Indiana Sleevers

[Roxanne Hughes 10]

I'm using medicare. No an upper GI is an X-ray. Each patient is different. It's based on how healthy each person is. Ill know more in a few weeks.

I think a lot of it is age also. A group was talking about it in support group. I have heard Medicare doesn't require the 3 to 6 month diets like most of the insurance. Have you seen the NUT at Carmel.....I really like mine.

[Cyber mom 4]

Haven't seen the NUT yet.

[zacben 10]

Ok without being thought of as stupid please, can you please tell me what NUT is?

[Kimmy1813 77]

Ok without being thought of as stupid please' date=' can you please tell me what NUT is?[/quote']

I'm not an Indiana sleever, but saw your question....it's a nutritionist.

[zacben 10]

I'm not an Indiana sleever' date=' but saw your question....it's a nutritionist.[/quote']

Thank you!

[graylola 78]

Indiana Sleever checking in (I've lived in Lafayette, Mooresville, Terre Haute).

Had Dr. Diaz at St Vincent, very very pleased with the experience.

FYI, from my experience, the pre-op testing I had to do was essentially a bunch of stations that you circled around to within the hospital. X-rays, ultrasound of the stomach, bunch of vials of blood, medical history. Then the Upper GI, which is somewhat of a pain, but don't let people scare you, it's not that bad. You have to swallow some barium that is really thick but doesn't taste that bad, and then they make you flop around on a machine that tracks the fluid's progress through your tract. Oh, and then the lung/heart station. They hook up a bunch of electrodes and just get a reading to make sure there's nothing funky. And then you breathe into a few machines to test your lung function. It's a long morning, but I found it to be fine.

At some point before or after that, they have you do a day long dietician/nurse class where you'll be given a ton of information and a big booklet with it all written down. You might want to take someone with you to help you take notes and think of questions. It's a lot of information.

I can't recommend the support groups enough. It's nice to have people who understand what you're going through and have already dealt with the problems you experience along the way, whether it's insurance, food intolerance, struggles with fluids or Proteins.< /p>

[Cyber mom 4]

Graylola when did u have your surgery? How were u the first week I have read some horror stories about being really hungry. How much have u lost?

[drea0325 7]

I had my surgery on 4/2 with Diaz in Carmel. Dr Diaz and st v are wonderful!!! The surgery went well. The 2 days in the hospital were the toughest but everyday u wake up feeling better than the day before!

[graylola 78]

Graylola when did u have your surgery? How were u the first week I have read some horror stories about being really hungry. How much have u lost?

Had it 4/3. Lost 24 pounds pre-op, lost another 18 so far since surgery. I have read the stories too, and have personally had nothing but great luck. I have no problems drinking fluids at all, except a slight discomfort if I try to drink plain Water without something mixed into it or if I try to eat thicker meals (refried Beans, mashed potatoes) too fast. I have had maybe a few fleeting moments of what I would have previously classified as hunger, but if I focus on getting some fluids in me I forget the feeling within minutes or recognize it as just some digestion or head hunger.

As drea said, there are some general surgery pains those couple of days in the hospital, but otherwise ok. I don't know what to attribute the difference to. Could be that St Vincent is just that good or I was just lucky enough to have a body that reacted well to it all. I think it's wonderful not being hungry. There are moments of remorse, when I think about the foods I can't have, especially in this early phase that's so limited. But I feel great, and that just has to be enough.

[Cyber mom 4]

Graylola, u said u lost pre op. was that required by your dr or is there a preop diet that they didn't tell me about? How long after your medical history meeting was your surgery?

[graylola 78]

No, there's no pre-op diet required by St Vincent. I just read about liquid diets on here and thought, well, it might be a good idea anyway. Some of it was just the natural result of giving up things I knew I'd have to for surgery. Starting in January I gave up coffee, pop, tried my best to cut back on fast food in general.

I had my pre-op testing/history on February 14th, and that's when it really became real for me that I was doing this, and it gave me the motivation to do the two Protein Shakes a day plus Soup for dinner for much of that 6 week period. But with a bit of cheating thrown in there for having various "last meals"

[Hemlock99 6]

The pre-op diets typically depends on your insurance and the bariatric center. Some Drs require u loose prior to surgery, some dont. I'm lucky mine didn't. However, my insurance requires I wait 6 months for NUT and counseling, then I can apply for surgery to insurance.

[Dawn0429 5]

First day on this site. Surgery is scheduled for May 20th. Went to my first seminar end of February, and already have approval. Going through Dr.Sloan in Fort Wayne. For those who are self pay, I was told during the seminar that self pay cost was $18,000. Hoping that the surgery and post op will go as smoothly as getting approval.

[BryJohn 72]

Woohoo!!! I got a surgery date! June 11 .Its about a month later than I was hoping for but ill take it.

[zacben 10]

Woohoo!!! I got a surgery date! June 11 .Its about a month later than I was hoping for but ill take it.

Congratulations!