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Im Ashlee, my surgery is April 9th! Preop is on March 20th. My doc is Dr Prokurat (Hamilton, NJ). 25, 5'5 and 244 and ready to lose it!

*edit: Sorry I suck at spelling :/ oops! hehe

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Hey! i have my surgery date!!! April 25th!!! Im 25, 5'5" & 250lbs.... I can't wait to get this done and get healthy!

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I believe mine is April 9th. I m 35, 5'1 and 210lbs. I am self pay, have scheduled my EGD, Nutrition class and cardiology appt for next week. I am on the cancellation let for the psychologist and then I will be scheduled for an official day. Surgeon has me penciled in for the 9th though. He wanted to go a week earlier but I cannot due to work meeting I am putting on. I can't wait!!!

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I'm Rhonda my surgery date is April 10th. I am very excited and nervous.

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Hey guys! Im so excited for us! Im nervous about the surgery but Im ready to do it. I have 2 little girls, 1 & 3. I want to get healthy so I can keep up w them! I want them to look back on their childhood and remember mom w a smile on her face!!!

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Hey all,

I'm "penciled in" for April 19'th, I'm 6'1" and 351 lbs, I've got a couple more hoops to jump through, still need to meet with the nutritionist and the Psyc. but that should'nt be a problem, then its just waiting for my labs to come back. can't wait to get started.

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Welcome!! i hope everything works out and you get that day for sure! Hurry up April!

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Hi Everyone! I'm Sabrina...scheduled for April 3, 2012. I am 35, 5'5 1/2, and 225lbs. I am going to be revising from Realize Band to VSG. I can't wait!!! Only a few more weeks! Yay! Good Luck to us all :)

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Hey everyone. I'm Stephanie. 39 years. 5'4 and 230. Totally looking forward to my lap-band removal and getting the sleeve. I'm scheduled with Dr. Aceves on May 11.

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Hi I'm cathy from the UK. I am self pay and due to be sleeved in Czech Rep on 3rd April. I'm only 5'3" and a heafty 262lb but not for much longer. Pre-op should start next Sunday (18/3) but I am postponing it by 1 day so that I can Celebrate Mothers day (we have different date to you guys) and by the next mothers day I hope to call myself slim.

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Hi! I'm scheduled for April 4th with Dr. Michael King in MS. I've got BCBS of Illinois and have completed the approval process which included 6 months of supervised dieting, a nutritionist consultation and a psych eval. I had my pre-op consultation with Dr. King this week and did my pre-registration with the hospital as well. I start a 2 week clear liquid diet on the 21st and then all I have to do is show up on the 4th and get sleeved!

I'm so excited and wish all of you the best!

Oh, almost forgot the stats! I am 35 and 5 ft 6 inches. My starting weight was 307 (Aug. '11) and I'm down 50 pounds now to 257. My personal goal has been to hit the operating table in April at 250 or less :)

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Hey April Sleevers. My day is April 16th. I too am nervous, excited, and ready!!!! :rolleyes:

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I'm april too - the 13th. Obviously i am not superstious, lol.

I'm 5'9 and have to stay in 270 range until day of surgery because aetna/ins won't approve me for vsg if I'm below a 40 bmi day of surgery.

Look forward to hearing how all the April sleevers do :). I can't wait to be healthy again - will never be tiny I'm too tall, lol

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Hi! I'm Courtney. Just got the phone call that I'm approved. April 4 is my big day. I start preop diet tomorrow. Can't wait for this to come!! Good luck to everyone and can't wait to hear about your changed postop.

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Hello Fellow April Sleevers!!! My big day is April 16th and I am self paying for my sleeve! Dr. Ortiz is doing my surgery and I am so very excited to start this journey. I am already in pre-op diet mode and have dropped 7 lbs. Dr. Ortiz is looking for me to drop a good 15 lbs before surgery. I'm 5'10 and started pre-op diet at 332.

Best Wishes To Us All!! Let's keep each other updated with our successes!!!

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