GoldnHart

I am into my second postop week. I am on my full liquids now. I was wondering what was the one thing that you wanted to eat after surgery. Even when I don't really feel hungry but I know I have to drink some protein, or more water I have a Taco stuck in my head. I was wondering if anyone else had ONE thing that they could not get out of their minds?

I am assuming that you are asking how long does it take to hear if you are approved for surgery or not. After all of my paperwork was submitted I was approved within 48 hours of submission and they had already notified my surgeons office. Maybe I was one of the lucky one because my surgeon's office said that was one of the quickest responses they had ever received. They said it usually takes about a week for them to hear back from UHC.

This is a really great post and very difficult to put these in any kind of order because they are all important reasons. There are more but these are the first ten that I wrote down. I want my outside to be as beautiful as I feel I am on the inside. I am so tired of hearing everyone say "One day you will make a great ______ (pick any noun). I would like to eat to live, not live to eat. Reduce my Hypertension and hopefully stop taking my Beta blocker medication. Stop taking daily prophylactic migraine medications. My migraines have increased with my weigh gain. To walk and talk at the same time without being short of breath. I would like to have more energy and thus be more motivated. I don't want to feel the like the fat girl just walked into the room anymore-thin would be a great change. I have never been that. I was always the last girl picked in gym class.....you know the one I am sure. Be the healthiest person I can be, so that my family can stop telling me how worried they are and that I should really try and lose weight. To walk into any store and be able to buy clothes because they will fit. I have always had very attractive boyfriends, but none of them ever wanted to marry the "fat girl". Now I have freedom to choose who I deserve to be with.

My surgery is scheduled for December 6 so I will be in the same boat with some of you missing Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. I will be starting my Preop diet on November 22. I am starting to get very excited and a little bit nervous. weightnomore where are you located in Virginia? I am in Richmond.

I would contact Dr William Chapmans office and see if does the VSG procedure. He is an excellent Bariatric Surgeon and is very experienced in his field. I do not however know if he does this procedure. He is at Pitt County Memorial Hospital or now Known as Univeristy Health Systems.