I got the call today that my date is set. I'm a ball of emotions fear hope happiness nervous. I dont know what I should expect after surgery besides what my doctors have told me. This is the first time I have found a group of people who are in the same boat as me. I am in Canada though I notice most here are American.

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Where in Canada are you? My sister is in NS and is wanting VSG.

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I am in Ontario I have mine being covered by OHIP under the bariatric program which I believe is covered in all of Canada although it is quite the process. October will be 3 years since I started this process

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Omg! 3 years?!

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Yea but I hit a whole bunch of road bumps they lost my file twice then booked me in on Easter monday by accident and my doctors office lost my file it's been a whole bunch of mix ups

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And mostly because it's covered by OHIP it's busy

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I am scheduled for 4/4/16 too!! I am in the states, from the time I initially spoke with my PCP about wanting surgery to the surgery date will be 5.5 months (the insurance program was a 13 week program, but with coordinating everything needed it has taken longer).

I'm Kelsie, and I am 29. It will be kind of neat having someone going through the same things at the same time!

I am scheduled for 4/4/16 too!! I am in the states, from the time I initially spoke with my PCP about wanting surgery to the surgery date will be 5.5 months (the insurance program was a 13 week program, but with coordinating everything needed it has taken longer).

I'm Kelsie, and I am 29. It will be kind of neat having someone going through the same things at the same time!

Hi yea for sure...do you have facebook maybe we can add each other and keep in touch while we go through this. I don't know anyone going through it but especially on my same day lol

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Surgery buddies!!! I am also set for RNY on 4/4/16, down here in Rochester, NY.

Yay that's awesome congrats @@ange117 how are you feeling about the surgery? I am in Canada

Excited and terrified, tbqh. lol I just bough a bunch of Protein powder and my first month's supply of chewable Vitamins, which made everything more real. I'll be starting my pre-op diet next week and I'm struggling not to mow down everything in sight as a 'last meal' lol. I think it'll be easier to manage once I break this sugar addiction. >_<

But mostly, I'm really excited to get this strain off my back and hips. I'm not even 27 years old yet, and I feel like I'm 55. It's time to feel healthy again.

What about you??

I feel the same way with back and hip problems at 31 ahhhhh lol can't wait to be done with all the crap that comes with weight. I still need to go through my paperwork and figure out what I need. What brand of protein powder did you get if you don't mind me asking? And what vitamin brand? Just curious

Hey y'all girls I'm here in California I just signed up to this app ! I'm having my surgery 4/4/16 yeyyy so excited but I have a dilemma

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I'm starting my new job on Monday and idk how to tell my boss about my surgery since I'm Gna start the 14 th of March but I don't want to postpone my surgery what should I do ?

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I'm starting my new job on Monday and idk how to tell my boss about my surgery since I'm Gna start the 14 th of March but I don't want to postpone my surgery what should I do ?

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I would suggest just being honest with your boss. You can wait a week and say I just found out a surgery I was waiting forever for will be the 16th of April. You do not have to tell them what the surgery us for just say it's a stomach surgery and leave it at that.

I feel the same way with back and hip problems at 31 ahhhhh lol can't wait to be done with all the crap that comes with weight. I still need to go through my paperwork and figure out what I need. What brand of Protein powder did you get if you don't mind me asking? And what Vitamin brand? Just curious

I went with powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury protein. I'm severely lactose intolerant, so I've tried just about every Protein Powder on my 'approved' list (both whey-based on dairy free), and Unjury has been the only one that doesn't make me sick or taste gross, imo. Muscle Milk Light isn't bad either, but it's somewhat obnoxiously sweet, and I worry that I won't be able to tolerate that after surgery, so I bought the chocolate splendor, unflavored, and chicken Soup flavors from Unjury. They also do a great sample pack if you want to try their flavors! The only one I didn't like was the strawberry.

For Vitamins, I kinda went all over the place, but I did get them all from Amazon. I got the Centrum Complete Chewables for my Multivitamin and the Bariatric Advantage 500 in Caramel for Calcium. I went with Superior Source for Biotin and a Vitamin B12/B6/Folic Acid complex. I also bought Bluebonnet Earth Sweet Vitamin D3 in the 5000IU strength, as I already have a Vitamin D deficiency. Honestly I just typed "name of vitamin chewable" and chose the one that had the best reviews in the strength I needed lol. I only bought enough for one month, so if they're gross, I won't have wasted a ton of money, and I can switch.

Ok amazon will be where I look lol wasn't even sure where to go