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Hi everyone! Just an update - I got my surgery date! The surgeon's office called last night and I go in for my final visit with the surgeon next Thursday the 10th, Surgery is currently scheduled for February 6th and my post surgery appointment is the 20th. I am super excited but also nervous now that I have a date. I just hope everything goes smoothly!

I am finished all of my pre-operative classes and called the surgeon's office today to get an update. I am currently waiting for a call back. The surgeon said that he believed surgery would be mid to late January, so I am hoping that I hear something soon because i know there is a 2 week liquid diet. Congratulations to all who have gotten their surgery and good luck to everyone!

Good luck! Sending well wishes and catch ya on the flip side!

hi all! i love hearing your surgery dates and am hopeful to have mine soon! this morning i has my clearance with my primary care doctor and this evening i had my last nutritionist class. the next step will be submitting to insurance so now i just wait! fingers crossed i get good news and a surgery day! congratulations to all who have gotten their date! ❤️

Congratulations !! Keep up the great work 😊🎉

You're right. I definitely trust my surgeon. I knew I liked him the first day I met him. I have also done a lot of research on him and he is very experienced and has a great reputation. He's also the one who decided to take the biopsies during my EGD which lead to the discovery of Barrett's so I am very thankful for that! This forum is great because although I know a few people in my life who have gotten the sleeve, I don't know anyone who has had bypass so it's great to meet others who are also having/ have had bypass.

This is good thread! I started the process for getting a sleeve, then the results of an EGD showed that I have Barrett esophagus. Due to this, the surgeon said that the sleeve is no longer an option and that I would get bypass. I was excited about the sleeve, but am worried about the bypass. He said recovery times are similar, but to me, bypass just seems like a more complicated surgery! 😩

Hello everyone! I joined the site yesterday and posted in the General Discussions, but thought that I would also introduce myself here since I am working towards bypass surgery. A little about me - I am 29 years old. I was an athlete my entire life, through college. After college, I stopped working out and stopped watching what I ate, and gained almost 200 pounds in about 8 years. I finally went to a primary care doctor in August, and he thought I may have a medical issue and that's why I gained so much weight. He ordered many tests and everything came back great, he said that I am fortunate to have great genes! He recommended weight loss surgery and sent me for a consultation. I went for my consultation and decided that the sleeve would be my best option. I began the process: started my nutrition classes, passed my heart clearance, passed my psychological evaluation, then went for what the surgeon thought would be a routine endoscopy on October 9th. When my surgeon received the pathology results from two biopsies he took during my endoscopy, he realized that I have Barrett esophagus. Due to this diagnosis, I am not able to have the sleeve surgery and will instead have gastric bypass. Because of the new surgery option, I will be having the surgery at a hospital and not at the previously planned surgery center. Also because of this, I now have to do everything through the hospital. This past Monday, I had my first nutritionist appointment there (they are counting my first one from the surgery center, so I have two completed). I am scheduled to have two more, one in November and one in December. The scheduler at the hospital also said that they do their own psychological evaluation, and will not use the one I previously had done. If all goes according to plan, I will be having surgery mid to late January 2019. I did a lot of research about the sleeve, but am still learning about gastric bypass. I am so sorry for the long post but just wanted to give an explanation of how I got to this point! I look forward to hearing about everyone's different experiences and learning more about weight loss surgery.

Congratulations on your surgery date! I still have a few steps to complete before my claim (? I think that's what it may be called) is submitted to insurance for approval, but if all goes well, I am looking at a surgery date of mid to late January 2019.

Hi, @frust8! Congratulations on your surgery. How has your recovery from surgery been? I'm excited to learn more about you and others and hear stories! I am very curious to hear how the process went for other people and this is my first time joining a message board community - so I hope I am not too annoying with my questions. What made your process take over 3 years? How did you decide on the bypass surgery and not one of the other surgeries?

Thank you so much for the warm welcomes! I look forward to going through the message boards and reading through posts to learn more information.

Hi! I am 29 and planning to get gastric bypass surgery. I started the process to get the sleeve, but was diagnosed with Barrett esophagus after an endoscopy and am therefore not eligible for the sleeve anymore.

Hi, I am 29 and starting the weight loss surgery process. I am hoping to lost a significant amount of weight by my 30th birthday next summer!