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First Appt. Nov 6th

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ShayLove    40

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My first appt. to Bariatric Center is approaching and I'm so excited to finally get this ball rolling. I wish I could find my own therapist and nutritionist.

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ShayLove    40

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My journey started one year ago this month. I have lost 90 pounds. You will never regret this decision.

Congrats! I can only imagine the joy I'm facing.

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mamaof5heathens    18

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Congrats on your weight loss! And I wish you luck in your journey also

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SumPsychChic    2

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What insurance do you have? I called my normal hospital and they had a nutritionist that worked with bariatric patients. It wasn't through Emory, but Piedmont.

Also, Emory gave me the name of 3 psychologists, so that helped. You should be able to make an appointment with them whenever you get out of your meeting at Emory tomorrow.

I think since no required diet, they said they generally get people into surgery within 2 months or so, but I'm not sure since I have a required diet, but I'm sure they can help, everyone there was nice.

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ShayLove    40

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I have blue cross blue shield. I'm so excited, I have been researching over a year now.

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SumPsychChic    2

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I have blue cross blue shield. I'm so excited, I have been researching over a year now.

That is awesome! I've been researching for a few months. It took awhile to get that first appointment, but I look forward to it. I think I get to meet the surgeon on this next visit, so that is exciting, but it isn't until Nov 26, pretty much a month after my first one.

Maybe we will see each other in support group or at an appointment at some point in the future since the appointments start out in a group. :) Good luck!

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ShayLove    40

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Congrats on your progress! Keep in touch with any helpful updates. Thanks again!

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Sweetbaby1    77

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I felt the same exact way when I had my first appointment with my nutritionist and surgeon. The count down began from there for me too. I have about 4 more months of follow ups and hopefully I can have my surgery in march (crossing my fingers) I am very happy for you too. Summer 2014 better get ready for us = )

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tamoune    2

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I have blue cross blue shield. I'm so excited, I have been researching over a year now.

Hello, are you in Ga? I started the process last month also. have my 2nd of 6months diet on 11/22/13. looking forward to have my surgery April/May 2013, At Emory John Creek.

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tamoune    2

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What insurance do you have? I called my normal hospital and they had a nutritionist that worked with bariatric patients. It wasn't through Emory, but Piedmont.

Also, Emory gave me the name of 3 psychologists, so that helped. You should be able to make an appointment with them whenever you get out of your meeting at Emory tomorrow.

I think since no required diet, they said they generally get people into surgery within 2 months or so, but I'm not sure since I have a required diet, but I'm sure they can help, everyone there was nice.

I am also going to have my surgery at Emory John Creek April/May 2014 if everything goes smoothly with the whole insurance process...Glad to hear from someone in my area, lets keep in touch.

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tamoune    2

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Excited and nervous about the whole process. hopefully it will happen mid 2014. Lets keep each other motivated and encourage. I notice some of you guys are in Georgia, so am I .

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ShayLove    40

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Excited and nervous about the whole process. hopefully it will happen mid 2014. Lets keep each other motivated and encourage. I notice some of you guys are in Georgia' date=' so am I .[/quote']

I'm excited as well. I haven't reached the nervous stage yet. I'm ready for change.

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ShayLove    40

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Excited and nervous about the whole process. hopefully it will happen mid 2014. Lets keep each other motivated and encourage. I notice some of you guys are in Georgia' date=' so am I .[/quote']

I'm excited as well. I haven't reached the nervous stage yet. I'm so ready for change I can taste it. Keeping in touch would be great!

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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.

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