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Welcome to the boards Katherine. I am so sorry to hear of the hard struggles you've had to face since your surgery. I can only imagine how that must of been for you. You have come to the right place to find some of the greatest people and all the support you need. I have seen that no one really has to walk alone as there is always someone on here to share your worries, victories, fears, sadness, happiness and tears. Also want to say congratulations on your journey. I hope you feel at home here!

That is great news!!. I can only imagine how hard that must of been for you to go through emotionally. Best of luck on resuming your plans of pursuing your future sleeve dreams!!.. You can do this!

WOOHOO. Congratulations to the both of you for your dates. And welcome to the boards too. The two of you are so close in starting the beginning of the rest of your lives. I wish you all the best of luck, and may you find tons of support from the many people on this forum.

I am suppose to be starting my pre-op officially on the 23rd, however I am anticipating having a great deal of difficulty so I am preparing to start working on getting this down tomorrow. I figured 1. its not going to hurt to start sooner (may hurt me a great deal, but won't hurt my outcome) 2.It gives me a few extra days to try to get the hang of things. 3. This diet can make you come out stronger on the other side. The cons/fears: 1. I will become moody with the extra days of diet (who am I kidding, your taking all my food away, moody is just the first step of things) 2.I will probably loose control of everything ( there is great fear I will mess up) 3. My kids may start looking delicious to me. (you know what if animal instincts take over..lol--lets hope I can keep the drooling to a minimum) 4. Moody has just been replaced with something much worse ( I start flying my broom about this time) Yep, I do believe my family is going to need all the support they can get as I embark on this pre-op journey. I wish them all the best!! I teased hubby jokingly the other night when He said he would help me through this phase. I said Oh I hope you survive this, that I see you on the other side, and that your still my husband after seeing how bad it can get!!. Thankfully I have a very humorous husband. He said good thing I am working, and when I am not I can go hunting. I think that just meant, Good luck baby, Text or call when its safe to come home.. As far as protein powders. I have samples of unjury that I will be trying. i refused to spend money without knowing if I like them. I did buy the Jillian Michaels Vanilla Cream whey protein. Its ok, not the best, but in all honesty I am not a big fan of vanilla but bought it cause it gave me options for flavoring in other flavors.

Congratulations and best wishes to you too hm734. I will too keep you in my thoughts and prayers. I hope you have a wonderful surgery and speedy recovery. Like stated before, Please keep us updated as soon as you can.

You will be in my thoughts and prayers HoneyBee and also Sparky79. I wish you both the very best tomorrow and I sure hope your surgery is easy and your recoveries are speedy. Yes, please do keep us updated as soon as you feel up to getting on.

There are some people who will completely detest Mexico, but as long as you do your research you will be fine. I myself am going to mexico in 20 days. Just using a different doctor. I had the same struggles from my parents. My husband is in law enforcement and is urged to not go across the border, but we have done our research well. Dr. Kelly is a great doctor. Alot of patients use him. I say as long as you feel comfortable with your research, with the doctor, and with mexico I see nothing wrong with it. There is a Mexico forum where you can read other people who have went out of the US for their surgeries. I have to say though, no matter where you go you will always find atleast one person who thinks you will be making a mistake going to Mexico. Whether it be family, friends, or people on here. However despite how some people may feel on here ( this forum) we are all here to support each other no matter the decision they've made. Not everyone has insurance, or the money to self pay in the states. Just hold your head high if this is the choice you make, and stick to it. Don't let anyone push you down. Best of luck in your journey. Keep us updated.

Wishing you the best of luck tomorrow. I hope everything moves smoothly, and you have a speedy recovery. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Keep us updated on how things are going when you are up to it.

Congratulations on your day!! This is the beginning line in the journey of creating a new you. The finish line is now more in sight than ever before. I wish you a very easy, and uneventful surgery. I hope your recovery is effortless and speedy. Please keep us updated when you feel up to it. We will be anxiously sitting here waiting to hear from you. Good Luck!!

You are just stunning. I love seeing all the success photos. It gives me hope that I too one day will have a success story to be proud of. Keep up all your hard and awesome work, and keep enjoying life. Just wonderful.

Ok so I had nothing else to do, and I got the notification that there was a response in the forum, After reading your post, I went ahead and pulled some information for you. Carry-on bags Size requirements You're allowed one carry-on bag and one personal item. Personal items include a purse, briefcase or laptop bag. Up to 45 in/115 cm (14 x 9 x 22 in or 36 x 23 x 56 cm) Up to 40 lbs/18 kg Carry-on rules for US Airways Express Not sure if you’re on a US Airways Express flight? Please check your confirmation. If you're on a flight operated by Air Wisconsin, Colgan, Piedmont, PSA or Trans States, you’re allowed to carry on 2 items. 1 personal item (such as a purse or laptop) in the cabin and; 1 small carry-on bag. Your carry-on bag will be tagged, placed in the cargo bin and returned plane-side or in the jetway when you arrive. Here is the link for Overhead movies as well as movies on demand. Again I am unsure of the fee associated with these. http://www.usairways.com/en-US/traveltools/intheair/entertainment/movies_current_na.html They even have wifi for your laptop if you choose to be on the internet. Plans start at 4.95. Here is the link. http://www.usairways.com/en-US/traveltools/intheair/wifi.html

I want to wish the both of you the best. I hope both your surgeries move smoothly and your recovery is as speedy as can be. Congratulations on reclaiming "your" life. Please keep us updated on your experiences. Thoughts and prayers are with you both.

