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Cupcake don't get bummed, when is your next date you meet with the surgeon and sign paperwork and all that? Believe me I know you just want to get it done and get post op, but it will come, and your going to do great. I tell my boyfriend all the time have faith in yourself!!! Everyone needs to have faith in their selves so that is the motivation I live by everyday!!! You will get there. I also will not have a drain, as my doctor does the same thing, he feels that having a drain can just cause a leak, so I am happy about that. I have 12 more days to my surgery!!! I am and have been so anxious. I will be so relaxed after it's over. I have started my preop liquid diet and I am starving so I am drinking Water like it's a drug, cause I am trying to forget how hungary I am???? LOL doesn't work so good????

Vitamin E oil is a great way to prevent scars. I am also a distributor for it works global, and they have a cream for stretchmarks that I am going to invest in too to help diminish those too, if your interested in any of my products my website is www.tightenwithtinapolley.myitworks.com, email me if you have any questions or want help with anything. I am going to use these products through out my journey, they have body wraps that I am going to tighten and tone my skin while losing the weight!!! Well Good luck!!!

Thanks Sophianstuffin, I can't wait I am really excited to get post op I want this part over!!! Congrats on your surgery, Tuna fish, I love tuna fish!!! Good luck with your weight loss, I hope you the best!!!

Thanks Urban*decay, I am really excited!!! I see you don't have your date yet?? Are you just starting this process??? Well good luck!!!

Congrats on the loss!!! That's great!!! My surgery is the 19th of this month only 2 weeks away!!! I'm super excited!!!!

Hi cupcake, I'm glad my post helped!!!! So your have your preop before even knowing your date? That's weird??? Well I hope it goes well for you and you too keep posting!! I know I will.

Terry, I love the idea, and it sounds amazing please post when you have it done!!! I really like the bottom tree, I like the black and white in that one, the color one looks a little cheezy? I have an aquatic theme as a half sleeve, I love it and I love tattoos but I am holding off on any more till I am down to my goal weight as I am worried about my arm now cause if I get saggy skin it's going to ruin my tattoo!!! The next piece is a huge bottom back piece, and I won't do it till I am down in the weight department even though I am dying for one now??? So good luck with this one!!! Would love to see it!!!

Ok, so I went to my last pre-op today got all registered in the hospital, had to have my pre-op exam at the hospital with some bloodwork, and they checked my heart to make sure it's all in working order, and then met with the anesthesiologist to make sure that I am going to be good with having a tube down my throat??? LOL, then I went to see my surgeon today and he checked me out and we went through final questions and since I was seeing a lot on here about people having a drain I wanted to know about that and he said no he would not be, he told me that he doesn't do them because he feels they cause more leeks in a bypass than if you don't put one in. So I am confident in the way he answered me. We also talked about when the time comes skin removal and he said just follow the steps and if I need any he can do certain parts of it but if there is more than he can do he would send me to a plastics surgeon. So we will see what happens. So I now have my wonderful 2 week diet packet from them and I will be beginning tomorrow. I am super excited and ready to get this going. I talked to my hubby and he is going to take before pictures of me tonight and I plan on taking before liquid diet pics, before surgery pics and then pic's as I go post surgery!!! Hope you all have a great day and good luck to all of you who are on this same journey with me!!!

Hi Megan Instead of coconut butter get some Vitamin e oil!!! I had lap band back in 2010 and I used vitamin e oil and that works better!!!

Congrats on hitting your goall, that is awesome!!! You hit your goal and I am just getting ready to start my journey!!! Congrats, do something special for yourself!!!!

it all depends on where you live, and what insurance you have? Your best option is to talk to your primary doctor, and see if they can refer you to a surgeon that specializes in these surgeries, also there is a link on this website that if you put in where you live you can find different surgeon's in your area. I would suggest also goggling bariatric surgeon's in the area you live and look at their credentials cause you want to find a good surgeon that does this on a regular basis. Then make the appointment with the surgeon that you decide on and they should refer you to the following doctors and people you need to see before you can be approved by your insurance. Some places and insurances ask for different things, so you need to get all the stuff your insurance requires done before your surgeon can submit it to the insurance company to do your surgery. Another big suggestion is to stay on this page and read and follow people and talk to people that have gotten it done and are getting it done, you can get a lot of information from people on this site, it is a fantastic tool for helping you through it and staying on track after the surgery is done!!! Good luck!!!

Congrats Scorpio, you can do this, I bet the chewing part is crazy!!! Shannon your hair is your booty thats a good one, i like that!!! Well if you ever want to try it out, check it out!!!

yeah they are great products and i plan to add them to my post surgery use. I know it's going to be hard to get all my Vitamins in during the day due to the amount I will be able to eat so i figure this will be the best way and as for the other products I fully plan to use the wraps as I lose the weight it will help tighten the extra skin and then also some of the other products. I know a friend of mine that used the hair skin and nails and in 2 weeks her hair grew like 2 inches. its amazing that is why I plan to use it cause I just cut my hair really short and I like it but really miss my long hair so I am going to let it grow out and so I figure if I use that then it will help, I have used Biotin in the past and it didn't help that much? So we will see!!!

