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Was wondering who your surgeon is. Mine is Dr Gonzalvo

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I did not have my surgery done by Gonzalvo but almost did. By that I mean I went through the ENTIRE process and they told me and my insurance told me it was covered. Right before I went in to have my Pre-surgery appt, I was told there was an exclusion and it wasn't. The Bariatric Center didn't even check my benefits as they said they had. They did however get my "program fee" money. And the money I spent on nutrition classes, etc. At $40 a pop. I did feel like Gonzalvo seemed knowledgeable BUT the office staff and the way they run the business is beyond bad. In the end, I ended up being self pay and going to Dr. Nicholson in Texas. I feel it was a blessing because Dr. Nick is top-notch. Sorry, that's the only experience I have with them. Hope everything works out Ok.

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Sorry to hear that. Yeah I haven't been impressed by the office staff that much. Some are great others not. I have my pre surgery visit tomorrow and surgery 1 week later. So we will see. Glad u got it done though. How has your journey been?

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I have had no problems and praise God for His blessings. I have a separate chronic pain condition that I thought this surgery would cure but I still am dealing with that. I do feel better that I am 55 pounds down and within 20 pounds of goal. I hope your surgery goes well for you. Sorry I didn't see your message right away. You can do this....

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@Nevermind ty, its tomorrow!!

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He is my dr! Had my surgery on Monday. How you doing?

who is your doctor?

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Gonzolvo

yes he did mine on Thursday. I'm doing so so. Nausea is my biggest issue as making it tough to hold down liquids. They just called in Zofran so I will get that later. So did you have it at Tampa general? We're you in the Barbieri program there? My hospital stay was it the best but surgeons were good. I pretty much only saw Dr Roberts, Gonzavlos fellow after the first day.

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I'm sorry your nauseous! Yes I was at Tampa General for the whole time. I'm doing pretty good! Keep me posted!!

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I'm sorry your nauseous! Yes I was at Tampa General for the whole time. I'm doing pretty good! Keep me posted!!

how was your experience there? Mine wasn't so good with several of the inexperienced nurses

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how was your experience there? Mine wasn't so good with several of the inexperienced nurses

Not too bad! Yeah I had one nurse who normally didn't do bariatric and she was clueless but other than that it was good!

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    • Alisa_S

      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

        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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