Gordita81

I am 35, 5' 5 1/2", I am pre-diabetic, have heels spurs, and been having joint problems. Despite what anyone says to me, I am doing this. I am still new to the process but I wish you luck!
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I'm already approved too. I guess they don't bother putting you thru the pre-op testing until they know insurance is covering surgery.

I guess my surgeon is a little backwards, I already have approval before all the testing. Glad to know that I am not the only one scared. I will let everyone know what happens at my appointment on the 25th.
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I guess my surgeon is a little backwards, I already have approval before all the testing. Glad to know that I am not the only one scared. I will let everyone know what happens at my appointment on the 25th.
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I feel the same as the rest of you, EGD done blood work, nutrition done, physh done. now just trying to get things ready for pre op diet, post op diet, and now is the waiting game, waiting on insurance approval, once that is here, I can breath just a little. The fear is what if it doesn't work for me. I can diet, and loose weight, but once my body figures out what is going on it, stops loosing.... I've already lost 28 lbs. I just hope this works, my knees cannot take it much longer. Right now I am still waiting in insurance approval. Good,luck to you all
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I'm definitely in the scared/worried catagory. We are waiting on insurance approval and I can't help but worry they will find some reason to deny it. Even though I know I checked and triple checked everything they needed and what I had to do. Including making sure I had at least 2 comorbidities listed even tho my bmi automatically qualifies me. Just very nerve racking process
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@@Gordita81 I'm anxious too - all I have left are pre-op testing Hoping they all go well.

I am 35, 5' 5 1/2", I am pre-diabetic, have heels spurs, and been having joint problems. Despite what anyone says to me, I am doing this. I am still new to the process but I wish you luck!
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@@cc1967, Thank you. I have started practicing mindful eating. I have an app on my phone called Baritastic. This app has timers for chewing, as well as timers to keep me from eating and drinking too close together. It also has reminders for taking the supplements. The information you gave helped me to bring this all to reality.
@@Shrinkinqtpi, Thank you. I do realize that every clinic is different. All the required testing must be completed prior to my preop or they will reschedule. I am trying to avoid having it rescheduled. I have done my EKG and Upper GI. Working on the sleep study and blood work. Everything is set up to be completed prior to my preop appointment.
I think I'm just scared that something is going to happen and either make this not happen or delay it at the least.
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As far as the approval, my understanding is that I already got it. I did nutritionist and psych. Then they submit for approval. Once approved, he does the rest of the tests. As for smoking, I quit the day I found out that I was approved. The only thing that I was told is that surgery is normally 30 days after preop.
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@@cc1967, Thank you. I have started practicing mindful eating. I have an app on my phone called Baritastic. This app has timers for chewing, as well as timers to keep me from eating and drinking too close together. It also has reminders for taking the supplements. The information you gave helped me to bring this all to reality.
@@Shrinkinqtpi, Thank you. I do realize that every clinic is different. All the required testing must be completed prior to my preop or they will reschedule. I am trying to avoid having it rescheduled. I have done my EKG and Upper GI. Working on the sleep study and blood work. Everything is set up to be completed prior to my preop appointment.
I think I'm just scared that something is going to happen and either make this not happen or delay it at the least.
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I felt the same way, being scared it wasn't going to happen or delayed or something. I just wanted to have the surgery so bad I was convinced it wouldn't happen. Mine did end up getting delayed a month but that was my own fault because I had trouble quitting nicotine. My advice is to just learn as much as you can before the surgery and have faith it WILL happen. Try not to get too impatient with the process, there's a reason insurance wants you to be absolutely sure you're ready for the lifestyle change. Even with 4 months of preparing I was shocked after surgery the emotions that come a long with it. It's a huge life change (for the better but still stressful in the beginning) that's good you've started using bariatric now, I wish I had before. That's been rough having to relearn how to eat/drink. I think you will do great just enjoy the process!
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@@Gordita81
Every clinic is different... My prop appointment was with a surgical nurse who told me what to do and expect. How to wash every living part of me before surgery. Then she sent me for tests. Blood. Urine. Chest X-ray. If I had not already completed the stress test, EDG, and EKG then I would have had to do them too.

