JessicasWLSJourney

Well guys, I did it! I am officially bypassed as of March 27th! And I am so freaking excited and happy. I can already feel restriction with "eating" and I love it! I can't wait for this journey to take off!

My surgeon said the average he usually does is about 1/3 or about 100cm. For me he wanted to do about 1/2 or 150cm to give my weight loss a little more momentum. He discussed this with me at my pre-op appointment and i agreed. My surgery was on the 27th of March and he ended up bypassing about 160cm!

What does your bowel prep involve?? My dr has not mentioned that!

Anyone else doing bowel prep with me today? Ughhhh lol

Surgery tomorrow morning! I'm the first of the day, check in time 6am, surgery at 8am! I cannot believe it's here!

Yesterday (Monday) was day one of my pre-op diet. I'm allowed 2 Protein Shakes, a smart meal, and a smart snack per day. I had all but the snack as I didn't need it. However it's almost 5am and I still haven't been able to fall asleep. Is it normal to experience insomnia and restlessness during the pre-op diet?

Hi y'all! Just wondering, I have some fears/nervousness about my upcoming procedure.

My first fear is that I wasn't truly approved and someone at my surgeon's office made a mistake. The only reason I feel this way is because on my silly insurance website, my procedure is still not listed under authorizations. However when the office manager for my surgeon called last Thursday she said she heard back from them and I was approved.

The other fear I am dealing with is my surgeon going in to to the procedure and for some reason will have to close me up without completing surgery and tell me there's no way I can have bariatric surgery. (I have had 3 C-sections, a hysterectomy, and my gallbladder removed so I guess my fear stems from maybe having too much scar tissue from those procedures?)

I do suffer from general anxiety disorder and social anxiety disorder. I guess I just wanted and needed to get all of this off of my chest and maybe ask if any of you have any suggestions to calm my irrational fears and nervousness?

Thanks so much for listening if you made it this far. [emoji8]

THATS GREAT NEWS!!!! I don’t like this liver shrink diet. Maybe I’m overthinking it. My surgery is March 16

I totally forgot to let y'all know! I got a call from my surgeons office manager on Thursday saying my insurance had approved my procedure!!! And not only that but they had a cancellation and would I like to switch my date to an earlier one..uh yes, yes I would! So my surgery has been moved from April 24th to March 27th!! Pre-Op diet starts in 2 days on Monday!!!

Why are you on the pre op diet if you don't have a surgery date yet?

You guys! My surgeons office is submitting to my insurance either today or tomorrow. Fingers crossed and prayers for approval!!!!!

I'm sure somebody else will rain in soon.!! You can always talk to us Marchers, we [emoji307] you baby.

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Still holding out for early-mid March, if I can't ,I'll hold out for a hero,like Bonnie Tyler. My ,she can sing.

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Well you've got me all alone out here at the end of April lol

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Thank you very much! I am having surgery on April 24th

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April 24th (pending insurance approval) for my bypass!!! So excited!

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I have insta...send me a request! JessicasWLSJourney

Just wondering if any one wanted to follow each other ... I need more friends on the same weight loss journey as myself to keep me on track with encouragement . Share ideas such as food excercise. More importantly make new friends

Are you not physically able to get Protein and Water in? I know how important that is to our success. If you're truly following the program and not eating cheater/slider foods/taking in a ridiculous amount of unhealthy food, I'd recommend doing Protein Shakes and liquids only again for a few days. If there is still no loss then call your surgeon and nutritionist as there is a marginal chance something else could be going on.

I understand it isn't the norm. But something is not right here and I don't know what. I know for a fact that I don't meet my protein and water goals or exercise. Until I can fix all that, I really cannot honestly say I've tried everything.

I agree. Definitely get your Protein and Water in. It's not physically possible for you to have not lost any weight in that amount of time if you're following the plan. Is it possible you aren't being honest with yourself? Are you documenting every single thing that goes in your mouth?

I honestly just dont believe it. Something somewhere the facts have to be wrong. There is absolutely no fricken way possible that a 240 pound individual has not lost a single pound eating 500-600 calories a day in 6 weeks. Like you could have the worst hypothryoid in town and I still wouldnt believe it.
Either youre having massive inconsistencies with the way you weigh yourself, youre wildly miscalculating calories, or something else is at play. I think you need to look at everything thats happening step by step and see whats going wrong.
Are you weighing yourself at the same time under the same conditions in roughly the same clothes everyday ? Are you underestimating your calories (this is very common)? Are you severely constipated ?
Yes everybody goes through stalls, but not losing any weight for 6 weeks at 500/600 calories a day at the START of your journey isnt a stall. Its a huge red flag

Hey everyone! I'm new to the site! This is my second time being in the bariatric program. I basically chickened out back in the beginning of 2016 with only one month to go.

Everything is different now and I cannot wait to make the change! I am 2 appointments down out of 6 with my surgeon. I have quit smoking (one of the main factors I didn't follow through last time), and I no longer drink any carbonated beverages. I've seen a cardiologist and gotten the all clear from the ekg, echo is scheduled for this week. I have done my psych eval (one of the things I kept blowing off last time), and am just waiting for the report to make it to my surgeon. I go and see the nutritionist on Friday so then that will be completed. I also have completed the chest x-ray and upper endoscopy. I just need to schedule with the pulmonologist I believe mainly for a sleep study but they haven't called me to set that up yet.

I'm hopeful for surgery by May 2018!

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