Kabby_Chick

I will not miss trying to find short sleeve t-shirts that don't look like rubber bands around my arms.
I will not miss kankles.
I will not miss being at the doctors office getting weighed and having the nurse set the scale to 200 and having to tell her it needs to start at 250.
I will not miss the acrobatic feat of going through a turnstile.
I will not miss every pair of pants gapping in the back.
I will not miss the fear of waiting for the day that one of my kids friends saying something about their 'fat mom' and them be embarrassed of me being their mom.
I will not miss constantly feeling fat all the time around my skinny friends. Constantly worrying if someone is judging my weight.
I will not miss making excuses to my kids at waterparks and amusement parks because I'm afraid my hips won't fit. Only has to happen once to never want to experience that again.

I'm February 10th too! Started my 2 week pre-op diet yesterday

Just got a call today that they moved my clearance appt up to next Friday! I know it's only a couple of days but it's still so exciting!

I'm getting anxious, nervous and excited! I had a wonderful Christmas with my family but I'm actually tired of all of the food being around. I've spent almost 6 month changing what I eat and drink and the past 4 days have been rough. I kicked caffeine completely 2 month ago and I found myself drinking regular coffee at Christmas Breakfast. And as I'm eating the homemade Pasta for Christmas dinner I just kept thinking things are going to be drastically different next year, but in a good way. If it weren't for having my two small kids and husband I would have thrown out every cookie by now. :-)
I have my final nut class in a week and a half and my clearance appt in 2 and a half weeks. Now that Xmas is over its full steam ahead. They're telling me I should be scheduled about 4 weeks from my clearance so I'm looking around valentines day. Got all my final bloodwork back and the coordinator said all looks good, just don't gain weight, and the insurance shouldn't have any problems. I've lost about 10lbs, hopefully Xmas won't interfere with that so I should be good!

So excited! Got my surgery date...Feb 10th! Went for my final clearance appt Friday and they called me Tuesday(yesterday) to schedule my surgery. The insurance approval was much faster that I expected but I'm not complaining. Start my pre op on Jan 27 th?

I guess it could have been worse...they could have thought I had some horrible disease. And galadriel535 your right, it will be pretty obvious when I'm on vacation for 2 weeks and come back looking different. I guess I wasn't expecting people to start talking before I even had the surgery. There are only a few woman at work that would possibly notice right away, I have mostly guys working for me who probably wouldn't notice if I had purple hair.< /p>

I will not miss trying to find short sleeve t-shirts that don't look like rubber bands around my arms.
I will not miss kankles.
I will not miss being at the doctors office getting weighed and having the nurse set the scale to 200 and having to tell her it needs to start at 250.
I will not miss the acrobatic feat of going through a turnstile.
I will not miss every pair of pants gapping in the back.
I will not miss the fear of waiting for the day that one of my kids friends saying something about their 'fat mom' and them be embarrassed of me being their mom.
I will not miss constantly feeling fat all the time around my skinny friends. Constantly worrying if someone is judging my weight.
I will not miss making excuses to my kids at waterparks and amusement parks because I'm afraid my hips won't fit. Only has to happen once to never want to experience that again.

My final pre-surgery appt with my surgeon is coming up and I'm making my list of questions to ask, but I'm sure I'm not thinking of something. What questions did you ask your surgeon?

I am an HR "Rep" and if you were to call me about rumors and gossip, I would tell you to simply ignore it. And the only reason you know that people are gossipping about you is because someone came and told you. Tell that person to stop, you don't want to hear about it or talk about it. Just do your job. This is not a hostile work environment, not until you are being bullied, belittled, and subjected to behavior so pervasive that it renders you unable to do your job.
Our admin assistant went on vacation, that turned into a disability leave, for 2 weeks. We are a close group and I questioned if everything was ok. I was told she didn't really want anything known. I let it be. Now several months later and she has dropped a drastic amount of weight, I know she had "SOMETHING" done. But I haven't said anything about it, it's not my business. Just as it shouldn't be any of their's what you are doing. If you don't talk about it and worry about it, they will be forced to drop it.

After my clearance appt. it was 1 week. the office called and made an appt with the dr. peters. Then once the ins was approved i was called to sch surgery. My ins was approved right before christmas on the 23rd.

