Hi all those having their surgery in September 2012.

I am set for the 25 th

I have done about half my pre op requirements

Psychiatric evaluation - check

EGD / colonoscopy - check

sleep study- check

Cardiology clearence- check

GI consult- check

Pre op education program - 1 class to go

Final doctor appointment

Final two dietician meetings

Official insurance clearence

Chest X-ray

EKG

Blood work

** these must be done within 30 days of surgery**

Appointment with IVC filter doctor

IVC filter placed 3 days before surgery

Pick up incentive spirometer and surgery bag

I am especially thankful for this thread because its just that many more prayers going up! Surgery in less than 48 hours!!! Prauers to people going tomorrow!

I am especially thankful for this thread because its just that many more prayers going up! Surgery in less than 48 hours!!! Prauers to people going tomorrow!

It's bed time here and my four year old just sent up a prayer for everyone having there belly clipped this week he asked god for all of your safety and for all of your fat to fall off your butts =)

I start my pre op diet tomorrow seems so crazy 7 days away . Excited but what a life change . How is everyone doing with the new changes coming ?

Guess what I did? I donated about 90% of my summer clothes! ( its still warm so I needed to save some) it felt so getting rid of them forever! PRAYING FOR YOU ALL!

username.date WLS...name..start wt..reduced to wt

Debs84.....Sept 4.......? ........ ........

Twos2many...Sept 4........? ....... ........

Juditha....Sept 5.....Judith .....281 ...272

Mommyhand....Sept 5......? ........ ........

Pebbles...Sept 5......Courtney.....250-252..

Tiffbp...........Sept 5....Tiffany..... ....

Lqgirl.........Sept 5.....Diane...???...???

Naturalgal518.....Sept 5...? ....?.......?

Landensmommy10....Sept 7....Lexi.....240.???

Ciaobella...Sept 10....Maria.....225.....209

NurseTab...Sept 10.....Tiffany......270.....

Amazeyem......Sept 10......Lisa....... .....

Momof6.....Sept 10.....Kimberly... ....235.4

moffie........Sept 11....Mo....... .........

HELWA1980...Sept 11..... Melissa....340...274

Mustangsteve.....Sept 11......Steve......334.....???

lydiajohnston611.Sept 12.Lydia... .....

Goddessblaze...Sept 13....?....240.....234

Missyjack....Sept 13.....? ...... .........

Tiburon..........Sept 13...Angela...... ....

Riverbuff.Sept 14..Mark..490 now 412.goals:pre op 400 final 225

Judeaboo.......Sept 17..Judy......331....325

Cholosladii...Sept 18...Lilli..309 ...290

Big Lou..........Sept 18...Lou.... .........

janelane...Sept 18......Jessica....330 ..318

uniqueladybug....Sept 19...Jessica...215...?

jknap01...Sept 21.....Jennifer.......370...?

Stardusted.....Sept 24...? ...... .........

chunkypudding....Sept 25...Leslie.... .....

Dejoseana...Sept 25..? ..... .....

rabrijumo...Sept 25...Rachael..448..436 goal 175

rurias...........Sept 2....Ramona.... ....

32 SEPTEMBER MEMBERS

Welcome surgery sista we will have our surgery on the same day if my heart acts right!

About your insurance usually when you quit a job your insurance is paid til the end of the month but check with your HR to be sure. in any case you could always COBRA but that usually is very expensive. far better to stay at your job til surgery date to be sure and get any vacation time paid to you or short term disability if you have it then never go back. plus you can always be added to the hubby's policy due to a life change ie quitting your job. since your surgery is at the end of the month make sure you pay your premium in full before you quit the job so you are sure to have it til the end of the month.

I haven't been on in a few days and I can't figure out how to respond to you without the quotes. I just wanted to say that you are a wonderful lady. You always have such nice, helpful things to say. I must admit I look forward to reading your posts. I hope your health is improving and the surgery is as little trouble as any surgery can be. I look forward to less foot pain, no more cpap to sleep, and the many other benefits of weight loss. Only three weeks left. The time sure flies. I have a pulmonary clearance appt. in a couple hours. I think only pre-op blood work and pre-op surgeon after that. Are you almost done with all your requirements?

