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Congrats!! Welcome to the losers bench!! I hope you have a smooth and speedy recovery.

Creekimp13 is right. You are dangerously low on fluids! It may take days to get you back to normal.

Passed,today's testing. Maybe June as a target date?

I agree, I avoid everything with added sugar. These teas will be a hard exception though, they are too good to pass up. I don't feel guilty drinking them, as I have a hard time with fluids. I add stevia to mine, so I don't get that real opportunity to enjoy the natural sweetness.

1) My insurance had a 'no wt gain' stipulation and it was from my starting weight and I had 6 months required supervision. 2) My insurance approval was sent in after my last NUT appt. , I already had my physical clearances but had not had my surgery labs and EDG - those are scheduled after approval. 3) N/A - had Humana 4) If your insurance requires PCP approval, then yes a PCP can be biased and could stall your chances. BUT you can change primary physicians, or fight through the PCP's supervisors - everyone answers to someone. This has happened to people on bariatricpal, and they changed to another PCP. Mine wanted to send me to a Humana bariatric physician 2 hours away and I said NO. I will petition my insurance to go out of network - at in-network cost because that is a burden to go that far and it was approved. Good luck.

Wow, your post made me laugh and then sigh! No, normal sized people (even ones that want to lose 40 pounds) have no idea how desperate you can become. Or how each failure piles onto the last one until you've got your own Mt. Kilimanjaro to climb. My mother (never had a weight problem, died of COPD) strongly encouraged me to take up smoking. Really! And, no, I didn't go there.

Baritastic app is great, specifically design for who will have or had surgery [emoji3]

Hi Everyone, so today it was confirmed that my surgery date is next Thursday May 3rd. I am very nervous and scared especially since I live alone. I do have a ton of support from friends where I live in Florida who are willing to help out during this time and I also have friends who have gone through it too so they are a huge support. My family, especially my mother, does not know about the surgery and I am not telling them for the fact that I know they will either try and talk me out of it or not be supportive. So I’m doing this for me. Well all I’m asking is for some prayers and I know I’m going to rely on support from everyone here on the app so please reach out with some advice. I live in West Palm Beach, FL so if anyone is local it would be nice to have some local support too. Thanks guys!

My date is set for the 3rd as well!!! Congrats!!!

If you can't afford the event or were on the bench about attending the SouthEast VSG WLS Convention in Orlando, Florida. We are giving away two FREE tickets. Please PM me if you're interested.