NC - Charlotte

[gixxergirl 85]

Hello, I'm Kimberly. My surgery is scheduled for April 21st and I'm committing myself to becoming very successful afterwards. I would love the opportunity to meet people willing to take this journey with me. I'm a healthcare professional and I work 1st shift. I'm available evenings and weekends.

[Allbeauty 14]

Hello, I'm Kimberly. My surgery is scheduled for April 21st and I'm committing myself to becoming very successful afterwards. I would love the opportunity to meet people willing to take this journey with me. I'm a healthcare professional and I work 1st shift. I'm available evenings and weekends.

Hi Kimberly my name is Tina and I am having my surgery done April 29 and i am excited about my new beginning of being healthy again. I am willing to talk with you about my journey so add me as a friend if you would like. I am an administrative Assistant and referral coordinator working in foster care. Im available online anytime just may take a few min for me to respond. I can also figure out how to give you my number.

[gixxergirl 85]

That sounds great. Where are you having your surgery?

[Allbeauty 14]

Im having my surgery done in PA. There is a lot of nutrition visits, dr visits and test my insurance required being completed before being approved

[gixxergirl 85]

Thankfully, I only needed a three month supervised diet. It was a waste of time but it's the hoop we have to jump through. I have Cigna and got my approval phone call in three business days.

[aroundhky 1,174]

NC here as well. Wishing you two the best with your surgeries....you'll be glad you did this!

-Mark

[gixxergirl 85]

Thanks Mark

[thinndskies 52]

I work in Charlotte and live in Clover, SC. Had my RNY 10/15/13. I've lost 105 lbs since 10/1/13, the beginning of my 2 week liquid diet prior to surgery. My surgeon is Dr. Keith Gersin with Carolina's Weight Management in Charlotte, part of the CMC hospital network. I haven't had any medical issues since surgery and I am so happy I did this.

Good luck to you, Tina and Kimberly.

[gixxergirl 85]

Thanks. I'm starting to get nervous.

[Healthymama2 32]

Hi ladies! I live in Huntersville, just on the North side of Charlotte. I was banded on 4/23, so still figuring it all out.

I would be really interested in getting a group going, meet up periodically and just be a real life support system.

Anyone else interested?

[gixxergirl 85]

I'm very interested. Surgery went well Monday. I'm only having minor discomfort now. No nausea or sickness. Everything is great

[Improvingme 18]

I'm very interested. Surgery went well Monday. I'm only having minor discomfort now. No nausea or sickness. Everything is great

I am so excited for you. My surgery is scheduled on 4/30/14. I am so nervous!!!!!

[gixxergirl 85]

Try not to be nervous. It's a piece of cake. I would say just try and stay on top of your pain mess in the hospital. The iv mess work super fast but there's no reason to be in that much pain. Things may be different but that day of surgery, when I woke I was allowed I medicine cup of ice chips per hour. That was torture but I slept mostly. My mom woke me to give me ice. The next day I got one every 15 minutes. It took me about 3-4 hours to finish my meal tray. I'm still a little sore but I didn't take any pain meds today so I think that's a good thing.

[Alex Brecher 10,516]

Please PM me if you'd like to lead or co-lead this support group!

[Healthymama2 32]

While I don't want to lead the group, I would be happy to help out. Did we have a leader volunteer for this group?