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!

On 06/20/2018 at 22:43, Chrisb428 said:

What about making "finger jello" it's firm and you could chew it and maybe like a boullion or Soup base for the salt? Just an idea.

This sounds good but it really needs a different name. Lol

On 06/20/2018 at 13:51, Trixie82 said:

I'm all done! Anesthesia makes me super sick so I was a whiny baby for a few hours after surgery but now I just feel sore and a little gas pain in my shoulder. Morphine pump is probably helping on that front ??

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Yay! Glad everything went well for you!!

I'm being discharged and going home! I was expecting to stay until tomorrow but my surgeon says everything looks great and I'm managing the pain so I can go.

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On 06/21/2018 at 08:33, Trixie82 said:

I'm being discharged and going home! I was expecting to stay until tomorrow but my surgeon says everything looks great and I'm managing the pain so I can go.

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That’s awesome!

On 06/21/2018 at 00:43, Chrisb428 said:

What about making "finger jello" it's firm and you could chew it and maybe like a boullion or Soup base for the salt? Just an idea.

I can stomach certain brands of sugar free jello but I hate the texture of jello, lol. I thank you for the suggestion though. I’m just going to have some broth for the salt and try to manage the whole not chewing thing

ok, like I said the other day, I have no clue how Instagram works. I did go create an account so I could follow everyone. I probably won't post anything to mine until I figure it out or get my daughter to give me crash course. So, how do I add you guys? (No laughing at the technologically impaired old person either!)

YLime,in my own family we call such jello,"wall ball". Story starts: my daughter had just had tonsillectomy and hospital served her these gelintinized chunks. She tried to scoop it up with a teaspoon , flew,off her spoon, through,the air, hit the wall and bounced, traveled 3-4 feet back towards the bed before it stopped. R.D. states "I don't care if it is good for me, I don't eat no bouncing food" and it wasn't the hospital' s favorite color, red, but a neon green.?

@Chrisb428 -

Look for the magnifying glass at the bottom of the app - that’s your search function. After clicking that enter your search term in the box at the top of the page. You can search for people, keywords, or hashtags. Under the search box you’ll see additional filters for your search. As an example, say you are searching for the term gastric sleeve. Once those results appear you can view just people who have that term in their name or the hashtags associated with that term.

I’ve been using IG for a long time - check out my page and pics and you’ll get a feel for what you can do. I'm @i.am.emily.m

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Well dang he did it again, Ive had to change my date from August 31st to September 28th...Im not changing it again. Sorry Ylime hope your spreadsheet will let you change it again lol I think September is in the Summer?!?!?!?

On 06/21/2018 at 15:27, Suesloosinit said:

Well dang he did it again, Ive had to change my date from August 31st to September 28th...Im not changing it again. Sorry Ylime hope your spreadsheet will let you change it again lol I think September is in the Summer?!?!?!?

I’m sorry to hear your date keeps being changed. September 28th is autumn but we aren’t about technicalities right? You’re part of the summer surgery family regardless! ?

Yayyy LOL I keep changing it as my hubbys work keeps changing but I have threatened him this time

On 06/21/2018 at 15:45, Suesloosinit said:

Yayyy LOL I keep changing it as my hubbys work keeps changing but I have threatened him this time

Hold him hostage if you have to ??

Yeah YLime it is Autumn but let's "grandfather" her in, she's served? her time, she's one of us, and I , for one, love the pants off her for her postings!?

LOL Thank you =) Im thinking of Jello balls and surgery dates this afternoon...I think I need to go lie down lol This is a funny group =)

Hi all,

I’m scheduled for RNY on July 10. Started pre-op diet today. I’m irritable and exhausted lol... gonna be tough to get through these three weeks!