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!

@Lioness815 I'll be right there with you. Have to be at hospital for 10am to get things going. No nerves as of yet, we'll see what the morning brings. For sure had some stupid dreams last night about losing weight but other than the weight loss the rest of the dream was just bananas. Best of luck to you and hoping for a pain free speedy recovery for you.

Hey everyone - noob question here. I'm having trouble figuring out this bariatric pal forum. Is it not possible to reply directly to anyone? It seems that all replies simply get thrown into the bottom of this forum sequentially. How does anyone know I am talking to them directly? I see this issue both on Safari on my MacBook, as well as the Bariatric Pal app on my iPhone. Any advice any of you have in this regard would be much appreciated, as I really would like to interact a bit more with you all.

Edited July 11, 20188 yr by Rick Z

@Rick Z You can click on someones response and click the quote button that pops up. Or you can use the @ sign like I did with your name. The user will get a notification that someone quoted them or called them out.

Just now, J San said:

@Rick Z You can click on someones response and click the quote button that pops up. Or you can use the @ sign like I did with your name. The user will get a notification that someone quoted them or called them out.

Wow - that's so helpful! Thanks so much!!

Hello Everyone!

I'll be sleeving it up on August 1, 2018!!!!

I am equal parts excited and terrified. Mostly excited.This has all happened SO FAST! I started this journey on 4/26/2018, and now I'm just 3 weeks from surgery!!!

Same with me! First appointment was May 11th!

1 hour ago, J San said:

@Lioness815 I'll be right there with you. Have to be at hospital for 10am to get things going. No nerves as of yet, we'll see what the morning brings. For sure had some stupid dreams last night about losing weight but other than the weight loss the rest of the dream was just bananas. Best of luck to you and hoping for a pain free speedy recovery for you.

Thanks! And all the best to you too. Here’s to wonderful surgeries and speedy recoveries!!

I’m glad I found this place. I’m scheduled in two days on Friday the 13th.


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Best of luck @greensmoothie on Friday and welcome to the site. Hope your recovery goes super smooth!!

New here doing protein shakes this week surgery is scheduled for July 18th. I am starving! Anyone else doing the Bariatric Advantage shakes.

@pumpkinlocks Welcome and best of luck next week. Sorry to hear about the crappy time your having with the diet. Are the shakes all your allowed? Can you have pickles? They don't really fill you up like a meal but do satisfy the hunger for a bit. Also drink that water, It will fill your belly and help with the hunger pains. Best of luck to you with the remainder of the diet.

7 minutes ago, pumpkinlocks said:

New here doing Protein Shakes this week surgery is scheduled for July 18th. I am starving! Anyone else doing the Bariatric Advantage shakes.

I'm trying different ones, and I haven't cared for the Bariatric Advantage too much. The Premier Protein shakes are AMAZING.

Thankyou for responding.... Only shakes until the 17th I have been trying herbal tea to see if that will help, just pee a lot lol.

Never tried Bariatric Advantage but did try Premier Protein. They were "OK" but the fake sugar after taste put me off a bit. I've been using Body Fortress, which they sell at Wallmart. Have had Vanilla and Chocolate and Peanut Butter and they taste pretty good even mixed with plain water. 60g of protein per scoop.

Well just got call from hospital. Have to be there 830am not 10am. I guess I got bumped up a bit. Good sooner the better.