Are you a nurse? I am starting a support group for nurses that are contemplating, undergoing or are now 'old pro's' with their sleeves!

By way of introduction, my name is Jana & I live in the DFW area and am currently undergoing the approval process. I have been a RN for 38 years--18 years in Surgery & 18 years in Case Management & as a Manager for a major health plan carrier.

So feel free to jump on board!

HI, my surgery is also on May 20th, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

I have been a nurse of some sort for 28 years. From CNA, LPN to RN. Have worked in geriatrics, psych and now the wonderful world of insurance. Wouldn't change anything.

I love my life, now time to love myself even more, and enjoy life instead of trying to avoid it due to my size and making excuses why I don't want to do things. As a nurse I found it difficult to explain or justify why I was overweight since I was educated on what I needed to do and the consequences of my actions. So I decided it was time to do something about it. Hoping this is the answer

Good Luck Everyone !!!

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I hope you get in, too! Nursing has been a wonderful career path for me, and I've done so many different things in my career. Good luck![/quote']

Thank you!

Ok my fellow nurses.. I have a med question for you guys:

I've read a comment that someone was able to get off synthroid after losing weight... Could this be possible? Can losing weight improve thyroid function?? I've never heard this to be true, but have any of y'all heard this, read about this, experienced this???

Are you a nurse? I am starting a support group for nurses that are contemplating' date=' undergoing or are now 'old pro's' with their sleeves!

By way of introduction, my name is Jana & I live in the DFW area and am currently undergoing the approval process. I have been a RN for 38 years--18 years in Surgery & 18 years in Case Management & as a Manager for a major health plan carrier.

So feel free to jump on board![/quote']

Hi I am an L&D RN for 10 years, having my sleeve May 28, 2013! I am terrified!! My husband had his sleeve done to the date 1 year ago and he's doing fantastic, lost 95 lbs in 2 months!! Anyway Im looking forward to having a support group!

Hi I am an L&D RN for 10 years' date=' having my sleeve May 28, 2013! I am terrified!! My husband had his sleeve done to the date 1 year ago and he's doing fantastic, lost 95 lbs in 2 months!! Anyway Im looking forward to having a support group![/quote']

Wow 95 lbs in 2 months? What was his starting weight?

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Wow 95 lbs in 2 months? What was his starting weight?

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He was 255, now 160 n still dropping! He' s kinda worried because he doesnt want to loose anymore!!!

He was 255' date=' now 160 n still dropping! He' s kinda worried because he doesnt want to loose anymore!!![/quote']

Guys always lose faster than us! You will do great!

I start a CNA class and my second term of prerequisites for nursing school on Monday! At the end of this term, I can apply to nursing school. I am so excited.

Still waiting on insurance approval for surgery though. We thought I was finished with everything but I have one more nutritional meeting in June and then we can submit to my secondary insurance.

Woohoo.

I y'all! I'm a nursing student and I'm Pre-op

Also I wanted to ask I know there is going to be wt restriction post op but how long before I can lift. I have critical care clinical in the fall and y'all know nursing students get asked to help lift and move patients I just want to make sure ill be ready for clinical.

Im in nursing had wls sleeve jan was my idea to lose weight down 43 pounds i took six weeks off work

ICU RN here, my surgery is in about 30 hours, Wednesday morning bright and early. I am freaking out a little bit but I know it is going to be just fine.

Taurabird, good luck!

ICU RN here, my surgery is in about 30 hours, Wednesday morning bright and early. I am freaking out a little bit but I know it is going to be just fine.

Good luck - let us know how you do!

Hi everyone! I have been an RN for 8 years. I currently work from home caring for medically fragile people that actually live with me. We live in Central Texas. I had my sleeve on 5/13 in Reynosa. My doctor was Dr. Felipe Cantu Jr. He and his staff were awesome. No problems from the surgery. I am only down 25lbs since my pre-op weight of 245. I got a viral illness a week out. I have been very weak since. I am trying to do things every day. Walk a little or something. Some days I do too much, and then I'm in pain. I'm trying to do better in that area. I am feeling better over all. I want to go back in to the Hospice field as soon as I can. I guess that will be between 2-4 weeks. I'm excited about the sleeve because I am a type 2 diabetic (insulin dependent; have hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. )I'm hoping to get healthier now. I feel like I've kind of stalled for the last few days. I am hoping that its just because I started my period yesterday. I wish us all luck. I'm glad I found this group. Anybody is welcome to friend me on my FB. I'm listed as Rachelle Bates Johnston, or rach@joyw.com is my Email. We probably need all the support friends we can find! Ill keep everyone posted!!