Hi! My name is Bethany and I am having my sleeve done on Thursday 03/22! I am so excited/nervous!! I currently weigh 263 and my goal is 150. I went last year to a seminar done by another doctor in my area and loved him---but didn't feel like his staff were very helpful. After looking at my insurance I was told that I did not qualify and then they sent me on my way with no further instruction. So after a few months my husband thought I should go to a different doctor that he had heard about so I went on to one of their siminars expecting to be told the same thing about my insurance. D. Penningtons staff were amazing!!! they helped me figure out exactly what I needed to qualify with my insurance and were able to get a pre approval for me! So noe here I am just a few days from surgery! I really would like to have someone I can talk to through all of this and so if anyone is going through the procedure close to the same time as me...let me know and we can be pen pals or something

My date is the 22nd too! We will be going through everything at same time so keep us posted <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

I will! Good luck!!! What time do you go in? I have to be there at 5am!

I won't know until the day before =/

By the way, how old are you? (if you don't mind me asking)

I'm going in on march 21st, wow tomorrow..we will do great!

By the way, how old are you? (if you don't mind me asking)

I'm 24 :]

Best wishes for a complication-free surgery and speedy recovery. The odds are on your side that you should do very well. I know you must have pre-op jitters and I do, too, because my surgery date is 3/28. Keep us posted!

Hi all, I am 18 days out. Put your jitters aside! I was pleasantly surprised at how "easy" the surgery was. My big advice- make sure you have an anti-nausea drug dose before you go down to have your leak test. The stuff is nasty, your throat is dry and it may make you feel sick. Also make sure you have one for the car ride home. I am on softs, my doctor is conservative so I am on blenderized oatmeal, soft cooked eggs, low fat creamed Soups. It's getting old, but for the first time in my life, I am not starving!! I do not do well at getting Protein, I get about 45 grams a day. My NUT says it's not great, but will be okay until I can have shaved deli meat next week. Best of luck to you all!! The pay off- -20 pounds in 18 days!!

Hi all, I am 18 days out. Put your jitters aside! I was pleasantly surprised at how "easy" the surgery was. My big advice- make sure you have an anti-nausea drug dose before you go down to have your leak test. The stuff is nasty, your throat is dry and it may make you feel sick. Also make sure you have one for the car ride home. I am on softs, my doctor is conservative so I am on blenderized oatmeal, soft cooked eggs, low fat creamed soups. It's getting old, but for the first time in my life, I am not starving!! I do not do well at getting Protein, I get about 45 grams a day. My NUT says it's not great, but will be okay until I can have shaved deli meat next week. Best of luck to you all!! The pay off- -20 pounds in 18 days!!

What does NUT stand for?

What anti nausea medicine and what is a leak test?

haha sorry I'm clueless!!

and thank you so much for the encouraging words! I need them today---I'm freaking out a bit!

Nut is nutritionist....kind of appropriate! While you are in the hospital your doctor will leave orders for an anti nausea medicine such as Zofran or Phenigren, you may be nauseated after surgery. Before you can have liquids, you have to have a leak test where you have to drink a bubbly nasty drink (not much thankfully) and swallow so they can be sure you don't have a leak where the contents of your stomach are leaking into your body cavity.

Nut is nutritionist....kind of appropriate! While you are in the hospital your doctor will leave orders for an anti nausea medicine such as Zofran or Phenigren, you may be nauseated after surgery. Before you can have liquids, you have to have a leak test where you have to drink a bubbly nasty drink (not much thankfully) and swallow so they can be sure you don't have a leak where the contents of your stomach are leaking into your body cavity.

haha that sounds like fun :\

I'm going to tell them to give me anti nausea medicine before I even wake up!!

I always get sick from surgery so I told them to light me up, I didn't want to wake up sick. The last thing I remember (rather embarrassingly) was saying "yeehaw" as they were pushing the gurney from holding and then waking up. maybe asking for extra anti anxiety drugs were a bad idea.....

I always get sick from surgery so I told them to light me up, I didn't want to wake up sick. The last thing I remember (rather embarrassingly) was saying "yeehaw" as they were pushing the gurney from holding and then waking up. maybe asking for extra anti anxiety drugs were a bad idea.....

hahaha thats great!

I'm glad to have found someone my age going Through the same thing (i'm 23). You should ask your Dr if he requires the leak test after surgery because some Dr check before you even get off the operating table

I always get sick from surgery so I told them to light me up, I didn't want to wake up sick. The last thing I remember (rather embarrassingly) was saying "yeehaw" as they were pushing the gurney from holding and then waking up. maybe asking for extra anti anxiety drugs were a bad idea.....

OKAY....this cracked me up!!!!!! I can imagine the "yeehaw" on the gurney...that is too funny. It's amazing how well the anesthesia (sp) works...last thing I remember was saying repeatedly "Are you SURE I'm not going to be awake while you do the surgery?" I'm sure I said that like 4 x and apparantly it knocked me out soon after becuz I don't remember a THING after that!! Love it! :-)

I'm on 3/22 also. Anesthesia does strange things to me, so I always apologize ahead of time. I tell them to please forgive me for anything I might say, and that there's no way they can hold me responsible :tongue2: My daughter's a RN and she says that folks say all kinds of crazy stuff before surgery. I think they keep a log somewhere in her hospital, just so they can refer back to it for laughs.

I have to be at the hospital at 5:30am and surgery is scheduled for 7:30am, so please keep me in your prayers!

Good luck on Thursday! I'm going in tmorrow morning for my sleevie. Looking forward to sharing this journey with you!