I am still in my pre-op stage. My 3 and final appointment with the dietician and the surgeon is on the 8th.... At that appointment they will be submitting my all of my stuff to Aetna. I went be having the surgery until the end of February cause I will need my tax return to pay for my copay of 1600... I'm so glad that my battle with obesity is almost over ???????????????????? from the various post from here and Facebook support groups I have learned to strictly follow the diet plan and to go hard with exercise the first 6 months cause that's when the most of the weight comes off. I Never really had a problem with losing the weight.... the problem was keeping it off. I believe the sleeve will aid me in that because it provides restriction. I am very optimistic and I believe I will succeed..... I have eliminated pop. From here on out I will be working on portion control and sweets..... that way I can have a handle on it now.......

Age: 34

HW: 305 (2012)

CW: 280

GW: 150

HEIGHT: 5'8"

All advice is welcome!!!!!!

@loss78. Yes I do I had a sleeve done Dec 23 with Dr. Katkhouda and I've lost 50 lbs in 7 weeks. If you have any questions feel free to ask. Good luck with everything:)

Wow! Thank you! I just looked over his website so I am going to mention this to my Doc. Their website alone is very informational! And it's great to hear from someone who has already gone through this and is happy with the surgery and the outcome. Thanks again for the advice! @@mindytaylor08 I haven't been approved for the surgery yet myself so I haven't lost anything.

2 weeks post op as of 2/10 and I lost 21 lbs. SW: 273 CW: 252

That's awesome. How do you feel?

That is awesome!!! How much did u lose from the pre op diet alone? These posts are really helping me, I can only hope that one day I will also be posting my post open weight! Thank you to all who have responded to this post!

Pretty good actually.

The first 2 days were manageable as long as I kept up on my meds. Days 3-5 I went from taking meds every 6 hours to every 10-12. Day six I no longer needed the pain meds. The first 3 days I also had the gas pain.. which was extremely annoying.

Pre op diet I lost 8 pounds.... which put me back at 273. My last supervised diet visit was Dec 8th. My pre-op diet began January 13th. In-between that time I had gained 8 pounds but lost it again during pre op diet. The diet that I was given was 2 protein shakes and then a regular meal for dinner for 2 weeks. .... I have read about others having to do 2 weeks on a liquid diet.

Yeah I was wondering because so many people have had different orders from their surgeons regarding the pre-op diet... Congrats on all of your weight loss so far and keep up the good work!!

Edited February 12, 201511 yr by Loss78

Thanks☺

So excited!!! I was approved today!!! I have to wait an entire month before I get to meet with the surgeon for my consult, but am just so happy to know there is change on the horizon!!!

Yes sweet!!!!!! I'm excited for you!....

I'm a month out now and I'm down 28 pounds..... including pre-op I'm 48 pounds down☺

Wow!!! 48lbs all together has got to feel good!!! I cant wait to be in your shoes!! ????

Lol ???? feels great. .. a lot of my donors are noticing....

Got my approval from my insurance office today!! As long as all my preops go OK then I should be getting sleeved on March 31st!!!! So happy, grateful, blessed and excited to be starting this new chapter in my life!!