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On ‎12‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 10:14 PM, SisterWannaSleeve said:

Waiting on insurance approval now but shooting for a Feb surgery date!

Me too!!! I'm hoping it doesn't take forever for insurance to approve.

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Hey Julia, it only took 1.5 weeeks to her back! Fingers crossed for you!

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Getting super excited. February 5th is coming soon 😁

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I wish all of you much success!!!!! I am a Feb 1st Sleever and I am super excited and ready to get this done. I also looked at options in Mexico before deciding on Blossom. My Husband and I are frequent visitors to Vegas so this just seemed like the logical choice for me as Blossom had great reviews like many of the centers in Mexico.

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Getting closer to our surgery dates! I just ordered my Protein Shakes online for my liquid diet on Friday. I was able to get Boost Smart Calorie at Walmart for $7.84 for a 6 pack so I ordered 11 and plus side its being delivered to my door. My Dr's office charges $22 for a box of Protein shakes that has 7 servings . Thought I would share my deal finder in case anyone elses Dr's office lets them have Boost Smart Calorie for the liquid diet. Good Luck!!!! :)

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Feb 14th is my date! So excited!

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My Surgery date is Feb 11th, 2019. I have been waiting a long time I am very excited. I start my pre-op liquid diet Jan 28th, 2019.

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Getting sleeved February 20, got lapband in Mexico in 2009 and revisioning to sleeve! Super excited! Dr. Leport in Southern CA this time around!

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On ‎1‎/‎14‎/‎2019 at 2:23 PM, SisterWannaSleeve said:

Hey Julia, it only took 1.5 weeeks to her back! Fingers crossed for you!

Insurance approved! They took only a couple days. Now I am waiting on a surgery date. The doctors office said they will call within a week to give me a date. They said probably surgery end of February beginning of March....

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On ‎1‎/‎15‎/‎2019 at 9:29 AM, larisa1 said:

Feb 14th is my date! So excited!

So Exciting!! Congratulations. 🙂

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Congrats Julia! My pre op diet starts on the 3rd and my surgery is on the 11th. I’m feeling a lot of nerves! Everyone keeps assuring me of my decision which is very helpful.

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February 11th for me! Like others a mix of nerves and excitement!

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February 13th here in Northern California Kaiser - wishing good luck to everyone. The countdown begins!

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Does anyone else feel like it’s surreal? I’m just going about my life as if I’m not having surgery in a few weeks. I’m trying to get my thoughts on order but I don’t even know where to start with prep work! Ie Vitamins, grocery shopping, prepping in advance for purées stage, what to pack, etc....

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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