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!

17 hours ago, Ylime said:

Welcome to the club!

Thank you! I'm so excited to be on this journey.

Well well,everybody! it's your favorite Frstr8 reporting in. Left Mount Vernon at 7am, returned home at 1:30pm, so a lot,of fun and games in Columbus. I met with Nurse practitioner, dietician(a cute dude) exercise physiologist and had blood drawn. Then after I got home I called both my cardiologist and pulmonologist to have notes and observations records forwarded to OSU so I don't have to go through another series. Now we come to my EGD, my gastroenterologist did it in December 2017, got pretty pictorial document for me to keep, the bad news ,he shut down his local practice last month. Not sure where he went , perhaps Newark, so how do,i get his notes.etc? I am liable to be,looking at EGD #3 in less than 3 years. Mind you I don't mind the actual having, it's just going to delay the surgery a skosh more. Plus another trip to Columbus before the" dirty deed "gets done . And I am an impatient patient!? I yearn for completion.???

So I had my weigh in and up .5 grr I know it’s me doing it but it’s frustrating seeing the scale go up so now I have to get the scale to move down and keep food notes for a month to get approved by the nutritionists wippie

I was following this post at some point and then never saw it again. Wonder what happened..oh well. So I've made myself a little checklist today. I went to my first consult yesterday and already have some appointments scheduled

@Ylime, Surgery went well, that gas pains weren't too bad. I'm up feeling good and excited to start this New Journey in my life. Thank you surgery Buddies for checking on me.

My VGS is on June 22. Getting excited! I start my preop diet 10 days before.

God to hear you are doing well Mrs Rob!

Congrats Katbad!

@crystal649, Hi there! Is your June 5th bypass surgery still a go.? If it is, we would be happy,to hear from you and get an update . Are you,in your presurgical liquid diet preparin?

So guys my final appointment with the nutritionist is in June guys it's getting real ok too real

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I had my surgery 5/24 everything went great now I’m laid up enjoying life on the couch for the next few days.

5 days to go! ???

Hi Everyone!

I am new around here. I have been lurking for months but this is my first post. I am scheduled for bypass surgery on June 4th! I am so excited. I was hoping to get a surgery date buddy to go through this process with for support. I'm 37 years old with 3 kids. I have yo-yo dieted my entire life and am looking to get things under control. My BMI is around 38 but I have a co-morbidity of sleep apnea so I was able to be approved. I am looking forward to meeting people to share this journey with!

Thank you Ylime for making the spreadsheet. That was so sweet and helpful.

On 5/24/2018 at 2:10 PM, Frustr8 said:

Well well,everybody! it's your favorite Frstr8 reporting in. Left Mount Vernon at 7am, returned home at 1:30pm, so a lot,of fun and games in Columbus. I met with Nurse practitioner, dietician(a cute dude) exercise physiologist and had blood drawn. Then after I got home I called both my cardiologist and pulmonologist to have notes and observations records forwarded to OSU so I don't have to go through another series. Now we come to my EGD, my gastroenterologist did it in December 2017, got pretty pictorial document for me to keep, the bad news ,he shut down his local practice last month. Not sure where he went , perhaps Newark, so how do,i get his notes.etc? I am liable to be,looking at EGD #3 in less than 3 years. Mind you I don't mind the actual having, it's just going to delay the surgery a skosh more. Plus another trip to Columbus before the" dirty deed "gets done . And I am an impatient patient!? I yearn for completion.???

Hope this all works out for you!!

On 5/24/2018 at 2:45 PM, newmebithebypass said:

So I had my weigh in and up .5 grr I know it’s me doing it but it’s frustrating seeing the scale go up so now I have to get the scale to move down and keep food notes for a month to get approved by the nutritionists wippie

.5 is nothing, that could just be water. Don't sweat it.

On 5/24/2018 at 9:10 PM, Brittbrat said:

I was following this post at some point and then never saw it again. Wonder what happened..oh well. So I've made myself a little checklist today. I went to my first consult yesterday and already have some appointments scheduled

Nice list!! I've always wanted to make nice lists like this, but my printed handwriting is atrocious!

On 5/25/2018 at 5:37 AM, Mrs. Rob said:

@Ylime, Surgery went well, that gas pains weren't too bad. I'm up feeling good and excited to start this New Journey in my life. Thank you surgery Buddies for checking on me.

So glad to hear it all went well. Keep us posted on your progress!

On 5/26/2018 at 6:04 PM, SW1128 said:

I had my surgery 5/24 everything went great now I’m laid up enjoying life on the couch for the next few days.

Good to hear!! I look forward to chilling on my couch a bit after surgery too.

On 5/27/2018 at 9:22 AM, mrselie said:

Hi Everyone!

I am new around here. I have been lurking for months but this is my first post. I am scheduled for bypass surgery on June 4th! I am so excited. I was hoping to get a surgery date buddy to go through this process with for support. I'm 37 years old with 3 kids. I have yo-yo dieted my entire life and am looking to get things under control. My BMI is around 38 but I have a co-morbidity of sleep apnea so I was able to be approved. I am looking forward to meeting people to share this journey with!

Thank you Ylime for making the spreadsheet. That was so sweet and helpful.

So glad you came out of the shadows to join the conversation? What kind of pre-surgery diet are you on right now?