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Way to go dtiller1147! You are getting so close!

Hey fitbefore30, Congrats! You are almost there! I'm hoping mine will be October too! All my pre op stuff is done except the diet. Last nutritionist visit will be Oct 3rd. I am super excited

Hey! Just checking in to see how things are going for you since your sleep study... Hey Nurselori! The overnight sleep test was horrible! sleeping with all those wires was difficult. I should get the results back next week. I checked with my WLS office and they just want me to use the machine for at least 30 days before surgery and bring it in day of surgery.

Cleveland here too! My out of pocket expenses were going to be crazy with Cleveland Clinic so i chose to do my WLS at St. Vincent Charity hospital. No complaints there, everything has gone smooth and the team is great. I just finished most of my pre op appointments it feels good to be this far along. I have two more nutritionist appointments... last one should be October 3rd! I do need to check with tge office but I don't have a surgery date yet, anyone know how long it usually takes to get a surgery date after ins approval? And when did you start your 2wk pre-op liquid diet? I like to be prepared lol... Just trying to figure out a timeline

Wow. Have you been tired and fatigued during the day? Shouldn't push back surgery. They'll just send you for your machine and mask fitting. Should get a lot better after surgery Hey Nurselori, the thing is I never noticed! I have always kept busy with multiple jobs working 11 hr shifts and overtime. Also i finished art school a few years ago and pulled tons of all nighters while in school... I guess i just thought my lifestyle of staying busy and being overweight kept me tired! lol I'm glad I went ahead and did the test my doc had said that out of the bariatric patients he tests 80% of the time they will come back positive even when they have barely any symptoms i hope this surgery fixes it..I'm even more excited to get to October now!

I am in the same boat as all of you! !! I am so obssessed. I have been thinking about this surgery for years...but money and health issues prevented it... it's almost like a dream that's finally coming true! I take lots of phone calls during work and it's been soooo hard to concentrate. I am always on my phone looking at the forums or on my tablet reading kindle books about WLS while talking calls....sometimes i need to shut off my phone&tablet lol. I was talking A LOT to my family and friends about it too but I don't want to annoy them. I think its great to have this forum to go to. I don't think its a bad thing to obssess... i think it just shows how excited we are to be making these changes!!!

So I just received the results back from my home sleep test. My doc said he did this just as a precaution ... but it looks like I have severe sleep apnea! And i have to do another test in the clinic overnight. I am so shocked. .. Did anyone else have to go through this? And will it keep me from having surgery in October?

Hoping to have my surgery in October too! I just have a couple more appointments with the dietitian and then I will get to schedule the actual date

3 Months will fly by!! I just started my 6 months of supervised weight loss, THAT feels like it wll take forever. What is your pre op diet like? Kheartskat, I hope so! i worded that wrong!- its just my 3 month supervised diet which my NUT has me doing high protein and low cal . I think she wants me to lose 5% of my body weight..and then i will do the 2 week pre-op liquid diet after ins approval... I guess I just feel like it has already been forever... I thought about doing this surgery several times over the past 10 yrs and I am just now figuring it out! I was so overwhelmed everytime I looked into this surgery that I would change my mind and try another 'fad' diet. This time has been different though, its been so easy... I feel like this is the right time for me to do this! I'm glad to see other people just starting this journey, I definitely NEED some buddies to get through this diet and surgery, I know I've already got my fiance who is behind me 100% but I have already had some unsupportable and judgey friends/ family

Hey Lisa I feel the same way! Sick and tired of it... i have constantly been on a diet since I was 14 and I am turning 28 this year! At my highest weight right now 369 and I feel so good about this decision! Just started the diet a couple weeks ago. Its going to be about 3 months if this before i can schedule my surgery. How is your diet going?

Just started my journey the first week of july# I'm so excited to finally be doing this! On the pre op diet now for 3 months and I feel like this wait is going to be forever!