Hey Shannon, you want something that is even better for your hair? I am a distributor for itworks global, and my website is www.tightenwithtinapolley.myitworks.com and there is a product on there that is amazing for your hair but also your skin and nails it's called Hair skin and nails. I also have other products on there that are great for other things like there is body wraps so when your losing the weight you can use these to help tighten and tone your skin so you don't have so much loose skin, they have an energy drink that helps you get all your vegetables for a day in one 8 oz glass of Water. Thing with all these products is that they are all natural too. Check out my website and if you have any questions email me, I will help in anything I can. Thanks and good luck!!!

Hey longroad34, thanks for the help, and I would love to be able to talk to someone, its also cool you live in ma as your the first person I have talked to that does and knows what this winter has been like for us massachusetts people. I as well struggle with depression have for a long time. I take meds for it now and it makes me feel so much better, but during the winter I struggle a little more because I love the sun and the heat and the snow just depresses me more and I just deal with it cause it's where I live and it's where I grew up, and all my family is. I would love to move somewhere warm all year round, but all my family and my kids I just don't want them to miss growing up with their cousins and family? So I may change my mind someday but we will see??? So if you want inbox me your email and we can chat and keep close to help each other through this journey. I know it's not going to be easy but this is my last option to loose the weight and get healthy. I need knee surgery and this is the only way that the orthopedic surgeon will do the surgery if loose the weight and get down to a healthy weight that I want to stay at so I can be fitted to a knee brace that i can wear when I play sports. So that is my ultimate, cause some days I can't even walk up my stairs to use the bathroom cause my knees hurt so bad, and they dislocate if I step wrong? So this is my last chance!!!

I am so psyced cause mine only took like 2 months cause I had previously had the lapband and I didn't have to do all the stuff i had to do for the first surgery. I am so totally ready. I have cleaned my house and started buying everything for post surgery. I start my liquid diet this Wednesday and then the 19th I have my surgery. I can't wait to be post op.

So Happy that my surgery is only 2-1/2 weeks away!!! I have been working on getting my house clean this week and today and man till today I didn't realize how much my weight holds me back. I did most of the cleaning this week and today I just swept the rug up in my hallway upstairs cause it's a low pile rug and I wanted to get all the fuzzy's up and my vacuum is a POS, so I did that and it's only about 15 feet long then swept it down the stairs which there is only 10 stairs with a little landing in the middle and I am sweating like no other and now I just want to take a shower cause I feel like crap? So I don't think I am getting much more done today. I can't believe just how far I let myself get, and how much it holds me back. I am lucky I have a wonderful boyfriend that will help me out with the house cleaning and keeping it up, and my kids well they will when they realize what I just went through after the surgery. They don't know yet, cause I don't want them telling their father or mostly their fathers girlfriend, she thinks I take drugs to loose weight, but i am the biggest anti drug person I know. I don't drink alcohol, and I definitely don't do drugs. So I have decided that I won't tell them till the day before. I just got my paperwork in from the doctor yesterday confirming my date and time for my appointments coming up and I am super excited for all this to begin. I have to go to the hospital where I am having the procedure done on the 4th at 9:30 and then to my doctors right after I am done there, then start my 2 week diet the 5th, and then on the 19th I need to be at the hospital at 6 am for a 9 am surgery. I am going to have to figure out what I will do with my kids that morning so that I can get them off to school, but I am sure my mom will help me out. So I am ready and nothing is stopping me now. I hope that everyone that has their surgeries coming up in march and in the future good luck!!! I know much this means to me, so I know how much this must mean to you too!!

Luckyinlove, I know what you mean about this winter man its been awful!!! I live in Massachusetts and its been nasty here looking at another foot or more this Sunday its so depressing!!! I just want it over!!! As for insurance I have BCBS and it took a week and a half to get approved??? Call your insurance company and ask them if they have any info on your case!!! I did!!!

i suffer from chronic depression and am one of those that the meds only take the edge off. but this time of year it creeps up on my like a dark shadow. I have found that the only thing that works is either riding it through or upping meds for 3 months....I can't stand feeling off like this...since i tend to be kinda off anyway..lol Sorry you suffer the same fate....Not nice eh! RJ, I went to a therapist and she diagnosed me with Major Depression, and that is why I am on meds too, so I know what its like and I hope that someday I can figure out how not to be depressed but for now I just go along with the swing of things? I know right now is my bad time too, but of course I live in new england and it is freezing here and we have had sooooo much snow this year and I really hate the snow and the cold and so it makes it that much worse??? I feel off most days too and trust me I am not all here anyway, lol but being more off is just that much worse? I know it will pass, but I suffer from depression all year and it doesn't get a whole lot better? I sometimes wonder if my weight and my health has a role in it cause I hate my body and the way I look? So anyway I hope you feel better soon!!! You deserve to!!!

Man I wish I could only do 48 hours!!! Mine is the same thing High Protein, low fat and carb, and I have to buy it from for $230.00 for 2 week supply? He gives you 2 jugs of Protein powder, a little container of Fiber, and some chewable Vitamins. I don't know if its the same as the last time I had it, but the fiber is nasty!!!

Wow only 48 hours? man I have to do 2 weeks? Well I will definitely let you know!!!

Jess that is awesome news!!! Same day as me!!! Well do you have to do a 2 week diet? I do, so I have to start next wednesday!!! Well thats great, I am happy for you!!!

No totally not weird. I am big on teeth too, I can't date someone who has horrible nasty teeth specially if they are missing some where you can see?

Agreed, specially when he takes his shirt off!!! He is a beautiful man!!! lol

No never heard of it, but I will check it out. I love that show!!! I record it and watch it, cause I love watching it!!!