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So tomorrow I am 5 weeks post op and I'm in the soft mechanical phase and I don't know but it was weird that today before lunch I felt hunger for the first time since surgery and even after eating I still feel hunger (been going through a stressful time the past couple of days so I don't know if it's the anxiety?) I had my protein shake in the morning and I am supposed to eat every 3-4 hours and I waited 4 hours which about 20 minutes before my 4 hours was up I started to feel the hunger pangs. Is this normal at this early stage? Also I can fit about 2-3 oz or 1/4-1/3 cup of soft foods in my pouch at a time (depending on what it is)....and I'm beginning to feel like that's too much and that's why I'm feeling hunger pangs? Any advice or help would be much appreciated! Thank you

Good morning! So my surgery date is 3/28/19 and I started my 2 week liquid diet yesterday. I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes last year in June before I started pursuing bariatric surgery and this diagnosis actually pushed me to go through with it so I decided to not go on insulin since this surgery has such a high rate of success in putting diabetes into remission. I'm getting nervous though since my fasting glucose result just came back and it was really high, 170 to be exact, and I'm worried my surgery might be delayed because of this?

Hello everyone! So I've had my first consultation and made my appointments with the dietician for the next 6 months (I first saw the dietician on June 24th) I decided to give myself 6 days to kind of let things sink in and really reflect on the process that I was about to start. I started the diet yesterday and did fairly well most of the day until the evening hit annnnnnd I ended up reverting back to old ways, I also did not drink as much Water as I was supposed to and did not get my steps in. My question is, how did everyone make it to the end? I'm putting a lot of pressure on myself because my dietrician told me that I had to lose weight otherwise she would write me down as noncompliant with insurance standards. I struggle a lot with evening meals and I tend to graze all night, I have a 8 month old daughter who just started crawling last week and she doesn't go to bed until 8 PM, so it can be difficult to gather the strength to cook dinner, fit in exercise, take care of/spend time with my daughter, straighten up the house and then settle down for a shower and bed, that's why I usually just eat something quick that can be picked up on the way home or take out but since I can't do that anymore I'm finding it difficult to balance (I know it'll get easier as I get into the routine but my previous attempts at taking better care of myself have always ended with failure since it's just easier to go the unhealthy route but I really want to succeed at this and get the help I need not just physically but I want to heal mentally as well and change my mindset when it comes to food. Any tips on making that a smoother transition? Or any quick dinner meal ideas? Any opinions and/or advice are welcome

Update: I contacted my PCP office and explained to the MA my situation and I had asked her if I needed to make an appointment with my doctor or not in order to get this letter written and sent to the surgeons office. She ended up calling me back after talking to the doctor and said yes. Over the next few days she collected information from me regarding my previous weight loss attempts and the doctor wrote the letter, they called me this morning and asked for the surgeons office fax number and it was sent over so yay! Thank you all for your comforting responses, I definitely felt better about my situation after reading them. One step closer!

So I had my first consultation with my surgeon yesterday and the kind lady that I belive is his assistant gave me a packet of all the things that I need to complete for insurance and pre-op purposes. I skimmed through it because I was meeting with the dietician next. When I returned home after my appointment I noticed something I have to provide which is a Letter of Medical Necessity, which I thought was odd since I spoke with my insurance company on three different occasions and got all of the information that I needed in order to be qualified for surgery. Apparently in the letter my PCP needs to give a nod of approval and also a list of comorbidities.....I have not been diagnosed with any of the comorbidities that are listed in my insurance policy (type II diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, etc). This frustrates me because I have a 6 month diet that needs to be followed for insurance purposes and I don't want to get to the end of this diet plan and my paper work is submitted just for me to be turned down simply because I haven't yet become very ill. My A1C is in the prediabetic range but I was not diagnosed with it, my blood pressure varies from day to day. My BMI is 44.9, so reading my policy I shouldn't need that letter because my BMI is over 40, it's already medically necessary for me to get surgery without a medical illness. I spoke with my insurance company about this and she informed (with an attitude, repeatedly as well) that this is apart of the policy. But it cleary doesn't state that on the paper work that I have printed out which lists a qualification of for surgery. I even told her that the PCP that I see I've only seen twice in three years (that's how long I've been at my job) and if this PCP decides not to write the letter I mean what than? Which I wouldn't be surprised because she is the type of doctor who would have you change your diet as opposed to taking medicine to prevent a disease, which is wonderful and all but I've been fighting this my entire life and it's starting to get really out of control and I feel like I'm being told that I won't be helped until I develop a illness, I'm 25 years old I thought I was doing the right thing by getting help now instead of waiting. I have CareFirst BCBS MD and they will cover pre-op and post-op as well as the surgery 100% but I kind of feel like this was too good to be true since this letter situation has come to light. Anyone else experience the same thing? Am I panicking for no reason? Any advice would be most helpful. I will say that I am going to contact my PCP and see if I can get this letter, hopefully it'll all turn out.

Anyone else have to do the 6 month pre-op diet because of insurance purposes, what did that include and how did you or how are you getting through it?

Thank you all so much for the advice/support This has been a big decision for me (as it would be for anyone) and I don't hardly have anyone that can relate to how I'm feeling, so finding this website and posting my feelings (something I cannot do, because people either can't or won't understand) has made me more comfortable with my decision.

My name is Heather and I've recently decided to get the Roux En Y Gastric Bypass surgery. After some careful consideration and thousands of failed diet attempts I know that this is the best option for me, it is the only option that will save my life. I've struggled with weight since I can remember, I've always been bigger and over the past 5 years it's become harder and harder to lose weight and try to keep it off (something I've never been good at). I have a complicated relationship with food and my insurance of course requires that I be on a 6 month diet (Even though I literally just came off of one that I put myself on in January through Weight Watchers after I had my baby in November) it's frustrating because even though I know it's company policy it's like I have to roll my eyes and groan and say, "Another diet?" I'm sure this will be different but it's still dreadful. I attend my first seminar June 17th and I am really looking forward to gathering all of the information I need from Dr. Kligman of University of Maryland. The only thing that has me nervous is the psych eval. mainly because I was on antidepressants and antipsychotics when I was a teenager, I isolated myself during middle school and high school mainly because of my weight and lack of confidence. I eventually was weaned off of my medication when I was 18 and had stopped going to the therapist because I had had enough. I had spent years of being on medication and seeing this doctor and that doctor and nothing helped, nothing improved and the weight kept piling on. I just wanted to be normal, to feel normal and the medication did not do that for me. So I'm a little weary of the whole psych eval thing because of my history. I also cannot tell more than two family members at this time because the rest of my family will not understand my decision. They are very judgemental and will do nothing but give me negative comments and I don't want to hear it anymore, this decision is a positive one and I'm happy with it. I am almost 26 years old and I have a almost 7 month old daughter, I want to be around for her and be able to take her places and do things with her, I don't want weight to control my life anymore.