I would love to make some surgery buddies now so we can go through all the pre-op requirements together and stick through surgery and beyond. Anyone else already know their surgery will occur this summer?

My surgery is going to fall in the July or August time frame. Most of this is dependent upon checking all my surgeon's boxes, the rest is dependent upon my financing since I'm self-pay. I'll be getting the sleeve.

I love my surgeon and feel really lucky to have found him. So far the pre-op stuff has gone smoothly, but I am just at the beginning stages. I've scheduled all my evals and classes and attended my first weight loss class last week. I found it to be mildly helpful. It was certainly geared more toward those that hadn't already read through the surgery binder and/or those that had no clue what healthy eating consisted of. I'm hoping future classes focus more on the post-op eating.

My first visit with my PCP about this surgery is next week as that's the soonest I could get in to see her. I'm hoping she'll be supportive as my surgeon knew of her when I told him that's who I see. But if I have to find another PCP so be it.

My first dietician appt is next week and psych eval is the week after that. I only have to get these three meetings out of the way to schedule my surgery. So I'm anxious to get that done!

I'm excited to hear from others along the same timeline as me!

Hey ?? everyone... my sleeve was 7/18 and I’m completely blessed with my surgery... my only problem is that my body doesn’t like Liquid Protein since surgery... the dr said sometimes that happens and we don’t know it until after surgery... the liquid Protein was giving me dumping syndrome and a major hormonal flush... my diet was advanced prior to discharge.. the only complaint is that I’m nauseous but my dr warned me that nausea is the new signal from the stomach.. when I need to eat I get nauseous and I eat and it goes away.. when I’m dehydrated I get nauseous.. I think that will get better with time... in reference to being tired... yes I’m easily exhausted and my endurance with have to build up.. my dr said it usually lasts for about 6 months... I’m not
Completely compliant with my vitamins.. and working on that... some days I get my protein in and not my fluids or I get my fluids and not my protein... they said that’s normal... I’ve lost 31 pounds since surgery and I did measure myself before surgery but not since surgery... but I notice more inches on my body... I’m 2 pant sizes down!!! This is a duplicate entry from July sleeve surgeries!!!!

10 more Days and counting them down Eagerly. September 5th is coming, don t want to be called "Square" so Baby,I Will Be There! Don't suppose my surgeon Dr Needleman is sitting home thinking about,me, but I am about him. Ragweed season is underway strongly in Central. Ohio, hope he doesn't sneeze and I end up with a misshapen pouch on the wrong side of my stomach, now THAT could,be,problematic. Just want an well-draining turkey egg with its dime-sized st9ma into my jejuneum. Don't think it's Too Much to ask!

On 08/26/2018 at 16:25, Frustr8 said:

10 more Days and counting them down Eagerly. September 5th is coming, don t want to be called "Square" so Baby,I Will Be There! Don't suppose my surgeon Dr Needleman is sitting home thinking about,me, but I am about him. Ragweed season is underway strongly in Central. Ohio, hope he doesn't sneeze and I end up with a misshapen pouch on the wrong side of my stomach, now THAT could,be,problematic. Just want an well-draining turkey egg with its dime-sized st9ma into my jejuneum. Don't think it's Too Much to ask!

Less than 10! ?

OMG - It's the last week of August. A few more August surgeries to go. Good luck to you all!!!

And then the September??? Surgeries will be up to bat, ⚾myself included. And Time? has a way of Marching on, let's wave ✋as we go by and move over to Summer 2018 Post-Surgery!

1 hour ago, Frustr8 said:

And then the September??? Surgeries will be up to bat, ⚾myself included. And Time? has a way of Marching on, let's wave ✋as we go by and move over to Summer 2018 Post-Surgery!

Good Luck to all September surgery people. You’ve got this!!

If it wasn’t for my Xanax i would be LOOSING IT COMPLETELY lol. I’m excited, nervous, scared, everything!

Okay orchestra, instruments???? up gentleman! Prepare to play!? " It's the Final Showdown!"?

Surgery September 12th in MEXICO

Best of luck to you up and coming surgery folks. Congrats and finally getting here.

I am kind of freaking out right now. Surgery is tomorrow and i just had a huge wave of emotions hit me. I burst into tears. I have had numerous surgeries and never had this happen before. I hope I can calm down or its gonna be a long day and night.

On 08/27/2018 at 10:49, Chrisb428 said:

I am kind of freaking out right now. Surgery is tomorrow and i just had a huge wave of emotions hit me. I burst into tears. I have had numerous surgeries and never had this happen before. I hope I can calm down or its gonna be a long day and night.

It’s probably anxiety and excitement which can obviously be overwhelming. You’ve got this! Your new life begins soon. Sending prayers and positive vibes. See you on the post op side ?

@ALFxRNY Thank you. I was fine and all ready then out of nowhere it hit me!

9 minutes ago, Chrisb428 said:

I am kind of freaking out right now. Surgery is tomorrow and i just had a huge wave of emotions hit me. I burst into tears. I have had numerous surgeries and never had this happen before. I hope I can calm down or its gonna be a long day and night.

Hang in there dear, I was freaking out too, I blinked and here I am 5 days post op!!! You will be fine!! Pray to center yourself and realize that we are under His protection, you just realize it more during surgery. Everything is risky and every time u sit in your car you are taking a higher risk than surgery! Write down ALL the reasons u r doing this, emotional, physical, social etc and read over it multiple times to get your head in the right place. Then look at some pictures of success stories and get excited!! Prayers and love. Let us know how you do!

@ellie123 Thank you! I'm not turning back now!