Jerzygurl

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Hello my fellow December Sleevers! I received my date today and it is... drum roll please.... December 2 at 7:30am! Yay! Yippie!

My doc didn't order an endoscopy at all. I had just the Chest x-ray and Upper GI. He said that was sufficient because I had no history of GERD or reflux. He said it was the same for the sleep study..no history of sleep apnea, no need for the study Same for the pulmonary test. Didn't have that either. As long as my BMI was under 50 didn't need the pulmonary study.

Bingo.

From my years of experience with various diets and physical trainers...I saw a red flag in your post. You said you were barely eating..and that maybe why you're not losing. If you don't get in enough Protein, your body will go into starvation mode. You have to get your protein in somehow. As others have noted, spread your meals out during the day, eat very small multiple meals if it helps. Good luck.

Good for you! I know the excitement you're feeling. I just got my date today.

Congrats on your new journey! Hope you have a safe return trip home and a speedy recovery!

Yes indeed. You look FAB!

O.M.G. You look so much younger! That first pic looks like your mom or your older sister!! Or maybe an older Auntie..lol.. Fantastic Job!

HI Pati.. I can relate to your story. I've had breast cancer & Ovarian cancer with 3 rounds of chemo since 2008. Finished my most recent round May of this year. Like you, I wanted to do the whole WLS thing a couple of years back but doc said wait for at least 1.5 years. While I was in remission in 2010 (much heavier btw), I decided to go forward and my Ov cancer came back, this time in my lymph nodes. Back on chemo until I had a severe reaction and had to stop. This just made me even more depressed & all I did was eat, stay in the house, watch TV, surf the net, go to work, eat, eat and then eat some more. Depression really set in when I lost my BFF to brain cancer, a niece to breast cancer, my uncle to lung cancer and a cousin to stomach cancer all within a year of each other and while I was going through chemo myself. I went to all their funerals with a bald head. I thought I was going to lose my mind, so I just ate some more...I mean we are all going to die anyway right? That was my mind set..until one day I woke up and said..you know...get it together..I know my BFF and niece would be so disappointed in me if I gave up. Doc put me in a study program of new drgus and although I anticipated it and had been warned, I had no side effects. It was a wonder and I was amazed as were my doctors! My lymph nodes decreased drastically, my enegry was great, my CA-125 declined, not drastically but it dropped significantly (still not in "normal range") and I didn't lose any hair and my lymph nodes are now stable and disease isn't showing up anywhere on CT Scan or Pet Scan. I understand the pain in the knees, feet and back. I know about the bald head, night sweats and nausea. I haven't experienced neuropathy, but we are all different. I need to get control of my weight too because as I was told by my oncologist the heavier you are the more at risk you are for female reproductive cancers. Anyway..just know you are not alone..and we can do this... I'm waiting on a date from my surgeon's office. hope to have it soon. Hit a snag this week but I'm really ready to conquer this beast and to bury it deep. I know if I have to fight cancer again, I'd rather do it from a position of health and vitality than obesity and depression. I want to arm myself while I have the chance. Again we can do this...TOGETHER! BLESS YOU..hang in there...and forgive my long windedness!

Welcome to the Club!

Yay approved.

Hey Shay, Just a suggestion. Call them and ask for a new patient package to be mailed to you. You can fill it out ahead of time and just walk in prepared. It's what I do for any of my new patient appointments. Saves a lot of time, and you can take your time filling it out at home. It's especially good for filling out the historical health data and for listing the exact names and dosage of any medication you take without having to haul it to the doctor's office with you or carry a separate list of them.

Even at my current weight. I swear by Spanx. Macy's used to have something similar but they've discontinued it.

They are all different. It all depends upon your employer and the options they choose for your plan. If you're going self-insured, it would be the same. It all depends upon what options you choose and what you pay for.

That's great. Then all you need to do is meet those requirements and your surgeon's requirements, as far as tests and appointments. Again good luck! I'll add you as a friend and we can stay in touch. after all, we are all in this new journey together. Peace and love.

Your 1st doctor's visit will simply be going over your health and medical history. He will tell you what test you have to get and will ask you some basic questions about family history too (at least my doc did). He will ask you how long have you had a weight problem and what other programs have you tried (at least my doc did..lol). First session is pretty much a get to know your surgeon session.

Just make your appointments as soon as possible. Find out what your insurance company requires for approval and to move forward with surgery. A letter of necessity to is good, but you if you're going through your insurance, you will need to understand exactly what they require. It will save you a lot of headache and heartache later on. Some insurance companies require 6 months of supervised diet programs. Others require only 3 consecutive doctor visits, others require a number of nutritional visits, etc. It depends. Good luck on your journey. Btw, if you're self-pay, of course that changes things a bit. I started on Aug 15th with my 1st doctor's visit..and now I'm just waiting for them to call me with a date. Everyone is different.

Sounds like you really need to talk to someone. Try to find sometime to squeeze it in. There are some things only a professional can help us with. You've done great so far, don't sabotage yourself. Stick with it and try to find someone way talk with a professional. If you binge, you know you will only feel worse and then the spiral begins. Reach out. Best wishes..

That would be me too. I gain my weight all over...but my waist always stays smaller than breast, hips, thighs and arms... even now at 330+ lbs I don't have rolls in my back or stomach area. If you're the same, that would mean you have an hourglass shape like me. If you gain weight at the top disportionately then you're an apple shape, if you gain it more at the bottom than anywhere else then you're a pear,

5'9 and started at 348lbs, 175lbs is my goal weight.

AWESOME!!! He looks younger too.. kinda looks like conservative radio host sometimes MSNBC fill ... Mike Smerconish!