becky

I am half way through my insurance process. Looking, hopefully at surgery mid December, Yep just in time for all the Christmas goodies! I am both excited and nervous. I have heard very good things and a few reports of death. That scares me but if I don't have the surgery I face death anyway. I am diabetic, have high BP, and have recently been diagnosed with stage 1 heart failure so I have to do it. I have children and grandchildren that I want to be around to enjoy for a very long time. I began water aerobics a year ago. 2 hrs a day 5 days a week and I have managed to loose a whold 5 pounds. I have a bad leg and have had back surgery, spinal fusion, so I am limited at my physical activities. The water allows me to do a great deal and I totally enjoy it! I would love to hear from post surgery patients about your experience. What you can and can't do as far as eating and your excerise routines.

how do you make your own slushies?

WAY TO STAY STRONG

I have a lot a trouble because my husband eats ALL evening!!! and I want to too

Well Im a Crab!! LOL

I must be a dummy! I am having a hard time figuring out how to navigate this forum.

ChatChat thank you so much for your words of support! Please tell me how you did right after surgery. I spoke to my primary care doc yesterday and she mentioned the complications to me. ones I hadn't been told of yet and they kind of scared me,

right now I am having issues with keeping my blood sugar up. I am excercising more eatting less and trying to adjust my insulin doses. I got down to 50 this morning after my water aerobics class. kind of didn't feel so good! LOL

at my first appt I weighed 325. I weighed this morning and am now at 320. I believe using the fittness pal app is helping me see more clearly what I need to be eating.

in most cases it depends on your insurance on how long the process is. I am required to meet with the diatician and excercise physiologist once a month for 6 mo. go through a psyc eval. after the 6 mo process my insurance will then approve or not approve me. I haven't been given a certain amount of wt that I have to loose before surgery however I am supposed to loose some. Yeah like I haven't tried that before!!!!!

Hi there. I am hoping to have my surgery mid Dec. I have to wait 6 mo to fulfill insurance requirements. I am apprehensive about the surgery and after affects. I am 50 plus and have been overweight for many years. Have diabetes, HBP, just diagnosed with heart desease, have had spinal fusion and a bad leg. my back and leg make it hard to excersice. I have been doing water aerobics 2 hrs a day 5 days a week for a year and have only lost about 5 lbs!! I am now using an app called my fittness pal that tracks everything. I just started using it this week and I think it is going to help me a lot. I just need to talk to other pre and post surgery peeps to see how they are doing.