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Your going to see your surgeon from often to check on your progress so you don't want to always be waiting but then your surgeon maybe the best. Check reviews if you can check how well they liked different surgeons. Let us know how it turns out.

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It's good that someone understands.

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You would think they would encourage it, knowing it is money in the doctors hand. I would had to say. I may not be as other pat9 you might see but my health is at stake and I am excited that I lost 10 and if I could lose weight on my own I would have already accomplished that. I think if the Surgeon knew she would be fired.

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THIS! I have been through both types at different stages in life. BOTH are very beneficial for different reasons. But as the cliché goes you truly get out of it what you put into it. I really do wish you the best with everything! Sending Hugs!

I was severely depressed before surgery. Today I feel so much better and I love shopping for clothes. You will get there. Please take care of yourself, I know it is hard. Your story is almost identical to mine.

I am at the end of my required insurance requirements. But I should be excited, but before I started this process I was already depressed. From babysitting my grandchildren, day and night not a moment for me. While I have the time this week but I am doing nothing. I should because I don't have the little one I do have the 9yr old (she mostly takes care of herself) my daughter is on vacation. I am staying up all night sleeping all day. My house work is not being completed. Have a son who just overdosed, scared the crap out of me and his drug use is driving me crazy. Plus my marriage has been hard but it's our 37 anniversary this Wednesday. For some reason we really don't talk. He sits in other room, watching TV and on his fb and I sit in the living room on phone. He fusses because I am on the phone all the time but it's my only connection to the outside word. I do postive things online as well, I read my Bible, do research and do other productive things. I just need to do something for me. I have put everyone first to long and need to do something for myself, instead of seating on this couch and die. For some reason I don't want to go get in bed with him, I just fall asleep on my couch. I know I could do better for him but I am just worn out. I know he works hard for us but of but I am just so depressed. My health mentally and physically needs this surgery. I know the surgery itself, you go through depression but I know eventually on this journey, I will feel more postive. Then I will rise up and take care of them and find myself in this process. I wanted to share with all of you. Hoping this a place where I might not be judged. Thanks for letting me cry on your shoulder, per say. Thanks Again.
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I am at the end of my required insurance requirements. But I should be excited, but before I started this process I was already depressed. From babysitting my grandchildren, day and night not a moment for me. While I have the time this week but I am doing nothing. I should because I don't have the little one I do have the 9yr old (she mostly takes care of herself) my daughter is on vacation. I am staying up all night sleeping all day. My house work is not being completed. Have a son who just overdosed, scared the crap out of me and his drug use is driving me crazy. Plus my marriage has been hard but it's our 37 anniversary this Wednesday. For some reason we really don't talk. He sits in other room, watching TV and on his fb and I sit in the living room on phone. He fusses because I am on the phone all the time but it's my only connection to the outside word. I do postive things online as well, I read my Bible, do research and do other productive things. I just need to do something for me. I have put everyone first to long and need to do something for myself, instead of seating on this couch and die. For some reason I don't want to go get in bed with him, I just fall asleep on my couch. I know I could do better for him but I am just worn out. I know he works hard for us but of but I am just so depressed. My health mentally and physically needs this surgery. I know the surgery itself, you go through depression but I know eventually on this journey, I will feel more postive. Then I will rise up and take care of them and find myself in this process. I wanted to share with all of you. Hoping this a place where I might not be judged. Thanks for letting me cry on your shoulder, per say. Thanks Again.
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Great job. You were beautiful before and you are stunning now. You'll be at goal before you know it.

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You look awesome

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JessLess that is good to know

I passed yeah

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I am a 35.6 now and my final weigh in tues. I was concerned too and asked my surgeons office the same question. I have bcbs too. They told me as long as i am 35 bmi on final weigh in I am good and not to worry on the liquid diet part it doesnt matter then. Its like a juggeling act.

