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Anyone been sleeved by Dr. Boynton, Lumberton NJ?

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pinkeeez83    17

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All my tests are done. Now waiting for them to submit my chart to the insurance. Waiting game...eeek!!!

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phantompouch    19

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Best of luck...... waiting for results from insurance company....having procedure in Manhatten witth Dr. Daniel Herron.......anyone else ever had him do their VSG ?

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thebabycakes    23

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Why yes I was on May 21st! Everything went very well, I have no complaints about him.

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pinkeeez83    17

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Why yes I was on May 21st! Everything went very well, I have no complaints about him.

Yay!!! I'm so excited for you!!! Can't wait to be sleeved as well :) Did it take long to be approved? How long was your hospital stay? Did u share a room? Sry for all questions =D Congrats again!!!

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pinkeeez83    17

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Best of luck...... waiting for results from insurance company....having procedure in Manhatten witth Dr. Daniel Herron.......anyone else ever had him do their VSG ?

Thanks =D Best of luck too!!!

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thebabycakes    23

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Yay!!! I'm so excited for you!!! Can't wait to be sleeved as well :) Did it take long to be approved? How long was your hospital stay? Did u share a room? Sry for all questions =D Congrats again!!!

Ty!

Let's see, my initial appointment was January 21st, did all my stuff by April, received approval mid-April, and had my surgery scheduled May 21st. So essentially, it took me 4 months.

Hospital stay was good, I was on the 4th floor, had a private room with my own shower. :) I was only there for 2 nights, he left it up to me if I wanted to stay a third night. But I wanted to go home.

The only thing that I didn't seem ready for, was the level of pain and discomfort I was in when I first woke up. I don't know why I thought any different, but the first day and night really sucked. I was given dilaudid (morphine) drip for the pain but that began to my new nauseous and dry heave....which sucked. In the morning they gave me something milder for the pain and I was fine. The next day I felt way better, the day after that better, and everyday since I am getting closer to feeling 100%. Also, I've lost 26 pounds since my pre-op diet, and I've moved on to stage 3 of the diet. So just remember everyday gets better! And good luck!!

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pinkeeez83    17

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Babyhellfire- OMG thanks for the info!!! I'm so happy to find someone who has just recently seen him. As far as the stay I will prob take the extra day bc I have 2 lil ones (that love to jump on mommy like a bouncy house)...lol =D

Nurse Chris told me I should expect a call from I think Kathy who will basically go thru my chart to check if evrything is perfect, then call me to tell me when she submitting the chart. Or does she call after the approval?

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thebabycakes    23

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Babyhellfire- OMG thanks for the info!!! I'm so happy to find someone who has just recently seen him. As far as the stay I will prob take the extra day bc I have 2 lil ones (that love to jump on mommy like a bouncy house)...lol =D

Nurse Chris told me I should expect a call from I think Kathy who will basically go thru my chart to check if evrything is perfect' date=' then call me to tell me when she submitting the chart. Or does she call after the approval?

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I know what you mean I was tempted to stay the extra night cuz I have two kids myself. The gas is painful, and the doc doesn't want you to use any gas x or anything, they want it to come out naturally. So walking is the best thing to do.

She called me to tell me I was approved but that can take up to two weeks. I got mine pretty quickly though.

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thebabycakes    23

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Also you probably won't be able to eat all the Protein Jello cups they give you, if I were you I would save them for when you come home in the first phase of your diet.

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pinkeeez83    17

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Also you probably won't be able to eat all the Protein Jello cups they give you, if I were you I would save them for when you come home in the first phase of your diet.

Hey Babyhellfire,

How is everything going since the surgey?? I finally got my date it's June 25th!! Hope to hear from you ttysoon

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thebabycakes    23

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Hey Babyhellfire' date='

How is everything going since the surgey?? I finally got my date it's June 25th!! Hope to hear from you ttysoon

Pinkeeez83[/quote']

Wow, you're right around the corner...congrats! :)

Once I hit the three week post-op mark, I was back to feeling like myself. My energy returned and I no longer felt any pain. As of today I feel great. Still getting used to my sleeve though. I'm eating regular foods now and am learning that I need to slow down and STOP when I start feeling full or else I get a tummy ache. It takes some getting used to.

Well, good luck. Let me know how everything goes. Do you use my fitness pal? If so, my s/n is thebabycakes.

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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
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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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