kailie

Phillip Phillips Home, will be mine.

I started with a seminar April 29th 2013. This Wednesday I will meet with the surgeon and get my surgery date. Everyone's process is different. No doctors office or bariatric center does it the same. It's so weird.

I'll watch for your posts and send you good thoughts and prayers!!

The drain has a little squishy balloon at the end that will hold your drainage. It has a little valve on it that you open to dump the drainage out then you squeeze all the air out and close the valve to make it "suck" the fluid threw the drain. It's pretty gross. I had one from another surgery.. Not looking forward to it again..

Awwww!!! I'm sorry!! Will they re schedule u for first thing tomorrow??

I honestly can't fully explain it to you. I do know that I process calories a lot more then normal people. That's why I " could eat salads and still gain" but I don't eat salads. I eat normal food because i gave up trying when there were no results anyways. So I gain at a more rapid pace then the average person should. I don't over eat or go crazy eating all un healthy food. But when I have the sleeve food won't sit in my system as long so I won't process the calories like I do now. The only true fire way to lose weight with PCOS is to starve and never eat a carb (good carb or bad) ever again. With the sleeve I won't "starve" it will be normal to only eat a tiny amount. I intend to steer clear of most carbs but I'm not going to completely cut them out. And with the sleeve I can have a bite if apple without wanting to eat a whole apple and not have to worry about consuming all the carbs. Or a bite of bread.. I don't know. It's my body so I understand but it's hard to explain.

Thank you very much.

Fantastic. Now I have a number to shoot for. It's going to take me quite a few years but hopefully once I get the weight off my back and knee problems will subside and I will be able to get back to full time work and save up faster. I know almost 100% that I'm going to need a tummy tuck. I lost 115lbs before when I was a teenager and had excess skin on my stomach... Add on 2 children 200 lbs and 10 years later, there's no saving it I don't think. lol And possibly a boob job. Hopefully they don't get too flat/saggy. Don't really want implants I like the idea if them being smaller again because of the back problems... And maybe a butt lift.. i got pretty good muscle back there ... but we will see. So woohoo it's within reach, just going to be a bit of a wait to get there. Thank you for sharing, I really appreciate it.

I have a body shaper top and spanx. I think once I get my surgeons approval I'm going to live in those 2 things

Also meeting my surgeon for the first time on the 5th can you send me ur list as well?

How did ur search for a compression garment go?

My parents are helping pay for my surgery so they know. My boyfriend knows cause he will have to help around the house more. His parents know because I'm going to need grandparents to send the kids to while recovering. And 3 friends.. That's it. Not telling my 4 brothers or 2 sister in laws no aunts uncles cousins. Too many controlling people in my life that would think they know more about it then I do with all my research... Maybe once it's done and no one can try to talk me out of it. Not because I would listen to them but just because I don't want to hear what they would have to say. Lol

I started my process April 29th 2013 by attending a seminar. I meet with the surgeon Wednesday June 5th and then I submit to insurance... My process is going fast.. But if I had to do 6 month weigh in, I certainly wouldn't complain because it would have given me more time to prepare and research. But I've been cramming my brain with every piece of information I can find. This thread just struck a nerve with me. 4/16 so your a month and a half out.. How are you feeling?

What does the word reward mean to you?

I for one didn't "eat myself fat" I have poly cystic ovarian syndrome which ballooned me to a 50+bmi.. My obgyn informed me that I could live off salads and still gain wait because my body makes and retains a TON of insulin but my pcos isn't considered a co morbidity. I'm 25 5'7" 345lbs I have herniated disks in my back and joint pain in my knees and feet. I could do the 6 months of dieting, but I'm not able to excersize... So my bcbs of MI should make me wait another 6 months and watch my weight climb higher or I die of a heart attack in the mean time? Some times whining about ur situation isn't the most mature thing to do. Instead stay positive the time will pass by more quickly. You get ur surgery some don't. 6 months is just your time to prepare for the new life waiting for you.

Because this procedure was initially started for FAAAT people like myself! Not just heavy people who have a hard time dieting. Saying someone who "has eaten them self to a bmi over 50" gets the "reward" sooner is EXTREMLY RUDE.

If there is one thing we all have learned from this site is that "every doctor/program does it differently" don't stress about taking your machine/using it... I think each and every doctor has a different theory to what's best.. But ur trusting yours with your life.. So have faith

Found out today that my insurance "renews" at the 1st of June and I will not meet my deductible to have my insurance covered 100%. I have my insurance through my parents so I went to their house to talk to them about it. My parents are being so super supportive my mom has been paying the out of pocket expenses for the psych eval and the nutritionist visit. They told me come hell or high water they will figure out a way to get my surgery done.... From my parents that means they are going to tap into savings to pay the $2,500 or they both are going to start going to the doctors for every ailment that they haven't taken care of yet..... Which means time off work and still money out of their pocketsI am so extremely thankful but I feel like its too much, that I shouldn't allow this big of a "gift"... I'm so upset right now I'm in tears... :'(

Thank you very much

Passed my psych evaluation.. Meet with the surgeon next week!! Yay I'm so excited!!!!!

My gastric sleeve procedure is covered 100% and met my deductible so the insurance company told me I would have no out of pocket expenses. The doctors office how ever has charged me $50 to meet with a primary care doctor. $150 to see a behavioralist and soon $250 to see a nutritionist. I asked if these were billable to my insurance was simply told "No." And no further information was offered... Anyone else have these kind of 'out of pocket' expenses??