Songbyrd81

My surgery is almost here and I don't know what to do with myself lol. Last day at work today and I start my liquid diet tomorrow. Surgery is Monday at 2pm eeeeek. Pinch me! I'm so excited!!! Sent from my LG-D851 using the BariatricPal App

I was actually going to share my journey on YouTube. My surgery is scheduled for sept 19th. I've never done any videos so i figured I'd try to film and upload an intro one this week before the main event. Sent from my LG-D851 using the BariatricPal App

Yoga is a wonderful way to increase flexibility and it's super relaxing. I go to a smaller studio but it doesnt matter as long as you like the atmosphere and the teacher. Definitely speak to any teacher prior to class about your physical limitations. You don't necessarily have to tell them you had bariatric surgery, unless you want to, but do tell them that your a beginner and any problem areas. Example: when I first started I had really bad neck pain. The teacher showed me specific stretches and the pain disappeared. Also any good yoga teacher can show you modified poses that accomodate your particular level of flexibility. It's funny but I'm very flexible despute being over 200lbs. Meanwhile my 115lbs sister is as flexible as a board. She came to yoga with me and loved it eventhough she couldn't do all the moves as well as me. ???? Sent from my LG-D851 using the BariatricPal App

Hi everyone, I received my insurance approval this past Monday and am scheduled for surgery on September 19th. I am so ready to just get it done. I've been doing the one shake a day and low carb diet since March. Freaking insurance required 6 NUT visits....grrrr. I have a pretty low BMI so it was hard not losing too much while not gaining anything either. But finally I'm all done. I have my consult with my surgical team on August 30th so I'll find out more details about the surgery and what to expect on that date. I'm not going to have to do the liquid pre-op diet either. I have to maintain my once daily shake and low carb meals until two days before surgery. Then I switch to Clear liquids for one day. Next, one day before surgery, I'm supposed to take a mild laxative and have Water only until midnight. After midnight nothing...eep! I can't wait!!!

Got my approval letter yesterday! Surgery is all set for 9/19/16. So excited!!! ???????????? Thanks for the good vibes. It only took 7 days to hear back from my insurance. Not too bad. Sent from my LG-D851 using the BariatricPal App

Thank you...I just want everything set. No surprises. Keeping my fingers crossed Sent from my LG-D851 using the BariatricPal App

I had my final required nutritionist appointment on 8/3/16. All the referrals and lab work was also done (I was done with all that like the month before). My surgery is already scheduled for 9/19/16, which I take as a good sign. The doctor sees no reason why my insurance would deny me. They did say to give it up to 14 business days. It's been about 7. The waiting is killing me lol.

Hi everyone, New here but drinking in all the info I can. I have a low BMI (32). I was a chubby child and an overweight teen. My weight really ballooned in college where I hit my highest weight of 250lbs. I immediately lost 20lbs after graduating but hovered around 230-220 for the next 10 years. Then I was diagnosed with diabetes. Full blown not pre-anything...just boom get on crazy meds and oops btw you also have high cholesterol. I tried my best the first two years. Took my meds, kept my appointments with a crap ton of doctors every month, and half-heartedly tried not to eat sugar/carbs. Then I gave up and stopped trying for years. I finally felt so sick that I refocused on at least taking my meds. At this point, I found out I needed insulin. pills weren't enough anymore. A new doctor and a new understanding of how I was hurting myself got me on track. But I still could not lose weight. The insulin actually made me gain weight. At this point my doc suggested WLS. I said I'd check it out. Went to see a social worker to discuss the steps and during the session had an epiphany. My entire life I never really tried to lose weight. Never stuck with anything more than 2-3 weeks. Never consistently exercised. I decided to really try. My Boyfriend (now Husband) was wholly supportive. We started going to the gym together and I stuck to a low carb diet. After one year I reached my lowest adult weight ever. 179lbs! Then I took things too far and (because of skipping meals and no snacks) had a hypoglycemic seizure during a friends bday party. This scared me so much I completely backslid with the diet and exercising. I gained back 25lbs and am now at 205 lbs. My A1C1 went from 6.3 to 8.4 in a year. I was finally ready to listen to my doctor. The kicker was that even at 179 lbs I was still on the max doses of my diabetes meds as well as still on cholesterol meds. The only thing I'd gotten off of was the insulin. I needed to lose more and the battle to get down to 179lbs had exhausted me. In March 2016 I had my consult with the Bariatric Surgeon and my decision was set. I'm 35 years old and want to have kids. At my current weight (heck, even at my lowest weight) that would not be possible with all the meds I had to take. I chose the sleeve and hopefully will lose enough to get off all the meds so in two years I can try to have a baby. Regardless I want to be healthy. As the years passed, I just kept getting worse and worse. I'm now waiting on insurance approval. My insurance required 6 visits with a nutritionist which was 6 months of torturous waiting. Don't gain weight. But hey don't lose too much either or the insurance won't pay since your BMI is borderline. I am so ready to just get there already LOL. I've actually been very open about my surgery. My boss knows as do some of my co-workers. Any idiotic comments of "but you're not THAT big" or "you're so pretty already" are answered with "well how about you tell that to the diabetes that is slowly killing me?!?!" Yeah...that shuts most people up and anyone else knows better than to keep speaking after I give them the look (my friends and husband call it my F-off Force Field LOL). I'm looking forward to reading peoples experiences as well as sharing my own. I'm even contemplating chronicling my journey via youtube. No matter what, this is a very individual choice and it feels good to share with others who understand the struggle.