TheJuice202

Since we're now in May and I hope you're long out of the hospital have you said anything to the hospital?

The excess skin is a huge fear of mine. Hopefully age is on my side if that even matters and enough exercise with the excess skin issue. Even though your underarm flaps applaud you when you brush your teeth I do too (with my hands) for the 100+ wl.

My boobs already have a nice droop and i'm PRE-op lol. Congrats to you! :-D

This might need to be updated to say May 2019 just to keep up to date with the year :). Anywho, 5/15 is my day. It can't come soon enough.

I'm eligible to get either .... my gut no pun intended just told me to go for the bypass. That and i've met quite a few people who did the sleeve but ended up getting it revised to a bypass later on Gastric Bypass for me it is. I kind of wish my insurance covered the duodenal switch tho.

Seriously! Lol I never thought i'd miss the routine of just chewing. I find myself chewing my applesauce or surgar free pudding or even my well-mixed protein shake out of sheer habit! lol

I'm day 5 of my pre-op diet and miserable. Hungry (water, sugar-free gelatin, unsalted chicken broth, runny oatleal and proten shakes -_-) and headaches. May 15th feels so far away (i'm going for the gastric bypass).

I'm getting the bypass but i'm twiddling my thumbs and drinking my shake waiting for my 5/15 date with the table.

May 15th surgery date here! I've been on my pre-op diet since May 1st. I meet with my surgeon later today on May 6th for my final pre-op meetup with them.

I'm dealing with that right now. I drink all the protein and take enough multi-vitamins, I drink enough water and get plenty of sleep. Every other day I get a headache that lasts half a day. I started my pre-op liquid diet May 1st. Edit: just noticed you are post-op.

I was literally back and forth since August 2018. I finally have firmly decided on the bypass about 1 week ago. I have no GERD or acid reflux or anything like that.

It took almost 3 weeks for a word. My heart just about dropped when I got the approval news lol.

Congrats! And you're literally getting yours the day before me :). We can recover basically at the same time lol.

I don't have much of it either....that's why i've begun immersing myself into a lot of weightloss group. Literally right now a relative is frying chicken and I smell the fumes of it from another room -_-. They keep asking me "why not just go to the gym without surgery" .... none of them exercise. Or they make jokes about what they're about to eat and what I can't eat etc. So...while no one is going to disown me for doing the surgery this is what's going on with me **sighs**. DO the surgery...don't let anyone hold you back.

I am 9 days from the table but it's cool to see another AA woman that's gotten the gastric bypass instead of the sleeve. The sleeve seems to be more popular. Congrats on your success so far.

I don't know if there's a more current thread for AA sleevers/bypassers but I figured I'd say hello. I am Day 3 of my pre-op diet. Surgery Day May 15th. I grew up on specific types of food so i'm looking for support and even more bariatric friendly versions of AA Soul Food.