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Whatever you decide to do start putting it in motion now that way when you have surgery there will be not much of a change in your routine. If you go to you car like Hsteinle said then start before surgery. Don't give them reason to talk or try to figure out what's going on. People will talk no matter what you just have to be strong enough to ignore the naysayers and know that you made this decision for you no matter what anyone else says. Keep Your Head Up! You deserve it.

lacie, my date is July 1oth as well in Illinois with Dr. Rossi. Congrats to you.

Will be sleeved July 10 and would like to join this buddy list as well. I'm excited and nervous but ready.

Thank you, I'm trying to absorbed as much information as possible in order for this to work to my benefit. It helps with putting things in prospective and what I can expect. Thank you,

former_vbg, what's the honeymoon phase? I haven't had surgery yet, I'm scheduled for July 10.

I am scheduled for July 10 with Dr. Rossi in Illinois.

Congrats, I will also be sleeved July 10th in Illinois. yay for us!!!!!

Got the call from the surgeon's office and my surgery date has been set for July 10. Yay, I'm very excited and nervous, but ready. So now have to have my pre surgery workup on June 19 and my nutritionist meeting and surgeon's visit on same day, June 26. Here I GO!!

I had my psych visit on May 14, 2012 and it went well. I'm now waiting on them to send the report to my surgeons office, hopefully in the next week or so I should hear something. I ready to get this done as I'm a little nervous but excited too.

I had my psych visit on May 14, 2012 and it went well. The Dr. said every thing looks good and that he would send it right to my surgeon, so I'm on my way. Not much longer now, I hope.

Thank you

Congrats! Happy journey, you're on your way.

I went to my 1st steps class on April 9, now I'm waiting for my Psych eval which is May 14th. In the mean time, I'm researching proteins and how to get these in after surgery. I also was told that instead of a two week liquid pre-op diet, I only have 5 days. That's much better so I guess I'll be thankful for that. I'm getting nervous about the surgery and the outcome, but ready to move forward with my life.

Thanks baseballmom, It's a journey that I'm very well prepared for. I'm doing my research and getting things set in my mind so when the time comes I'm ready.

Just to catch up on my progress. I have been to an informational meeting for the Gastric-Sleeve and I had my first Bod Pod done. I have had my surgeons visit on March 27, 2012 and is scheduled for the First Step Class on April 9. I will also start my support group meetings which is mandatory. I also have been under a doctor supervised diet plan for the past 3 months and will continue with that thru-out my journey. As I sit here blogging about my journey I am truly excited and nervous about it. What will this hold for me? I know that I'm ready to give this my all and to do what is needed to use this tool to my advantage.

Good Idea. Something I will have to try. Except for the mixer. Thanks for the information.

I just had mine done and it was just a blood test, nothing special, at least for me. But it turns out I have it and am now on antibiotics for 14 days. Don't know how you get it but I do know that I've been having what I now know as signs of this infection.

I'm 5'2" and would like to join. I am on my journey to receive the gastric sleeve.

This is just a little about when my journey began. I have been overweight all of my adult life, actually it started in my early teens. So I've always had a desire to lose weight and tried just about every diet out there. It seems that the only time I was able to lose a significant amount of weight was when I was pregnant and that was due to severe morning sickness with both pregnancies. But I surely can't and don't want to be pregnant for the rest of my life just to lose weight. I started hearing about the Gastric Bypass about 15 yrs ago and did extensive research on it and it scared me so I decided that it wasn't for me. As the years passed, as a researcher by nature, I continued to look at the bypass but still was too afraid to go thru with it, but I noticed new procedures opening up, like the lap-band. Of course I did my research on that too and went to informational meetings and thought this was something I would like to pursue. That was probably 7-8 yrs ago and I was never able to get it done for whatever reasons. Well about 2 yrs ago I was on tract to get the lap-band only to realize that the Dr. didn't accept my insurance for the lap-band, but wanted to do the gastric bypass instead and once again I did not want that so I stopped my progress. In the mean time, I was able to lose about 40 #'s and gain about 20 back. I have since heard and researched the Gastric-Sleeve and am now on my journey to receive this procedure. It has been a long journey and I'm just beginning a new me. Keep Moving Forward!