This is some information off the TSA website All liquids, gels and aerosols must be in 3.4 ounce (100ml) or smaller containers. Larger containers that are half-full or toothpaste tubes rolled up are not allowed. Each container must be 3.4 ounces (100ml) or smaller. All liquids, gels and aerosols must be placed in a single, quart-size, zip-top, clear plastic bag. Gallon size bags or bags that are not zip-top such as fold-over sandwich bags are not allowed. Each traveler can use only one, quart-size, zip-top, clear plastic bag. Each traveler must remove their quart-sized plastic, zip-top bag from their carry-on and place it in a bin or on the conveyor belt for X-ray screening. X-raying separately will allow TSA security officers to more easily examine the declared items. The laptop can be carreid on, but sometimes difficult to open, use, as far as comfortability. I have not had my surgery yet, but I did fly to SanDiego to watch my Brother in law graduate the Marines. My flights were 1.5-2 hours long. Now this was the first time ever for me on a plane. (small town, dirt road, country girl here) All my flights had tvs in the back of the headrest of person in front of you. I am not real sure on the fees, but you can swipe your card to watch tv from movies, to regular stations suce as abc, nbc, cbs. etc. Now to save money i assume you are allowed to watch movies on laptop as long as you wait til they approve you to turn your components on. I just found the seats and space limited.

Congratulations ReeTee. Nice to meet you. We share the same date, I too start my diet on the 23rd. There is an August forum going where you can meet tons of others if you choose, and there are a bunch of us with the date of the 6th. http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/38113-august-sleevers-where-yas-at/ If you want, go introduce yourself ad FutureSkinnyPants will get your name and date on the surgery board that she is keeping up with. Like I said the 6th is going to be a very busy day for surgeries in the VST community, I wish you all the best, and I hope your diet moves smoothly. We are going to do great jobs,

Hi Dolly, welcome to the boards and congratulations on your upcoming surgery. August is proving to be a very popular month around here. There is a forum for august surgeries if you wish to meet people who are going through the same emotions, experiences, as we are. http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/38113-august-sleevers-where-yas-at/ If you go in and introduce yourself, FutureSkinnyPants will get your name and date on the surgery board that she is so graciously keeping up with. The board keeps growing on a daily basis, so we welcome all new people. Best of luck in your journey.

Just want to wish you the best of luck Aaron. I hope your surgery is uneventful and that you have a speedy recovery. Please let us know how you are doing as soon as you are up to it. You will be in my thoughts.

Hi Charmichelle. Welcome to the boards. I want to wish you the best of luck in your upcoming surgery. I am scheduled for the 6th so I can vouch for how fast the days are flying. There is an August forum where you can meet tons of August sleevers waiting for their date .http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/38113-august-sleevers-where-yas-at/ Stop by and introduce yourself. There is a list that FutureSkinnyPants is trying to keep updated with every ones surgery date for August so you could possibly meet others that are the same day as you.

Congratulations on rocking that sleeve the way you have done. I have to admit even the Bad news sounds pretty damn good to me. How can buying smaller clothes ever sound bad.. lol. Keep up all your hard work.

Welcome. We share the same date!! There are allot of us on the 6th. Futureskinnypants posted a link up above for an August thread where u can meet other people waiting for their dreams in August. I wish you all the best.. http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/38113-august-sleevers-where-yas-at/page__pid__407831__st__480

Glad ur keeping up mrs Skinny. Lol. I am away from computer today. Recruiting is in your hands. Lol. All new August sleevers welcome to the boards. I wish you the very best in your journey.

Sometimes people get a slight cough after surgery from being intubated. Coughing when needed is a good thing, it strengthens the lungs back up.. Kinda like using a spirometer. Holding a small pillow to your stomach while coughing will greatly ease some of the discomfort. Hope you feel better soon and congrats on your sleeve.

I can relate to the sleepless anxious nights. The closer I get to the 6th the worse they get. Right after I decided this is what I wanted I didnt sleep well for weeks, Then things started slowing down and sleep was entering my life again. That was until I received my surgery date. Now there are times I lay away staring at the ceiling pondering all the great things going through my head. Other times when I am sleeping, i am constantly dreaming of the soon to be New Me. I wish you all the best in this journey, and I truly hope sleep will find you again.

I agree. I am a sucker for cheescakes. I swear I see several everytime I look at my butt in the mirror. This just may turn into heaven for a sleever after surgery. There are so many yummy sounding recipes on here I dont worry anymore about the limitations from the sleeve. Thanks for sharing.

I have always been and some what still am an active person. The weight gain has just made some things more difficult or have had to alter how I do my favorite activities. I have a treadmill that I walk/jog 2-3 miles several times a week permitting I am not working at my parents. I am a big volleyball player, love basketball, extreme water sports (limited now cause i have a whole lot of butt to be pulling out of the water to ski) and will swim 12 hours a day if allowed. Everyone teases me and says I must of been born with fins. Water aerobics and swimming are going to be my most used exercise. Those two will truly burn more calories and tone more muscles than any other exercise machine, all while having fun in water assuming you would like the water as much as me.

These sound delicious. I will have to give them a try. Thanks for sharing.