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Summer 2018 Surgery Buddies Check In Here!

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!

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Ylime going to follow you! It's funny there's someone else I followed because I came across hers and thought she might be you (her ig name is Ylimey)
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What does whipping solve actually?? lol

On 06/19/2018 at 22:10, Ylime said:



@ALFxRNY - I just followed you on IG. :)


I just followed you back!

Today is the day in 1 hour. Nervous and kinda scared

Hello all! I'm a summer surgery buddy! My surgery is scheduled for June 22nd...getting super nervous about it all! The pre-surgical diet has gone well, I've lost 10 lbs in 12 days, and I'm not hungry. The "getting off sugar and carbs" detox on Day 3 was horrible, but all the days after have been great. Anyone out there having surgery on my day?? We should connect!

On 06/20/2018 at 07:01, Oceanlove said:



Today is the day in 1 hour. Nervous and kinda scared


You’ve got this! Check in with us as soon as you can!
On 06/20/2018 at 07:30, LibbyT85 said:



Hello all! I'm a summer surgery buddy! My surgery is scheduled for June 22nd...getting super nervous about it all! The pre-surgical diet has gone well, I've lost 10 lbs in 12 days, and I'm not hungry. The "getting off sugar and carbs" detox on Day 3 was horrible, but all the days after have been great. Anyone out there having surgery on my day?? We should connect!


Congrats and welcome! Go to page 19 and scroll down the summer 2018 surgery buddy list link and you will be able to view all of the surgery dates our members have ?
Today is the day for me too, completely in shock and scared!!
On 06/20/2018 at 07:47, Daniellababiex3 said:

Today is the day for me too, completely in shock and scared!!
No! No fear! Excitement! New beginnings! Wishing all of you a speedy recovery!

Good luck Oceanlove and Daniellababiex3, Hope you have a smooth surgery and an easy recovery!

Good Luck to everyone for today =) I've had to re-schedule mine from 27th July to 31st August and I am so not moving that date again. Can the lady who does the spreadsheet change my dates please. Sooo glad Im with you guys, its nice to have people around you that are going thru the same nerves, anxiety and excitement. Huge Hugs for everyone =) Im still in the Summer buddies yayy!!!

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7 hours ago, Oceanlove said:

Today is the day in 1 hour. Nervous and kinda scared

Hope it all went well for you!!!

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7 hours ago, LibbyT85 said:

Hello all! I'm a summer surgery buddy! My surgery is scheduled for June 22nd...getting super nervous about it all! The pre-surgical diet has gone well, I've lost 10 lbs in 12 days, and I'm not hungry. The "getting off sugar and carbs" detox on Day 3 was horrible, but all the days after have been great. Anyone out there having surgery on my day?? We should connect!

Welcome to the group! Definitely check out our list: Surgery Buddies List, and I've added you!

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6 hours ago, Daniellababiex3 said:

Today is the day for me too, completely in shock and scared!!

You got this, we'll see you on the other side! :)

Just made another account on Instagram. It is a private account to track my VGS journey. I'm not quite comfortable making it open to the public yet? IG name is ShrinkingMom.

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