Tarjou

Thanks a lot and good luck with everything. Please let me know if you're interested in a phone buddy system. A lot easier than texting for me anyway and we can cover all kinds of things.

I have exactly 2 months to be prepared for my May 8 RNY so I'm hoping to find a few folks with surgery dates that are close to mine to support each other.

Also, please tell me what kind on Iron you're talking. Thanks

I am in the process of getting insurance approval...cant wait!!!
1st question tho... I had a baby in decemeber. Have u ever heard of insurance companies making you wait a certain amount of time? Even if you were a BMI of 40+ before and again now...
Does anyone else feel completely nervous waiting for insurance approval???


I know it's non of my business but since you're asking about stuff I thought it would only be fair to your precious little baby if you waited a couple of years to breast feed plus it is very hard on yourself to do these back to back. I'm by your side and wishing you all the happiness in the world [emoji5]

Generally your surgery center will provide guidelines on what they want you taking after surgery.
I'm on: Celebrate Multi (2x daily) chewable, Celebrate Iron+C chewable (because my multi doesn't have iron), and daily sublingual B12.< br> At 5 weeks I add in a daily Calcium chew. I have a bunch of samples from my dietician to try that I'm going to use before picking one.
Additionally: a stool softener. They suggested Milk of Magnesia and/or Miralax as needed. I needed it at first, right now I don't. I'm going to add a probiotic here this week though, as I've been having diarrhea issues (TMI, I know). It's helped in the past with that sort of thing. I prefer the kind you stir into a bit of Water or yogurt rather than capsules, so I have to go buy in person as they are refrigerated and not generally available to buy online.

Our first blood panel is at 6 months to check for deficiencies, at which point I'll know if I need to supplement with Vit D or something else.


Thank you so much for sharing. My SD is on May 8 and my nutritionist sucks BIG time so this was very helpful

Hi Marie. That would be great. Thanks

Hi Tarjou!
i originally wanted Sleeve but after going to all classes my baractric Dr. strongly recommended RNY because it has a much higher success rate. I agreed but wanted it done Robotic. mayo only had 1 surgeon specializing in baractric surgery that did Robotic so I had to wait. Surgery was ok, no pain except for gas. I only used pain meds for 1 day. Was walking the halls evening after surgery.
Your so right to seek out a support team. Where do you live? Have you asked your Dr about a support group? I met some great people at the nutrition classes, we exchanged email addresses. Plus my friends are close by & of course my very supportive husband.
You can do it!

Going in tomorrow at 6:30 am!




I hope your surgery went well. Mine is on May 8

Hi I'm 53 yrs old and live with my little dog and I would love to have a few bariatric buddies. We can meet sometimes if you're local or just talk on the phone no matter where you live. I believe it would be a win win situation. I was scheduled for March 27 after I decided to have RNY but then I changed my mind after going to a mandatory seminar & decided to have VSG instead. Then my concerned doctor called hoping he could change my mind back to RNY but I really want the VSG & unfortunately, less than a week later my dated was pushed all the way back to May 8 plus an additional meeting with the dietitian!!!! I just couldn't believe it because my dad who's my only support system, just made his travel reservations to leave the country on May 8 (same as my delayed surgery) and paid for this non-refundable ticket a couple of weeks prior to this shocking unexpected bad news!!! I cried so much & feel I got the shaft for no good reason. Then the GI specialist who did my endoscopy told me last week that there was acid in my stomach & a tear in my esophagus that will also be operated as a Hiatal hernia procedure at the same time as my WLS!!! He gave me meds for 2 weeks and I'm scheduled for a second endoscopy a week after that!!! I was really surprised since I never had to take anything for acid reflux or heartburn all my life but unfortunately by having this new information, I felt like I had no choice but to change the procedure back to RNY again so I called and told the operation coordinator but I really wanted the VSG for many different good reasons

Unfortunately, I don't have any support system, just my dad who's gonna be gone for a while but I'm very nice and someone you can count on so please drop me a line or two, let's exchange our phone numbers & take it from there

Thanks