talithaf

Heading to bed now in my hotel room (I’m from Vancouver Canada but having surgery just outside of Seattle). Have to be up at 4 am to take my pre-op meds! Thanks for all your encouragement ❤️ praying everything goes well.

@Frustr8 Thank you for sharing and the encouragement ❤️ I know I won't regret having surgery but have just been nervous about dealing with any potential flares while off my arthritis medications. I have read a bunch of study's done that talk about medications being more effective post bariatric surgery but so great to hear you've experienced that yourself!

Hey everyone. So I haven't been keeping up to date on everything that's been posted for the last 3 weeks or so... I was dealing with stress, nerves and a bit of depression related to my own surgery so had to take a step back. That being said my love and support goes out to all you wonderful people ❤️ What triggered my stress was actually receiving confirmation of my surgery date... got confirmation and realized looking at the calendar it was 3 weeks away! While I knew we were aiming for late June for it to suddenly be coming up was intense. My surgery is Wed June 26th at 7:00 am!! Feeling much better about it and while still nervous looking forward to getting it done at this point. Thanks everyone for being so encouraging with sharing your own journey's.

Wow! Happy that everything went smooth for you even with the excitement. Sending best wishes you that you continue to improve and get home soon ❤️

Sending love and wishes for speedy improvement your way ❤️

Wish you all the best!! Update us once you feel up to it

OMG yes, I am so looking forward to pretty bras! ... and nice jeans would be great too!

I totally understand your journey, surgery has been something thats been brought up over the past almost 4 years for myself as I continually had issues losing and keeping weight off... I was diagnosed pre-diabetic at 15 and have arthritis so this chance to get my overall health better is super exciting!

quick advice on the hair loss issue... if you are interested in extensions etc then have a look at Evawigs.com ... I've dealt with major hair loss from alopecia for years and love the wigs I get from them... but hopefully the issue resolves itself for you! what good soy options have you found?

I'm having the gastric sleeve done

Reading everyone's journey as been super encouraging! Still waiting for final confirmation of my surgery date, but the pre-lim is June 26th. Excited and of course nervous all at the same time.

Hi. My name is Talitha and I'm a 21 year old university student having a gastric sleeve done soon. I'm tentatively booked for June 26th. Yesterday I took what will be my last shot of my arthritis medication (Cosentyx) for 2 months as I had to have my last pre-op dose one month before surgery and I won't be able to restart until 1 month post-op. I also take an anti-inflammatory (Celebrex), my surgeon said he wants me off that 5 days pre-op and likely 1-2 months post-op depending how I am healing. I'm just curious how other people have dealt with being off medications for issues like arthritis... any advice on what you experienced / tips of things that helped would be appreciated