MJinNorCal

So cool! Your memory is way better than mine. Thank you!

I am trying to find the name of a popular, older, plastic surgeon from Mexico. I believe his clinic was in Monterrey MX. I had an estimate from him about 4 years ago but now I can't seem to find his information. He had about a year wait list back then. Does anyone have any ideas on what his name was?

LOL! I have been lurking around Match.com for a couple days. I just want to go have some fun with another adult. I may end up dating earlier than anticipated too.

So, I hit my 3 month mark about a week ago. I have lost 45 pounds post surgery. This last month has been an incredibly slow weight loss. Snail's pace compared to the first few weeks. I haven't been getting enough sleep and I should be drinking more than 64 ounces of water. I'm going to work on that and see if it helps. I was weight lifting before, but I haven't been exercising. I have been doing some body weight exercises in prep for starting back up again. Lifting heavy things will burn some calories for sure so hopefully I should see better results. Maybe I can get my rear end back. LOL, I lost it somewhere around month 2.

I was off work for 5 days. Had surgery on a Wednesday, went back to work the following Monday. I was really tired and low energy, but got through it just fine.

I went through Kaiser Richmond on Sept 11th. I started at an orientation meeting. Then met with my surgeon who gave me a goal weight to get to. When I reached that weight I called in to schedule my next appointments. I met with the psych doc first then met with the case manager who scheduled my surgery date. I did have an EKG test while I waited for the date and had blood work done. That was it. Simple and streamlined.

Maybe a walk near water would be a nice time. Sit and watch the waves or boats. A festival/fair might be a good second date. We have to be more creative in trying to come up with non-food things to do.

So to keep things moving, another question. Since we as a group are no longer "food centric", what will you do on your date? For me, I think coffee (decaf for us!) for the first meeting. That way we could talk and listen to each other to see if we are compatible for a more in depth "date".

Ok, so, who is currently dating after your surgery, how are you meeting people, and how is it going? I am only a month out so I am electing to not date until maybe 6 months out.

Let's keep this going....I'm a single, 44, female in northern California. Had my sleeve 9-11-19.

Yes. I stayed the same weight for 3 days, but then it bumped down 0.6 ounces which put me at 19 pounds total. This is my first 2 weeks so going from 1200 calories per day pre-surgery to maybe 500 calories post-surgery per day really dropped some pounds for me. I know it will not keep at this pace. I'll take what I can get for now.

Me too! I'm planning on waiting 6 months. I just want to be really comfortable with what and how much I can eat/drink before going out with someone new. I would be mortified if I all of a sudden needed a bathroom on date!

All cleared for Stage 3 diet! 2 weeks done and 19 pounds gone. I am also allowed to soak in my tub and start exercising again.

I am 2 weeks post OP but have plans to resume lifting soon. I have a question regarding protein shakes. If our stomachs are much smaller then normal, can we actually absorb all the protein in a shake? Say my shake is 30 grams, am I able to absorb 30 grams or only 15 grams?

You were absolutely right. I chose not to put on a new patch last night and woke up this morning with much clearer vision. Not 100% back to normal but way better than yeaterday.

Had my surgery. Things went well. It's now day 3 and my stomach muscles are still sore, hurts to stretch or bend over. My stomach still feels bloated but no gas pain. Weirdly my eyesight is a bit blurry. I am meeting my clear liquid goals. Tomorrow I can start cream soups, yogurt, pudding, and cream of wheat cereal. No hunger per say, but I am looking forward to some yogurt and pudding. I hope I still like it.

Had my sleeve surgery yesterday. I just got home an hour ago. My stomach feels like i did 1 thousand crunches. My nausea was very bad at the beginning but has pretty much gone away. The gas pain is real. I had it in my upper back up and over my chest and both shoulders. 5 walks and 5 times using deep breathing, only 1 shoulder has some discomfort. Each day things get better and less sore. I do not regret my surgery at all.

Mine is Sept 11th. No pre-op diet per say. Just continuing to eat clean.

So tomorrow I go in for the pre-op class and a physical. I have completed my EKG and blood work. It seems like it's all happening really fast now. I guess I got used to waiting a while in between visits! 15 days to go.

I am scheduled to get my sleeve on September 11th in California. Are any of you required to do any extra stuff before surgery? I have blood tests, an ekg test, and a physical.

I'm in Antioch, but going through Kaiser Richmond. My VSG date is September 11th. Has anyone gone through with the surgery yet? How are you feeling?

Will be sleeved at Kaiser Richmond, Ca.

I met Dr. Z. My advice to you is to write down your food log exactly as the binder says, 3 proteins with 2 veggies or 1 fruit and 1 small carb. My food log was an actual food log and he said my log was "crap". I am required to submit 2 full weeks of diet logs for him to review before allowing me to schedule with the Case Manager. I still have yet to hit goal weight so that is slowing down my progress too. Too much stress about this and life with the fam. Keep me updated with your progress since we seem to be the only ones for our facility!

Dr. M spoke at my orientation. Seems like a good doctor. I still have a few pounds to lose to make goal weight. I wonder if you have to be exactly at goal for them to schedule the next appointment? I'm gonna bust my hump to get as much off before May 3rd.

I just got off the phone with Kaiser in Northern California. They have the Sleeve Surgery priced at $47,600.00! Of that I would pay 20% co-insurance, which works out to $9,520.00 I will actually only pay what is left of my Out of Pocket maximum for the year ($5,945.00). Does that sound close to what others are / have paid? I'm going to pay for it but I guess I expected my portion to be closer to $3,500.00.