Amyalyss

How are the Feb sleepers doing? I’m down almost 50 pounds and creeping into the “normal” BMI range. What are your favorite meals ?

I am looking for advice, I am 16 months out and on New Year’s Eve I ate 4 hits of acid and an 1/8th of magic shrooms and I smoked like 3 blunts of some dank azz chronic and I blew a bunch of lines of cocaine and I bonged like 14 beers and today I feel like sh*t. Did I damage my sleeve?

I am doing pretty good. I am 4 days post op. The first few days I had a lot of gas and discomfort. Today was a turning point for me with both the gas and pain greatly decreasing. Now if I could just have a Bowel movement, I would be over joyed[emoji3].

Also just an fyi, you may gain 5-15 lbs while hospitalized from the swelling and the IV fluids. I gained 7 lbs, but it is almost home now.

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@eakb I do too!!! Feel super nervous as well

@eakb I do too!!! Feel super nervous as well

I arrive at the hospital tomorrow at 530am. I am getting very nervous.

Update! I called my medical group to check in and they said I’ve been approved!!! Glad I didn’t wait to hear from the Surgeon’s office 🙄

Maaaan, I need new tiddies. I had large, full DDD’s at 300+ pounds. Now they’re sad little saggy lumps.
Can anyone else fold their boobs or is that just me? 😂😂😂

Update! I called my medical group to check in and they said I’ve been approved!!! Glad I didn’t wait to hear from the Surgeon’s office 🙄

I have BCBS of ILLINOIS and it was like pulling teeth to get them to approve me. Eventually we apealed to the state and they over turned my non approval. That was 3 weeks ago. And we picked my surgery date for the 31st of January.

I hope your approved quickly and can start your pre-op dieting .

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I had a small amount (maybe 1/2 ounce) of Jameson in connection with a toast at a friend's birthday party when I was exactly 3 weeks post op. I just knew I would have a seizure and pass out but nothing happened.

I started my journey in August 2018 and by December 19th I had fulfilled all of my pre-op sleeve requirements. My surgeon said his office would submit everything to insurance that week. My surgery date is 2/11 and he said approval can take up to 4 weeks, so I felt really good about my timeline. So I call the surgeon’s office yesterday (1/25) to see if I had been approved since I’m supposed to start my 2 week liquid pre-op diet on Monday and they tell me they NEVER SUBMITTED. So here I am, ready to consume a rather expensive stack of Protein Shakes, bone broths and Protein Powder, and I don’t even know if I’m approved. The office said to proceed as if I’m approved and that they’d call me when it comes through, but I am so irritated and upset. Any other BCBSIL HMO patients who are willing to share how long it took to get approval? Thanks 😣

I have the same insurance. BCBSIL... I finished all my requirements over a week ago and I didn't hear anything so I emailed the gal at my surgeons office this past Friday and she was like oh, we just received the last piece of information and can now submit it to insurance. She didn't tell me anything else. It's kind of frustrating the lack of communication. I am so nervous... I just wish I could know one or another! Hang in there though!

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I got a plastic coin tube (for quarters) with a screw top. Perfect size for Bariatric Fusion chewable multivitamins!! So easy to carry in my purse. Thought I’d pass along the tip.

I started my journey in August 2018 and by December 19th I had fulfilled all of my pre-op sleeve requirements. My surgeon said his office would submit everything to insurance that week. My surgery date is 2/11 and he said approval can take up to 4 weeks, so I felt really good about my timeline. So I call the surgeon’s office yesterday (1/25) to see if I had been approved since I’m supposed to start my 2 week liquid pre-op diet on Monday and they tell me they NEVER SUBMITTED. So here I am, ready to consume a rather expensive stack of Protein Shakes, bone broths and Protein Powder, and I don’t even know if I’m approved. The office said to proceed as if I’m approved and that they’d call me when it comes through, but I am so irritated and upset. Any other BCBSIL HMO patients who are willing to share how long it took to get approval? Thanks 😣

Good Luck on your Journey!

Not BCBSIL, but another BCBS, and it only took about a week for approval. Good luck!

That is so unfortunate!! I personally work in a doctor's office and I know the process, So from my side I made sure everything was pushed but that office did really great.
It all has to do with the organization of that office. I did 6 months of preparation. But the staff at the doctor's office guided me with Appointments/ everything I needed to do to complete Insurance requirements.
On my apt day i had completed everything and they told me they were going to submit everything to the insurance, and that it would take a few weeks for it to get approved. I really thought maybe something was going to come up that I had to either re do or something New and it would probably take longer,you never know with insurance.
Luckily the person in charge in the doctors office called me the next day and said it was a miracle that she submitted everything that evening of my apt and they approved the next morning.
I was so very happy and excited and very pleased the way the office handled everything in my case.
I have same insurance.
Sadly, you might need to keep calling them and pushing them since you have gotten this far to have everything ready on your end.

Don't get discouraged and I wish you all the luck don't give up![emoji4]

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I started my journey in August 2018 and by December 19th I had fulfilled all of my pre-op sleeve requirements. My surgeon said his office would submit everything to insurance that week. My surgery date is 2/11 and he said approval can take up to 4 weeks, so I felt really good about my timeline. So I call the surgeon’s office yesterday (1/25) to see if I had been approved since I’m supposed to start my 2 week liquid pre-op diet on Monday and they tell me they NEVER SUBMITTED. So here I am, ready to consume a rather expensive stack of Protein Shakes, bone broths and Protein Powder, and I don’t even know if I’m approved. The office said to proceed as if I’m approved and that they’d call me when it comes through, but I am so irritated and upset. Any other BCBSIL HMO patients who are willing to share how long it took to get approval? Thanks 😣

You are more disciplined that I am by easing into the liquid diet. I'm currently in my "farewell to food" phase and am enjoying my favorite foods before I give them up for good (hello, ice cream). I'll go cold turkey when I start the liquid diet.

Does anyone else feel like it’s surreal? I’m just going about my life as if I’m not having surgery in a few weeks. I’m trying to get my thoughts on order but I don’t even know where to start with prep work! Ie Vitamins, grocery shopping, prepping in advance for purées stage, what to pack, etc....

Getting closer to our surgery dates! I just ordered my Protein Shakes online for my liquid diet on Friday. I was able to get Boost Smart Calorie at Walmart for $7.84 for a 6 pack so I ordered 11 and plus side its being delivered to my door. My Dr's office charges $22 for a box of Protein shakes that has 7 servings . Thought I would share my deal finder in case anyone elses Dr's office lets them have Boost Smart Calorie for the liquid diet. Good Luck!!!! :)

food porn... Wait till you get caught at the computer in your boxer briefs staring at a buffet commercial. LOL

So very normal!

If we think about it like an addict (which most of us are, whether we realize it or not), we are in "withdrawal" after surgery from the carbs, sugar and fat our bodies are used to. So our brains start saying "hold up - where did it all go? Did you forget we like this stuff? Let me remind you!"

Drug addicts call these "using dreams." They can be so real, they will wake up convinced they relapsed. It happens to us too.

So look at it as your brain realizing that it's not getting all the "bad stuff" - not the lettuce, but the fatty things that would go with it - and Celebrate. You may feel like you're going crazy, but you're really going through detox.

~SW: 278 CW: 165~
RNY 1/5/2005
"What got you here won't get you there."

Feb 11th surgery date here! I’m so excited and nervous all at once!! This forum has been such an amazing resource the last 7 months as I researched and planned. You guys are awesome ❤️❤️