Josey27

I felt the same and freaked out too, day 1-3 it was painful having just one sip of liquid then for the next 2 weeks I could drink fine and didn’t feel full and thought surgery hadn’t worked... I felt the same on puréed stage too with not feeling full but just measured out food, once I was on proper food I became one of those people that couldn’t eat a whole egg. I’m 7 months post op and have never felt nauseous or thrown up at all.

Everyone’s different, the day of surgery I was 325lbs and I lost 33 pounds in the first 3 months so I think you’re doing great! I compared myself too much to everyone else and thought I was losing too slow but my surgeon said I was losing what I should 🤷🏼‍♀️

I didn’t know either but when I had my first appointment with my surgeon he gave me a breakdown of all the different things you have to pay for when you get your super money and then beside them it has whether there is a Medicare rebate or not, so mine was: Anaesthetist, Pathology, Radiology and Surgical assistant I could claim back.

Hi

I weighed up all the options and i ended up accessing my super. My surgery was $21,000 and so far I have gotten back about $6000 from medicare and i put it back into my super.

I got all the forms i needed from my surgeon in the initial consultation (a centrelink form that you and your GP fill out, and a letter from the surgeon and a letter from your GP), you submit these forms online to centrelink and wait for approval, it takes max 28 days (mine took 34). Once i got the letter from them saying approved I sent that to my Super fund and had the money within 4 days, so was all fairly easy for me. Good luck with it all!

Hey!

Not sure why I waited this long to look into a support system online, but glad I came to my senses and signed up! I have my surgery tomorrow AM. I think it's finally hit me that it's happening. I'm feeling every emotion right now. I guess that is a good thing, right? I understand the commitment and life-altering changes but committed to doing so because I have the power to make these new memories and changes be for the positive.
Took me about a year to go through the process (tests, labs, evals, etc.). They only made me start a liquid diet today (day before surgery). I move to Clear Liquids by 12 am and my surgery is slated for 7:30 am.

AH! haha.. so excited/nervous/anxious/scared/etc.

I’m the 2nd as well [emoji847]... it didn’t feel real until yesterday when I had my last nutritionist appointment and felt sick with nerves the whole drive home :/

I'm a few years late to this conversation, but thought I would post anyway and see if anyone else from Geelong is lurking!

Hi everyone

I'm new to the group, 4 weeks pre op and start my liquid diet in 2 weeks. I'm very scared, but reading everyone's stories has started to make me very excited for what the future holds, i can't wait to feel like i'm 26 again to be honest!

Good Luck! Wishing you a quick recovery.

Look at statistics.
Bariatric surgery is as safe as gall bladder surgery these days.
Now look at statistics about cancer, heart disease, diabetes....and how many years being very obese can take off your life.
Statistically...you should be MUCH more afraid of NOT having the surgery....than having it.
Fearing anesthetic in 2018 is kinda silly. There are SO many precautions taken. In my career I've seen literally thousands of surgeries. Geriatric surgeries. Pediatric surgeries. Trauma surgeries. Some extremely sick and fragile cases.
I have never seen an anesthetic death in 15 years.
Not saying a freak occurrence isn't possible....but it's like worrying about being hit by lightning.
Obesity related heart attacks and strokes on the other hand....

It'll be ok. Go visit a hospital and try to desensitize yourself a little. They're not such bad places:)

I am due to have mine this month and have had the same thoughts as you! A fact I keep telling myself which helped was that this surgery has less risks than a c-section, and loads of women around the world get that done! We're going to be fine [emoji4] xx

Surgery due January 17th 2018

CW 238
GW 133

Instagram: jeez_sleevedlouise

I’ve been a member on here for a while and have read just about everything to get as much info as I can but I think I’m making myself more insane :/. I’ve been so excited about surgery for months, it’s on the 2nd February, and I’m already losing sleep over it I’m so scared. I even keep wondering if I should go through with it or change the day. I’ve never been to hospital before, never had any major sicknesses, so I’m just so terrified of being put to sleep and not waking up after surgery it’s consuming my whole life at the moment. I assume everyone is a little nervous, but was anyone else this scared?