sugarmamma7

Well good luck to you sweetie. You will just have to get some good tunes to travel with you to make the time go faster. The drive is probably worth the fabulous journey you are redding to embark on..

I did my testing at a hospital closer to my house in the lab and just had them fax over the documents. They didn't fax it for a couple of weeks so make sure it gets faxed as soon as possible. My doctor's office is about a two hour drive because they are the only office that takes my insurance. Probably want to check with the doctor's office to make sure that doing your lab work somewhere else is ok because every place is different. I have to go to the doc's office for the pre op apointment. They should be ok with it though, hope this helped a little.

Good job you should be so proud of yourself! Congratulations! I also have athritis in the form of gout. I am only 33 years old so I hope this surgury is going to help me with my gout. Artritis can be so painful. I am glad you are doing better and keep up the good work

Congratulations!

You can do this! I wish both of you well and a fast recovery. The surgury gave you something that you didn't have before and that is hope. You can do this with the sleeve it is a wonderful tool to help people lose weight. Wish you the best and post as soon as you can.

Congratulations! I am dancing with you!

Welcome sweetie! I found this site when I was researching a question also. We hit the jackpot this place is a wonderful wealth of knowledge and support. Congrats to you. I haven't got a date yet but on july 11 I am going for my pre op apointment so hopefully I will be able to join you on your journey good luck to you sweetie.

You look wonderful. These pictures almost made me cry. You are an inspiration for us all!

You look wonderful. These pictures almost made me cry. You are an inspiration for us all!

Hi guys I have a question since I am still a newbie here lol. Was wondering does everyone have a presurgy diet? Or do some doctors do this as a precaution. My pre-op apointment is scheduled for july 14 so I am sure they will tell me all about a presurgury diet, but I want to be as prepared as possible. Thank you all in advance for your wonderful support and lots of information.

That diet sounds pretty resonable. Thanks for your input and good luck to you sweetie

Congratulations you are almost there! How exciting! I am excited for you and help everything goes well today

thanks for all the info. I want to have all the information and I will do the diet. Anything to refuce my chances of having something go wrong. Thanks for your well wishes

Thank you for your input. I would have loved so more info from the doc, but they always seem to be really busy. Thanks for the well wishes Good job at losing all that weight! Good luck in meeting your goal

First of all, thank you to anyone who listens to my story I found this wonderful site will researching questions about having the sleeve surgery. I found the most wonderful information and people here. I have read so many stories and have had questions answered about many things. I was reluctent to post anything until I found out my insurance was approved and yesterday I got the approval letter!.. It was very exciting until I called my doctor's office and they said they haven't recieved their copy. I was kind of bummed so I faxed it over still nothing heard from them. I guess I am a little anxious. My goal was going to try to have the surgury while I was on summer break from school. There have been lots of complications it took about a month for them to get back my bloodwork and needless to say I have been bugging the doctor's office, but I finally called the lab and found it it was them who didn't fax over the paperwork! My hopes for having this surgury before school started were diminishing and when they called to schedule the pre op apointment it was scheduled for July 14 th! Three days after I go back to school! I am already registered for classes and I don't want to give up on my dreams of becoming a pastry chef. I have 6 more classes to take and I graduate in March. There have been alot of ups and downs in this process in the beginning of my journey my insurance had a lapse and I had to wait a month until it started again. I am going to try and mabye do the surgery and miss a couple classes. Some things that are unique to my situation is that I take care of seven children. This is because I had a husband pass away and I remmarried. My current husband had three kids and I had three kids so we decided to have one together. I know crazy huh? He is now almost four years old. My current husband is very supportive and he watches the kids so I can go to school. He is an amazing man and i am lucky to have him. Having the one husband die I am naturely terrified of dying in this surgery, but I know probably healthwise I need this surgury. I have gout which is a condition that is very painful if I do not manage my diet very carefully to avoid all red meat. I am hoping the weight loss will help cure the gout, but most of all I just want to be healither. Also does anyone know usually when the surgury gets scheduled after the pre-op apointment? Well this is my story thanks for taking the time to read it I can't wait to join all of you on the loser's bench lol

Thanks sweetie I know I do love this site It is a wealth of information and support

I hope so sweetie Thanks for all the well wishes.

You look amazing!

You look great! Good job!

great job! keep up the great work!

I am doing the shimmy shimmy shake with you! You go girl! So proud of you!

I hope its only two months that would be great if not I guess it will be in God's time

I was wondering why I was so tired all the time lol. I usually take two classes at a time. So I might need to miss a couple of days. Thank you for your support I appreciate it so much! The hubby will have to take care of me. Might try to get a clan of babysitters lol Thank you for the encouraging words and I am here for you too

This is my first reply on this site. I know how you are feeling sweetie. I had a previous husband pass away and the thought of my kids losing another parent is too scary for me to bear. I too am very scared. My thirteen year old told me something very valuable. He said mom if you don't have the surgery, you may die young. I want you to live as long as possible. I guess he is a very smart boy. I also think that if it truly is our time to go we can do nothing about it. It is hard to go through all of this but mostly I wanted you to know I am going through all of the same thoughts as you and they haven't scheduled my surgery yet. Hope this helps and hope you feel beter