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I have BCBS of OKLA and they didn't require that. I only had to go to a weight management doctor for three months. They just started covering the sleeve! I'm getting sleeved on TUESDAY January 11th!!!!

I'm getting sleeved on Tuesday next week so I went see my surgeon today. He told me not to drink 30 minutes before or 30 minutes after you eat.

My doctors office called me yesterday and said NO advil (ibuprphen) or asprin a week before surgery. It thins your blood. My surgery is next Tuesday.

I started my two week liquid diet last Tuesday and the ONLY thing my Doctor said I could have was 3 protein shakes a day, water, tea, and cystal light. It has been REALLY hard but I'm trying. Did have to have 3 trisket the other day because I was nauseated.

I'm on day 7 of my liquid diet and it gets better. The first three days were SO HARD!!! Tonight my daughter told me if I can't eat I shouldn't have to COOK! So she cooked tonight and my husband has been fending for himself. LOL Left overs!!!! It will get BETTER!!! Hang in there!!!

I bought mine on Amazon too then I found it at Walmart! That is what I had for supper tonight!!!

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!! I talk with my Best Friend today and that is the first thing she told me .....YOUR MOTHER IN LAW IS JUST JEALOUS!!!! Well after she called her a B--ch! LOL My husband is supportive now! It just took some TLC and reminding him that I NEED HIS HELP!!! When I told him I told his mother he just said THAT IS THE WRONG PERSON TO TELL but he wasn't mad. I did end up telling him the next day what she said and what I said BACK and he told me that is GOOD I stood up for myself it doesn't matter what she thinks!!! This morning when he was leaving for work he said now what day do I need to put down to be off for you! I came home from work today and my oldest had the house clean and clothes folded!!! Was cooking supper too! I told her I can cook supper and she said YOU SHOULDN'T have to COOK since you can't eat! (I'm on day 7 of my two week liquid diet) I said WOW THANKS and went outside and played with my boxer puppies until they were done eating. It was VERY NICE not to have to watch them eat!!! LOL This NEW YEAR looks like it is going to be a GREAT ONE!!!

Kris....WAY TO GO!!! I'm getting sleeved on the 11th and so EXCITED!! PLEASE keep us posted on how you are doing. You and I have a lot in common with our health issues and .... my Dad died at 52 massive heart attack on the operating table during open heart surgery. My brother had 5 bypasses before he was 50. Runs on my dads side. GOOD LUCK and PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH!!!

Jen, I started my two weeks last Tuesday Dec 28th. I will tell you the first 3 days are rough but then it gets better. You are lucky...I can only have 3 Protein shakes but all the Water, tea and cystal light I want. NO egg or cheese or anything else. One thing is you do lose weight! Yay BUT I've been going to bed early just to get away from the Kitchen! LOL GOOD LUCK!!!

THANK YOU ALL! I'm very proud of my daughter...sometimes it takes someone close to you to show you a different way to view others. Coops, she isn't the kindest never has been to me or my oldest daughter because we were both over weight but like my daughter said it is HER LOSS not getting to know them better. Both of my daughters continue to go out of their way to visit with my in laws. Now that my oldest has lost her weight well Grandma LIKES her now! It just CHAPS ME but there is nothing I can do about it. They are my husbands parents. It hurt my husband to see how his mother treated his daughters when they were growing up. I always tell him that is Water under the bridge all we can do now is move forward! I will get sleeved on the 11th and I'm VERY EXCITED!! KLUS that is WONDERFUL that your husband is getting sleeved!!! You going through it already and showing him how GOOD it works is WONDERFUL!

So I'm on day 4 of my liquid diet. I'm drinking the protein shake from my doctors office and it goes down ok...getting tired of the strawberry...so I tried the Unjury Vanilla and I had the worst stomach pains. I just feel nauseated all day after both Protein shakes. Did anyone else have this problem? I couldn't sleep last night because of my stomach so I finally got up and heated up some milk....you always hear warm milk helps you sleep better LOL....and I ate three triskets. Then I felt better and was able to go back to bed. I am on antibiotics could this be the problem? I take a pill in the morning and at night. I drink it with milk because it tells me to take with milk or food? Will this go away soon because I have to do this liquid diet for two weeks? Any suggestions would be GREAT!!

AWESOME!!!!! I hope a year from January 11, 2011 I can write the SAME THING!! You are such an INSPIRATION to us that have and haven't been sleeved yet!! WAY TO GO!!!!

THAT IS AWESOME!!! I'm SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!

