ChynaDollMUA

Hi, my name is Kimberly, I live in Michigan and would love to have someone who is at or close to where I am in the new life journey .

I went to my seminar 2/16/18 , meet my doctor on 3/7 and started my life change on 3/8. I am required by my insurance to have 6 months of supervised diet, endoscopy , ekg, x-rays, mental health evaluation , and blood work 2 times. So they do not count the first 2 hr appointment in the 6 months. So April 25 will be my first month.

I decided to jump right in with both feet. I started the diet on 3/8 . I am an insulin dependent diabetic so a lot of the changes I made were not hard for me. What I am having a couple of different issues. 1) I have never been a Breakfast person and because I have to eat 6 times a day I am up at 7 trying to eat by 730. I am still struggling with that at 7 weeks in. I do drink a Protein Drink at least once a day. 2) I LOVE coffee I have been switching to Decaf a couple times a day. I have decided that I will be off of it by my 5th month in.

I will share with you what a friend told me that is 18 months post surgery. Start looking for an approved Protein Shake now . She gave me a few that she likes. I have a tree nut and peanut allergy so I am very limited to which ones I can use. But I have found 3 that have a great taste that I enjoy. The companies are. Unjury ( buy online) , Quest, WonderSlim . Because of my allergy my doctor had to approve other brands that they don’t always use.

I have always tried to exercise a couple times a week. But now I do it 6 days a week. I swim at the YMCA 5 times a week and then work out on the bikes for my 6th day. I have a 1 yr old golden retriever that I also walk almost daily now . So I get a bonus exercise that I am enjoying so much more now that I am losing weight. I won’t lie the first 2 weeks of daily exercise SUCKED A BIG LEMON, but now I look forward to my daily swims and walks.

I hope to keep in touch. If I can do this anyone can.

I had my first consult on 4/11. I have my 1st appointment with the nutritionist on 4/24. I have a long ways to go the insurance requires a 6 months process to make sure one is ready physically and mentally to get the surgery. I'm excited nervous, Don't know whether or not to go through but I know it's for my own good and to add years to my life. I wish everyone who is starting the best as this is a life changing journey we are about to go through.

So I had my first appointment today! My insurance requires me to do a 6 month supervised diet and I’m ok with that! I got a projected surgery date today but I won’t post that until I get a little closer. I feel much better after today’s appointment! I’m super excited

I love YouTube journey Vlogs. I want to make them but I don’t feel so keen on introducing the whole world to myself lol. I wish I were brave enough

So I had my first appointment today! My insurance requires me to do a 6 month supervised diet and I’m ok with that! I got a projected surgery date today but I won’t post that until I get a little closer. I feel much better after today’s appointment! I’m super excited

Hey all! I'm new to this too! I went to my information seminar yesterday and got loads of good information on insurance and what's required for surgery. My initial consult is on 4/30! Can't wait

I started in November. I just got approval this past week. I got the call to book the surgery the next day. I booked for June 4th. I'm so nervous now

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Hey I’m just starting out too. I went to a Seminar 4/14 and waiting for them to call me with a appointment date for my Initial consultation

I have watched a lot of Youtube videos, too and follow weight loss accounts on Instagram. I find them to be really inspiring and have also been thinking about starting my own. What is your youtube channel? I would love to follow your journey, too!

I went to a seminar are 3/9/2018 then the next 2 weeks went to a 5.5 hr class where i met with nutritionist, talked to them about which surgery might be best for me, watched a film and answered about 600 questions about myself on paper. lol This week I was suppose to go for a stress test and see a nutritionist again but I had a sinus infection with bronchitis and had to cancel. Next week I go for blood work, psych eval, EKG, and endoscopy all in the same day. I'm not sure what comes next. lol I to have 6 months of nutritionist visits but my insurance allows us to go back 2 years as long as they are consecutive months so I am hoping I won't have too much longer to wait. Things are flying by.
I am trying to cut the caffeine and that is not easy for me and also stay on a less carb diet per my dietitian. She wants us to eat around 30 grams daily and also started us on a daily Vitamin which i take anyhow.
It's all been very exciting and I am ready to get things going!!

if I weren't in Ohio I'd be happy to do it. We have had many Floridians on here recently maybe on of them will see your posting!😛

Thank you! I’m looking for someone in the Fort Lauderdale area to be a workout buddy

I’m a newbie as well! Went to the informational seminar on 4/12 and my initial consult with the surgeon is scheduled for 4/23. I’m soo nervous but very excited!!!

