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InItToLoseIt2014    20

InItToLoseIt2014
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Have been away on a mini vacation for a few days and didn't think or worry about the process while gone. Came back home yesterday and the first thing I did this morning was call the doctor's office and talk to the coordinator to see how things were progressing. You said, "I have your approval!!" I was NOT expecting those words out of her mouth. There had been some delays in getting stuff into their office and I didn't even know they had received it, much less sent it to insurance. I'm an emotional wreck right now!! I'm scheduled for August 13 and have to go back to work on the 18. She said I should be fine since I'll be in in-service meetings and sitting at my desk most of the time. I sure hope she's right.

I know my dear sweet dad in heaven had a hand in this happening for me, as well as the Lord above.

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swtpea637    33

swtpea637
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Congratulations to you....

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April206    128

April206
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Wow that's awesome! I almost cried when I got the "you're approved" call. I'm going in on 8/11 so we can be surgery buddies :)

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John.L    25

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Congratulations!! This is one joy I didn't get to experience. Unfortunately my insurance has a specific exclusion so I'm self-pay. I would have jumped through any hoops I could to get them to pay for it, but instead we're putting a gigantic dent in our savings. I can't imagine how excited you are to finally get the approval. I hope the rest of the process goes smoothly for you!

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InItToLoseIt2014    20

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Wow that's awesome! I almost cried when I got the "you're approved" call. I'm going in on 8/11 so we can be surgery buddies :)

April - I did cry. Then I ran over to my mother's (who lives next door)....and cried some more! Look forward to being surgery buddies. See you on the losing side!! :lol:

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Rovobay    920

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congrats on the news!!! good luck

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MyKidsMom89    70

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Im hoping for the same news in the next few days, and I can be a 'Loser' right there with ya!

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Congrats! I cried when I got the " you are approved" email. I am being sleeved on August 13 as well. Good luck to all. Wow to going back to work so soon. My doctor is keeping me out 3 full weeks.

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InItToLoseIt2014    20

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Congrats! I cried when I got the " you are approved" email. I am being sleeved on August 13 as well. Good luck to all. Wow to going back to work so soon. My doctor is keeping me out 3 full weeks.

I am kind of nervous going back so soon after surgery. But I work for a school district and I don't want to take any time off of work. The first day will be a district-wide morning long in-service, just sitting in a chair. The rest of the first day will be pretty much the same on campus or working in my office. I'll be pretty much isolated in a "hole-in-the-wall" office, no strenuous activity or lifting, so I'm not really worried about it. Plus, I've had 2 c-sections and an appendectomy and know close to what the pain will be like and I have a very high pain tolerance, so I feel fairly confident about going back that soon.

Things have progressed fairly quickly and smoothly, so I have to think that God is going to make sure everything from here on out continues on that course.Good luck to you and see you on the losing side.

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GummyTummy    154

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Ladies! Don't forget your chap stick. I just had my sleeve on Monday and my lips feel like the Mojave or worse.

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mi75    1,241

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just don't overthink it. get a last meal that you REALLY enjoy, and move forward to surgery. i figured out during my 2 wk pre op just HOW much i had obsessed about food prior to that.

best of luck! here's to life and health!

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Tamlyn    107

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FWIW, I got sleeved last Tuesday and I'm going back to work tomorrow (Monday). I have a desk job, too, and I feel like I'm ready for it.

Good luck!!!

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    • Alisa_S

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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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      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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      1. summerseeker

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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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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