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By RNYDawn, in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story

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RNYDawn    160

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Annnnd I just emailed my parents, sister, and brother to let them know about my decision! I contemplated telling them in person but really didn't want to repeat it 3x so I thought email would be better. We'll see what they say...

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RNYDawn    160

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I've talked to my dad, brother, and sister and they are all super supportive. I haven't talked to my mom about it yet but my dad said she's excited for me. Apparently one of my aunts had bypass years ago. I knew she lost a lot of weight but don't see her often so I had no idea. :)

I had an online NUT session this week as well as my sleep study consult. They're supposed to call me tomorrow to schedule the sleep study and that's my last big appointment! I have one more NUT appointment in December before we submit to insurance in January...it's kind of crazy!

The bad part is that since I started this, I've been having a lot of food funerals. I've been eating whatever I want which is obviously not good...I gained 8 pounds! :huh: :( :blink: I am sure it would be more if I wasn't working out regularly! But I threw out the rest of the Halloween candy minus what my kids selected (one per day for a week...they're 2 and 4 so they're fine with that) and am determined to lose those 8 pounds by December weigh-in!

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GBLady41    393

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Welcome RNYDawn!!

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Staples87    1

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Hi Dawn it would be great to connect with you as Im in San Antonio as . I have surgery Monday! It will be nice to have more support here since I only lived in TX A year. I also have a 4 year old. I hope everything goes for you on this journey: -).

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RNYDawn    160

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My last NUT webinar is Dec 1 and my sleep study is scheduled for Dec 3!! I just need my letter of referral from my PCP (going to ask for that this week in case it takes a while) and I think we will have everything for insurance. We can't submit until Jan 7 but that's okay :)

I also need to call my surgeon because I haven't heard anything about the results from my endoscopy. My blood work tested positive for h.pylori so he said he'd do the biopsy but I haven't heard if that was positive too :(

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RNYDawn    160

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Good news is that my h.pylori biopsy was NEGATIVE! WOOHOO!

I had my last NUT webinar earlier last week and my sleep study was rescheduled for tonight!

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RNYDawn    160

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Update: my sleep study diagnosis is that I do have moderate sleep apnea.

Good: increase my chances of approval and allow my surgeon to perform a safer surgery

Bad: I have sleep apnea...and I will most likely have a second sleep study. :(

The tech said if I would have had 20 'episodes' (forget what he called them) by 2am, he would have put the CPAP mask on me. I only had about 15 by then and a total of 20-25 by the end of the study at 4:30am. He said my surgeon will probably want a second study conducted with the CPAP mask.

If you haven't had a sleep study performed yet, it's kind of strange but I was able to sleep. I woke up a lot but that's pretty normal for me (and now I know it's because I have sleep apnea!). There are SO MANY wires. The biggest pain was going to the bathroom but I just had to unplug my box of wires and hang it around my neck...not too bad. The gunk/paste they use for the wires on your head is the worst. :)

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RNYDawn    160

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All of my pre-cert requirements are complete! I did my last weigh-in yesterday! Now, I wait for insurance submission which will be around January 7th!

I am so excited...not too much longer now!

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newmebithebypass    713

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Congratulations ???? dawn

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RNYDawn    160

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After a bit of hounding, my bariatric coordinator sent off my package to insurance yesterday! I am so anxious and excited and nervous and impatient! LOL Knowing that this is the defining moment of having surgery or not is making me a bit crazy! :)

Hoping to be one of those with a quick approval (I have BCBS FEP) - my fingers are crossed!

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RNYDawn    160

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I hope you hear something soon!

Thanks! Fingers crossed!

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RNYDawn    160

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I hope you hear something soon!

Your good vibes worked! Approved Monday & found out yesterday! My date is 2-17 & I start pre-op liquid diet on 2-3. ????

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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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      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

        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!

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        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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