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Ty, yes one day at a time. Better every day 😉

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On 06/19/2018 at 17:09, Chrisb428 said:





You gotta do what you gotta do! 😂😂😂 My paper work was submitted on a Tuesday and I believe they called me that Friday. It was definitely quicker than a week which they said approval takes a week here in CT






Every time I see someone post "anyone else having surgery on such a d such date"...... I always say you should go check out the summer surgery buddies post. One of our members even took the time to make a list of everyone's surgery dates..... I hope I end up having someone the same time as me. I'll end up being a surgery orphan...lol


A surgery orphan 😂😂😂 I thought I would be one but there are 2 other people with the same date as me on this thread and about 2 others on another! When you get your July date, also check the July surgery buddies forums!

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I received approval from BCBS last week. Surgeons’ office called today. I go see him next week to get a date!! I’m excited and nervous!

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On 06/19/2018 at 17:54, YoBL said:

I received approval from BCBS last week. Surgeons’ office called today. I go see him next week to get a date!! I’m excited and nervous!
Congrats! Don’t be nervous! Your new life is about to begin! 😊

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I’m having surgery next week and kind of freaking out

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On 06/19/2018 at 18:11, JayBSoFla said:

I’m having surgery next week and kind of freaking out
Oh no, don’t freak out! Positive vibes! When next week?

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Please nobody freak out , we need. all of you here in our group. I saw Heather E in Michigan has a birthday and REBIRTHDAY right about July 3rd so our party grows bigger and bigger. We are going to make it to the Victors Bench, each of us, so everybody SMILES IN PLACE? Okay I think we're ready NIW#

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Wednesday June 27th is my date. The reason why I am freaking out is because June 27th was always the target date. But Aetna sent me a denial letter saying they wanted me to meet with the dietician for 6 more months. So I had the mindset of I had to wait 6 more months. Then the surgeons office called me on friday and said they got the approval and we were good to go for the 27th and could I come in today for my preop and start the liquid diet tomorrow. So this is all moving so fast that it’s just freaking me out.

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Okay so my psych evaluation was WEIRD 😂 The part where they focus on weight and eating habits had me crying laughing... I was asked all kinds of crazy ?’s like... Pardon me if you will but “ Do you incorporate food with copulation?” OMGGGG I was taken off guard TOTALLY🤣😂 Other than that it was okay!!

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I didn’t get asked anything weird like that

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On 06/19/2018 at 19:23, JayBSoFla said:

Wednesday June 27th is my date. The reason why I am freaking out is because June 27th was always the target date. But Aetna sent me a denial letter saying they wanted me to meet with the dietician for 6 more months. So I had the mindset of I had to wait 6 more months. Then the surgeons office called me on friday and said they got the approval and we were good to go for the 27th and could I come in today for my preop and start the liquid diet tomorrow. So this is all moving so fast that it’s just freaking me out.
Your surgery is a day before mine. Take a deep breath, remember all of the reasons you wanted to do this. Think of all of the months you’ve committed to getting to this very point. You’ve got this, and we are all cheering you on!

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On 06/19/2018 at 19:27, Lauren26 said:

Okay so my psych evaluation was WEIRD 😂 The part where they focus on weight and eating habits had me crying laughing... I was asked all kinds of crazy ?’s like... Pardon me if you will but “ Do you incorporate food with copulation?” OMGGGG I was taken off guard TOTALLY🤣😂 Other than that it was okay!!
I was asked why I wanted to do this surgery and to go into detail with my relationship with food and eating habits but nothing like that, lol

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Does anyone else on here use Instagram fo document their process? I've realized I'm terrible at checking this site but would like to keep in contact!!

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On 06/19/2018 at 20:43, Brittbrat said:

Does anyone else on here use Instagram fo document their process? I've realized I'm terrible at checking this site but would like to keep in contact!!
gracesleeved!

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On 06/19/2018 at 20:43, Brittbrat said:

Does anyone else on here use Instagram fo document their process? I've realized I'm terrible at checking this site but would like to keep in contact!!
gracesleeved!

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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.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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