Usually, once you are approved for WLS, you are in. That was a concern with one of my coworkers as well. However, we both have Kaiser and they told us once you are approved, you can have the surgery even if you want to wait for a year to have it. They will not kick us off the program. It was our choice. They want us to be fully ready for the surgery.

I was able to take my pills the first morning after gastric sleeve surgery, as are a lot of people.

And I wish they hadn't wanted me to crush at the beginning, nobody really asked me if I could swallow whole. Would have saved me wear and tear, all that washing the pill crusher out. Why didn't I go ahead and do what I wanted anyway? Because I believed the promotional literature and leaflets, "Failure to comply insurases a future failure" Well I wanted be no trouble to anyone, I was going to be a Model patient! I forgot one of the definitions of "model " is: A Small imitation of the Real Thing. Tra lah lah!

Your going to see your surgeon from often to check on your progress so you don't want to always be waiting but then your surgeon maybe the best. Check reviews if you can check how well they liked different surgeons. Let us know how it turns out.

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I had my evaulation I will get my results in the next 2 wks. The little consultation of how much you know about the Gastric Sleeve, the diets you done in the past and your support system, it was ok. Then came this stupid paper test. It was like I was back in school. I had several packets that were shade in the circles, types of tests, never did good with tests. It was math type questions and reading. I guess if your not smart, your not smart enough to follow the diet. Then did a personality type test, then a mental. The quiz, test whatever you want to call it. Let's call it a questionnaire, I don't know it took 2hrs. I felt like my brain was about to bust. I am not sure how I did.

Now that is Righteous! My PCP lusts a whole of things wrong with me, largely to skim more monies off my insurances. Oh well, he is a pretty good doctor; had no problem referring me for Bariatric Surgery, for that I shall always be grateful.

Well I never considered dropping anti- depressive drugs anyway, just had them changed from ER to I believe SR.
And yes, I knewbi had depression, but mine was tied to NOT receiving my surgery, Not to surgery itself, have not fallen back,into the Blue Pit of Despair since, oh I shall always have Depression lurking in the Wings, like many other things I am In "Remission" more than "Cured" but Life is Liveable and I still trust in a Happy Future!😛👍🍀

Before and after 8/29/18 and 6/10/19.

If I lose weight before the pre-surgery liquid diet, will that be an issue and what if I lose below my bmi?
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I'm a social butterfly with a fun personality and a love for sports and outdoors ... and good cooking (obviously). I've always been the big girl that broke the rules. I was always fiercley confident (or atleast I led the world around me to believe that) and that air of confidence has carried me pretty far. I've dated and married the men who'd never been with big girls before me. I have a job not typically held by big girls or big anyone. I keep up with the latest trends and fashions reguarldless of being a big girl. I am a fat runner. And perhaps the sharpets jab of all ... I'm often described as "so beautiful ... for a big girl".

What I am looking forward to MOST after surgery is dropping that adjective. I want my accomplishments not to be mentioned as if they are in spite of being the fat girl as if fat people arent allowed to break all these "rules"
For the first time in a long time I wan't to NOT be the biggest female or biggest person in the room
I don't want the say give me the biggest you have when signing up for a race and they hand me an XL that obviously will not fit
I want to run at the gym invisibly next to all the other runners with out heads turning and people making comments in awe that i can actually run
I don't want people questioning my ability to perform my job due to my size
I don't want to be "beautiful for a big girl" I just want to be plain ole beautiful
I want to be able to follow the trends without the nightmare that is finding trendy plus size items . Ive become great at it but honestly its a pain in the ass
I don't want my son to feel shame for having the fat mom that people assume sits on the couch and isnt the very active person that I am
I want to talk about the gym or running without people scoffing as if theres no way I could possibly be serious
I want to do all of the things i love that my weight now limits like sky diving, scuba diving, zip lining, bunjee jumping, wakeboarding ETC.
I just want to live my life without that label I just want to be the regular ordinary old me without the need for my size to be attatched to everything i do.

Great job...i'm so not a meal prepper...but I guess I will have to learn to like it lol.