Good luck at your first appointment! We are starting this journey around the same time! My initial consult is on the 27th of April. I can’t wait but I’m super nervous. For some reason, I keep feeling like they are going to slam the door in my face but I have no reason to think that. Can’t wait to hear how your consult goes!

I hope all goes well on your journey as well!
I am sooo excited!!! I’ve already started changing my eating habits and I’ve been watching my 600lb life very lately...its very motivating

Yesss I’m addicted to that show. It actually got me hooked on Skin Tight too. Dr. Now is on that show too.

Don't be nervous, you'll tie yourself up in"nots", no regrets, no doubts, no sorrowful thoughts, victory is just over the horizon for YOU. You can do this, make yourself a "can do" person and very soon you will be. Your healthier future awaits you, move forward and claim it. All of your Bariatric Pals are cheering you on!😛

That’s a great question!! I have an appointment with a psychiatrist the Monday before my appointment so I’ll have to ask that question

So excited for everyone here!
Does anyone know if you must use a psychiatrist they refer you to, or can you use a psychiatrist you already go to? I see a psych about 4x a year for anxiety related issues and it would be one less additional appointment to go to if my doctor could sign off on the psychiatric portion at our next appointment.

Please let me know how your initial consultation goes. My drivers license picture doesn’t even look like me anymore. I lost a lot of weight but my face was sooooooooooooo big so I can’t imagine what it will look like once I drop more weight

I thought about it and even made videos. I haven’t decided to post them yet. I love the ones that Ive seen and appreciate people being so open and sharing their experiences. However not yet sure if I want to open up my life to the Internet like that.

Awesome!! Please do the same! Mine is 4/20

Me! I have my first consult on Monday 4/16. I will be self pay because weight loss surgery is excluded on my plan. Interested to see how the process goes. Let us know how your consult goes!

So this was my first surgery ever so I was nervous at first. Also I was a high BMI patient. Once at the hospital EVERYONE was so awesome! When it was time to go home I didn’t want to leave.

Once I went to sleep in the OR I don’t remember anything until they wheeled me to my room. Apparently I was in recovery for a couple of hours first but I don’t remember it at all.

I really didn’t have much pain. They kept the drugs in my IV going so I’m sure that’s why the pain didn’t bother me. When I left the hospital on day 2 I actually just took liquid Tylenol and ended up not needing the Oxy prescription given to me. My incisions never bothered me either. I had 5 of them. The bigger one had some stitches poke through which I will show the Dr. next week.

Now, I did throw up once (with blood) while I was still in the hospital. I’m not sure why other that I tried to get up too fast. I walked every 2 hours and was able to start drinking and eating Jello the same evening of my surgery.

I took 4 weeks off from work and I needed it. Trying to relearn eating has been a struggle and I have been tired. Had a problem getting all my Protein in and still working on that.

I was sleeved in Atlanta at Northside. My Surgeon is Dr. Procter from the Family by the Ton show. I actually started with him before the show aired so that’s not how I learned of him.

Physically I’m doing well. I got permission from my nutritionist to advance my stages a little sooner because the liquid diet was starting to drive me crazy. I’m on my 5th week out and eating soft foods and starting to try regular foods.

I have not lost my feeling of hunger but I know not everyone does. I take a daily acid reducer and will do so for at least 3 months.

What specific questions did you have? I feel like I’m just babbling.