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@@hockeyfan7 thank you so much for your post! Yes, I too had the stabbing pain at my port site and I've always thought it was just me! You are the first person to tell me you had it. I feel like I'm about to break out in tears reading this because it's me to a tee. The thought of being able to remain at the dinner table through an entire meal without having to throw up in numerous public bathrooms is worth all of this! Yesterday, I ate broccoli for the first time in about three years and cried because it went down! Thank you again!

Here's mine.
October 2014 - Orientation Seminar
November 2014 - Exercise Class
December 2014 - Psychological Exam
January 2015 - First Visit with Surgeon and EKG
February 2015 - Insurance Approval
March 2015 - 2nd Visit with Surgeon; Surgery scheduled for April 28th
April 2015 - Met with Nutritionist; Final Weigh In ; Surgery Rescehduled for May 26th
May 2015 - Surgery
June 2015 - 2 Week Check Up wth Surgeon and Nutritionist
August 2015 - 3 Month Check Up

Here is mine:
2012 thru 2015 (research, research, research)
July 2014 - made decision to seek out weight loss surgery, verified that it was covered by my insurance
August 2014 - appointment with PCP to request referral for WLS
September 2014 - mandatory weight management class
September 2014 - mandatory bariatric orientation class
September 2014 - submitted extensive paperwork for application to enter bariatric program
September 2014 - completed all pre program labs and tests
October 2014 - met with head of bariatric program, accepted into program, 1st official weigh in
October 2014 - was told I would need to lose 10% of excess weight over the six months of required classes
November 2014 thru May 2015 - attended program required classes, six months, once a week, for 90 minutes each
November 2014 thru May 2015 - completed weekly mandatory weigh in's
November 2014 thru May 2015 - lost the required 10% excess weight
March 2015 - attended mandatory surgical group seminar
April 2015 - submitted extensive paperwork received at surgical group seminar
May 2015 - attended optional support group meeting
May 2015 - graduation from bariatric program classes
May 2015 - completed fitness test
May 2015 - completed pre op lab tests
June 2015 - approved for surgery
June 2015 - completed psych evaluation
June 2015 - cleared by internist
June 2015 - surgical consult
June 2015 - given surgery date of 07/29/2015
July 28, 2015 - will have PREP appointment at hospital (day before surgery)
July 28, 2015 - will be on pre op liquid diet
July 29, 2015 - will have bypass surgery (FINALLY!) ????

Below is my timeline
Below has been my process so far:
Jan- WLS seminar
Jan-PCP blood work (diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pressure.
Jan-called insurance to confirm WLS details. I need 3 mth surprised, 40+ BMI or less than 40 BMI with 2 comorbidities.
Feb-initial meeting with WLS center. Same day did additional blood work to check out my Vitamin levels.
Feb-endoscopy
Feb-sleep test(found out I had mild sleep apnea, needed 2nd sleep test, and need CPAP for the months before surgery then not after)
March-Psych evaluation and clearance letter. He gave me the little right then and there. Depends on your doc they might ask for longer time visiting psych.
March-PCP clearance letter
March-1st weight loss maintenance meeting with center.
March-2nd sleep test
April-2nd weight management meeting
April-meet with endoscopy doctor for antibiotics. Endoscopy found I had a bacteria. Started 2 week antibiotics.
April-meet with sleep doctor for cpap machine. Need to use cpap for 1 mth before pulmonary clearance letter. After letter, still need to use machine until surgery.
April- got clearance from endoscopy doctor after stool test came back negative for the bacteria P Hlori (sp?)
May- last weight loss management
meeting and NUT meeting on same day.
June 2- met with sleep doctor and got clearance after using Cpap machine for 1-2 mths.
June 3-met with surgeon and put in insurance paperwork.
June 8- insurance approval
June 19- final meeting with surgeon and signed release form. Confirmed
June 16- Nutrition seminar
July 17 as surgery date. The reason in July is due to planned vacations in June.
July 6-16- preop diet. 3 Protein shake and 1 low fat meal a day.
So overall it took me 6 months!
This is my journey so far.... Looking forward to my journey after surgery. (Well kinda... I'm a little anxious)

Hey everyone!
I'm very early in the surgery process- New patient orientation tomorrow!
I was wondering if any of you would mind sharing your timeline up to surgery- Like from the time of your first orientation to the day of surgery- how long in between. I'm curious to see how it works!
Thanks!

Hey everyone!
I'm very early in the surgery process- New patient orientation tomorrow!
I was wondering if any of you would mind sharing your timeline up to surgery- Like from the time of your first orientation to the day of surgery- how long in between. I'm curious to see how it works!
Thanks!

Thank you all for the advice! Sent my consult request in to Mass General & now I'm just waiting to hear back!
Another question for you- how do you get over the feeling of feeling like a failure because your first surgery didn't work or you didn't succeed? In having a hard time coming to terms with feeling okay about it! Thanks again.

I crossfit.. I had to take a 2 week break from heavy exercise, and a 4 week break from lifting heavy.
I had surgery in March, and I exercise heavy, but I haven't really officially went back to crossfit (for other reasons: $$) but I still lift when I can..