Knee2010

I haven't had my surgery yet, my packet will be sent to my insurance this week for approval, but I have been reading as many of these posts as I can so I can learn as much as I can about what to expect. I keep seeing PPI mentioned, I know it has something to do with acid, but exactly what does PPI stand for? Thanks!

Knee2010 is mine.

I haven't had mine done yet, I am going thru the process and Dr. Seger is my surgeon. Did you end up using BMI? Which surgeon did you have and how was it?

I haven't been sleeved yet, probably in the next 2-3 months but I've been following this site and learning a lot about what to expect. I have a question that I haven't seen before. Before the sleeve whenever I tried to diet, I would sometimes get kinda dizzy and weak from lack of food. I know after the sleeve you can only eat teeny tiny amounts so what keeps you from getting that weak or dizzy feeling or even a light-headed feeling? I realize your body has to (and will) adjust to the small amount of food/drink intake, but until it does are you susceptible to the physical side effects of trying to diet? Thanks.

Thanks, I was hoping that's how it would work out. I plan on taking 1 week off after the surgery and then maybe half days if I needed to. I have an office/desk job, so I'm thinking (hoping) my energey level will be OK since I sit most of the day.

Meggie, I just went to fatsecret.com and signed up with them. Thanks for that tip! I am in my 2nd month of my 4 month pre op diet so I am expecting to have my surgery sometime in Sept/Oct timeframe. But I have started reading/following this site and have gotten a lot of my questions answered. This is a great place to learn and hopefully get an idea of what I am "really" getting ready to go thru.

I started my 12 week insurance diet on Monday 5/23. As of today I haven't lost any weight yet, but I am hopefull that I will, especially since I am eating a lot less that I usually do. My insurance doesn't require me to loose any weight before the surgery but my NUT said she would like me to loose 10 pounds during these 12 weeks. It doesn't sound like much, so I hope I can. I don't have a surgery date yet, but it sounds like we could possibly be done around the same time.

I meet with the NUT this Friday to start my 4 month pre-op diet. What can I expect? How did everybody else do on theirs? How hard is it to stay on their monitored diet and what happens on the days that I eat to much? I'm afraid I won't do well, since in my mind if I could follow a sensible diet then I wouldn't be here now.

I have been reading a lot of the stories here, I am just getting started in this process and I have a question. What is a NSV? Thanks!