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Why don't you call your doc on Monday...ask them what they think.... Good Luck...I do hope someone else has some words of wisdom for you! Hang in there!

:eek:Oh, I am sooooo sorry...is it a cold? Good luck...call the doc ASAP!:confused2:

Hang in there and DO NOT give up! Praying for you!

Angelic 1 what is the name of the shakes you are on? I can not believe my ticker will say 1 month tomarrow!!! And some of you are this week!! I have had my date for like forever........and now it is almost here!!! ALSO that means school is out for me!!!! WOHOOO!!! This has been such a hard year for me and I am so ready for some "home" time.... My doc doesn't really require a pre op diet either but starting tomarrow I am doing 2 shakes a day and one "Lean and Green" meal. I have been sorta on the same plan since Dec. but only had 1 shake and 2 lean and green meals so now I will modify that....I think I have eaten all my favorites by now and am ready for no more "last suppers". The only hard part will be ALL the end of school events...like I have at least 1 function a week for the next 4 weeks...so I just need to plan NOT TO EAT the junk!!! Good Luck all you May Flowers!!!

Mavy do you know how lucky you are that your HMO covers it....I know mine is covered too but I had to jump through hoops to prove it and just my BMI about covered it.... NOw, just because you are covered under insurance is NOT the reason to have the surgery BUT....believe me, HMO's are really not in the "business" of spending money easily...it is a business! So, my friend, Why on earth would they propose you diet to before the surgery...with the hopes one will do so well they call it off? They have decided that the surgery saves them money in the long run because it reduces all the other health issues Morbid Obesity causes! Mavy, only you can decide if you are committed enough...and maybe you are not ready or maybe you have cold feet....or maybe you are so used to failing at weightloss you truely do not believe that you will succeed! Most docs follow the standard that you loose 10% of your excess body weight...from what I understand, it IS to see if you are capable of following a restricted diet and to make surgery safer. Believe me, when they told me to loose more weight in February at my consult...I said, "OMG like I just lost 12lbs and it took forever (since Dec. 4th) plus I had lost 30lbs last year too! If it was easy for me to loose 15 pounds I would not be sitting in this chair!" Well, I have lost the weight...gotta keep it off...I go back May 20th...would like to see even more off by then (surgery is May 28th.) Luckily, I had some time to accomplish it, but it has not been easy...especially with "the last supper" mentality So, the purpose is to see, Are you willing to start a new lifestyle? How bad do you want it? There are so many people who want it bad and can't get the help paying for it OR they are just under the BMI #...(my friend is in that boat). So, do it only if you are willing to change in all aspects of your life...body, mind and food! if not...then maybe you aren't ready... Good Luck...let us know!

Welcome Miss Meliss! You are ahead of me....it is fast approaching!!

Good luck hopes2lose!!! I know how the waiting goes!!

Flowers are ready to BLOOM!!!:wub: :w00t:Bandfan1....I CAN NOT believe that you are entering Band Land on this coming THURSDAY!!!!! :tt2:OK...Having one little bit of FROSTING and then Cottage cheese is a MAJOR VICTORY in controll!!!GREAT JOB ANGELIC 1:biggrin2: Allison:wink: I know the wait is killing you but it should be any day now...some insurances are like in 3 days mine took about 21 but there seemed to be a delay!!:smile2: Well, we just saw the movie....forgetting sarah marshall..pretty fun and definitely "R"...The full monty!!!!:wink2: I am so excited for all the early May Bloomers...because you will help support us Late Bloomers!!:biggrin: TTFN:shades_smile:

OOPs...just used corn starch on it!!! will take a picture and then use other stuff. THANK YOU!

OK I just love your slogan shrinko de mayo!!! It is almost here! I agree, I was a pest and called or emailed constantly!!!! Good Luck everyone

:thumbup:Welcome...good luck on your seminar! Cute ticker by the way!:smile2:

:smile2: :rolleyes:Thanks....I'll have to look for that cream...or on the internet maybe....I swear, with as many people that battle this you'd think they'd have a sure cure! TTFN!:biggrin:

Thank you everyone!!! What an issue to have...I have had it over the years but lately it is just horrible...even with preventative sprays and creams...I use like athletes foot spray, powders...everything!!!! I just went and bought monistat cream and soothed it then topped it with a medicated corn starch powder...UGH!! I will definitely get it documented...in fact it was in my problems for getting the surgery!! My doc says as my sugars get better that it might help??? I hve been pretty good with my pre-op diet so who knows... I'll have to try the tube sock idea...gosh, I need them under my bra too! TMI LOL... Thanks again!!!

YEA Welcome to the Mayflowers...I am a UofA grad too! Good Luck!!!

So sorry, keep us posted while we pray for you!

