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My last appt is 11/24 for my required 6 mo for my primary care for weight loss maintenance! How long do I have to wait if my doctor sends everything to my surgeon that day? I hope I get my surgery in Dec.

From what I'm seeing, every surgeons office is different. I met someone here from my surgeons office who had everything finalized (ppwk to insurance, surgery date and insurance approval) within a week. But, me-all my ppwk done 10/17. Surgery date set on 10/21...however my ppwk sat there bc there were other surgery dates before me they had to submit first so I JUST got to insurance last Thurs 11/13, approval today 11/18. I hope you can get a December date as well ???? good luck!!

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Hi everyone! I'm scheduled for 12/18! So excited!

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Got back from the hospital today, and I'm so glad to be home. Loving the pampering from my wife and my parents :)

Hospital was interesting, it was annoying not really being able to sleep, but great to have a staff dedicated to taking care of every little thing for you. One thing I'm surprised by is how mobile I am at home-- the hospital bed was such an ideal to get out of, I barely walked around. But without all the wires and compression boots and bed guards, I'm walking around the house plenty, with very little pain.

One thing I will say is that the gas pain is pretty bad... but once the anesthesia-related Constipation goes away, that should be gone. Keep sipping your water!

Also, low calorie Gatorade is disgusting and made me throw up. You're eating 800 calories/day now. Splurge on a less disgusting drink.

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"Ideal" should be "ordeal"

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Lol

I was home th

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I was home Thursday, I've noticed its pretty hard getting all my meds in. I have to crush effexor 3x a day, crush lamictal 1x a day crush synthroid 1x a day. But, I can't take the lamictal and effexor too close together. Synthroid once I wake up, then wait 30 min to "eat" and I believe 1 hr before I take any other med. I'm feeling the withdrawals from not taking my anti-depressants properly since the surgery. Such an awful feeling.

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