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!

I’m hoping for July!

Hi all, I’m new here. Appreciate all your posts.
Date for my sleeve is 8-22 YAY!! FINALLY!! Have been trying to get this done for YEARS. Failed the first time due to unexpected financial issues at the very last minute. Now have different insurance so all is well. DID have to start over with regard to all the requirements, appointments, procedures etc. l
Have discovered I am (DUH!) a food addict-been in denial all my life. Working on coming to grips with that and collecting tools to fight that battle with...don’t want to be my own worst enemy post op. Best wishes to all!! Looking forward to sharing the journey ???

1 hour ago, piacovetto@gmail.com said:

Hi all, I’m new here. Appreciate all your posts.
Date for my sleeve is 8-22 YAY!! FINALLY!! Have been trying to get this done for YEARS. Failed the first time due to unexpected financial issues at the very last minute. Now have different insurance so all is well. DID have to start over with regard to all the requirements, appointments, procedures etc. l
Have discovered I am (DUH!) a food addict-been in denial all my life. Working on coming to grips with that and collecting tools to fight that battle with...don’t want to be my own worst enemy post op. Best wishes to all!! Looking forward to sharing the journey ???

Congrats on the date and your breakthrough! Best of luck in your journey!!

10 hours ago, insta_adventurer said:

I am 9 days out and starting to go from nervous to excited! I am doing my best to stick to the pre-op diet. I’d like to shed these last six pounds before surgery and hopefully the pre-op diet will help with that!

I finally formally requested leave from work, as my diet is pretty set in stone, provided that nothing comes up during pre-op testing, which is on Wednesday.

It's exciting. I have 3 days of waiting ahead and I can barely stand it. But all is well.

Good luck on Wednesday, I'm sure everything will be fine.

Tah Dah Tah Dah, tis me! I have news, news of great importance to announce. ON TUESDAY JULY 17 2018 AT 11:15AM EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME , ME,FRUSTR8 the GREAT WILL BE MEETING WITH BRADLEY. NEEDLEMAN MD. This is my presurgical ?consultation and I AM ENTERING THE FINAL COUNTDOWN! Yippee Skippy Whoop Whoop, I'm gonna get MY❤ SURGERY! No tears, No fears just sheer unbridled JOY. My mantra has changed from RNY in July or I Cry to RnY in July-Baby✈ Just watch ME fly!

On 07/09/2018 at 11:16, Frustr8 said:

Tah Dah Tah Dah, tis me! I have news, news of great importance to announce. ON TUESDAY JULY 17 2018 AT 11:15AM EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME , ME,FRUSTR8 the GREAT WILL BE MEETING WITH BRADLEY. NEEDLEMAN MD. This is my presurgical ?consultation and I AM ENTERING THE FINAL COUNTDOWN! Yippee Skippy Whoop Whoop, I'm gonna get MY❤ SURGERY! No tears, No fears just sheer unbridled JOY. My mantra has changed from RNY in July or I Cry to RnY in July-Baby✈ Just watch ME fly!

This is the news I’ve been waiting on! One step closer to the rebirth cake! Congrats!

Happy Monday! I'm back from vacation and back at work - Blech!

Going to go back through the thread and get caught up!!

Welcome back Ylime!

On 6/26/2018 at 9:45 AM, ALFxRNY said:

Day 9! Clear liquids only. Good Lord it was harder to drink the clear Isopure than it was to drink the Protein Shakes. Took me an hour and a half to get that first drink down. Deciding on whether or not to drink the second one for lunch or dinner. Somewhere in between I need to have some broth

Did your surgeon give you a schedule to follow? Mine did and it goes through the first 12 weeks of recovery. I think it will be helpful for me as it lays it out by hour (I'm OCD like that) and provides examples of foods that are acceptable. Happy to share if you think it would be helpful.

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On 07/09/2018 at 14:34, Ylime said:

Did your surgeon give you a schedule to follow? Mine did and it goes through the first 12 weeks of recovery. I think it will be helpful for me as it lays it out by hour (I'm OCD like that) and provides examples of foods that are acceptable. Happy to share if you think it would be helpful.

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Oh I don’t have to worry about it anymore. Those were just the 2 days before surgery. Post op my schedule is pretty clear. I start purées this Saturday, soft Foods next Saturday, and back to a regular diet the Saturday after that. This liquid stage feels so drawn out though. The sweetness is killing me, lol

On 6/27/2018 at 9:41 PM, Mark M. said:

I’m scheduled for August 6th.

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Welcome back Ylime

On 6/27/2018 at 10:48 PM, MrsSpyder said:

I have one appointment left in my pre-op 3 month dr monitored weight loss plan, then hopefully to the surgeon. They said it should be early August!!

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On 7/1/2018 at 3:28 PM, Jess_givinItAll said:

Ello Everyone.

I really do not know how to start or what to say.. bare with me lol..

I am having my surgery early September. I have already met with my nutritionist and will be meeting with my surgeon again in late July. I really dont have a support systems , i have no clue when it comes to things..

hope you dont mind my many questions..

1:what did you do to jump start your "dieting" for pre op? i cut out all sugary things and eat portions size.

2: Protein Shakes : when did you start drinking them? what brand are you using or used?

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I've just returned from vacation so starting my healthy eating now. Focusing on increasing protein and decreasing bad carbs/sugar. More veggies and fruit.

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On 7/2/2018 at 6:56 PM, NrseMel77 said:

That's awesome.. Keep it up. I just got my surgery date. July 20.. Super excited. We can definitely exchange journey stories

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