sacsa97

July sleevers! How many days are you all requesting!? I'm am only able to take 8 days, I hope that's good enough for healing!!

Wow! You're sooo close! And yes! I feel the same way! I have scrubbed and re scrubbed the bathroom, in driving my roommates crazy with my incessant cleaning lol

Hi everyone, I am 7 days away from surgery! I am getting to the point of impatience. I had a big breakdown on Monday and finally feel a little better! How is everyone coping with the waiting game? It's driving me crazy!

I can let you know tomorrow? my surgery is in the morning, just at flew in a few hours ago. I'm with Dr.Ariel Ortiz with the OCC, for anybody that's curious, Tijuana is a ****-hole, but the Marriott they put you up in is gorgeous! They'll feed you broth, whether you want it brought to your room or served to you in the restaurant so your companion can also eat. There's a wal-mart super close by. The hotel will bring me popsicles and Jello anytime, and the bathrooms are nice and big!! Unfortunately the woman I came with who brought her son went to a different hotel because the Marriott is full right now, so I don't have a surgery buddy unless I see her tomorrow.

This thread is a great idea! How would you guys feel about a private July surgery Facebook group? It might make keeping track of things easier

Hi everyone, just here counting the days till July 12th, I had my pre op class last week, and I just go out of my pre op appt with my surgeon. I told him I'm open this weekend, but I guess I'll have to wait till the 12th! Lol the office actually gave me a spirometer to practice breathing and limit my chances of pneumonia, along with some wipes. He told me I need to be on an all liquid diet 24hrs before the surgery and no liquids after midnight. He also ordered a pregnancy test, 5 days before the surgery. Good luck to everyone!!

Thank you! I feel lonely on the 20th. I can't be the only one having surgery that day!? lol

I think support from the other people going through this is important, and I want everyone to be able to connect with the people who might be going through this at the same time if you want. So this isn't meant to be more than informative in case you want to message or follow people having surgery in July. If I've made any mistakes I apologize, just message me and I can edit the list [emoji4] There are certainly noticeably busy days! If you'd like to be added msg me, again sorry if I got an incorrect date, I just wanted to try and help because there are a lot of threads about July, and it's fast approaching. Good luck and speedy recovery everyone

JULY SLEEVERS
JULY 1-
JULY 2- [mention=321455]dfawaz[/mention]
JULY 3- [mention=318800]Here_I_Go_Again[/mention] [mention=320016]zoefightsthefatvsg[/mention] [mention=320049]Spoiledbitty[/mention] [mention=320006]Ellemarie0708[/mention] [mention=302778]imightknow[/mention] [mention=314185]HealthierMe193[/mention] [mention=321265]laeashanicole[/mention]
JULY 4- [mention=319772]me_upgraded[/mention] [mention=319605]samantha814[/mention]
JULY 5- [mention=321330]A.Better.Me[/mention] [mention=319635]erint93[/mention] [mention=320168]Jules Rodriguez[/mention] [mention=321132]yvonne.cdn@gmail.com[/mention] [mention=320614]elle2[/mention]
JULY 6- [mention=321024]BiteAtATime[/mention] [mention=320291]DedicatedLady[/mention] [mention=320605]Texusa[/mention] [mention=320888]Weightolose[/mention] [mention=318412]CarmellaX[/mention] [mention=311304]sabrina14339[/mention]
JULY 7- [mention=319456]TiggerB1014[/mention] [mention=298238]faithlove[/mention] [mention=311164]donnad0118[/mention] (7th or 10th) [mention=320248]Wanda Lee[/mention] +her husband [mention=317685]Adenosine[/mention] [mention=321223]eccJuly[/mention] [mention=320542]zeromoon[/mention] +her husband
JULY 8-9 (none yet)
JULY 10- [mention=321263]shanneman[/mention] [mention=320171]ktmeows[/mention] [mention=320196]sparkles_[/mention] [mention=320022]Mike_G[/mention] [mention=311164]donnad0118[/mention] [mention=313921]gjb2017[/mention] [mention=319629]mem1[/mention] [mention=321410]justbrez[/mention]
JULY 11- [mention=310200]dstgirl11[/mention] [mention=320815]joe_bloggs[/mention] [mention=311798]tlcnawlins[/mention] [mention=320269]ClassyFab_andSleeved[/mention] [mention=318188]shellyv0120[/mention]
JULY 12- [mention=312200]sacsa97[/mention] [mention=316233]mama3beartn[/mention] [mention=320603]Shereseed[/mention] [mention=320693]Mrs.2252[/mention]
JULY 13- [mention=319803]slimmingsteff[/mention] [mention=320972]Jessiegetsfine[/mention]
JULY 14- [mention=318616]Sara Bronson[/mention]
JULY 15-16 (none yet)
JULY 17- [mention=321348]Dee's Journey[/mention] [mention=318631]Carol Blackburn[/mention] [mention=320267]NYCGAL000[/mention] [mention=293212]JoanKB[/mention]
JULY18- [mention=320674]Old2NewMe[/mention] [mention=316396]jescro13[/mention] [mention=318971]BellaRose266[/mention] [mention=319394]TXgirl915[/mention] [mention=320145]Tania66[/mention] [mention=315172]ldurham1988[/mention] [mention=317194]Newsgirl361[/mention] [mention=311616]Lillie Lou[/mention]
JULY 19- [mention=319853]Chelsi69[/mention] [mention=316509]lindstroy[/mention] [mention=320837]Teeejh[/mention] [mention=320548]NowTimeBrandon[/mention]
JULY 20- [mention=292725]Ivy383[/mention]
JULY 21- [mention=312162]NewMe81[/mention] [mention=320085]Stephame24[/mention]
JULY 22/23 (none yet)
JULY 24- [mention=320657]StuartM[/mention] [mention=305644]jnj701[/mention] [mention=320661]knitty[/mention] [mention=321279]Zela[/mention]
JULY 25- [mention=313630]momof2littleones[/mention]
JULY 26- [mention=267019]lindabalseca[/mention] [mention=266135]Banded2003NYC[/mention] [mention=318748]sunshinegal22[/mention] [mention=320479]dreamingsmall[/mention] [mention=316195]Dimples58[/mention]
JULY 27-JULY30 (none yet)
JULY 31- [mention=319469]qy22[/mention] [mention=320014]KateBruin[/mention] [mention=320315]jasmystic24[/mention] [mention=318788]smiles01[/mention] [mention=317307]Angie M[/mention]

