Brittbrat

On 03/22/2019 at 13:08, SLsleeved said:

Omg that looks amazing! Do you have the recipe handy??

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I made these buffalo chicken "eggrolls"

On 01/10/2019 at 14:32, elcee said:

@Brittbrat sorry you had so much pain, hope it’s better now

I had my surgery Jan 7th and I have to say afterwards was awful! My suregon said I had more pain than probably 90% of his patients. They kept giving me morphine which does not work on pain for me (didn't work when my gallbladder was removed either). So finally one nurse listened to me and got my meds switched to dilaudid which helped tremendously. The 8th went pretty good I walked a lot and got in quite a bit of water/broth/ Jello. Yesterday I got to go home the car ride home didn't make me feel so great. But I'm so glad to be home. My pain isn't very bad now and I can move around doing the little things I need to. I'm getting my Protein Shakes in and my Water.

On 01/05/2019 at 21:25, Abbey M. said:

Oh you are so much more prepared the. Me. I haven’t even started packing yet 😬 my surgery is the 7th too! How are you feeling?

Getting super excited for surgery on the 7th! I've got all my stuff packed and ready to go.

So it just hit me that tomorrow is the last day I get to have any food before surgery since Sunday is nothing but liquids and Monday and surgery day!!!

I'm getting so excited. I've got 3 days left til surgery and I honestly can't wait. I'm slightly nervous but more excited than anything.

I don't think I could have dealt with 2 weeks of just liquids. Luckiky I get to do 2 Protein Shakes and 2 meals (3-5oz meat and 1/2-1c non starchy vegetables). Also 64oz fluids.

Sooo my rny is January 7th. I start my "2 week diet" tomorrow per my doctors nurse. I really thought I wad going to have to do all liquids leadeing up to surgery but NOPE! I'm so ready to be done with all of this and be on the other side of it. The closer it gets to my date at this point the more nervous I get.

Mine is January 7th @ 11am. I'm so excited but starting to get nervous!

Ylime going to follow you! It's funny there's someone else I followed because I came across hers and thought she might be you (her ig name is Ylimey)

Followed you! Mine is panana.cakes

Does anyone else on here use Instagram fo document their process? I've realized I'm terrible at checking this site but would like to keep in contact!!

Ylime mine isn't that fantastic but ai was excited to make myself a list anyway. I've seen some amazing looking ones out there!

I was following this post at some point and then never saw it again. Wonder what happened..oh well. So I've made myself a little checklist today. I went to my first consult yesterday and already have some appointments scheduled

No advice here really unless you want suggestions on things I cook for myself that ate simple. But I just wanted to say I had my surgical consult today so we're super close!

Yep! I’m in Concord. By way of IL in the early 90’s as a kid and then FL two years ago. I LOVE having seasons again! Thank you for the well wishes and yes! I am sooo happy that 18 months of hard work are finally paying off!
Where did you live in NC?


HW: 311
CW: 262
SW: We’ll see on May 10!

Thank you! It’s been nuts! Maybe because it’s not through the state. When I called BCBSNC last year about it I was told that there were pretty much no requirements if you’re on a state employee plan. But for me, having purchased it through the marketplace, I got to have LOTS of fun with the process. But 12 days to go! I honestly hope no one else has to go through the process like I did! May everyone else have a much easier journey!


HW: 311
CW: 262
SW: We’ll see on May 10!

I don’t know. It’s weird because the research I did online said I’d have to do all this stuff. But then I came on here and see that some people are just eating like normal until surgery day. I think that’s crazy. It seems safer to do the Optifast and shrink your liver before surgery so the cameras can see better. I’m glad I went the way I did. I just feel like it’s the safest way for me.


HW: 311
CW: 262
SW: We’ll see on May 10!

Just starting here as well. My first appointment was 4/11. I have to do the 6 month nutritionist visits and all of the test that people have mentioned. Nervous but excited. I appreciate all of the advice like finding a Protein Shake now. I haven't told anyone other than my husband. Estimating surgery by the end of the year. So far I have met with the nutritionist 4/18 and yesterday had the psych eval which she said she was clearing me for surgery.
Thank you for starting this, I look forward to going through this process together!

I’m not at the very beginning of the journey. My surgery is set for May 10 and I started the Optifast diet to shrink my liver today. I’ve been waiting for 18 months to get everything complete and approved by my bcbs. I had to do three visits with my surgeon after the consultation, initial lab tests, 12 months of monthly nutritional counseling, 4 visits with a special psychiatrist, a meeting at the office with other pre-op patients, a meeting for instructions on pre-op diet and after care, 2 weeks Optifast diet and a second set of lab work. I still have the endoscopy, meeting with the anesthesiologist, X-rays and labs right before surgery.
It has been a LOOOONG journey. It seems like a lot of people had way less hoops to jump through, but I’m glad mine was incredibly thorough. I’m still nervous of course, but I feel super prepared at this point thanks to everything I’ve had (and still have to) do.

I'm really hoping for early September but who knows. I did my seminar online way earlier this month. Then scheduled my consultation with the surgeon that's not until May 23. My insurance does not require me to do any program (3months or 6months) however the place I am going to requires 3 months with a nutritionist (once a month).

I had the option to do my seminar online (thank goodness!) so I've done that and my consultation with my surgeon is May 23rd. Then I guess we'll go from there. My insurance does not require me to do any program before hand but the place I'm going to requires me to do 3 months with a nutritionist (1 meeting a month). I'm soo impatient at this point.

I have John Price. I just went with the first one that had an opening. I was too impatient to wait longer for anyone else!