OK...I just posted about this and then I found this thread...I have tried like all of the ideas for the past years...I do need to get the doc to document this because my ins. does not cover it for plastic from weight loss but maybe if I have this all documented...I haven't even been banded yet! I get it behind my knees once in a bad while, under breasts, under apron...UGH!!! I have used athlete's...ting...jock itch...zezorb...blowdryers...powders of all kinds...diaper rash stuff...I have spent a fricken fortune trying to control this... I have even taken the oral diflucan pill (rx) and it helps but...then it is back.... And if it gets weepy...OUCH!!!!!! So, I'll keep trying! Thanks for your honesty because it is the MOST embarrasing thing in the world!

Jachut!! You look great by the way!!! I hate VPL from thongs on my DD....some day maybe I'll try a pair...LOL

:cursing:OK...TMI. :tongue2:..but I keep having an issue with the rash where my skin is touching like under my apron area... and under my breasts...UGH!!! I have tried like everything....it goes away then comes back in no time...I even took a diflucan pill last week which helped...sprayed tinactin and used powders and like diaper rash stuff...it keeps coming back!! And it is tender.....any great ideas?:w00t: THANK YOU!!!

I hear great things about them...I am going to get some but it seems hot for summer in AZ....I think it helps with support of that extra gut if you know what I mean...the apron.....so until plastics as I loose maybe???

I bought the book the coconut oil diet...but I never read it...I know they sell it at the Health food store so I should try reading up on it.

Well I had to go 2 times to the study because I only slept like 3 hours..:wink2:. the first night and then they didn't have time to cpap me.... The second time I went I started with the cpap...getting used to that was ok. :smile2: The funny thing was the fist night all the probes and things bugged me more then with the mask those were the least of my worries!:tongue2: Anyhoo..I NEVER got into REM either night!:confused2: Funny thing is, I told them I only slept in short bursts... On my side I only had like 3 events but on my back I had like 10 so they said I had mild apnea...now I have a full mask for apnea.:sleep: I just went for my month follow up and was totally honest with the doc.:tt2:..I have yet to sleep all night with the mask on...I fall asleep fine with it on, I just can't stay asleep... She said, my setting maight be too low (8) and then in REM I have an event and that wakes me up??? I don't know...so she put me on Ambian to see if I can sleep all night. I slept great last night but when I woke up I did not have my mask on..:wink2:.I don't remember taking it off....oops...I'll keep trying! :ohmy:It scares me to think I have APNEA but then again...better treated than not and I know what you mean about it helping to qualify with insurance...I'm sure it helped me... When I go to get banded I have to bring my mask and tubing...my doc makes you have it in recovery... The scary thing is I am sure I had it last year and I was put to sleep 2 different times (Dec '06 and June '07). They say that it isbad to have apnea when coming out of anastesia because you are lying on your back and may not think to breathe! :w00t: :crying:SO I AM GLAD I HAVE MY MASK...HOPEFULLY I'LL LEARN TO KEEP IT ON!!:thumbup:

Good advice Angelic 1... Welcome jbflorida...there are several other lucky 13's! May is almost here! anyone practicing their breathing exercises? I need to!

Wow May Flowers...so much has been going on on here.... I know the feeling of the Reunion thing..see, even though I thought I was fat in High School...compared to all the twiggy girls...I was in the pom line all 4 years so I kept in shape. I remember I got voted "roundest butt" by the guys one year and I thought...great...I'm fat! Now I realize it was actually a compliment..LOL.. Anyway, I only went to a bit of my 10 year reunion...yes my weight was an issue but at that point I had just had a baby and I weighed like 180??? I'm 5'6 so that was not too bad but I of course thought I was HUGE!!! Then to add insult to injury...a tiny old Nun came up to me and said, "Oh dear! You did always fight with your weight!" Thanks! Then last year was my 30th Elementary Reunion....and all 330 lbs of me went! I was a bit...sad about my weight but I felt good about who and what I had become in life and figured...Hey, it is me and that is life...I was at least Brave enough to show up!! I had a great time by the way!! So, now when my 30th High School comes along in 2010!!! I plan on marching in as loud and fun as I used to be!! Hey, I still have a pom outfit...think it will fit??? So, Hurry up May 28th! BTW...had all my preop appointments today,,,,EKG, abdominal ultrasound, chest x-ray, blood and pee! I hope it is all OK...I don't go back until May 20th! Also saw the Sleep Doc...She gave me Ambien for sleeping with my very bothersome cPAP machine... So...TTFN Shelley

There is another thread called Thinking of cancelling down in general discussions..check it out! Keep in touch!

:redface: Wohhooo!!!:rant: I just found this thread and was anxious to see what happened!!! Yea for you Ceinman!! Now I am awaiting my surgery!!!!:hurt: If I get cold feet, I know you all will be there for me...Oh and it may be Elective but...not really...we are just taking charge of our health and bodies and not being the victims of Obesity anymore:wink2: