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Today is the day for me!!!!!!

I have to be at the hospital by 9:30. I was still in shock when I called them yesterday to get my surgery time I thought they would say - you are not on our list for surgery....but they didn't :)

so excited & a little nervous but mostly about the IV! How silly is that? It usually takes 3-4 times for anyone to stick me before they finally get it in. I have bad veins....

anyway - I will keep you all posted!! YEAH!

I will be in Stratford, NJ with Dr. Balsama!

Dawn

Hopefully I will do my ticker soon...

Dawn!

YAY!!! You are on your way hun!! Don't stress the IV. Hopefully you will get a great nurse that will get it with the first prick. Big hugs!!

:grouphug:

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So glad to hear someone else is going in June! Mine is scheduled for June 8th in Indianapolis, IN.

Yay! We'll have twin sleeves! My date is June 8th as well!

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June 22, Kaiser South San Francisco, CA.

I can't believe I've got 19 days left! I even got a countdown app on my phone and I look at it every day and get excited.

I'm starting to get really nervous now, the clock is ticking.

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Hi....

Checking in on you. How was your sugery. Hope everything went well.:rolleyes:

We are looking for fellow, "Jewels of June" AKA: anyone getting sleeved in June '11. My surgery is scheduled for June 6th in Middletown, NY. I had my last consult with my surgeon this morning and set all of my pre-op appointments. I guess this is really going to happen. Wooo Hooo!!!!

Everyone who is on "The Losers' Bench", make room. THE JEWELS OF JUNE ARE COMING!!!!!

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My date was changed from the 13th to the 20th also!! :/ but it's not that far away! Who is your surgeon?

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Hi my fellow Jewels!

My surgery was changed from June13 to June 20th... I was a little disappointed, but got over it really quick! :D This gives me an extra week to get my mind right and now I can have BBQ with my family for Memorial day instead of starting my preop diet! I am just so glad I am still a Jewel!

Melissa

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One week from tomorrow. /bites nails June 16th. Anyone else on that day?

I had my postop/preop visit today - I had the band out a week ago yesterday, getting sleeved a week from tomorrow. Good news is that they took me off the liquid preop diet and told me to just eat 1200 calories per day or less of whole foods (no processed, no fast food etc). I guess my liver look pretty good in person and so I don't need to shrink it. Whew. I was really struggling with the liquid diet. Which kind of worries me for after surgery.

I am getting both excited and nervous.

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How did your surgery go? I hope you are home and well!!

We are looking for fellow, "Jewels of June" AKA: anyone getting sleeved in June '11. My surgery is scheduled for June 6th in Middletown, NY. I had my last consult with my surgeon this morning and set all of my pre-op appointments. I guess this is really going to happen. Wooo Hooo!!!!

Everyone who is on "The Losers' Bench", make room. THE JEWELS OF JUNE ARE COMING!!!!!

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Just got home a couple of hours ago.. Lots of pain, lots of nausea. Not feeling so hot, but liquids arre going down really well. The powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury chicken broth is delicius. I ache all over.

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I'm not a Jewel of June anymore! :( I got a cold the day after my pre-op appt, 1 week before surgery. Surgery has been rescheduled for July 20. Good luck to all you lucky-duck Jewels of June!

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