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brandnewme2015    217

brandnewme2015
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Haven't posted on this thread in a while but I wanted to congratulate all the new sleevers and tell the ones who are about to be sleeved good luck! This is one of the best decisions you could have ever made for yourselves. :) I was sleeved on April Fools Day this year and am 7 lbs. from goal: 59 lbs. lost since I started my journey this year. I am healthier (no more sleep apnea, GERD, high cholesterol), more energetic, and certainly happier.

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BLERDgirl    6,417

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Haven't posted on this thread in a while but I wanted to congratulate all the new sleevers and tell the ones who are about to be sleeved good luck! This is one of the best decisions you could have ever made for yourselves. :) I was sleeved on April Fools Day this year and am 7 lbs. from goal: 59 lbs. lost since I started my journey this year. I am healthier (no more sleep apnea, GERD, high cholesterol), more energetic, and certainly happier.

That is wonderful! Congratulations ????

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Nurse 52    94

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Congrats I had surgery on July 13 almost 3wks out. I feel great im even back at work. Congrats to every who have had surgery and good luck to everyone who is coming up :D

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Highdee215    11

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Haven't posted on this thread in a while but I wanted to congratulate all the new sleevers and tell the ones who are about to be sleeved good luck! This is one of the best decisions you could have ever made for yourselves. :) I was sleeved on April Fools Day this year and am 7 lbs. from goal: 59 lbs. lost since I started my journey this year. I am healthier (no more sleep apnea, GERD, high cholesterol), more energetic, and certainly happier.

Haven't posted on this thread in a while but I wanted to congratulate all the new sleevers and tell the ones who are about to be sleeved good luck! This is one of the best decisions you could have ever made for yourselves. :) I was sleeved on April Fools Day this year and am 7 lbs. from goal: 59 lbs. lost since I started my journey this year. I am healthier (no more sleep apnea, GERD, high cholesterol), more energetic, and certainly happier.

Congratulations!!

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Highdee215    11

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Congrats I had surgery on July 13 almost 3wks out. I feel great im even back at work. Congrats to every who have had surgery and good luck to everyone who is coming up :D

That is amazing! Congratulations!

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Austin1966    7

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Hello all my sistas.... I'm a newbie.... I have bcbs fed and I'm required to complete a 3 month supervised diet... Just completed my initial visit on July 24th so I have 3 more visits to go......Hope to have everything completed around Oct and then submit to insurance.....I'm really excited about my new life.....

Right now I weigh 225lb and I'm 5 '6 tall......have HB pressure and I have sleep apnea. I will be so happy when I'm able to toss that CPAP machine off my night stand and get off these BP meds.

I'm going to my PCP for my 3 month diet.....

Can she talk to me about lab work on my visits?

Is only exercise and good eating habits allowed in her notes?

How strict was your insurance on the supervised diet?

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skyjones    40

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Hello all my sistas.... I'm a newbie.... I have bcbs fed and I'm required to complete a 3 month supervised diet... Just completed my initial visit on July 24th so I have 3 more visits to go......Hope to have everything completed around Oct and then submit to insurance.....I'm really excited about my new life.....

Right now I weigh 225lb and I'm 5 '6 tall......have HB pressure and I have sleep apnea. I will be so happy when I'm able to toss that CPAP machine off my night stand and get off these BP meds.

I'm going to my PCP for my 3 month diet.....

Can she talk to me about lab work on my visits?

Is only exercise and good eating habits allowed in her notes?

How strict was your insurance on the supervised diet?

I'm in the same boat with you mine told me to maintain my weight don't gain umm ok I'll try harddd

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Mrs.Truffles    17

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Hi! Im new here. Signed up for this very forum thread. I am 22 y/o, 260lb, and pre opt. There arent too many people i can talk to AND be able to relate to them. All the women at my WLS Group meetings are White or Hispanic/Latino. Its nice to be among other black people. Plus im sure i wont get any "But you're so young!" here. Currently 3 people in my life knows im doing this. My mother, My Husband, My Closest Friend.

