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Well I had my pre-op visit today and I lost 12lbs. Not what I expected but I have 4 more days til surgery day. Hoping to lose more. Afraid of complications. Funny when I told my mom she asked why I can't keep doing this to lose the weight. I taught for a minute like really starve myself for the rest of my life. No thank you. If I have to do this much longer (willingly) I would probably eat all I can eat at every fast food in the neighborhood the first chance I get. Anywho til next time, xoxo

Wow, what an amazing story. I started reading this on my break this morning and could not stop reading every chance I got. I love your story, your support to and from others, and your outcome. What an emotional roller coaster. However I can't help but wonder if you think this experience has brought you closer to God. My surgery is 8/5 and I'm terrified. However I have to outweigh the risk of having a heart attack any day now or get the surgery, complications and all and live longer with my kids. I pray my outcome is great. I have a teenie and tot. The best of both worlds. They drive me crazy but I would not trade them for the world. With that being said I wish you the best of luck on your new journey of motherhood. Another priceless emotional roller coaster.

Do anyone have any suggestions on what to get pre-op for my post -op stage besides vitamins and shakes

Thx for the tips. Very helpful. Surgery is 8/5.

8/5 sleever here

So one of my co-workers calls me at the last minute with free stage tickets to one of the best jazz festival our city has had in a very long time. Now I almost declined because I had nothing to wear, my hair ain't done, and all the other many reasons fat girls make excuses not to go somewhere. Mind you I'm als

Thanks so much for that Art137. Most of the time I try to stay positive. I guest I let last night get the best of me. And your right, I just need to brush my shoulders off and keep it moving. Today is a new day and I thank God for waking me up this morning. Sore bod and all. Thank him for getting me through this pre-op diet. And thank him for this tool to help me through this weight lost journey. I'm going to take your advice and crank up that music and snap back. And thx for the compliment. I needed that. Have a good day.

Sorry hit the send button accidentally. So, mind you I'm 6 days into my pre-op. But who turns down free stage tickets to see Fantasia, Kem, Morris Day and the Time and Leela James. So I went. I was miserable the whole night. I only had 30 minutes to get dress, so I'm not at my best. I'm drained from not eating. We had to walk what seemed to be a Marathon to get there. We finally get to the stage and they are taking pictures for the paper. Someone shows me a picture of myself and words can't express how I felt but I'm sure many been there. I really could not enjoy myself. I had the opportunity to meet the stars but I turned it down. Like who does that. And at one point I felt like R Kelly was singing to me lol but I quickly looked the other way. Any other time I would have been trying to get on that stage. Then the walk back to the car was excruciatingly. I had to turn down the offer to go clubbing cause my feet are numb and I don't know if I can drink on this pre-op diet. This was an opportunity of a life time to enjoy and all I can think about was I wish this was the same time next year or I wished I never let myself get like this. I use to be the life of the party. I use to be the motivator. I JUST WANT MY LIFE BACK!!! Sorry, just had to vent.

Well my first 2 days pre-op was horrible. I felt like I was just going through the motions. Drained. The only real food on my pre-op diet is salad. Salad and most fresh fruits & veggies mak me sick. So I probably had and intak o approximately 300 - 400 calories. Im sure my bp was sky high cause I barely see. Im also working extra hours to make up for the time I have to take off for recovery. Needless to say by the time I get home everybody wants some mommy time. And by the way my daughter is coming around a little bit. Anywho today is a much better day. Found out what works for me. I found some Protein shots from GNC which I took this morning. Before I was taking them at night to make up for the protein I didn't get through out the day because they have like 50g of Proteins. But what they did was give me too much energy and I was up all night. Scared to Tylenol pms to put me to sleep like i usually do. Found out today that I can. Then I had Soup for lunch and a shake on the way home. Must say I feel a heck of alot better. Going to have an Isopure with my Tylenol pm and call it the night once I put the baby to sleep and pick my daughter up from work and give honey bun a kiss good night. Hope all is well for everyone and good night :-)

Thx everyone for the compliments. I must say today was really hard. I practically cried all the way to work because my daughter barely wants to talk to me. We are very close and I hate to see her in pain. Especially when I'm the one indirectly is the cause of it. Then on my way to work I was reminded that I had two free white castle Breakfast sandwiches. But I successfully gave them away. . Then when I get to work a bag of mini Reese cups staring at me. So I put them on the front counter for the team to share. Ha! So now I'm supper hungry. I'm working late.I've had one shake and a bottle of Water. Ugggh I want to feel and chew some food. Anywho, I'm going to pray and this too shall past. Good luck everyone xoxo

I have the same concerns. I start my liquid diet Monday and have no idea how this is going to wk. I don't wk in fast food but I have a teen, a tot and a husband to cook for. Hopefully our determination will keep us strong. I have done spiritual fasts before (not for this length of time) maybe I will try to do it that way. When it's time to sacrifice that meal try prayer and study. Good luck. Keep us posted and I will do the same.

