Lori Orr

I just sent a request!!!

I'd be willing to join a support group as well. Like many others, I'm not telling anyone besides my mom and daughter. Nobody else knows and I'd like to keep it that way!

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I want to be prepared...so those of you in the throes of it:

What are you taking to work everyday?

What kind of broth? Bullion?

How much milk is considered too much I'm a day?

I wish your wife the best. It's sad we have to find ways to beat the system, often to our own detriment. She's gonna get there. Tell her to keep her chin up.

I feel the same. I was accepted for surgery, but so low a BMI, I'm terrified to lose any weight. I keep eating!

I hope insurance accepts you. If they don't, you can have surgery in Mexico for $4500.

Hi to you. I'm a 30 BMI and scheduled next month for my sleeve.

I've gotten a lot of information and I've heard we lose at a slower rate.

Woohoo!!! Congratulations! Mine was scheduled yesterday for Nov. 18. We will be surgery buddies!!!

I had my gallbladder out July2015, and I wondered if this will feel similar.

Something I read repeatedly is how the muscle is sore and incisions hurt. Do our internal organs not have pain receptors??? I mean, they're taking a huge hunk out of our stomachs and stapling the wound!

I just got my date yesterday: November 18!!!!

So far looking like Dr. Illan. I haven't made a final decision yet. His office has offered me my surgery date and I'll know by this time tomorrow what I'm going to do.

How was Dr. Alvarez? How are you feeling a week out? Still on Clear liquids?

I agree with your statement wholeheartedly. What an experience you had, and I'm glad it was all okay at the end of the day both with your surgery and with your family.

You too. I'm about to schedule my surgery right now. Crossing fingers they have my day!

Congratulations on your surgery, and welcome to the group.

I'm also new here and just learning, so I don't have an answer. Just wanted to say Hello!

I picked doctor Valenzuela because she was a female and she had more experience than the others on the list but I saw her for a total of 3 to 5 minutes before the surgery. I never saw or heard of her again because my surgery was a weekend and she doesn't work on the weekends normally. I would have appreciated someone telling me that before I made the decision of picking her. The person who replaced her was great too but keep that in mind before you make your decision.

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Thank you so much for this word of warning. I already got that feeling from the staff there, and wasn't feeling like I was going to choose her. I am happy I got some confirmation.

Since my last post, I was contacted by a coordinator from Dr. Illan. I was extremely impressed with their attention to detail and how friendly and informative he was. I will be in contact with him again soon. I will let you know if I end up choosing this doctor. I am finally getting excited!

Today is my last day on Clear liquids I had not felt hungry at all since surgery bt since last night I been getting a pain not sure if its hunger pain or its gas is that weird???? Feel a lil crazy right now and frustrated can't really tell what my body is feeling

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I also wanted to know if you figured out what the feeling was you were having? Are you feeling better today?

I want to get a big bucket of vanilla powder: Do we suggest Premier Protein 100% whey with 30 grams Protein per serving? Or is it better to get the Pure Protein with 23 grams of protein per serving?

Wow, this is really full speed ahead now! I am really excited for you. Thanks for all the information.

I need to find a thread focusing on post-op meds and Protein shake suggestions!

The coordinator said we were going to discuss payment and meds next time we speak. Are we given a script for PPI? Or is this something we buy over the counter at the drug store?

@@Lori Orr Try and talk to your daughter about how important this is to you - and that you want her support. I am afraid that if you go ahead and do this behind her back you will permanently damage your relationship. Please reconsider doing this without her support.

I agree with you. In the end, I wont do it without telling her. I really need a specific date next month to do this, so I don't have time to sit and wait it out. She says she supports me, but is so afraid. It's my fault for not bringing it up months ago when I really decided this could be for me. I just didn't want to deal with all this. So, my daughter and my mom are simply being blasted by all this without notice.

I'll keep you posted. She's at her dads this week, and I have her back Monday. I'll talk to her then...

@@mari12282 It may be stomach acid or actual hunger. Make sure you are taking a PPI and drink plenty of fluids.

What is a PPI? I forget...

Good luck to you, too.

I think at this point, I'm going to choose Dr. Illan. I'm very impressed so far with the information I have come up with.

This hits home because just last Saturday, my daughter cried and begged me not to make a decision now. She thinks we can try again with mainstream weight loss endeavors...while I see her point, I know what I've been through over the years. She is so afraid I'm going to die, either on the table or from a post-op complication, she refuses to listen anymore.

This makes me sad because I told her I'd try again for her. But in reality, now I'm pushing ahead with plans of the surgery behind her back. She doesn't realize that in a year, she will be moving out. I'm alone and I want to move forward with my life. I've already made huge changes and my weight is the last thing holding me back. I'm 42 years old. I WANT TO LIVE!

I realize dieting with her will help. But I know where my weight plateau will be--it will be still considerably overweight, but will put me low enough that I will not be accepted for this surgery. I didn't come to this decision lightly and have been researching for two years! Now that I've made the decision to do it, I don't think a lack of support will hold me back. I'll just have to work harder to prove that the decision I made was the right one for me and that it will have a happy ending.

When I had surgery in 2003 I didn't tell a soul since I knew that everyone (friend's and family!) would try to talk me out of my decision to move forward. I felt guilty about hiding this big secret from them. It was the BEST decision I ever made! Years later most of my family and friend's are pro-WLS since they've seen how it positively changed my life.

Did they make you take a support person? I've asked two different people if it was required and they both ignore the question!

If I'm able to go by myself, I feel strongly that at 4 days post op I can walk from the car, check in at San Diego airport, fly to Sacramento, and walk to the car of the person who's picking me up. I'm a tough lady! I've been through 3 C-sections, a Tummy Tuck and gallbladder removal. However, this is one thing I've never done, so any input would be greatly appreciated!

Woohoo!!! This is great news! Congratulations to you, and enjoy the blasé next week. You can relax and smooth sail to your surgery date.

I thought it was strange at first that he was calling from St. Catherine's in Canada! Were you able to get him to email you? He insists on speaking to me over the phone, and being at home or work, I have people around nearly 100% of the time and would like our conversations to be more under the table, so to speak!