Hi! ?

I am new here and just wanted to start somewhere! I am 3 weeks from my surgery! I am excited and a bit nervous! I am having the gastric sleeve. At my consultation on January 11th, I was 287 lbs. Today I am at 272 lbs. Just trying to lose as much weight as I can before the BIG DAY!!!!

Congrats and welcome! Great job on the loss so far. Its hard work, but its worth it!

Thank you SOOOO much!!!! I have been wanting this surgery for the last 13 years. Twice before I tried with insurance and was denied. So this time, it's self-pay. Im amazed at the difference between trying to go through insurance and self-paying.

Congratulations! Looking forward to following your journey! You came to a wonderful place of resources and great support!!!!

Thank you so very much!!!!

Best of luck and keep us posted!

Thank you!!!!

Hi Mimi - you got this! I was self-pay, too!

(I see you’re from Tennessee- I’m a UT Knoxville grad!)

Thank you!

Yes, I live in Middle TN! ☺️

19 hours ago, MimiX2 said:

Thank you SOOOO much!!!! I have been wanting this surgery for the last 13 years. Twice before I tried with insurance and was denied. So this time, it's self-pay. Im amazed at the difference between trying to go through insurance and self-paying.

I did the exact same thing! Tried 3 times with insurance and always got so discouraged with all the hoop-jumping that I bailed. I finally went the self-pay route and am SO happy I did! Truly life changing!

Sleeve_me_alone, I agree! It’s crazy all the hoops they make you jump just to deny you!

I will say as these last few weeks dwindle closer to “go time”, I’m getting nervous!

Congrats!!
I was self pay as well.
No regrets what so ever w the surgery. There are so many success stories on this app and so many helpful dos and don’ts.
Many of us have been on here for a while so any questions feel free to ask. I’ve met some amazing people on here. Some were my sleeve buddies and some my PS buddies and some just met on here-all have been awesome to meet. Hope you love this app and find it as awesome as a lot of us do!
Keep us updated!!

Thank you all again so much!

I have to admit, I’m getting nervous as these last 3 weeks are dwindling down… last night I was up late reading stories that kinda made me worry lol… some of my worries are:

Dehydration from not being able to get the fluids in

Pain (although I have a pretty high pain tolerance)

Ending up with GERD