Thx Ms.Geri my teenage daughter also is planning to get sleeved 6 months from now . However I start my pre-op liquid diet Monday and still have to cook for my family. I love to cook so this is going to be challenging. My teen can't cook because she works and go to school and my husband has been banned from the kitchen since he once tried to cook me dinner for one of our anniversaries by putting a bag full of frozen chicken qtr in the oven, stuck together and all sprinkled with seasoning salt, hot sauce and onions. LOL, gotta love him and it is out of the question for my toddler, although she likes to help in her play kitchen However, thx so much for your insight. I wish you the best of luck on this long journey of weight lost and good health.

Wondering if you have kids and how hard is it to cook and can't eat what you cook. Maybe I'll just cook all the foods i don't like. Lol.

8/5 whooo hooooo

Hey, I too is a Dr . Watkins patient. This is so exciting. I'm scheduled for surgery 8/5. Sounds like everyone here has already been sleeved. Curious to know how is everything going. Things are really moving fast for me and really don't have much support right now. I think when the actual surgery take place things will become surreal for them. I hope my family really steps up. Anywho hope to hear from someone soon.

I've been so worried about getting through the pre-op, I forgot about the post-op. Guess I have some shopping to do.

More than likely they will not put your claim through til your done with your done with your classes. They are probably insurance requirements. Stay on your insurance so they are prepared and ready to approve it when it comes. My doctor staff forget to put my claim through twice once all my requirements was complete. But I got to know my insurance claims department very well so when they finally submitted my claim on Tuesday it was approved on Thursday. My doctor office was surprised as well. We taught it was going to take at least a month. Now it seems like everything is moving too fast and I feel unprepared.

I am a 41 year old mother of two beautiful girls. My family calls them Teenie and Tot, because they are 17 & 3. I have the best of both world's. . I love them to pieces. My teenie and I both decided to get sleeved. However because my daughter is a teenager, insurance said she have to do a six month diet plan. My big day is scheduled for 8/5. I got the call on Thursday. Since then my daughter have become very jealous. We have not told many people and the few we have told really don't understand our struggle. We were suppose to be each others rock. Every since the call she gets very upset, disappointed, short and negative every time I mention anything about the surgery without her saying things like "whatever ". I can't even get excited about the big day. I understand her frustration but at the same time I would never treat her like this. I've tried everything I can do to console her. I'm frustrated, nervous and need some support. I wish I had someone to get excited with me. I was getting cold feet and did not expect my insurance to approve me so fast. My Dr submitted my claim on Tuesday, I was approved on Thursday. Everything is going so fast. I pray to God that everything goes well. I hope my support team steps up to the plate. This is really frustrating because it feels like no one cares. This really hurts because I will give my life for my girls. They are the reason for this, so I can live longer for them. I give so much and it seems I get little in return. Please pray for me. Determined1103

8/5 here in Ohio. Excited and scared as well. Did not expect to get approved so fast. I taught I had at least a month. Especially since the nurse forgot to submit my claim twice. My doctor finally put my claim in on Tuesday and I was approved on Thursday and scheduled for the fifth. Afraid I'm not prepared. But I'm just gonna shake the devil off and put on my just do it attitude.

I start my pre - op diet Monday. So far I really like muscle milk chocolate only. strawberry taste like pepto bismol. I like them cause they are very high in Protein but have to be careful cause they are a little high in calories. Can't wait to try the Isopure and the chicken flavored something I seen in one of the post. Keep us posted on what you try and what you think about them and I will do the same.

Thx sooooo much guys for all the support and insight. I plan on using some of your supportive words when the time is right. We have been through so much and I'm sure this to shall past. I told my Mom and she seemed to be happy for me but a little concerned for my daughter. I am very confident that we have made the right decision. Her doctors are very supportive. It's amazing how different our programs are but yet the same.