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TWIN sleevers my date is 12/22 too "congrats"

That's my date too! :)

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December 3rd here in NJ...getting so close! I have my endoscopy tomorrow, but done after that. Excited and nervous!

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Mine is 12/10 too! :)

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For all you that are getting sleeved in December, what preparations and products are you purchasing? What are you doing to get ready?

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@@Ronab My surgery isn't until 12/18 but I started prepping a few weeks ago. Here's what I've done.

3 weeks ago I slowly weaned myself off caffeine.

2 weeks ago I gave up alcohol and started chewing each SMALL bite of food 30 times.

1 week ago I started REALLY pushing getting my Water in.

This past weekend I had my last carbonated beverage and am now Water or Decaf tea only.

This week I also started a liver/kidney detox tea.

This week I am also replacing 1 meal a day with a Protein shake, just to get in gear for my 2 week pre-op diet that starts on 12/4.

On the Monday after Thanksgiving I am going to start 2 shake replacements a day.

Another thing I have done is I took a cardboard box and covered it in a really pretty paper (the kind with the sticky back) and I'm keeping all my pre-op and post-op items in there. I have several brands and samples of Protein shakes, a new thermometer, GENEPRO, Biotene mouth spray, Gas-X strips, lip balm (for hospital), a Glade plug-in (for hospital), a brand new water bottle, and other things.

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I was told I can get my Vitamins with my payflex card with a prescription from the doctor.I'm excited about that!

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@@bobbyswife

You are awesome!

I wish I could be so structured lol

That's great, you reminded me I have to cut my caffeine out, gradually.

Best of luck to you :)

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@@bobbyswife those are some great tips. Thanks!

I'm also going to make a bunch of meals to freeze so my husband is taken care of.

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Great tips bobbyswife! Only thing I have been doing so far is rubbing down daily with coconut oil and taking Gelatin capsules to help with skin elasticity...fingers crossed. I have been using an egg and oils as a preshampoo hair mask every other week to increase Protein in my hair. I did look up GENEPRO. Anyone tried it? I know we should use whey isolate instead of the other casein blends. I was leaning towards ordering Unjury unflavored. I am also planning to order their opurity Vitamins because i wld only need one a day. Anyone concerned about wound after care? Do we use gauze or just large square bandaids? I read warm soapy Water is best and nothing else.

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I officially got a confirmed date today, and I'm getting sleeved on December 12th. :D

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@@Kimbella83 Thank you so much, and the best part is that I also just found out that my insurance company is paying for everything 100%. No out-of-pocket for me! WOOHOOO!!

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I have seen a ton of requests for a Facebook group for December sleevers, so I created one. The name of the group is:



BP December Sleevers & Mentors



The group is a closed group, and will only be for those of us on BP that are being sleeved in December. Also if you have a mentor you are welcome to invite them as well.



You can find the group very easily by just searching by the group name, so please come and join!



Let me know if you have any problems.



Michelle


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I couldn't find it

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@@GreenEyes604 Fabulous idea! But, nothing comes up when I search on FB.

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