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talk about bad timing! surgery is on monday morning and i feel like death warmed up right now!! i called the doctors office and they had the doctor call me AND the anesthesia doc called me! i went in and got a shot and they called in some prednizone(sp?) and im taking clariton d! i actually feel much better than this morning! but the anesthesia doc gave me his personal cell number just incase i get worse over the next 2 days! i tell ya, ive never had a doc and his crew to go out of their way like this! its crazy! heres hoping i feel much better by monday morning!!

today i went in for my pre registering and pre op blood work, etc. this is such a surreal time in my life! at night is when it really hits me that this is really going to happen! when im laying in bed and everything is quiet, the wheels start turning! its kinda a scary thought! i have had surgeries many times in my life, so its not really that part, just that it is such a drastic move! i have been so cranky and have zero patients the last few days! the liquid diet is really starting to wear on my nerves lol i swear if this was for much longer my mom miiiight lock me out of the house and ill have to sleep with the horses hahahaha just kidding! but really, im glad its only a few more days!

i kept hearing the pre-op diet referred to as the liquid diet, but when i got my sheet explaining what i should eat in a day, there is the option of a fruit or salad in between meals. is this something everyone does or just my doc?

thanks everyone! i cant believe its just 2 weeks away! i have been prepping for this day for almost a year now, but it is still hard to believe! lots of hard work and very frustrating phone calls with bone heads has finally paid off lol! i will definitely be keeping everyone posted on my progress and questions!

I start my liquid diet tomorrow! Surgery is on the 7th! I went to the doctor today and scheduled it! I am beyond excited and so ready to start this journey!! My grandmom called me yesterday and told me she is going to loan me the money! I am still in shock! :001_rolleyes:

Oregondaisy- I am not against going to Mexico, but it is not possible right now. I was in a horrible car accident 5 years ago and can't travel until next fall.

janep- that is exactly why i am doing all this now while i am young. both my grandfathers died because they were over weight and very unhealthy. massive heart attack for one, and stroke that left the other paralyzed for 10 years before he died from the complications.

Thanks everyone! Unfortunately Mexico is completely out of the question! The cost I'm looking at is 12,000. i have been approved through 2 different medical loans for 8,000. So i only lack 3,000. The drama comes in because my parents can't co-sign and I only have 1 living grandparent that has signed for me on things before and I don't think it would be a problem only my dad won't let me ask her and it has been 2 weeks since I asked him to! He for some reason will not ask her and i am getting to the point where i am going to ask myself. i dont have a great relationship with my dad anyways, so its not like i will be losing out by stepping over him on this one!

*BTW* If she could just co-sign on ONE loan for the whole amount i would be looking at a lot less interest than 3 separate loans! But i will take what i can get!

I am freshly 24 and have been overweight for as long as i can remember. I belong to a family of emotional eaters! I'm sure that many of you know exactly what I am talking about when I say those words! Bad day? Ice Cream! Good say? Ice Cream! Holidays and birthdays are planned solely with food in mind! I have told myself over the years that I am happy with who I am and what I look like, but as the years pass I realize this just isn't the case! Diets never work, and a life style change is in order! I finally made the decision that surgery is what it will take for me to be successful in losing and keeping the weight off. Earlier this year I started doing lots of research on weight loss surgeries and found that the only one my insurance covered was Gastric Bypass. Thinking it was the logical option i went ahead and started the process of getting it done. In July my mom and I attended a seminar that is required to get the ball rolling. I started the 6 months of dieting and seeing a nutritionist weekly that my insurance requires for approval. 1 month into dieting my gallbladder had to be removed because of a stone. When this was done everything changed!! The doctor that performed the removal found an interesting surprise when he got inside! (He also nicked something and I spent a week in the hospital for a bile leak!!) My intestines never rotated when i was a baby, so large is on one side of my belly and small on the other! How did I not know this after being alive for 24 years!!! So the gastric bypass just seemed like more complications going into it than I was comfortable with! Now here is where it gets interesting! During my stay in the hospital a doctor from the same office was filling in for mine and stopped by to check on me. In my family we call this one a "god thing" because this man just so happened to be a weight loss surgeon and was working with a hospital, that is actually closer to my home, on a low cost plan for the sleeve procedure! He explained more about my intestines and how the sleeve would just be more practical! Lots of research, phone calls, and doctors appointments later and I am so very close to being able to have this surgery. The only problem is, and it's a pretty big one, I can't find a co-signer who has enough good credit for me to get the full amount needed! I feel like i have worked so hard to get to this point, I have lost 10 pounds on the diet that the doc suggested I be on to soften my liver! I know that I need this surgery, but there have been so many set backs on this journey that I am starting to wonder if this is just not meant to be! I am so sorry this has been an extremely long post, but I needed to get it all out and hope that someone has some words of encouragement!! Thank you for reading!