Well I finally have a surgery date set to Jan 8th. I am so excited that it's finally approaching. I have been on this journey since August! I can not explain how thrilled and excited I am. I have so many thoughts that goes through my mind like what should I pack? Etc. Anyone else have a date for January?

Wow that sucks that they schedule all appointments that far apart I've had all the same testing with in a five month. And technically that was my choice I would've had my surgery at the end of November beginning of December but I had to push it to January for babysitting reasons. Maybe there's not too many specialists so it's harder to book the appointments? That's crazy.

Yeah they said the program has gotten so huge they are looking to hire another surgeon, and there is only one nutritionist and social worker and a lot of people in the program at this location. At first I was frustrated but now I feel like it's going to happen just at the right time for me. I wanted to lose 50lbs before surgery and I'm almost to that goal may even be able to lose more!

That's great that your so positive keep it up! Good luck to you for the surgery as well! I am counting down at this point lol

2cute2bbig- in the beginjing my insurance said all I had to do was pass three drug screen over a six minth period then after I completed that they sid I needed to lose weight so I did that they still denied me I filed an appeal and they said I need to do a 6 month supervised diet with my doctor and after almost three months I got a job that had a training out of town and couldn't get to the doctor so after a 3 month training I had to start my 6 months over again. After completing the 6 months I went back to my surgeon and they refiled with my insurance and it took a month before I got an approval now because of the holiday and the required class it has put me out to the 14th of january.

My Surgery date is Jan 8th. I am now getting anxious about it. I want to know what protien powder or drinks taste the best? I am so excited for all of us January people!

I really like Syntrax nectar. One scoop of chocolate truffle with 4 oz of skim milk is amazing! I ordered samples from them. 12 single serve packages for $12. It gave me a chance to see which flavors I liked before committing to a huge container!

That makes 3 of us on the 20th, unless I've missed any!

Mine is Jan 20th!! So excited & nervous.

I am scheduled at 1 pm for my surgery on the 20th!

My surgery is set for January 3rd! Excited and nervous but happy that I am going to start the new year with getting in control of my health.

Well Completed Day 1 of Pre op diet only 13 more to go. One day at a time. Than RNY on January 14th. Super excited!

My day one starts today!!! Not looking forward to it but if it gets me one step closer to my RNY on Jan 16th, then I'll do just about anything.

My surgery is set for January 3rd! Excited and nervous but happy that I am going to start the new year with getting in control of my health.

Good luck tomorrow!!!!! Thoughts and prayers coming your way. Mine is the 16th!!

My surgery is scheduled for Jan 2. I am really looking forward to it.

Good luck today!!!!

Ahh only 5 more days, my hospital doesn't require a liquid pre op diet I've read it's healthier that way so I stated one on the 31st and already down 5 lbs. and the protein shakes keep you full! Good luck to anyone having their surgery before mine!

Day 4 of pre op diet. It actually has gotten a lot easier!! The first day was the hardest. Going from eating anything I wanted to just shakes and vegetables was hard! But no cheating here! Only 10 more to go!! Hows everyone else doing??

I'm scheduled January 28th! Cannot wait!!

Well I finally have a surgery date set to Jan 8th. I am so excited that it's finally approaching. I have been on this journey since August! I can not explain how thrilled and excited I am. I have so many thoughts that goes through my mind like what should I pack? Etc. Anyone else have a date for January?

I am having my surgery on jan 9th. I too am trying to decide what to pack