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December 2013 Sleevers Come In!

AtlantaRed

By AtlantaRed, in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

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AtlantaRed    651

AtlantaRed
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Welcome to our group! It looks like you have 3 others on your same day so far!!

I will add you to our list! If you are on Facebook, Vixey started a secret Facebook group (doesn't show up on your feed for others to see). If you want to join, send her a message!

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elhudge    69

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Hello all! I have been lurking for at least a month so I finally decided to join the group. I'm happy to be a fellow December sleever! My date is 12/16. I started the process in April and finished up the 6 month requirements with my PCP in Sept. Of course' date=' there were some delays but insurance approval was received last week. I had to put off surgery till December because we already had a family vacation planned for Disney World during Thanksgiving week. Let the stress, anxiety, fun times begin!!![/quote']

Great date!!!

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Denisemc    12

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Welcome to our group! It looks like you have 3 others on your same day so far!! I will add you to our list! If you are on Facebook' date=' Vixey started a secret Facebook group (doesn't show up on your feed for others to see). If you want to join, send her a message![/quote']

Thank you :)

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Mel1071    149

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I think it's a great date too! Woo hoo for the 12/16 gals! (and everyone else of course, but I'm a little biased toward 12/16 :)

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MGR1852    292

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I'm excited to see there are so many in December. I sorta thought this group might be small with some not wanting to go through Christmas on soft or puréed food!

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slvrsax    301

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12/16 for me too! It will come quick!

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Mel1071    149

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I was told December was pretty popular since some folks have time off - especially us folks in education. I give my last exam on 12/12 and don't need to be back in the classroom until 1/19. Hopefully that will be plenty of time to recuperate

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elhudge    69

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I have had this 12/16 date since September, hopefully that means I'll be the first surgery in the morning! I must admit I am getting more excited everyday!

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RunningA5K    645

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I was also told December was popular because everyone is trying to get in before the new year = new deductible/out of pocket.

I would never be able to afford it if I had to wait until January.

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Mel1071    149

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I have had this 12/16 date since September, hopefully that means I'll be the first surgery in the morning! I must admit I am getting more excited everyday!

That was the great thing about scheduling in September - I got my choice of date and time. Going to be his first surgery of the day.

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AtlantaRed    651

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They (the hospital here) only do Versed, which is a twilight sleep. You're still awake and talking, but you have no recollection of it. I'm just stubborn, and if I'm going to get a procedure done that I'm going to be awake for anyway, I'd rather remember it lol Also, I googled Versed. I'm sure you can imagine what results popped up lol

Hi Kat, another question. Did you still need someone to drive you home since you weren't put under?

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MissKatt    26

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Hi Kat, another question. Did you still need someone to drive you home since you weren't put under?

No driver needed! They were really stunned when I was adament about not wanting drugs. They said only one person did that before, and only because he didn't have a ride home. They joked and said they were going to put my picture on the wall lol While I was waiting for the procedure, they wheeled in another lady who did opt for the drug and man, she was out of it. It made me way more confident with my decision :) I know I won't have that option with surgery of course, but if I can avoid it I do.

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AtlantaRed    651

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Thanks so much! I'm usually hard to numb and pain control is hard for me too. On the other hand, my mother shouldn't be driving but she would probably be fine driving if I'm telling her where to go.

Things to think about!

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MissKatt    26

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Thanks so much! I'm usually hard to numb and pain control is hard for me too. On the other hand, my mother shouldn't be driving but she would probably be fine driving if I'm telling her where to go.

Things to think about!

Oh, I'm very difficult to numb up and get pain under control. I have some sort of super resistance to it, and I rarely get into situations where I need it (only childbirth). The only part of the procedure that's rough is when you have to "swallow" the camera. After that, it's just really strange and a bit uncomfortable. He was done in 5 minutes :)

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AtlantaRed    651

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Good to know from someone who literally feels my pain!

Had my gallbladder removed last year (which will be sort of similar to the sleeve) and that was BAD. Also, had a tiny pimple sized basal cell carcinoma removed from my upper chest. It took 2 vials to numb it up. I had so much in me, I was shaking all over! Then that tiny thing hurt for weeks.

Nonetheless, looking forward to suffering through for this surgery!!

Thanks for the imput.

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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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