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Congratulations, it is such an exciting time. My surgeon's office has a dedicated person who works with the insurance companies. she was the first to call to let me know I was approved. The hospital bariatric coordinator also called, and then I got a letter from the insurance company. So, don't worry, you'll definitely hear about it! Once everything was final, I had a last appt with the surgeon to make a date and go over everything one last time, and then I had to go to my primary for a final clearance. I work for a big company too. I wanted to avoid questions and concerns from co-workers, so I took vacation days. I have a great team of people and they would have been worried if I was out sick for a week and would have asked a lot of questions out of concern. I can't lie to save my life and would have wound up telling everyone about the surgery and I wanted to keep it private. If you are taking sick days, you may be asked to supply proof of disability. FMLA doesn't require a diagnosis, so there is no need to mention any details unless you want to.

Congrats on your successful journey.

Congrats! thanks for posting - it is very inspirational

i had 2 shots in the hospital on the underside of my upper arm. 3 weeks out and the bruise is still pretty dark. no pain though.

I was sleeved on Oct 5 and by the end of the first week, I was totally dehydrated and my doc had to give me IV fluids. It turned out that I was drinking my liquids too cold. Every time I took a sip, I was contracting my stomach, making it impossible to drink enough. As soon as I switched to room temp liquids, I was able to meet my liquid goal. Now, I keep liquids next to me at all times and sip constantly throughout the day. Water tastes funny right now (I assume because of ketosis), so I have been drinking a lot of hot tea that I let cool off first. I tried a lot of different Protein waters, like the clear Isopure, but found them way too sweet for my taste, but maybe you could try something like that - protein and water at the same time. Someone in my support group raved about Trimino. I haven't tried it myself though.

Congratulations! I just joined and yours is the first post I saw. So, not only do you have a lot to be proud of but now you can also say you have inspired a recent post-op as well!