My suggestion is to enjoy your Journey! You could never please anyone anyway. Those who will think you did the wrong thing and those who think you did the right. Those who will envy you and vice versa...At the END of your successful journey you will notice how those same people will be so HAPPY and PROUD of you and wish they could have done it along with you.
Don't listen to the nay sayers....Your the VIP in your journey. Don't stress, just know your going to be the WINNER at the end. Once, you reach your goal and at maintenance, the losing part is the fun and easy part....maintaining the wt loss is where the nay sayers will be ready to pounce. Always keep in mind who you are doing this for---YOU !!!!
HUGS, alese

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I will not miss trying to find short sleeve t-shirts that don't look like rubber bands around my arms.
I will not miss kankles.
I will not miss being at the doctors office getting weighed and having the nurse set the scale to 200 and having to tell her it needs to start at 250.
I will not miss the acrobatic feat of going through a turnstile.
I will not miss every pair of pants gapping in the back.
I will not miss the fear of waiting for the day that one of my kids friends saying something about their 'fat mom' and them be embarrassed of me being their mom.
I will not miss constantly feeling fat all the time around my skinny friends. Constantly worrying if someone is judging my weight.
I will not miss making excuses to my kids at waterparks and amusement parks because I'm afraid my hips won't fit. Only has to happen once to never want to experience that again.

Was sleeved in the 29th. I thought this journey was going to be so hard in the beginning but it's been so opposite. The pain and gas is slowly going away and I've had no issues sipping and taking in all my nutrients. So thankful to God that he allowed me to be on this journey.
This 2015 is going to bring me lots of happiness and a husband!! Haha lol.

Only a few close people to me know that I'm planning to have this surgey, my husband, parents, sister, my boss and one close friend at work. Well the rumors have started at work with a few people because I've had so many dr appts and have cut out caffeine. They think I'm pregnant! I have 2 wonderful kids but I waited until I was done having kids to start the process for surgery. I have my clearance appt next week and looking at a February surgery date.
Problem is there boss so I really didn't want to talk about it too much at work but I also don't want people to think I'm pregnant.
Any advice? Anyone in a management position and how to deal with it and your staff?

Mldavis1969, you're in Delaware too? Are you going through Chrias?

My surgeon requires 2 week of Optifast before my surgery. And advice of the flavors (chocolate, vanilla or strawberry) I should get or any I should avoid.

Just got a call today that they moved my clearance appt up to next Friday! I know it's only a couple of days but it's still so exciting!

I just got my insurance approval but I will not get my date until 2/3.... So anxious!

I'm getting anxious, nervous and excited! I had a wonderful Christmas with my family but I'm actually tired of all of the food being around. I've spent almost 6 month changing what I eat and drink and the past 4 days have been rough. I kicked caffeine completely 2 month ago and I found myself drinking regular coffee at Christmas Breakfast. And as I'm eating the homemade Pasta for Christmas dinner I just kept thinking things are going to be drastically different next year, but in a good way. If it weren't for having my two small kids and husband I would have thrown out every cookie by now. :-)
I have my final nut class in a week and a half and my clearance appt in 2 and a half weeks. Now that Xmas is over its full steam ahead. They're telling me I should be scheduled about 4 weeks from my clearance so I'm looking around valentines day. Got all my final bloodwork back and the coordinator said all looks good, just don't gain weight, and the insurance shouldn't have any problems. I've lost about 10lbs, hopefully Xmas won't interfere with that so I should be good!

It took me about 4 days to feel normal again. I took excedrin tension headache because it has some caffeine in it. It took some of the edge off but I still felt like crap for a few days. I have to say I do feel better now that I'm not drinking any caffeine. I don't find myself yawning all morning or being so tired all morning. Hang in there. You'll feel better in a couple days. I do still 'crave' coffee. I think it's the habit of walking around with a hot cup of something. Decaf has been doing the trick. Good luck!

I feel the same way! My insurance co required 6 months of nutrition classes so when I started in July it seemed so far away and now my final clearance appt is only a month away.

I just realized my first post looked like I had been drinking all night and never graduated high school. So sorry...My last pcp visit will be January 9th. I have a required 3 months of diet monitoring to complete and the my 2nd consult with the surgeon is January 22nd. My psychological is Monday. I would also like to connect with others.

I have my final nutrition class and clearance appointments early January so it's looking like my VSG will be in February. Would love to connect with those going through this at the same time I am. It's been a long way since my first surgical appt in July. I learned a lot, like I have a hiatal hernia, but thankfully I don't have sleep apnea. I felt like I spent the month of November at doctors but thinks are finally winding down.
Hope everyone is as exciting as I am!