hi! i’m new to this. i just had my consultation appointment yesterday and am beginning the process of insurance approval and dates etc. i’m hoping i can be scheduled for surgery late june/early july. i’m about to be 22 so definitely interested in finding other young people to talk to about surgery and the whole process (pre and post op)

CW: 345

HW: 358

GW: 200

(yikes this is my first time posting stats anywhere. wild)

also more about me- been obese my entire life (literally from age 5), have **** genetics on both sides of my family, have mild binge eating disorder (which is under control), PCOS, general anxiety/depression

and fun stuff- i’ll be getting a degree in interior architecture and design in may, i’m about to start grad school right after that, i live in the boston area, i love art in all forms, live music, my friends, my dogs and my weed [emoji14]

I'm 31, gonna be 32 in June, and I'm hoping for my surgery end of May. I started my whole process back in September, but my insurance requires 6 months of nutrition phone call appointments. I have my final call this Wednesday so I'm going to get my surgery date as soon as insurance approves!

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how exciting!!!

Hello, well I’m not having my surgery in summer, but I had it on February 12th! I’m 21 and will be 22 in June! I haven’t met someone my age who has had the surgery. I’ve also been over weight all my life and decided that I did not want to go though nursing school overweight! If you have any questions I’m all ears!
HW:262
SW:235
CW:216

I'm 31, gonna be 32 in June, and I'm hoping for my surgery end of May. I started my whole process back in September, but my insurance requires 6 months of nutrition phone call appointments. I have my final call this Wednesday so I'm going to get my surgery date as soon as insurance approves!

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Well we are both going to playing the waiting game together. I also started back in September. I had my last appointment last week so I’m just waiting on insurance now

How exciting for everyone here who is changing their lives I'm happy for all of us I've also been heavy my whole life and have pcos diabetes mellitus and sleep apnea for those who don't know what that is I stop breathing in my sleep which sucks but I have a machine to help me out

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Hey everyone I got my date it’s April 11th my emotion are everywhere now I have to tell my job. It’s crazy because I work in the hospital where I’m getting my surgery done at

Hello! I am 22, have pcos and have always been overweight. I started this journey last year and got denied by my current insurance company. January I got a new insurance and have been working toward surgery since. Tomorrow is my psych appointment and then in two weeks I visit the surgeon and hope to get a tentative surgery date for july. I’m super anxious. I have to lose a little weight before surgery which is very hard, obviously that’s why we’re all here.. seems we’re the same age, I’ll answer any questions you might have if I can!

CharlieFen is 20, still in university and planning surgery so see you're not the only one. Welcome and please hang around a while.

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Hello! I am 22, have pcos and have always been overweight. I started this journey last year and got denied by my current insurance company. January I got a new insurance and have been working toward surgery since. Tomorrow is my psych appointment and then in two weeks I visit the surgeon and hope to get a tentative surgery date for july. I’m super anxious. I have to lose a little weight before surgery which is very hard, obviously that’s why we’re all here.. seems we’re the same age, I’ll answer any questions you might have if I can!

sounds like we’ll be going through everything together!! i’m about to turn 22 on sunday! in two weeks i have to get an upper gi? not sure what that exactly entails but i think they’re taking pics of my stomach or something?

they didn’t explicitly tell me to lose weight before surgery, but they said if i can get down to 312 it would be ideal in terms of not having to be on as many medications or something along those lines. i would like to personally lose weight before surgery anyway though to get into the routine.

Guys for the psych eval dont be nervous just be honest with whom ever is doing it and you will be ok thursday is mine and it is 3 hours long lol i know it is a step in the process and a good one i already see a psych doc regularly and therapist so im comfy with answering personal questions just relax ok

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CharlieFen is 20, still in university and planning surgery so see you're not the only one. Welcome and please hang around a while.
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so glad to have this community already! def want to find more people who are still in school as i have started my master program (concurrently while still finishing my undergrad and i graduate in may)

So for an upper gi i think altho i might be wrong it is like an endoscopy where they put you to sleep and put a tube with a camera down your throat to check for ulcers and stuff like that also gerd

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So for an upper gi i think altho i might be wrong it is like an endoscopy where they put you to sleep and put a tube with a camera down your throat to check for ulcers and stuff like that also gerd

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yeah i think that’s what it is as well, but they didn’t say anything about me going under for it? i have a normal appt with the surgeon at 915 and then the procedure at 1015 but they made it seem very nonchalant

Sometimes they also Cat scan or X Ray you, it will depend on what your surgeon wants to see about you. On my endoscopy report I had color pictures of my esophagus, stomach and upper small intestine, all pretty healthy except for gastritis, GERD and Hector my baby gastric ulcer, my RnY should help with all that. How did I get Hector? Too many NSAIDS taken for arthritis pain, I was taking 3-4 ibuprofen at a time. Now I have grouchy little Hector as a gift, he is the gift that keeps on hurting instead of giving. And yes in the US you are usually asleep, my last one was effortless and absolutely no pain after.

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Sometimes they also Cat scan or X Ray you, it will depend on what your surgeon wants to see about you. On my endoscopy report I had color pictures of my esophagus, stomach and upper small intestine, all pretty healthy except for gastritis, GERD and Hector my baby gastric ulcer, my RnY should help with all that. How did I get Hector? Too many NSAIDS taken for arthritis pain, I was taking 3-4 ibuprofen at a time. Now I have grouchy little Hector as a gift, he is the gift that keeps on hurting instead of giving. And yes in the US you are usually asleep, my last one was effortless and absolutely no pain after.
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LOL love that you have him named. i have like mild acid reflux but def don’t have GERD or any other issues i’m aware of

If it is,mild you might be able to get away with a sleeve since you're so young but surgeons usually steer you towards a RnY because with that you don't reflux stomach acid back up. Follow your surgeon's advice he's taken part in more surgeries than me and my not-quite-yet one. I'm satisfied with my own decision.

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