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I'm 10 months out and here's a typical day for me: Bfast: Premier protein shake 9am: Greek yogurt with couple of grapes Lunch: half an Atkins meal PM Snack: cup of coffee Dinner: 2-3 oz mahi and asparagus If I'm low on protein I'll supplement with a little genepro. I always get in at least 125 oz (about a gallon) of water each day. I'm still not hungry most of the time so I have to make myself hit the daily goals. I'm currently down 95.5 lb and am losing 5-7 lb/ month. I have 30 lb to goal weight. Stats: Height 5'11" female SW 295.5 11/14/16 CW 200.0 (almost there!!) GW 170

5'11" female HW 303 SW 295.5 on 11/14/16 CW 200.6 (so close to ONE-derland!!!!) GW 170... I'm only losing about 5 lb/month so I doubt I'll hit that by surgery anniversary. I'm ok with that though bc I'm sticking to the plan with protein, water, low carbs...i know I'll get there!!

My follow up is today*

Me too! I've been going to bed by 8pm and sleeping until 5:30!! Sunday, I took a 3 hour nap and STILL went to bed at 7:30 without trouble. My surgery was also 11/14 and I have a follow up with my surgeon to review labs. I'll definitely be discussing with him.

I was sleeved the morning of 11/14 & went home that afternoon. I was worried, too, BUT! No complications and recovery had been a breeze. My surgeon tests for leaks 3 times during surgery so there was no need for a radiology exam.

I was sleeved 11/14 & I'm down about 33lb. I have about 100 to go as well and I look like I'm melting!! Lol

Btw, my doc is the Medical Director of bariatric surgery at my hospital in atlanta. He came highly recommended and has been fabulous.

I had VSG on 11/14 @ 7:30 am. I dealt with quite a bit of gas discomfort and nausea in recovery. I received meds to treat that. (Keep in mind, I had to comprehension of time for several hours, lol) Also, when I got up to walk the first time, I was HORRENDOUSLY nauseated. Again, got more meds and that knocked it out. By 1pm I was up in bed eating ice chips and sipping Water. By 1:30 I was walking around the nursing unit. By 3:30 I was discharged and at 4, I was picking my kids up from daycare (with my husband). After the initial nausea/gas pain was resolved, I had a text book perfect recovery. I'm glad I could sleep in my own bed that night! =)

I was sleeved by Dr Johnson 2 weeks ago tomorrow. He's fantastic. I was discharged the same day. Zero complications and I'm down 18 lbs already!

I had my surgery at Northside on 11/14

Dee Dee, I'm using Atlanta Bariatrics, Dr Johnson - what about you?

November 14th here!! I'm in Atlanta. Going to look for the FB group now! [emoji1]

Waiting is such a bummer! I'm sorry that you've been going through this process for a year now. Good luck with your journey!! Sent from my SM-G930V using the BariatricPal App

I just found out I'll be sleeved on the 14th, too!! 52 days Sent from my SM-G930V using the BariatricPal App

I've been doing the standard insurance required hoop jumping since June... I have Humana National POS, which required 1 nutrition visit with an RD, and 3 additional weight loss visits. My plan stated the 3 WL visits could be done with an MD, NP, PA, CNM/OB, or RD. My surgeon's office employees an RD, so for convenience I stayed there. Luckily, I could do the nutrition visit and first WL visit on the same day. The ironic thing about these WL visits was that I couldn't lose weight bc the RD was afraid I would not be approved. My starting BMI was 41. I also had to have 9 labs (cbc, hgb a1c, H pylori, tsh, cmp, Vitamin D, iron/tibc, and lipids), an EKG, upper GI and psych eval. I finished my last RD visit on 9/16, was submitted to insurance on 9/20. They told me it would take ~ 2-4 weeks to receive approval, but I received word I was approved in less than 20 hours on the 21st!!! Couldn't believe it. The coordinator said my chart would then go to the finance manager and I'd hear from the surgery scheduler by the beginning of next week. Imagine my surprise when she called me less than 24 hours later! I just knew that I'd get a date someone in October since everything was going so quickly... I was pretty disappointed when she told me the earliest date I could have surgery was 11/14. Apparently, my surgeon usually does surgery at Emory most days, and only comes to my hospital once a month...October is already booked. Nonetheless, it's okay!! I'll just have a bit longer to lose as much as I can before surgery =) I've been quite the lurker and this is my first post. I'm usually pretty quiet =) Height 5'11" HW 301 CW 288 GW 165 Sent from my SM-G930V using the BariatricPal App