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I would talk to your doctor and their office staff to find out how to approach the insurance company. Maybe they will cover if you list comorbidities? You probably already did that. I think your MD or his assistant could be a good help. I also would keep contacting the insurance company. You pay for your insurance so they need to help you. Don't accept no. Keep pressing on. I am new to this, my surgery was on feb 5. I am sure there are a lot of people here that will have more advice or better advice than me. Good luck to you!

I like the crystal light lemonade and especially the raspberry flavored green tea. I must say I am tempted to try these other products you are all describing they sound good! Thanks!

Well I had my first post op visit yesterday. Everything went great. I was glad to have the drain out and I lost 9 lbs since my surgery last Tuesday. Now I am on full liquids for a week, but I am not very hungry. Just making sure I am getting my H2O!! Good luck to those of you about to have your surgery. It is the BEST thing I could have given to myself!!

Hi, my name is Doreen and I had my surgery on Feb 5 th. I went for my first post op visit yesterday and I have lost 9 lbs since my surgery last Tuesday ! Everything seems to be going great!

You are getting good advice here, I will also say there is so much to do and mentally prepare and 6 months will go by so fast. I recommend you attend your local support group for WLS. Your bariatric MD's office should give you info. They probably meet once a month and you will get great information. You will meet people who have had their surgeries already as well as presurgery patients in your position. If they have a good program they will also have more than just one meeting with the dietician. I met with the dietician once a month and attended classes taught by them about nutrition and how it pertains to surgical patients. Good luck to you!

The white coating on your tongue sounds like Thrush ( yeast infection) call your doctor. Good luck and take care!

Keep hydrated, I am 6 days out from my sleeve and I am only allowed clear liquids till this Tuesday. If your urine is dark it could be a sign that you are dehydrated and that will cause problems until you are able to turn it around. I was instructed to use little medicine cups (that hold 1 oz) you should be drinking 4-6 of these every hour. I would suggest the clears so you can hydrate faster. Sugar free Popsicles also work great. Did you call your doctor? You are only four days out so I would focus more on the clear liquids like sugar free jello, sugar free Popsicles, clear tea, broths; your insides are still waking up from the anesthesia. Sounds are normal. Good luck and please take care!

I agree again. My MD has me on clear liquids until I see him for my first post op visit in 3 more days. Not sure when proteins are added back in but probably soon. I also take a prontonix every morning and they gave me a med for nausea but I haven't needed that yet thankfully. Good luck again!

You are only 2 days post-op. do not gulp your fluids. I would use a little medicine cup that holds an ounce and average 4-6 little capfuls in an hour. That might make it more tolerable while you are still healing. Did you have a hiatal hernia repair? I had both done this past Tuesday (2/5). Sounds like the pains I get occasionally. Good luck!

Thanks, I am excited too!! I really like this website, I am learning a lot!

@deannagail- I think it is better to have both procedures done at the same time. Rather than go thru that type of surgery twice. I am sure everyone is different but the recovery should be almost the same for both procedures with just pain possibly at the lower chest from the hernia repair. I do believe they want to know if you are having hiccups during recovery, because those are not good and they want to know right away(recurrent hiccups). I recommend having both done together.

I feel the pain in the shoulders is due to the co2 gas that is used to inflate your abdomen during the surgery. At the end of the procedure if they do not let enough of it out, it is trapped in your belly. Your body will get rid of it but when you sit up the gas travels upward and thus you have pain in your shoulders. I had shoulder pain for 2 days. I have only a moment of it now. The shoulder pain has pretty much gone away. I did have pain in my lower sternum, the area where your chest meets your abdomen, I think that pain is from the hiatal hernia repair. I have been managing that with a liquid pain med and it is resolving also. So far each day is getting easier. Today Today is day 4 and the pain from both are much much less. So glad I had both done.

I had my gastric sleeve done on Tuesday! Each day gets better. I still have a drain in and they are removing that on Tuesday. I also had a hiatal hernia repair. Looking forward to communicating on here and learning from people that have had this done. I am so looking forward to the new me, I want to do everything possible to have the most success!!

My name is Doreen and I just had the sleeve done 2/5/13 (3 days ago) I found this website a few days before my surgery. I am 47 and have been battling my weight for so long. I also am an operating room nurse so I was watching this procedure being done and then a couple friends had surgery and they look wonderful. I met with the surgeon January 2012 and started learning about the options I had and meetings with dietician and counseling. It took me a year to get ready for this mostly because I work 2 jobs and put everyone else first. I work a lot of call and finally I stopped and said enough. I am going to do this for me! Well it has been 3 days since my surgery and that first night after I was scared. Worried about what I had done, each day gets better than the last. I feel good about this. I am nervous but I know with proper planning I can have great success. I look forward to this new journey.