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Hear ye, hear ye.... all the late May sleevers pls have the following items on hand: Instant anti acid Prevacid Gas x strips Decaff lemon tea with mint, WARM NOT HOT.... Anti- nausea Miramax or lactulose ( pain meds antidote for constipation) SF popsicles, SF jello Medicine cups from hospital (3cc or 1 oz.) Timer for 30-30-30 rule... Sleeved on 5/18, trial and error and these were my tried and true go to items... Thx for reading

May the force be with you... sleeve 5/18 no complications

I will have about 3 total w/ my surgeon... the other times it's been the nurse practitioner who approved/schedule me... Also 5/18... what made you finally decide to go thru with surgery ? I'm also a 43yr old nurse at VA hosp...let me give you some med H&P On my decision to do this VSG...43 yr female with cad s/p CABG ×2 2013, H/o MI 2013 with HTN, gout, OSA, with BMI 37...lol Wow....thats some history for someone so young. Have you been assigned a date for your sx yet? 5/18 Where and who are you doing it with. Im going on the 18th as well. Mercy health systems in cincy ohio...they really stay with you and try to pair you with a post sleeve patient... 6 mos membership to the hlth plex with trainer... vsg cooking classes with monthly support groups...list goes on...

Also 5/18... what made you finally decide to go thru with surgery ? Well.....after gaining and losing large amounts for weight yet again, i finally hit my peak weight of 356! I couldn't go up a flight of stairs or walk through a parking lot without getting winded. While i am able to loose weight, every time a go off whatever diet i am on, i ain back the weight, and more. I decided its time to equip myself with the proper tool for sustained weight loss so i am going ahead with the surgery. Me too, but even after my MI/cabg I lost wt (cardiac rehab)... then slowly it creep back on even more... I wt more than both prev pregnancy!!! I knew if I didn't take this bull by horns then another MI would be waiting for me...being a nurse you know "both sides of the coin "... we make the best and worst pt. Lol

I will have about 3 total w/ my surgeon... the other times it's been the nurse practitioner who approved/schedule me... Also 5/18... what made you finally decide to go thru with surgery ? I'm also a 43yr old nurse at VA hosp...let me give you some med H&P On my decision to do this VSG...43 yr female with cad s/p CABG ×2 2013, H/o MI 2013 with HTN, gout, OSA, with BMI 37...lol Wow....thats some history for someone so young. Have you been assigned a date for your sx yet? 5/18

Also 5/18... what made you finally decide to go thru with surgery ? I'm also a 43yr old nurse at VA hosp...let me give you some med H&P On my decision to do this VSG...43 yr female with cad s/p CABG ×2 2013, H/o MI 2013 with HTN, gout, OSA, with BMI 37...lol

Also 5/18... what made you finally decide to go thru with surgery ?

BC/BS anthem Ohio govt health insurance required the 90 day supv diet... started in Sept, during initial exam, "open can worms" had to see consultants, get DX with new diseases, jump through their hoops to finally came back around to bariactric M.D. to get a date 5/18...

My MD in Ohio per insurance made me follow supervised diet with dietician for 90 days... my wt loss yo-yo, there was no written policy that i had to loss a specific amount wt during the 90 day period. The same 8 lbs i have loss/regain during 90+ days.

Yes, I'm nervous too, But after 1st heart attack and open heart surgery at 40... I need this for myself... if I don't the next big fat heart attack is waiting for me around the corner... be strong your not the only "chicken" out here, but i want to be a hot chick... good luck

May 18th!!! Long time coming