is my favorite and I was considering getting that exact tat.

Why is soy a big no no??? Pertaining to VSG, I do not know. It was a lot of information to take in when she was talking, but here is something I found via google :http://wellnessmama.com/3684/is-soy-healthy/ I think i'll shoot my NUT an email and ask her to clarify why it is bad.

Hm that would make sense. I've never had Almond milk before...how do you like it? I'm a big milk lover, I have managed to love skim milk over 1% or 2%, so I am worried I will hate it.

Beans? They have a lot of protein. There are quite a few soy-based products out there as well that are very good for high protein/low carbs (sadly, I'm soy intolerant, so need to stick with meat as much as possible). Do you like eggs and egg beaters? That's good protein as well (I'm assuming you're looking for sources of protein other than meat?) My NUT said that soy is a biiiiiiig nono and it isn't really good for you. She encouraged me to drop dairy milk and pick up almond milk, when I mentioned soy she laid it on thick to avoid it like the plague...

I don't mind at all, if I can't talk about it with my fellow VSGers who can I?! It is a parasite/bacteria that lives in your upper GI (if you have them). It can cause ulcers and in severe cases stomach cancer. About 20% of americans under 40 have it, and the percentage is higher for those over 60. I think that was what I read. You can get it from food or Water. It's pretty common, they check for it when they do your labs. Most people live with it for years and never even have a symptom! It's treated with 14 days of 3 different types of anti biotics and then is checked with an endoscopy, or a breath test since it takes so long for the trace of it to leave your blood. I didn't even have any symptoms and no idea where it came from. I just hope that the pills kill it because I hate taking them and feeling sick for 2 hours after. Sounds like everything is moving along smoothly for you!! I was really nervous about talking with a NUT but she was really nice and informative and gave me a lot of alternate foods to eat that I already love. I bet you are easily going to have your surg in July!! If i'm lucky me too, or early August, even though my birthday is in August so I may not be recovered enough to eat anything at all!

Just got the call today from my surg's office and they have a consult appt open for tomorrow at 12:30 rather than me having to wait until June 12. I barely let her finish the sentence before I said yes! I am so excited. After this I should be about 80% there towards making my surg date! Well my appt was great! The only drawback was I have H. Pylori in my upper GI so fun stuff. On anti-biotics for 2 weeks (they make me feel like vomiting) then an endoscopy to make sure it is all murdered and gone, then finally I should be able to get my surg date on July 9th. My surg and his entire staff were wonderful! I have a take home machine that is a precursor test for sleep apnea, it will determine if I actually need to go in for a sleep study or not, I'm really hoping not, I woke up a lot last night to go potty and I started to worry that that wouldn't look good, but then I realize that it is just testing whether or not i'm breathing. I'm a bit of a worrier, but at the same time I can talk myself down! Where is everyone else at in this process? Any other H. Pylori sufferers out there?

Just got the call today from my surg's office and they have a consult appt open for tomorrow at 12:30 rather than me having to wait until June 12. I barely let her finish the sentence before I said yes! I am so excited. After this I should be about 80% there towards making my surg date!

I love fudgesicles, I hope the SF kind is as good as regular.

Oh man I full on love Arctic Zero Cookies and cream. Thanks for the reminder! Also hijack away!

Oh Man Pirates Booty is yummy! I look forward to my stomach not being able to hold a lot. That will definitely curb my TOM binges.

I want to start off by saying that this is easily my favorite of all the forums! The questions asked and answered in here are AMAZING! So thank you ladies for all being so open and honest and non judgemental of each other! Especially since there are plenty of people out there who judge us already. I'm pre-op and it's my TOM so I am bingeing a little (ok, a lot) and I was wondering...Post-op what are the best ways you counter your TOM cravings?! Mostly I want chocolate or sweets or greasy food and I know that is a little tough for awhile (read a looooooooooong time) after VSG.

Hello! I have my first consult on June 12, and with my surgeon on the whole it takes about 2 months (it did with my co-worker anyway) so I'm looking at an August date, maybe Sept. I'm 27yo, 5'8", and 277 lbs. If anything, keep us all updated on how it goes for you!!