Welp, the monthly support forum has not been updated for 2016. I know there's a thread somewhere for December & January sleevers, but thought I'd include you January peeps in honor of the upcoming year. Share your dates, doctor/nut/psych visits, tests, hopes, and whatever else you want to share pertaining to your surgery. Feel free to offer encouragement and cheerleading as warranted. Maybe everyone can link up with some sleeve buddies!

I'll start. I have 100 to 130 pounds to lose (no goal set yet). My sleeve was supposed to be in January. Instead, my husband needs to go out of the country on business in the middle of the month and can't guarantee he'll be back, so I'll probably be sleeved in February. It's frustrating to me because my insurance requires 6 months supervised diet. I finished that the week before Thanksgiving (U.S.) I'm scheduled to attend the final "class" they require all patients to take on Dec. 17. My endoscopy is Jan. 13. I could easily have made it in December, but hubby didn't want me restricted over the Holidays. (I had thyroid surgery with complications last year just before Christmas, so I understand how he feels.) Still, you can imagine my frustration now that my surgery needs to be pushed back again!

Who's next?

*Mods please move this to the appropriate forum when you update the support groups.

Good luck with your scan! Thank goodness my testing is all done. Tomorrow I finally see the surgeon who will actually be doing the sugery, and he'll give me the dates for the pre-op clear liquid diet. I dread that! I have my pre-surgery bloodwork and chest xray on the 19th.

So far I am not super nervous because I have to have a heart scan on Jan 4th so that my cardiologist will release me. Because of this I am trying to stay calm, but the time is moving quickly and I get a little more excited each day.

The PET scan is really to make sure that the 2 stints I received on August 28th are functioning properly and that I have good blood flow. I feel good so I am hoping that is an indication that they stints are working! If he sees that they are he will send a release to my Surgeon and I will be able to have my surgery on Jan 26th! I will just be glad to get the scan over with. Then I can start my count down in earnest.

Good morning my insurance will be submitted next month so a surgery date is right around the corner for me as well. That will be the best birthday news ever. I am excited not scared but nervous because unfortunately I love food!

I'm goin in on January 7th n I need a sleeve buddy

Just got my phone call, approved for my January 6th surgery date!!!!!

Congrats

My scheduled dated (which according to my patient adviser can still be changed) is February 17, 2016. I have my sleep study on the 4th of January, and my pre-op class on the 11th of January. I guess my biggest fear is not having enough to pay for the surgery (I have to have at least half of the out of pocket expenses paid for before they will schedule me for my date). Other than that, I'm dying for the day to get here.

I have about 150 lbs to lose. My goal is to be anywhere from 130 to 150 lbs.

Surgery 1/18!! Start pre-op diet in 6 days!

14 days of no food is scary! ???? ????

January 7, 2016

January 7, 2016

i have mine on the same day

January 7, 2016

i have mine on the same day

I am January 8th

Where are you going to have the surgery guys? Im in nyc.

Hello I am new as of today. Im from Saskatchewan Canada. I am having my surgery in Tijuana, Mexico on Jan 22 at the Mi hospital with doctor Ponce. I am on day 4 of my pre op diet(I started a week early-I think I will need it) Day after Christmas. So I definitely indulged over the holidays and am feeling quite piggish. Im not so nervous about the surgery itself but its the possible failure afterwards that scares me. Hoping to make some buddies on here as support around here is limited as far as I know. I have been looking. Excited to be a part of the group

NJ HUMC

NJ HUMC

NYPH

Just got my phone call, approved for my January 6th surgery date!!!!!

Me too!! do you need to do the pre-op diet. good luck and see you on the other side