I am a Military spouse and i am currently going through tricare and a MTF to get my Surgery. I havent got a surgery date yet but ive jumped through all the hoops(6 month surpervised diet, tests, NUT classes) All i need to do is get the results from my sleep study then i will get the surgeons 2 week diet plan along with my surgery date! Im so excited. Ive been overweight since i can remember. In fact, my whole family is. Its hard staying fit when your Family has a cookout every weekend for no particular reason other than "We still alive!". All that greasy food, haha.I started my insurance approval process back in Late october so it's been a long year. Its so comforting that its almost over and all my hardwork has lead up to this. Anywho! I look forward to the support in the future! I plan on starting a youtube channel to record my progress as well. B)

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b.e.a.u.tiful_disaster    24

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New here and so glad I found this thread. I don't have a date yet, but I've been to a seminar, seen the dietician, and therapist, so far everything is going good and moving along pretty fast. I see the Bariatric Dr again at the end of this month, and hopefully I will have a date set. Good luck to all of you ladies, and I look forward to hearing your stories and updates.

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sleeveme77    28

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Thanks! It was fairly easy once I got started. I visited my surgeon once a month for 6 months so that they could monitor my weight and check my diet. I was required to visit the psychologist once per my insurance and my surgeon required 3 visits with the nutritionist. I start my pre-op diet tomorrow. It's getting closer!

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sleeveme77    28

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New here and so glad I found this thread. I don't have a date yet, but I've been to a seminar, seen the dietician, and therapist, so far everything is going good and moving along pretty fast. I see the Bariatric Dr again at the end of this month, and hopefully I will have a date set. Good luck to all of you ladies, and I look forward to hearing your stories and updates.

The time will fly by!

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nandjsmom    12

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This surgery is a journey. I am nearly 2months out and I have learned so much about how i depended on food for my emotions. I am just recently getting my groove with having a soft diet ( my surgeon requires 6 month fork tender and soft food) but I have lost nearly 40 pounds in 2 months! I tend to get all or near my 60g of Protein a day but struggle with fluids. I have had to really work on eating slow because that still seems to be a habit that is hard to break. I find that weight loss surgery and the discussion thereof is very taboo in the African American community. But it appears where I live there they are more African American women overweight and obese and unhealthy then there are there aren't. I live in North Carolina. Up until my surgery I didn't tell anyone other then my spouse and my Inlaws. Now I tell anybody that wants to know I think I've gained confidence to the fact I could care less what they think. And is already now so what? I am learning how to adjust to my new life but it's a fun journey to make. I encourage anyone going into this to keep an open mind and remember the reasons for doing it because it will help get you through the not so fun parts in the very beginning.

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Highdee215    11

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My surgery was May 2013. So far I have lost 17t5.

You look great! Congratulations!!!

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    • Aunty Mamo

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      Iʻm roughly 6 weeks post-op this morning and have begun to feel like a normal human, with a normal human body again. I started introducing solid foods and pill forms of medications/supplements a couple of weeks ago and it's really amazing to eat meals with my family again, despite the fact that my portions are so much smaller than theirs. 
      I live on the island of Oʻahu and spend a lot of time in the water- for exercise, for play,  and for spiritual & mental health. The day I had my month out appointment with my surgeon, I packed all my gear in my truck, anticipating his permission to get back in the ocean. The minute I walked out of that hospital I drove straight to the shore and got in that water. Hallelujah! My appointment was at 10 am. I didn't get home until after 5 pm. 
      I'm down 31 pounds since the day of surgery and 47 since my pre-op diet began, with that typical week long stall occurring at three weeks. I'm really starting to see some changes lately- some of my clothing is too big, some fits again. The most drastic changes I notice however are in my face. I've also noticed my endurance and flexibility increasing. I was really starting to be held up physically, and I'm so grateful that I'm seeing that turn around in such short order. 
      My general disposition lately is hopeful and motivated. The only thing that bugs me on a daily basis still is the way those supplements make my house smell. So stink! But I just bought a smell proof bag online that other people use to put their pot in. My house doesn't stink anymore. 
       
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      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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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Some days I feel like an infiltrator... I'm participating in society as a "thin" person. They have no idea that I haven't always been one of them! 🤣
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    • ChunkCat

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      Thank you everyone for your well wishes! I totally forgot I wrote an update here... I'm one week post op today. I gained 15 lbs in water weight overnight because they had to give me tons of fluids to bring my BP up after surgery! I stayed one night in the hospital. Everything has been fine except I seem to have picked up a bug while I was there and I've been running a low grade fever, coughing, and a sore throat. So I've been hydrating well and sleeping a ton. So far the Covid tests are negative.
      I haven't been able to advance my diet past purees. Everything I eat other than tofu makes me choke and feels like trying to swallow rocks. They warned me it would get worse before it gets better, so lets hope this is all normal. I have my follow up on Monday so we'll see. Living on shakes and soup again is not fun. I had enough of them the first time!! LOL 
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    • BeanitoDiego

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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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