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Yup, me!! B-)

I tried to call my coordinator to find out what's going on, and of course I didn't reach her...it's been weeks since I heard anything and I'm growing impatient. So being who I am, I called my insurance company. BAMMM, approved!! Lol I will be stalking the coordinator today for a date!

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Wooo hooo!! Hmm Maybe I'll call Cigna today and light a fire under their butts!

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That is great news!!!!!!

I've been thinking of you & your SO.....how's she doing? It's been a week since her surgery, right? I was moved by your post/concern for her.....being a pre-op, the only thing I could offer were good thoughts/prayers for her recovery.

Congrats & good luck!

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That is great news!!!!!!

I've been thinking of you & your SO.....how's she doing? It's been a week since her surgery' date=' right? I was moved by your post/concern for her.....being a pre-op, the only thing I could offer were good thoughts/prayers for her recovery.

Congrats & good luck![/quote']

Thank you! She's great, no more gas pains, she's getting more Protein in each day, she can sleep in the bed now, she gets outside and walks with no to minimal pain but I make her take Vicodin at the first sign of pain. She's a lil sad about Clear liquids still but we go in tomorrow for the 1 wk post op visit with the surgeon and hopefully she can advance to the next stage. She's been drinking pure whey though, which is milky in nature so advancement shouldn't be a problem. Thank you for asking :-)

Any idea when your surgery is?

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WooHoo!

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Thank you! She's great,

So glad, that's terrific news! No date, waiting for approval........but it's going along, and it'll happen. Good luck, and thanks for the update....you two have been on my mind, so glad everything worked out!!!

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Yay, congratulations on getting approved, hopefully your date will be here soon!

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Yup' date=' me!! B-)

I tried to call my coordinator to find out what's going on, and of course I didn't reach her...it's been weeks since I heard anything and I'm growing impatient. So being who I am, I called my insurance company. BAMMM, approved!! Lol I will be stalking the coordinator today for a date![/quote']

You sound a lot like me.. I called my insurance company every other day for the week it took them to approve.. Now I am stalking my coordinator trying to find out my date! Best of luck to you! Hopefully we have dates soon!

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Thanks everyone! I called her 3x today and left a message once, tomorrow I'll be calling again!

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Congrats on the approval!

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Got muh date :-) August 14th

After much calling....

They initially told me September, I hung up call another doctor who could do it on August 7th, I called my original doctors office back and asked them to fax my file to dr angstadt's office and BAMMM they could get me a sooner date all of a sudden....smh

Anyway August 14th it is :-D

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I wish I had that option there aren't many doctors in my area that do the surgery so I'm stuck with the one that is avoiding me..

Congrats on the date btw..

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Oh you are clever! Never would have thought to do that! Got my approval & date....8/6......we'll be on the losers bench together next month, woo hoo! Congratulations, and good for you!!!!!

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I wish I had that option there aren't many doctors in my area that do the surgery so I'm stuck with the one that is avoiding me..

Congrats on the date btw..

Bummer :-/

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      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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      1. summerseeker

        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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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