DEBS84 & TWOS2MANY,

PRAYERS AND BEST WISHES TO YOU BOTH!! Congrats, you are now officially on the other side! God Bless. Diane

leslie, so glad you posted I was just thinking about you(play twilight zone music lol). I am a PST nurse pre surgical testing so I arranged for all my pre ops to be done here where I work. My checklist is as follows

Pre op testing checklist

x Cardiac clearance redo

 Incentive spirometer “bag” from Kathy

 IVC filter placement scheduled IAH 9/21 w/CVIR

x Labs

x Chest xray

x Ekg

x Sleep study

x GI consult: colonoscopy& EGD

x Medical clearance

x Psychiatric consult

x Education program

 Nutrition and surgery pre op post op class@IFOH 9/20

x Behavior modification/compliance

x Nutrition counseling group meeting 2 hrs

 1:1 Coaching with RN-IFOH bariatric education 9/20

 Doctor and Dietician appointment scheduled 9/12

I was so worried about the cardiac clearence because i was in a fib on the day I went in to get it (last friday) I had a long talk with the cardiologist and as long as we control my rate and I am functional (ie no dizziness and shortness of breath during the episodes) we are good to go for surgery. I plan to review this on the 12 with my bariatric surgeon just to confirm the plan. hope you are staying calm and yet getting excited for your new life. I certainly am. can not wait.

oh i suggest we address the person you are responding to by name if you don't want to quote. although quoting sometimes helps if its about a topic that is a few posts back. I wish they had a "reply to" button on posts so peiople could ask the q right there instead of at the end of the thread but thats not how they have it set up.

Maybe once September is over, we can continue our September Members in the post op forum. Maybe we can keep up with each other that way and continue to encourage one another. Surgery is just the beginning of this journey. We could post pics and see each others progress. I'm so thankful I found all of you. Just knowing someone is out there that knows how I feel makes a world of difference....

Jessica

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Here is as complete a list as I could do this late tonight lol

There are 22 of us changing our lives in September

username. Date of WLS. Name

Juditha.....................Sept 5.....................Judith ?

Mommyhand............Sept 5......................?

Pebbles...................Sept 5.......................?

ciaobella..................Sept 10....................Maria

NurseTab.................Sept 10....................?

Amazeyem...............Sept 10....................?

Momof6...................Sept 10....................?

moffie......................Sept 11.....................?

Mustangsteve..........Sept 11....................Steve

lydiajohnston611.....Sept 12.....................Lydia

Missyjack.................Sept 13.....................?

Riverbuff..................Sept 14.....................?

Cholosladii...............Sept 16?...................?

Big Lou....................Sept 18...................Lou

cholosladii09............Sept 18.....................?

chunkypudding........Sept 18...................?

janelane...................Sept 18......................Jane

uniqueladybug.........Sept 19.........................Jessica

Stardusted................Sept 24.......................?

Nanajohnsonx4..........Sept 24.......................Susan

Dejoseana..............Sept 25........................?

rabrijumo................Sept 25........................Rachael

rurias.......................Sept 25........................Ramona

Yeah us!!!!

My name is Wendy, been a crazy few weeks since I posted. Some smart person told me the time wld fly by...but my dd being in the hospital, my granny passing, and back to school time flew my and tomorrow is the day!!!! Can't wait!!!!

Oh and my starting weight was 267, preop weight as of today 250 :-)

Hi I'm Jessica I'm new here I'm scheduled for surgery Sept. 10th so excited and nervous!!!

Im scheduled for sept 24....weight at beginning of journey...348. Weight now after 3 months "lean green"...310. Starting 2 week pre op liquid diet in 6 days. We r surgery buddies...im in wa stste...where r u?

Congrats GrannyKathy Goodluck!! I'm in Texas starting weight 284 preop 240 today on 7 days liquid diet 238!!