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Michigan Sleeve Support Groups?

wallman

By wallman, in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

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wallman    16

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I am newly sleeved and would like to join a group...the hospital has one..but i would like to checkout others...thx

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rmbtcb4evr    29

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If you find any please let me know. I was sleeved 2 weeks ago and the only Michigan support group I could find was Michigan people going to Mexico for surgery. What part of Michigan are you from?

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Threetimesacharm    1,400

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I would love to join a support group. I am just across the border in Windsor and was sleeved on the 10th. Maybe we can set something up once a month.

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wallman    16

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Sounds good...maybe we should start one once we are a little farther out.....i was sleeved a week ago today. Doing good..on full liguids. i am from metro detroit area...Sterling Hgts area....

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Threetimesacharm    1,400

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I think any time is good. I think sharing ideas and challenges will only help us be successful in the long run. Your location sounds close. Sounds like you are doing great for only one week out. I was sleeved on the 10th and started full liquids yesterday, it was very hard to get down one shake. Today seems a litlle better but full very fast. Post when you are ready to meet.

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wallman    16

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Ok will do...cant drive just yet..dr appt on fri..maybe i will be cleared to drive by then....talk to you later

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Mich grand    35

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If you find any please let me know. I was sleeved 2 weeks ago and the only Michigan support group I could find was Michigan people going to Mexico for surgery. What part of Michigan are you from?

Kalamazoo Mi

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Mich grand    35

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Hi kzoo' date=' Muskegon here. Hit my four month last 29th. How r u?[/quote']

As I said just getting going here. Have my first consult Thursday and don't know what expect. Have had three conversations with insurance companies and got three totally different responses when asked if it is covered. So....let the games begin!!

How are you doing at four months?

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BRAT    0

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Hi I'm from Ravenna Michigan my date is Oct. 23 rd at 12 noon I've been doing liquids since 10-04-12 . And lost 21 #. so far

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Mich grand    35

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As I said just getting going here. Have my first consult Thursday and don't know what expect. Have had three conversations with insurance companies and got three totally different responses when asked if it is covered. So....let the games begin!!

How are you doing at four months?

I have psychological appt this week and getting all the necessary paperwork around.

But still working toward the goal.

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Delena2/11    59

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Hi Fellow Michiganders! I am also from the Sterling Hts area. Would love to be part of a group.

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ShrinkingLee    2

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Anyone used Blue Care Network or M premiere care? What was the approval process like? How long did it take? I am awaiting approval.

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carstanger    346

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Sleeved in Muskegon with Dr Gluck but live in Jackson

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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