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I met with my surgeon today! Apparently since southern surgical is a bariatrics of distinction facility, they don't have to send my info. to insurance for approval or denial - I'm just automatically approved after they have all my tests and info. I wish they would have told me this before all the worry about getting denied lol. My surgery is set for November 12! I'm a teacher, so I will have the 12th off for veterans day, and a few days for thanksgiving, and the weekends to recover. That will give me 16 days. I hope this is enough time to recover. If I need more, I have extra sick days I can take. I just don't want to leave my students with a substitute for any longer than I have to - but I wanted to get this done so I can enjoy Christmas. I'm so excited!! I have pre-op scheduled for October 30th. Not sure what all that's going to entail other than some more blood work. Oh, and I only have to pay $348 before the surgery! Today was such a relief. I'm going to be SO NERVOUS a week or so before! I need to start going to the gym too. Right now I'm at 305 lbs - down from 312.. I would like to be 280 by the time of the surgery. Thanks for all your support everyone!!!

I have darker skin in places where my body fat rubs together - inner thighs/skin under the very top of my arm... Is there a way that you have gotten your two skin tones to match again? Or maybe I'm the only one with this issue. Sent from my iPhone using VST

Anyone getting the surgery on or around November 12?? Lets talk! Lets be sleeve buddies! Lets get each other prepared for one of the scariest things I think I have ever done in my life!

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I couldn't imagine being able to eat one ounce of anything... I was sleeved November 12 and can eat about 3-5 oz, depending on how dense it is Sent from my iPhone using VST

I think with the small amount of calories we are able to take in at that point, that it doesn't really matter? Sent from my iPhone using VST

Sleeved 11/12 Pre-op 312 Day of surgery 305 Current weight 281.4 Sent from my iPhone using VST

I'm 26 days out and have lost 31 Sent from my iPhone using VST

Sleeved November 12 - down 26.6 lbs... I think im at my three week stall though... I finally lost a lb after 4 days Sent from my iPhone using VST

Ha. Mine was heavier than its ever been on my life. Sent from my iPhone using VST

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Your partner would be crazy not to like you thin. From your profile pic, you are adorable Now... You will be super hot after! Sent from my iPhone using VST

That was strangely therapeutic... So I have more. 1. I get pissed when people that are under 200 lbs have or talk about having weight loss surgery. 2. I get mad at myself for eating more than 600 calories. Day... When I could put back over 5,000 calories without my sleeve. 3. I know the sleeve is working for me, but I get jealous of people on here that lost ridiculous amounts of weight their first month (50+ lbs? I can only hope). 4. I am scared that I will become a b***h and leave my fiancé when I'm skinny if he's still overweight... 5. I am scared that when I have babies I will gain all my weight back and I will be fat for the rest of my life. Sent from my iPhone using VST

1. I confess that I am 27 and I have not had sex with my fiancée in three months because I can't stand the way I feel and look. 2. I confess that I weigh myself every morning and I get on and off the scale sometimes 20+ times until I get the exact number 3-5 times in a row. 3. I confess that I tried to eat a taco (minus the shell) five days post op. I have eaten a taco (soft shell) within the past week when I should still be on puréed foods. 4. I confess that I subscribed to some blogs and Instagram people that post about anorexia and eating disorders because I feel that's what I have had all my life (binge/over eating) and now (anorexia in a way). 5. I confess that i thought that this surgery was the easy way out for years. I'm still mad at myself for not being strong enough to resist the temptations of food without a surgery. Sent from my iPhone using VST

I knew I wasn't getting enough water... Dunno why I didn't associate that with my headaches Sent from my iPhone using VST

I'm in! I had surgery 16 days ago so not sure how this will work. But I'm gyming now so.... High weight: 312 Surgery weight: 305 Current weight: 287 Goal weight: 255 Sent from my iPhone using VST

im only down 18 lbs and im atarting to notice fat wrinkles on my belly! Sent from my iPhone using VST

I'm 15 days out and have allergies... Sneezing is so painful for me. Coughs didn't hurt so bad after a week and a half. Sent from my iPhone using VST

Coughs are gonna hurt like hell Sent from my iPhone using VST

I had my two week visit yesterday and I had lost 18 lbs in 14 days. I'm very happy with this, but I asked to see my barium X-ray so I could see how big my new stomach is. She told me that I was the first one to ever ask to see it. They didn't have it there and only the surgeon can log into the system to let me see it. That was a shock to me. I've googled for pictures is sleeve X-rays but its apparently not a very popular search since I hardly found anything. I know my surgeon said he uses the smallest bougie size... Is there anyone willing to share a picture of their new stomach? Sent from my iPhone using VST