If you haven't already done so, I would expect some mindfulness classes, or behavior modification classes to help teach methods to deal with stress eating, mindless eating, etc. Most of us didn't become obese just from over eating when hungry. At some point, your hunger will come back so you should practice eating slowly, and mindfully now.
Prepare yourself for the shock of surgery. It's not uncommon to feel like "OMG, what the heck did I do?" A lot of this will be from all the excess estrogen leaving your fat stores during that first month of rapid weight loss. You may have mood swi rom this. It's normal.
Keep telling yourself NOW that if you feel overwhelmed drinking from one ounce cups, trying to get your Protein and Water in daily, it is temporary. It passes. I can't stress the mental preparation enough. Some people need to go on a liquid diet to shrink their liver preoperative, I did not.
The best advice I can give is prepare to feel overwhelmed by the overnight changes and remember they are temporary. Keep doing the right things, and you will be okay. I am I am 20 months out, have lost 100 lbs, am 2 lbs under my surgeon's goal weight for me, 8 lbs higher than my goal weight. Best wishes and remember, it's a lifetime journey.

Hi, at my preop visit the dr went over the procedure and any questions I had. I had to do some blood work including a nicotine test so if you smoke quit now!
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At my pre op app we discussed the process. He asked if I had any questions, and then he answered them the best he could. He told me I had to lose 15 lbs for my next appointment in 6 wks and then at that appointment if I had he would schedule the surgery if we got the insurance approval. I also seen the in house nutritionist that visit who gave me my guidelines for my diet for my 6 weeks
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I also quit using a vape pen. It is not for everyone. My surgeon said 2 months nicotine free. He does a urine test as well. He didn't specify how I should quit, just that I do.so far I am doing well. No nicotine for at least 2 weeks now.
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Chantix really helped me when I quit (it was about 8 years ago). It just helped make the cigarette taste like a cigarette. Within a few days, I'd quit for good. I'm not sure the vaping would have worked for me as a big part of it was letting go of my little habits around smoking. But, in the end, whatever works, right?!

That's amazing!!!! I think the vape will work for me since it worked in the past! Keep up the good work and congrats on 2 weeks!!!!!
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I also quit using a vape pen. It is not for everyone. My surgeon said 2 months nicotine free. He does a urine test as well. He didn't specify how I should quit, just that I do.so far I am doing well. No nicotine for at least 2 weeks now.
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What helped me in the beginning was my diffuser bottle. It is a bottle with a separate netted holder inside for things like tea bags, fruit, and herbs. I honestly don't prefer the taste of Water unless I am super thirsty, but this helped get me drinking big time! Also, as I notice many people mentioning Crystal Light, which tastes great, however, I did experience skin abnormalities from the artificial sweeteners contained within. Now, I use a Water enhancer; brand name is Stur. So far, it's pretty good and easy on the palate, which I like.
Good luck in getting your hydration up! I too struggle with you, but we can do this!!!

I got Mio. They have many flavors and they all taste great, except for the coffee one. I can't seem to drink Water either but I'm going through 50oz of Water in a half day by adding mio. You can also infuse your water with cucumber, lemon, mint, etc.
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I would highly recommend LifeWater! It tastes amazing, almost like juice, and there are many yummy flavors. My favorites are the fuji apple pear and the yumberry pomegranate.
I would also suggest trying Water at different temperatures. Have you tried it reeeeally cold, like keeping Water in the fridge and adding ice to that for some seriously cold water? Or maybe trying it warm/hot with lemon in it? How about drinking teas, or making miso or bone broth? These all count towards your water goal.
Then of course there is always a chance that your tastes will change drastically after surgery. Who knows, maybe after surgery you'll love water! Regardless, I hope some of the suggestions here help. Good luck to you.

I was shocked to learn...Bottled Water is no different than tap water..(obviously except certain brands)....
http://www.allaboutwater.org/tap-water.html
But yeah...Crystal light is awesome....def please don't sabotage your new surgery with drinking "bad" things (I'm assuming that if you don't drink water... You're probably something that you're not supposed to drink??) let us know if you can make the switch....
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I grew up in the country with well Water so have never been able to drink city tap Water and have been drinking bottled or filtered water for at least 20 years now. I could probably go all day drinking nothing but water (usually at room temp), but a little variety is good. Flavoured or carbonated water tastes disgusting to me now - I'd much rather have the clear, clean taste of pure water than anything else.
Bottled water isn't great for the environment, but it's better than grabbing a soda or juice or flavoured teas (with sugar). Try different brands - some are clearly better than others in terms of taste. At home I use a Brita filter and it suits me (and most people I know) just fine. If drinking plain water is tough, why not introduce it gradually, one cup, one day at a time? Over time you'll get used to it (I hope!).
If you insist on flavours, you might also consider herbal teas - peppermint tea is quite good cool or cold. Here in Japan there are lots of different (bottled) non-sugar teas, from green tea to barley tea to jasmine tea. Of course you could make your own too.