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Hello to you all I'm 22 yrs. old from Nyc I'm currently done with my checklist for surgery I have one last appointment November 16th for pre-op testing and I'm scheduled to have my surgery December 4th at St Luke's Hospital with Dr.Harvey I'm so excited & nervous about everything I can't wait to begin this journey and change my life! I would love to get to know each and every one of you & have someone to speak to about this path I'm about to have soon! :)

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Welcome:-) im kinda new! your surgery date is before mine so im excited to read your posts about it!We

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Good Luck to both of you! I am 6 months out, and yes i would do it again in a new york minute! LOL

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Hey Ladies, my Vitamin D test is the 19th. One more visit to the nutritionist on December 3rd. Excited.. Do I need the pulimonary test done?

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Hey Ladies' date=' my Vitamin D test is the 19th. One more visit to the nutritionist on December 3rd. Excited.. Do I need the pulimonary test done?[/quote']

Hey msjackiedmv... I didn't need the pulmonary test until my info was submitted to the insurance. They came back and said I need cardio clearance an pulmonologist clearance. The pulmonologist test was not bad at all and they cleared me. For the cardio, I had an initial appt and then had to go back for a stress test and echocardiogram. They didn't tell me if I was cleared through cardio yet. They said they won't be able to review the results until Monday and hopefully they will give me clearance so that the surgeon can resubmit to the insurance company for approval. :-/ so nervous...

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You will be okay, keep praying God knows what's best for us, he is the decision maker...

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You will be okay' date=' keep praying God knows what's best for us, he is the decision maker...[/quote']

Oh trust me I have been. :-) just praying it gets approved. Everything happens for a reason and I feel this IS meant go be. :-)

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Hi why do they need to do a Vitamin D test? Will they not go through with it if its low?

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Hi why do they need to do a Vitamin D test? Will they not go through with it if its low?

I am not sure why they need it exactly, but my Vitamin D levels were low and they just wrote me a prescription for Vitamin D, so I don't think it will stop you from having the surgery.

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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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      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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