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I'm almost at the two week mark and I still question myself. I'm 36 lbs. down and that's amazing but I'm finding it difficult to figure out what to do with myself. I know in my heart I made the right decision because where I was headed was worse but I come from a family of people who've had the surgery and their lives seem so much fuller and happy. I have to continuously look to the bigger picture. I agree though wine would be divine!

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Tell me why you did this. Only you know. I did the sleeve, with my husband, to have a life before we died. Scared, hell yeah! But diabetes, asthma, HBP, joint replacement, sleep apnea, swollen ankles, inability to walk, gasping for breath, scared us more. It has worked. After spending the first year of my retirement in a recliner, I did not want to die in that chair. We are 67/68 and we have lost a total of 160 lbs, we are kayaking, swimming in our pool, boating, offshore fishing again, and just walked all over NOLA for 7 days. You may be suffering a little post sleeve anxiety. God Bless you and have faith that you did this for a good reason, to save your life. I wish I had found the sleeve before all the comorbidities. Hugs, Linda

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It absolutely will get better (and faster than you will believe). Hang in there and ask yourself the same question two months after surgery - I know you'll have the answer then.

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Oh tabitha! I hear ya! I felt the same way for a few weeks. Shed a lot of tears and asked myself what the hell did I do to my body. Well, I am 5 months out and feeling great. Down 65 lbs and work out 3-5 times a week. I took a little while to get the hormones in check but ur body went through a huge change. Please give yourself time and love yourself because u will be so grateful for your sleeve. I know I am and will be forever with all the positive changes that have come along. Keep at it and you'll do great!

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I'm about a month out, and I well remember how I felt when I was where you are. You're almost at the end of the hardest parts. Once you can start eating soft foods, you'll really start feeling more like yourself again. Just hang in there!

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    • BeanitoDiego

      Oh yeah, something I wanted to rant about, a billing dispute that cropped up 3 months ago.
      Surgery was in August of 2023. A bill shows up for over $7,000 in January. WTF? I asks myself. I know that I jumped through all of the insurance hoops and verified this and triple checked that, as did the surgeon's office. All was set, and I paid all of the known costs before surgery.
      A looong story short, is that an assistant surgeon that was in the process of accepting money from my insurance company touched me while I was under anesthesia. That is what the bill was for. But hey, guess what? Some federal legislation was enacted last year to help patients out when they cannot consent to being touched by someone out of their insurance network. These types of bills fall under something called, "surprise billing," and you don't have to put up with it.
      https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises
      I had to make a lot of phone calls to both the surgeon's office and the insurance company and explain my rights and what the maximum out of pocket costs were that I could be liable for. Also had to remind them that it isn't my place to be taking care of all of this and that I was going to escalate things if they could not play nice with one another.
      Quick ending is that I don't have to pay that $7,000+. Advocate, advocate, advocate for yourself no matter how long it takes and learn more about this law if you are ever hit with a surprise bill.
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      Still purging all of the larger clothing. This morning, a shirt that I ADORED wearing ended up on top. Hard to let it go, but it was also hard to let go of those habits that also no longer serve my highest good. Onward and upward!
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