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StarshineRN    4

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Hi all I'm from st louis and went to see Dr Lisa Hawver for my first apps 5 days ago. I feel a mix of nervous and excited, and a little terrified, but brave lol. I have an apt this morning to get cardiology clearance and I had an upper GI a couple of days ago. It wasn't horrible, I thought I'd have to drink a ton of barium but it was only a few mouthfuls of thick minty chalk.

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Brown Suga    17

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St. Louis here. Dr. Chris Eagon at Wash U will be performing my surgery on Feb. 2nd. A friend of mine had him do her gastric bypass over the summer and it was a great experience for her. I'm so excited. I'll see y'all on the post op side soon. Hope all is well.

Dr. Eagon is my surgeon too and my surgery is 1 day before yours...have you had your refresher nurse visit yet? Mine is Weds and I was wondering what to expect. Will you be in west county or the city?
My appt with the nurse is Wednesday, too. I'll be having my surgery at Barnes West. Where are you having yours?
My appointment is at 9:30 with Ashley and I am also having my surgery at Barnes West. What made you choose the sleeve over the bypass? I was told to arrive by 7 and that I would be the 2nd case at 9am.

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Ohsosleeved    13

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St. Louis here. Dr. Chris Eagon at Wash U will be performing my surgery on Feb. 2nd. A friend of mine had him do her gastric bypass over the summer and it was a great experience for her. I'm so excited. I'll see y'all on the post op side soon. Hope all is well.

Dr. Eagon is my surgeon too and my surgery is 1 day before yours...have you had your refresher nurse visit yet? Mine is Weds and I was wondering what to expect. Will you be in west county or the city?
My appt with the nurse is Wednesday, too. I'll be having my surgery at Barnes West. Where are you having yours?
My appointment is at 9:30 with Ashley and I am also having my surgery at Barnes West. What made you choose the sleeve over the bypass? I was told to arrive by 7 and that I would be the 2nd case at 9am.
Same here. I believe my appt on 1/27 is at 9. I'm told to be there at 7am for check in and they will take me to the OR at 9. Too excited! I chose the sleeve over the bypass because I didn't want the extensive malabsorption issues. I was also afraid of the dumping that is more common with gastric bypass. The sleeve seems to be the happy medium. What about you?

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JenLyn81    7

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Good luck!!!!

St. Louis here. Dr. Chris Eagon at Wash U will be performing my surgery on Feb. 2nd. A friend of mine had him do her gastric bypass over the summer and it was a great experience for her. I'm so excited. I'll see y'all on the post op side soon. Hope all is well.

Dr. Eagon is my surgeon too and my surgery is 1 day before yours...have you had your refresher nurse visit yet? Mine is Weds and I was wondering what to expect. Will you be in west county or the city?
My appt with the nurse is Wednesday, too. I'll be having my surgery at Barnes West. Where are you having yours?
My appointment is at 9:30 with Ashley and I am also having my surgery at Barnes West. What made you choose the sleeve over the bypass? I was told to arrive by 7 and that I would be the 2nd case at 9am.
Same here. I believe my appt on 1/27 is at 9. I'm told to be there at 7am for check in and they will take me to the OR at 9. Too excited! I chose the sleeve over the bypass because I didn't want the extensive malabsorption issues. I was also afraid of the dumping that is more common with gastric bypass. The sleeve seems to be the happy medium. What about you?

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Brown Suga    17

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@@Ohsosleeved

I agree. I also love to eat and unfortunately my stomach is able to hold a lot!!! I think the sleeve is the exact tool I need to help with Portion Control. Are you doing any type of pre surgery diet now? I am trying to do Protein Shakes only today and tomorrow. My weight is essentially unchanged since my first nutrition visit but I would like to be down a few pounds before Wednesday's visit.

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Brown Suga    17

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I am in the St Louis metro area. Anyone else going to Washington University for their surgery?

I am. I assume Dr. Eagon is your surgeon? What day are scheduled for surgery? I'm scheduled for Feb 1...1 week to go!!!

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Ohsosleeved    13

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@@Ohsosleeved

I agree. I also love to eat and unfortunately my stomach is able to hold a lot!!! I think the sleeve is the exact tool I need to help with Portion Control. Are you doing any type of pre surgery diet now? I am trying to do Protein Shakes only today and tomorrow. My weight is essentially unchanged since my first nutrition visit but I would like to be down a few pounds before Wednesday's visit.

I will be starting my liquids tomorrow. I just my tooth pulled this afternoon so I can't imagine putting a single thing in my mouth for the rest of today. I'm not sure why Dr. Eagon doesn't require one but I decided to do a self imposed liquid diet. I bought my Protein shakes over the weekend.

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Denise A Harrop    1

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I do have Dr Egon! We have two more months of supervised diet and then all the paperwork will be turned into the insurance company for final approval. How long after your supervised dieting and the paperwork being turned in did it take to get a surgery date scheduled? This is to Brown Suga

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pammyg7    10

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My last weigh in was on Jan 13th. I had all my other requirements completed, like the psyc eval, chest xrays . I received a call from True results on Thursday Jan. 21st that I had been approved. I was scheduled for surgery with Dr. Minkin, tomorrow! I have been on 3 day liquid diet.< /p>

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Ohsosleeved    13

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My last weigh in was on Jan 13th. I had all my other requirements completed, like the psyc eval, chest xrays . I received a call from True results on Thursday Jan. 21st that I had been approved. I was scheduled for surgery with Dr. Minkin, tomorrow! I have been on 3 day liquid diet.< /p>

Yay! Good luck! I can't wait until it's my turn.

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OutsideMatchInside    10,166

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Des Peres hospital staff are awesome. You don't have to take a lot with you, they provide everything.

Good luck tomorrow.

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