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Your question is excellent. I have been wondering if I am "choosing correctly". Right now I am only considering Hospitals of Excellence AND Surgeons of Excellence. I wouldn't go to a surgeon that has not done hundreds of VSG. I also like it when all of their practice is dedicated to bariatrics. The doctor I am leaning towards is a bariatric patient himself and the hospital has a bariatric floor. Despite all this, I am still researching and won't decide until I meet him. I am looking forward to everyone's responses.

I enjoyed this article. She sounds very optimistic, which is remarkable under the circumstances. Like hers, my food funerals are also from "low brow to high, and everything in between".

I had the same exact situation as well and was diagnosed last week with severe sleep apnea. I had many of the symptoms but always thought it was my allergies! Now my insurance will pay. Best wishes!

Great recovery! Thanks for sharing your experience.

I suggest calling your insurance and verifying the information is correct.

Lol! Thanks!!

Wow, good for you!

I LOVE this. Is this your plan until you reach goal or forever?

I was thinking more in terms of the sugar in the protein drink, but what do I know?

Makes sense. Welcome back.

I will keep this in mind when the inevitable stalls happen!

I'm hoping to get sleeved November or December as well. I am sending you lots of good vibes & positive thoughts your way!! Hopefully they have the boomerang effect.

Is it finalized? My fingers are crossed for you.

Your surgeon & anesthesiologist need to know about this. My PCP told me not to take my medications right before surgery (not VSG), and I could barely walk on the morning of surgery. I nearly missed surgery because of this. My anesthesiologist disagreed with the PCP. I could have taken it and avoided such pain.

Great news! Congratulations!

How do we find this out? Aside from asking the surgeon.

Great responses. Thank you!

That is exactly the reason why I AM telling. Before surgery I won't tell people at my daughters school, hairdressers acquaintances etc. Only close family & friends. After surgery, I will tell the truth to anyone that asks.

Awesome!!! Dr. Webb at St. Lukes right?

Buy those mirrors! Congratulations. Wooooow!

I haven't had surgery yet, but I will be a guinea pig like you.

How sweet! You made me teary eyed. Glad you are doing so good!

Thanks Pixie for asking the question. I was diagnosed an hour ago. 108 is my number. All these years I thought it was allergies. The bad news is that sleep apnea is linked to heart disease. (I will for sure use the CPAP whether I like it or not.) The good news is that now my insurance will cover the sleeve! Good luck with your fitting.

I just googled "recipe builder" and sparkspeople has a "recipe calculator" where you can type in a recipe and get the nutritional content. I remember using a similar feature on the Weight Watchers paid website. Hope it helps.