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What is your current diet? Are you on a liquid diet?

Dr. Kim was my doctor. Great staff and hospital but it is very expensive. I wish you the best of luck on your journey. Please stay in touch it is always nice to have someone near by that understands what you are going through and to offer support

Welcome Nic! I also live in Orlando I had my sleeve done at Celebration hospital last August. When is your surgery date in Mexico?

I am in Orlando. I would love a buddy to talk with!! I had my surgery August 16th.

I do the b-12 shot once a month. It doesn't hurt a bit and with insurance its only 7 dollars for three months worth.

Surgery 8/16 pre op I lost 26 pounds since surgery I have lost 17 pounds for a total of 43 pounds.

I am 5 days post opt and just today I can lay on my stomach and side.

Well I'm home. I had surgery on August 16th. The first two days were the worst but today I am feeling much more like myself. Just trying to hang in there.

I'm on my way to the hospital and my stomach is in knots! I keep reminding myself of all the reason I need to do this but I can't help but feel nervous and worried. Good luck to all he others being sleeves today.

So nervous getting sleeved tomorrow at 12. Any prayers would be greatly appreciated! Good luck to all those being sleeved today and the rest of August you are in my prayers Will update as soon as I can tomorrow.

Friday here too and getting so nervous but also very excited. How is everyone doing with their pre op diets?

With self pay I believe it covers one year of post up check ups. As for the gallbladder I had mine out in 2007 so I;m not sure if Dr. Kim does it or not.

I think it also depends on weight and family history. I did not have sleep apnea but had never had a sleep study done and in my family history one of my parents had had a heart attack so I think that is why I had to go through those two clearances. A great tip that Mamachef gave me was if you do have to have a pulmonary clearance you can use someone other than they one in the hospital. They are usually scheduling a month out from when you call to request an appointment.

You are not being dramatic. I think we can all understand how you feel. Heck I got hungry just reading this post

Hello everyone, I am not a teacher yet, but I am finishing my last year of school which consist of two student internships. By the time I step into my internship classroom I will only be a week and three days out form surgery, so I'm not sure how I will feel and I know I still will not be able to lift anything too heavy. I wanted to ask all of you should I explain to the teacher I am working with my situation or only if I absolutely need to? My worst fear is that he or she will think I am being difficult.

Mamachef- My surgery is not until August 16th Rocknrollmama- Their were a lot of people at the session I went to. The room was almost full. For the psych evaluation you have to answer a questionnaire on the computer and then you meet with the psychologist and discuss the surgery and then based on your answers and conversation with her she will clear you for surgery. She was very nice

Hi rocknrollmama! I went to my first information session the third week in June. At the information session they take a copy of your id and insurance card to check to see if by chance you insurance will cover it. I knew mine did not but I let them give it a try anyhow. The session is about an hour and a half. They give you a packet that includes the cost of surgery and then if you want to proceed with the process you call the office and schedule your consultation day. Mine was a week from when I called. At the consultation day you will meet with a nurse and she will let you know of any clearances that you will need to complete. For example, I had to have a cardio clearance, a pulmonary clearance and I had to do a sleep study. But you may not have to do all of these it differs from person to person. They also require a four week pre op diet. Two weeks of low carb, low fat and two weeks of a liquid diet. I am also self pay so in addition to the fees stated in the packet I had to pay all of the co pays for my clearances and they will also tell you that you will have to pay the cost of the interpretation of the stomach biopsy that they do on the portion they remove. So I would say add another 1,000 to the price in the packet. In total from my first appointment to surgery day it was a total of a month and a half. Hope this helps

Mamachef so glad to see you are out of the hospital and doing well. I have my surgery date with Dr. Kim on the 16th. Maybe I will see you at one of the support meetings

Glad to hear you are doing well!! This is my second week of my four week pre op diet (surgery is August 16th) and I'm doing okay. Sometimes I fantasize about food lol or I will try and convince myself that I can run out for just one meal and I still have two weeks until my surgery to do just liquids but I have resisted. On the bright side my house is VERY clean

August 16th here! I think I'm the only one for that date so far. I am excited but so scared at the time same time. I know some of you feel the same way. What helps you work through those feelings of fear?

Gorgeous!! and I LOVE your black dress

Wow!! I see a big difference. Awesome job!

What hospital did you use? Would you recommend it? Has anyone used Dr. Jawad or Dr. Teixeira? Has anyone used ORMC hospital? How were the accommodations? Thank you for your help in advance!

So as long as I receive the all clear from my cardiologist tomorrow I will hopefully and praying that my surgery will be August 16th! That means my liquid diet that starts tomorrow will not be two weeks but four. I feel good about the liquid diet now and know I can do this but I am worried about how I am going to handle four weeks instead of two. Anyone out there have a four week liquid diet? What did you do to make it through?