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christinesmiles

Gastric Sleeve Patients
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  1.    JCalli77 reacted to a post in a topic: December 8th
  2. Thanks @@Babbs and @@TXhappyday, I was worried that people may think I was sick if I lost a lot of weight rather quickly and i didn't want people to worry. Still on the fence about what I'll tell people but I really appreciate your sharing your stories with me.
  3.    tdc reacted to a post in a topic: December 8th
  4. Congratulations and good luck! I'm scheduled for December 16th! Christine
  5.    christinesmiles reacted to a post in a topic: December 8th
  6. Congratulations!! Quick question, do you only have to do a weekend cleanse before the surgery, no two week liquid diet? If so, lucky you! My surgery is scheduled for December 16 so I'm just one day behind you. Christine
  7. Hi @@Babbs, thanks for your response. I am so happy that your friends and family have been so supportive, that is wonderful! I have told a few friendss and my sister and they have been supportive but shocked at my decision. I know in my heart it is the right path for me. I work with lots of people and know Im gonig to have to tell them something, I hope I get the courage to just tell them what is really going on. I can't figure out why I'm feeling so secretive again this, maybe I'm afraid this will fail too? Thanks again for your reply, Christine
  8. Thanks for your post @@TXhappyday! Congratulations on your surgery and I hope you are doing well. I'm so sorry that people decided to share your information, that's tough. However it sounds like you handled it very well and have a great attitude about the future. I do not know anyone that has had this surgery and the close friends that I have told have been supportive but shocked. Of course, all my friends are skinny minis so they don't really understand my struggle. I just need to find my confidence in my decision and let the chips falls where they may. Thanks again for your response! Christine
  9.    tera1982 reacted to a post in a topic: December Sleevers?
  10. I just received my insurance approval and my surgery is scheduled for December 16th. Yea & Yikes! I was wondering how many people are telling others about your surgery, if so what are you saying? I'm ususally a super open person, willing to talk about anything but I have these weird feelings about telling casual friends/co-workers about my surgery. Anyone else feeling the same way? Kindly, Christine
  11. Hello All! Just got approval from insurance and my surgery is scheduled for December 16th Nervous and excited! I'm looking forward to going through this journey with you all! Kindly, Christine
  12. Hello All, New to this forum. Just received my insurance approval and my sleeve surgery is scheduled for 12/16/15. Nervous and excited and would love support on this journey and hope I can offer you all support too! I am in the suburbs of Chicago. I was interested to read that many of you are not planning on telling people about your surgery. I've been thinking about how to handle this, I'm a very open person about most things but for some reason feel really strange telling people that I'm not close to about my surgery. All my family will know and my close friends but it's co-workers and casusal friends that I don't know how to handle. Would love to hear thoughts on this subject. I look forward to going through this journey together. Kindly, Christine

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