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sweitzer2148    19

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Hi all! I live in Hillsboro which is part of the Portland Metro area. I'm just beginning this journey and hope to have my surgery scheduled in October. I have all the prerequisites done and am just waiting on my insurance letter of approval. Wondering if there was anyone out there from my area. :)

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Dinks97420    52

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I'm in Oregon as well, southern coast. I would be having my sleeve done end of August or first of September. Good luck!!

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Yaymissmay    13

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I don't of any support groups yet, but will soon. This surgery procedure and whole process was so fast. From when I did the online seminar and to being out of surgery. It has been a total process of 3 months. My head is still spinning, but I am doing very well, thank you. I had my surgery done at OHSU, by Dr. Mattar. He's a kind and gentle man who took very good care of me and I had a beautiful surgery with no complications. The hospital bed issue is a different story, but I am optimistic as I just wanted to make it out alive. (I have weird thoughts of not making through) Where are you having yours done at? I am having many many thoughts now, but all are mostly good.

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Suela    2

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Hello! I am in Tualatin. It would be nice to meet up with other Sleevers and we can order one meal and still have to ask for a to go box! LOL! My surgery was on May 9th and I should have done this years ago for myself. I only used 3 pain pills and went right on to children's Tylenol and ibuprofen. The only problem I really had was feeling thirsty for the first month and a half. The problem I have now is shrinking out of my clothes. Well, it's my husband's problem, because I get to keep on buying new clothes!!! My summer clothes are able to go to a new home. If anyone would like to meet let me know and we can set something up. Pre surgery people, good luck and hope to meet up with you, too.

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Suela    2

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Dr Patterson was my surgeon . Anyone interested in meeting up? My surgery was May 9th and I am still upset I put it off for so long. One of the best thing I have done for me in my life.

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saucy_sleever_vsg    0

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Hi all! This is my first post to a thread, I can't tell how old this thread is but today is 10/18/16 and I'm 13 days post op. My physical address is Portland, but I'm basically on the Hillsboro/Beaverton boundary. Just wanted to introduce myself! I have a WLS instagram you can follow at that's the same name as my name name on here. Does anyone else have a WLS IG account I can follow? Or know of any support groups locally?

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kan_dice    10

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Hi all! Sorry for jumping on kind of an old thread, but I was searching for "Oregon weight loss surgery" and this came up (thankfully!).

I sent my new patient app in on 11/1 and they (OWLS) say to allow 2-6 wks for insurance verification and tmrw will be 4 wks and I haven't heard back. I'm practically dying of impatience! I know I'm covered, because I checked myself before even seeing my primary doc for the referral.

Does anyone else have experiences with OWLS they can share? How long from when you sent in your paperwork until you were seen?

Thanks!!

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sweitzer2148    19

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Hi! I've been going to OWLS since July. They are awesome. I have a particularly picky insurance company and they took about 4 weeks to get back to them. My process is slower than most because at first my insurance said I didn't have to have the 6 mo. Weight management and then when I sent in for final approval they said I did. I have 2 months down and 4 to go. Basically had to start from scratch. BUT it will be worth the wait in the end.

Good luck to you!

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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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        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!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        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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