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Call your doctor's office and ask if you need to schedule a pre op appointment or call and ask for one to discuss surgery. I had to call mine because my company was being purchased so called to let knowi had my approval letter and if they did not schedule my sugary by a certain date then I would have to start the whole process over with the new insurance. They got it done. Remember you have tone your own advocate. Speak up and ask the doctor.s office.

When I was on the pre surgery liquid diet they told me i could have anything I could suck through a straw. Popsicle are great for pre and post surgery. I liked sugar free popsicles because they could give me something to chew on.

I am about 5'2" , I was about 270 before surgery and I had a mixed bag of comments pre surgery. I had a gastric by pass in 2008 and I can tell you that it was the best decision I ever made. Where I work now it is becoming the trend as several other women at my company have followed suit and have had the surgery too. There are 2 more that having it done on October 1st & 2nd those of us that have had the surgery are fully supporting them There is one girl I work with who had the surgery in 2010 and she had issues after her surgery that were not directly caused by the surgery but the surgery only complicated them so she had 3 surgeries in a row. But she would do the surgery again in a heart beat because nothing feels as good as when you get into a size you have never wore in your life. I lost125 lbs and could still stand to lose more but I was a diabetic with high blood pressure and high cholesterol, as well as sleep apnea, acid reflux and had my left knee replaced, all from being obese. I do not have any of these now and it is so good to have your doctor be proud of your blood work. This surgery will change your life but a good support system will do you the best of anything and beside you are doing this for yourself. Some people also say yougainall your weight back but I only gained about 20 lbs and I am working on losing them again.