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Amy in Orlando I too am counting it down!! You go before we do!! Good luck. Keep me posted Ladies

Thank you Enhanced Curves ...by the way I love the declaration you wrote about losing weight for your daughter, as well how you love yourself now

Mines is August 21

good luck!!!Congrats

Welcome to VST BB. There are lots of answers to your question here. I am not sure how to answer your question for it appears that per insurance type your steps could be different. I am having my surgery next month. I am a military wife and I did not go through our insurance Tricare. I am having my procedure done at a military treatment facility @ no direct cost to me. In general you must have blood work done as well see a few other docs, speak with a nutritionist , as well speak with a psych ...perhaps it may not be in that order. Good luck!!

I am being sleeved in 6 weeks and 1 day, and I am experiencing a flutter of emotions. The most powerful emotion is excitement!! I see my body like clay and I am sculpture making a masterpiece. I have been exercising daily with a work out buddy, whom has had the surgery and I see her progress weekly. I keep feeling like this will be me!!! I have such high hopes, and reading many of the stories in here keeps me motivated. Seeing her grind it out at the gym, I am impressed with her progress. This is one serious journey. I am elated that we have this as an option. I have not shared that I am having WLS with everyone for many will not understand. Perhaps, they will think me lazy for going this route. While, I generally do not give a "take several seats " about others opinion , I did not want any negativity to erode the process. Once I got pass the feel of death during surgery, a flood of positive thoughts took over. I have been exercising none stop!!The results paid off ... This past weekend my husband smiled @ me often, and we racked up plenty of mattress miles. He said he is proud of how hard I am working out to be a success after surgery. I began prepping before for I see so many pictures of you ladies after showing your progress, and I think to myself " SELF that will be you"..... She tried it in my Tamar voice. Our marriage has always had love and passion. It is something different in the sex , it was desire. Yes, he adores me, but he is still a man...and he wants to see not just a beautiful wife but a sexy wife. Some of the things I miss is my husband lifting me up during our passionate sessions. I miss not being embarrassed to come out of our onsuite bath nude without covering with a towel or asking him to close his eyes. I still have memories of what we were like when I was at a healthy weight...I have been reflecting on those moments humming the words to Chrisette Michele new song "Just a couple more forevers"..... What I will NOT miss is being mortified when his hand brushes over my kangaroo pouch . I have envisioned the new me and she will be fabulous.com and getting me a newlife.org...LOL Love God, Be Happy, Live Fully

I love the phrase as well " chubby girl mind"!! This could be the name of a really trendy blog. Moving on I have the reverse " Smaller girl mind". I have not always been big. I have a closet filled with beautiful clothes that I cannot fit. I purchase sizes I cannot wear yet...Go figure . On a recent shopping trip to Marshall I purchased a beautiful red dress and a black sheer dress with a pink smaller dress underneath the black shear. The sizes are medium. My daughter thought it dumb to make purchases, and I have not had surgery yet. I find dresses tend to fit depending on the cut nicely (if I am wrong and she is right , I will post pictures to the gallery) I digress. Do not over buy....I would never buy pants or shirts, just maxi dresses and such until you reach that desired goal. Your mind will adjust when your size adjust...give it time.

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WOW!!! What an amazing testimony !! Thank you for coming back in here to share. I too am trusting God to pull me through this surgery. I have hypertension . My pressure hangs around 141/90 often. This scares me. I am scheduled to be sleeved August21. Please keep me lifted in prayer. My name is Makayla