I'm having my surgery in Victoria, TX by Dr. McDaniel. You made me LAUGH about McDonald's....I SO wanted to have a BIG MAC before I started this but then THOUGHT a BIG MAC is what got me into this shape and SIZE! LOL I SO CRAVED BIG MAC's when I was PG with my first child!! LOL I just went to bed at 8 last night just so I wouldn't eat!!! I have ALWAYS been a night time eater! I'm on vacation right now so I'm cleaning out my cabinets to keep busy today! LOL I don't know how to work this website to add a ticker or information about my sleeve...like you have Jan 11 getting sleeved with....

My date is January 11 TOO!!! I get my time next Thursday! Being on the liquid diet is HARD but only at night....if that makes sense!!! Let's keep in touch on our NEW JOURNEY!! I feel the same way EXCITED and SCARED but that is NATURAL!! On my liquid diet I get to have three protien drinks a day and all the water, crystal light, and tea I want. Is that what you are doing?

Right now...I'm not even nervous about my SLEEVE! I start my two week liquid diet tomorrow and as of right now...I"M READY!!! I've eaten SO much food over Christmas that I'm READY to just drink my Protein shake three times a day! I'm SO MISERABLE from FOOD...I'm ASHAMED to say I've gained 16 pounds in three wks!! Dr said it looks like a LOT of Water weight gain from looking at my legs. FRITOS and cheese DIP are OFF MY MENU FOREVER!!!! Now in a few more days I maybe crying I WANT FOOD but I don't think so. I'm telling myself two weeks will go by SO FAST and then my NEW LIFE BEGINS! Since I went to the Dr today and found out I have a UTI...I'm a little excited about going back next week to weigh in again after a week of Protein shakes and NO SALTY FOODS!!! Am I CRAZY or WHAT??? PLEASE keep me in your thoughts and prayers!!! I SO WANT TO BE SLEEVED but I HAVE to get rid of this infection first!!!

GOOD LUCK TOMORROW!! I will keep you in my prayers!!!

Ok so for the past two weeks I've been SO TORN on what to do. I have two Sisters and they are both nurses. I was an OOPS baby...so my older siblings LOVE me. I was like an only child because when I got old enough to remember they didn't live with us. One of my Sisters WAS over weight like me the other is a runner and watches what she eats. So the over weight sister had Gastric Bypass and the other sister didn't talk to her for a LONG time! She was so MAD that she would do this to herself! The sister that had the surgery I TOLD about my up coming surgery and she is SO SUPPORTIVE the other one I haven't told. You see when my Uncle died of Cancer the skinny sister started working with Cancer patients to learn more. When my Dad died of a heart attack she then started working with Heart patients to LEARN MORE and she DID help my Brother when he had his 5 bypasses! WELL NOW she is on a MISSION for ME. She just took a job studing and researching OBESITY! She told my Mother that she wants to HELP me! So here comes the PROBLEM! My Mother is SCARED my Skinny sister will get SO MAD at me and HER for NOT telling her what I'm doing!!! I KNOW IT IS MY LIFE but when I was 15, 17 & 22 years old and had to have surgery for my Kidney stones she DROPPED EVERYTHING and came to my bedside and TOOK care of me. I still believe she SAVED my life because she REFUSED to let the nurses do what the doctor told them to do to me. She said you will not TOUCH her until the Dr comes to see her in person and can see what is what is going on! FINALLY the Dr showed up and sure enough did NOT proceed with what he wanted to do! She did the same for my other sister when she had problems six months after her bypass...got the first airplane out and took care of her. NONE of us live close to each other....CO, FL, MN, and TX! I know she will be MAD at me BUT I AM doing what I THINK is BEST for ME! I DON'T want her to get MAD at MOM for not saying anything since they talk to each other at least twice a day! My Mother lives by ME! I'm THINKING about emailing her the day I go for surgery because I DON'T want to get lectured before my surgery. What do you all think? AM I WRONG for not wanting to say anything right now? I REALLY don't mean to HURT her feelings. I can't tell your HOW MANY DIET books, ADDICTION books and SELF HELP books she has purchased and MAILED ME! For the last year she has REALLY PUSHED ME to lose weight to the point my oldest daughter called her and told her to leave me alone already. That she knows she means well but when I talk to her my blood pressure was going up!!! LOL I'm venting again sorry!!! So MANY EMOTIONS during the WAITING game!!! I SURE HOPE BCBS makes up their mind FAST!!! LOL