M scheduled for my surgery April 26th and I was curious to see who else would be walking in the shoes of April with me. Tell me how you feeling? What's on your mind? Any worries? Second thoughts?

Woot woot !!!! My surgery date is April 2 and I can't wait !!!! But I must say the liquid diet is going well but my mind starts to wonder but I'm still on track <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

I started the liquid diet this morning, so far so good. But I am hungry now I guess I will go make me a protien shack yummy huh

I am scheduled for April 10th. I am mentally ready but nervous fir the pain afterwards.

I just had mine on the 21st and my dr. Didn't even give me a prescription. I've been taking aspirin and it's been fine. Surviving the lack of food has been harder.

OMG. I have never eaten out at more restaurants than ever before. Monday Italian, chicken wings the other day, last night wss chinese buffet. Right now my husband is cooking me portuguese chourico that I had flown in to Texas just so I can have some before the surgery.

This has so been me too. The bad thing is I can't be below 270 (for BMI of 40) the day of surgery and now instead of gaining weight every other day when I jump on the scale it goes from 270 down to 268 or 269. Where as before I could gain 5#s just by saying let's go out to eat. LOL.Oh well, soon enough I'll be in for surgery prep day. 3 more weeks.

Im being sleeved on April 25th

April 26 9 am !!!

April 11th and I am SO excited!

this is great! so many April sleevers means a whole lot of mental support! i'm happy for everyone here

My surgery is April 11!!! I'm really excited and can't wait to get it over with but I'm getting more and more anxious as I read people's threads on here at least once a day I'm thinking is this the right thing for me? Am I just being lazy by not doing it on my own ? Being private pay I'm nervous about any complications and having to stay any additional nights. That being said I know that once I get this done I will be the type to do it 100% and will be successful . I'm naturally an anxious person so I know I'm overthinking this alot so if Any one has any positive advice bring it on anything to ease my anxiety !!!!

Krissie,

Im private pay too and I am PETRIFIED that I will have complications/leak and be up to my armpits in medical bills!!!! I dont have a date yet (hoping for early April) and am getting sleeved by Dr. Cirangle in San Francisco. Im really relying on my surgeons skills (he is one of the best) and following the rules 100% so I take away as much risk as I can.

I think the key is to remember that YOU have made LOTS of GREAT decisions in your life.... and this is probably one of the things you have thought about for A LONG TIME and at this point- its STILL a good decision! Also keep in mind that your Dr. wants only the best for you and I am sure that he/she is going to do their very best work on you- this is their specialty.

I feel guilty sometimes about the money... but check this out.... You know how every new years eve you "resolve" to be active and loose the weight? What if all you had to do was nap your fingers and pay $2000 on January 1st of each year and POOF... you would be healthy and skinnier! Would it be worth it? Of course it would. This surgery isnt about easy finger snaps or quick "poofs", but it is about the quality of the REST OF YOUR LIFE! And if you really crunch the numbers- its going to suck financially in the short run, but in the long run its gonna be awesome!

BONUS!!! Shopping for normal clothes is sooooo much cheaper than shopping for plus size clothes!

Cheers

Kat

Getting sleeved April 10th. I'm excited, nervous and scared. Ready to get my life back and start living for me! Just hope I heal well and able to reach my goal.

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Im private pay too and I am PETRIFIED that I will have complications/leak and be up to my armpits in medical bills!!!! I dont have a date yet (hoping for early April) and am getting sleeved by Dr. Cirangle in San Francisco. Im really relying on my surgeons skills (he is one of the best) and following the rules 100% so I take away as much risk as I can.

I think the key is to remember that YOU have made LOTS of GREAT decisions in your life.... and this is probably one of the things you have thought about for A LONG TIME and at this point- its STILL a good decision! Also keep in mind that your Dr. wants only the best for you and I am sure that he/she is going to do their very best work on you- this is their specialty.

I feel guilty sometimes about the money... but check this out.... You know how every new years eve you "resolve" to be active and loose the weight? What if all you had to do was nap your fingers and pay 2000 on January 1st of each year and POOF... you would be healthy and skinnier! Would it be worth it? Of course it would. This surgery isnt about easy finger snaps or quick "poofs", but it is about the quality of the REST OF YOUR LIFE! And if you really crunch the numbers- its going to suck financially in the short run, but in the long run its gonna be awesome!

BONUS!!! Shopping for normal clothes is sooooo much cheaper than shopping for plus size clothes!

Cheers

Kat[/quote']

I know that this is the best decision for me , but I'm a nurse and know all that can go wrong not to mention I'm having the surgery at the hospital I work at which adds to my anxiety cause I'm a very private person and also I've been reading about people's complications on this website so I start to freak myself out sometimes haha. Ultimately I'm excited to start my pre op diet Wednesday and I'm excited to begin my new lifestyle I just wanna get it over with and I'm praying every day I don't have any complications I can't afford it financially for one for two im a single mother and need to be around for my son who means the world to me :-( ugh the million things going through my head these days before my surgery eeek!!!

snoho1- that's exactly right! I think about the money I've spent on weight watchers and other diets and this seems much cheaper and more effective. Clothes will be cheaper, and not to mention food. Nothing like left over resturant meals, cheaper options on the menu, etc...

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I am April 10 too!!! Let me know ho w u are doing?

Started day 2 of liquid pre-op diet. I'm hungry yet I'm not. I have head hunger more than anything. I've tried a few different brands of protein and Designer Whey I got at Trader Joes is the best so far. Did my pre admin stuff yesterday and had my last follow-up with the Dr. this morning before surgery April 9th. Clock is ticking ..... less than 2 weeks to go.

April 19!! started pre-op diet a few days ago!! a exteremly low carb, high protien diet!! its going good soo far!! im super excited about the surgery. As far as worries i have a few, mainly the recovery process, pain, difficulties moving ect!! And the major one, which ppl might think is silly, HAIR LOSS!! im worried about that. Ive kept the sugery too myself and parents, who will be there for help. Siblings and friends dont know about it. Im worried that they might think im SERIOUSLY sick ff they see me loosing rapid weight and lost of hair!! scary to think about...i like my hair! hahaha

but we shall see how things go!! best of luck to everyone!!

signed,

demarcos

My date is also April 19. Where r you having your surgery? Mine is in Huntington, West Virginia at the VA hospital. I'm getting kind of nervous, but excited at the same time.