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I did not tell my management what I'm having done just that i needed time off for surgery. They cannot ask me what I'm having done. I have told my co-workers because they are my friends and i know whoever doesn't know will once i start losing weight after having off for 2 weeks or more! The doctors office called me Thursday to schedule and they said they had a cancellation for Monday that they wanted to offer me but work would not give me the time off. I am pissed about that. Now i am not scheduled because i could not get a hold of the nurse and she didn't call me back. Now i have to wait to Monday to even try to schedule again. Ugh... just want it done.

I am a med/surg urology nurse for 8 years in Cleveland I work straight nights I also work prn float pool in a small community hospital. I just got my approval today! I have to pay $250 up front and then they will schedule my surgery then the other $2500 I can payroll deduct. Will be paying it tomorrow and getting my surgery date!

It is so exciting and so scary! The unknown. I have to pay $250 up front then i can payroll deduct the remaining $2500. Once i pay the $250 they will schedule me I am going to be paying it tomorrow and will let you know my surgery day! !!!!

We can only do the post op stuff because of the surgery. Of you have not had the surgery you will not be able to maintain that kind of diet long term

Had my psych appt yesterday everyone has signed off on me now just waiting for insurance approval should be by the end of the week. Trying to keep my mind off of it so i don't obsess!

I work for the hospital I'm having it done at so I was told with our insurance they get approval in 24 hours

I've heard from a bariatric post op nurse that nausea is one of the worst side effects of the sleeve. She said for even months after surgery. How was everyone's nausea and what did you do for it?

I did ask my doc about a ppi after surgery and he mentioned that this surgery does nothing to help reflux. I think my reflux not is weight related so i am hoping once I start losing weight out will go away. I don't have it all the time just sometimes when i am at work in the middle of the night and i don't take anything for it.

I was thinking of getting one of those motion sickness bracelets just in case for after surgery.

I told my husband i want a slow steady weight loss I don't want rapid and dumping. He just wants what is best for me and what will make me happy. He doesn't want me to go through this and then regret it which i don't think i will At all. I am already do happy with my decision and i haven't even had surgery yet!

Saw the surgeon today. Of course he recommends the roux en y but said the sleeve and the bypass are both good options. My husband is thinking I should get the bypass cause he's afraid I won't be as happy if i don't lose as much with the sleeve as i could with the bypass. I need to stay strong in my decision because this is what i want. Psych next Tuesday then on to approval!

Congrats! No advice cause I'm hoping for my approval next week!

Went to the nut today. This is my first appointment in the process. She said with my insurance once they submit it they get approval in 24 hours and the surgeons are booking a month out so i could be having surgery in April!! Wow makes it so real now. I have to do the 2 week liquid diet but that is my surgeons only requirement.

I work at the Cleveland clinic and have their insurance they also try to get you through the process quickly so they made appointments for me that didn't exist!

I had all my tests already which just included an ultrasound chest xray ekg and bloodwork my bmi is 43 but I am 32 years old and have no comorbities

I think I have been mourning food over the last couple of weeks since I decided I was going to do the surgery. I have not restricted myself at all with what I eat and of course I'm hungary all the time because i am eating so much. I just keep thimkingb this will all end soon and I won't be able to do this kind of eating so I'm allowing myself to be glutinous now. It is kind of disgusting me how out of control i am though. Anyone else going through the eat whatever I want feeling?

I just told one of my best friends this morning I was waiting to tell her cause I didn't think she would be supportive. Boy was i wrong she was so happy and excited for me. She knows i my research and she knows the struggles i have.I was so happy she was that supportive.

to get a surgery date after your insurance approval? Just wondering what the differences were. I'm afraid its gonna take a long time to get a surgery date because my surgeon is the head of the department and his appointments were booking into april just for preop. The scheduler made an appointment for me because i work at the hospital and they try to get us through the process quickly she said. I'll see for sure in 10 days that's when i have my preop

I am telling a select few that i know will be supportive i will probably tell more after i have surgery when their judgement won't really bother me as much. I feel like right now their judgement just makes me start to doubt my decision.

The question i keep asking myself. Why do i have to resort to surgery why don't i go on weight watchers with my friend-a question she asked me when i told her i was doing my preop for the sleeve. I keep thinking i don't have that much to lose, but i do i have 140lbs to lose and if i keep going at this rate i will continue to gain. Every time i say this is it I last for a day or two and then I am back to reading even worse. But o if I would do something add drastic as the sleeve why won't i just lose weight on my own? I know i have psych issues (depression) and i have had eating disorders all of my life but why can't i do this what is wrong with me. My quality of life sucks i can't even put on socks without getting winded and i don't want to do things with my kids because i feel so lazy and big. Thanks for listening to my random ramblings... just angry at myself for letting it get to the point that I'm so big i need surgery.

Blualert-thank you for the support and good luck on your journey as well. I am 32 years old 5ft8in 285lbs. Because i'm tall everyone is like"you're not that big" I have hid it well for to long. I told my friend think of all the pregnancy related weight issues you have like not being able to put on socks or walk from the parking garage to work without getting winded. Sitting in the seats at disney on ice and they hurt you because you are so big. Having to take breaks shaving your legs because it is to hard. I look forward to being done with all of that. I am done being enslaved by this fat body.

Thanks for all your support just feeling a little down cause i had to defend myself to my friend tonight. She says ultimately she will support me she is just worried for me and since we are nurses we see the worst end result not the best. She also said her mothers friend just had wls and had a lot of complications but she said she had a roux en y.

My pcp has nothing to do with my surgery and i have not seen him. The bariatric metabolic institute at my hospital sets up everything. Today i just got a call to set up my appointments and they set them all up for the testing psych NUT and surgeon.

I finally got the call to schedule them. I already have my bloodwork done tomorrow i am having my ultrasound and chest xray. Then March 7th is the nutritionist March 12th the surgeon and March 19th the psychiatrist. I don't know how my insurance will work with approving time and how far out they are scheduling surgeries but my dream would be April!!

I'm starting to put together a list of questions for when I meet my surgeon for the first time. What are some things I should ask or things you wish you would have asked or known before surgery.