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Anyone from Mississippi?

TcsSleeveJourney

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Sheddie    22

Sheddie
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From Mississippi, but down on the coast!!! Best Wishes!

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Chellennunley    62

Chellennunley
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My surgery will be in Oxford with Dr. King :)

Tc's Ready!

I'm also in MS. Dr King is my surgeon too. When is your surgery? Mine is July 31.

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TcsSleeveJourney    16

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I'm also in MS. Dr King is my surgeon too. When is your surgery? Mine is July 31.

After you met all of your insurance requirements... What else did you have to do b4 Dr. King set your appt.??

Tc's Ready!

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Chellennunley    62

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A psych eval. I have a super high BMI, so he wanted me to have a cardio and pulmonary eval. If you call and speak to Angie, she will walk you they what you will need for them. It will all depend on your BMI and insurance. I worked with Angie since feb. she is awesome and thanks to her, I had everything done before my insurance mandatory 6 month diet was over.

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TcsSleeveJourney    16

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A psych eval. I have a super high BMI' date=' so he wanted me to have a cardio and pulmonary eval. If you call and speak to Angie, she will walk you they what you will need for them. It will all depend on your BMI and insurance. I worked with Angie since feb. she is awesome and thanks to her, I had everything done before my insurance mandatory 6 month diet was over.[/quote']

Yes I've been talkin to Angie, already got

Heart Dr.-cleared

Lung Dr. -cleared

sleep Apnea-cleared

Primary Dr. -cleared

And pre- diets I've tried has been sent in

And going for the Phsyc Eval 7-31

So then Angie said she would set my appt with Dr. King

But not sure what else they will require

Tc's Ready!

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Chellennunley    62

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He will do an EGD. They will schedule that at your first appt. Sounds like your all set! The first visit is him going over the surgery and the risks. After my EGD I had a follow up visit. I already had my surgery date, so we also talked about the preop diet. Whatever your copay for surgery is, you will pay that 2 weeks before your surgery date. The hospital also. His preop diet is strict. Clear, sugar free liquids only with 1-3 AdvantEDGE Protein Drinks a day for 2 weeks, but he said if he gets in there and the liver is to large, then he will close up and make me do

It for 4-6 weeks.....that's all he had to say. Lol. I started mine last Monday. After day 3, it gets much easier.

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gaye jarvis    751

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I also used Dr King, my surgery was June 18, 2012, I'm now down 130 lbs and this is the best decision I have ever made for myself! Good luck to all you North Mississippi sleevers!

Sent from Gaye's iPad Mini using VST

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TcsSleeveJourney    16

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He will do an EGD. They will schedule that at your first appt. Sounds like your all set! The first visit is him going over the surgery and the risks. After my EGD I had a follow up visit. I already had my surgery date' date=' so we also talked about the preop diet. Whatever your copay for surgery is, you will pay that 2 weeks before your surgery date. The hospital also. His preop diet is strict. Clear, sugar free liquids only with 1-3 AdvantEDGE Protein drinks a day for 2 weeks, but he said if he gets in there and the liver is to large, then he will close up and make me do

It for 4-6 weeks.....that's all he had to say. Lol. I started mine last Monday. After day 3, it gets much easier.[/quote']

So the advantage is the only shakes they will allow?? I've tried those and I jus cant tolerate them... But I did find some Protein that is tasteless .... I wonder if they will allow it??? Hmmm

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Chellennunley    62

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That is all he had on the sheet. I would ask him. Im sure there is another one he would allow.

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TcsSleeveJourney    16

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That is all he had on the sheet. I would ask him. Im sure there is another one he would allow.

I will def ask. I have tried many... I jus cant take that stuff yuckk

Tc's Ready!

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Chellennunley    62

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Luckily I don't mind them. chocolate fudge is my fave out of them. He is truly a caring dr. And it shows. He also wants you to follow up with him once a year from now on. Something else I really liked.

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TcsSleeveJourney    16

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Luckily I don't mind them. chocolate fudge is my fave out of them. He is truly a caring dr. And it shows. He also wants you to follow up with him once a year from now on. Something else I really liked.

Thanks for the info... So glad someone else has nice things to say about him. :) Good Luck on you Journey... I can't wait to be on the losing bench!

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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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      1. summerseeker

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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.

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        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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