Has anyone heard of or tried the Myer cocktail? My daughter and I were told about it when she had the sleeve done so she could get her Vitamins through IV

I have no idea what that is. Can you explain a bit.

I was scheduled for July 3rd and got bumped up to June 5rh! So I'm 4 days PostOp. I'm so relieved it's over! I'm sore but doing really well. I'm excited for the future!
I'm still overwhelmed, but getting the hang of it.

Also I live in NorCal, if anyone you are close maybe we can do a meetup!?

Let's keep this thread going! We are getting closer to our surgery dates! How is everyone doing? Have you started buying your items!?
I already bought the Vitamins, got some liquid ones for the first few days!

Hi, has anyone tried IV treatments pre and post surgery? What was your experience?

I've been thinking about this issue as well. I'm have surgery 7/3 and my annual girls beach trip is on 8/10. I haven't told them about the surgery yet. Debated telling last Wednesday at our monthly dinner but chose to wait. Guess the cat will be out of the bag pretty quick. Me and my GF who is an expectant mom will be their DD. [emoji4]

How is the pre op going for all of you?

July 12th

I am scheduled for July 12, at Kaiser SSF! Hoping that my request to be on the cancellation list happens and I will have it sooner!
Good luck to everyone else!

Hi everyone, in with Kaiser ssf and finally got my date for surgery!!! It will be in mid July but does anyone know if Kaiser SSF patient have any luck with Having their surgery sooner due to cancellations!?! I really hope to have in mid June or late June!

Pls send prayers and good thoughts that this does happen for me!

Hi everyone I completed my 12 week Kaiser insurance Options class on May 9th I finally have my surgeon appointment today at 4:30 I am so excited I can't believe it is finally here I am hoping he does not put me on a long liquid diet I have lost 55.8 pounds since I started this process on Feb 7th 2017 SW 291 CW 235.2 I probably need to lose about another 80 pounds so I am hoping he will only put me on a 3 day liquid diet. I will post another post after I get done and hopefully have a surgery date.

Hi everyone, so I've been planning a nice Caribbean vacation with a couple of friends for this summer, but I'm nervous since I might be sleeved by that time.

I'm hoping to get my surgery in late May, early June and traveling for a week abroad in late July. Is that too soon to go abroad?

If you traveled soon after your surgery, what was your experience like?

Or how long did you wait to go abroad?

I weighted myself again today and I went from 280lbs (yesterday) to 278 today. I changed the batteries of my scale, so hopefully I won't freak out again. I spoke with my doctor today and he basically told me to "just keep swimming"

Has there been any changes, stress, lack of sleep, etc? These things can hinder weight loss. Not staying properly hydrated? Even not eating enough? Is there too much sodium in your diet? that'll cause Water retention.
About to start that time????? Also, doesn't help.

Hi everyone, so my doctor recommended a 10% loss before surgery in February, I fortunately had loss 10 lbs since December, but I've been stuck for the past 2.5 weeks with no weight loss, last time I weighted myself I was 277.8 but for the past few days I've been in the 280s. I have been exercising, following the diet and logging my food into an apt which tells me I'm having about an average of 1500 calorie deficit, but still no budge.

I first though it was just Water weight, but it's been a couple of days and I'm starting to feel very disheartened and emotional.

Any help, tips will be appreciated it!

If you lose the weight relatively quickly, this summer is very possible. The waiting is also dependent on if they hire a new psychologist soon or not. They have been shorthanded for a while so I would hope that they are getting close to finding someone new. Other kaisers were helping out by doing some of the psych evals for fremont but last I heard, they pulled back and said they couldn't help anymore.

I didn't start losing weight until a week AFTER I met with my surgeon(I met him the day before Christmas eve so enjoyed my holidays before getting serious). I lost 40lbs in my first 7 weeks. Once 1/1/17 hit, I went straight down to 1200cals. I have not had a soda, carbonated beverage, caffine, alcohol, fast food etc since. I added in a lot of the staples that they say are helpful post surgery, Greek yogurt, string cheese, eggs, etc and made sure i got my Protein in from a lot of different sources. You could probably cut carbs and lose quicker but I didn't. I went high protein, low carb. I tracked my protein intake but not my carb intake, just kinda avoided excess carbs. I still have a piece of toast every morning but I don't usually have a carb with dinner.< br>
2 thing to remember. 1, the most important part pre op is to build the right habits. A lot of people who do extreme dieting to lose weight preop quickly, really struggle with post op. You are dropping to 1200 cals, you will lose weight quickly regardless if you cut out all the carbs or not. 2, you have to maintain and continue to lose weight throughout the whole process. Especially because they are backed up, you can't gain weight after you hit goal. If they don't see you under your goal weight and continuing your weight loss progress, they won't approve the surgery. So however you decide to lose weight, it has to be sustainable.