SandeeD

I have a desk job and work from home as well, so that has its advantages. My surgery is 2/25 and I'm taking 2 weeks off. I figure the first week I'll be pretty out of sorts and hopefully the second week I will have some get up and go.

They can call it what they want, but it's OUR way out!

Dang Tuwood, they ARE strict!

Good luck to you too! My nurse said we can have any protein powder as long as it fits within the nutritional guidelines. When you get that nut craving, drink some chicken broth, it helps a lot.

Congrats! I have the same date:)

I'm on the pre-op diet, and it's already getting hard. I sprinkled in some black pepper and Mrs. Dash and It felt like I was really having soup:)

I put a teaspoon of powdered skim milk in my cup of chicken broth and pretended it was cream of chicken soup! lol

Congrats! That's my date too!

My pre-op diet starts tomorrow. I hope I can do this for 14 days:(

You guys look so much younger and happier:)

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Yay One More Time! I'm glad you're doing well...the best is yet to come!

Walt, I had Chinese food!???? 14 days of 3 shakes and one small (bland) meal each day...wish me luck!

5' 2.5" 230 pre-sleeved, surgery date 2/25

MrSleeve, I too have the surgery date of 2/25. I start my preop diet tomorrow. The closer the date gets, the crazier my loved ones are getting. Stay focused and steadfast, they'll have no choice but to get onboard.

Yup, that's my surgery date .

Wow...you look fantastic! Same height and same starting weight as me.

Absolutely Sarah! For one, my mom is driving me bananas! Everytime I speak to her it's an argument or close to it. It's her passive aggressive way of projecting her fears onto me but it's not gonna happen! She's asked me several times, "Aren't you scared?" I'm like really mom? My reply was, "I would be naïve and stupid NOT to be scared, but I'm more afraid of living the rest of my life in my current condition." It stopped her...for now:) If I have to have less and less communication with her for the next two weeks (during my pre-op diet), then so be it. Don't get me wrong, I love my mother more than life itself, but NOTHING and NO ONE will keep me from doing this FOR ME.

Yes, it is! Yay!!!

1Day, yes honey, we are doing the damn thing! I will be thinking of you tomorrow on your surgery date, you must fill me in on everything, good, bad and ugly! lol Sarah, what's your date?

Girl, 35 pounds gone in 5 weeks??? That's FABULOUS! I'm not yet post-op, but I can't see anything wrong with 7 pounds lost a week. You shouldn't compare yourself to others because everyone's journey is different. Don't be depressed, live up to your name Happy Rhonda! You are making phenomenal progress!

Yup, they'll call you, they're pretty quick too.

Noor1969, I have the same insurance (Horizon BCBS NJ) and found out the same thing yesterday, that's it's not covered.

They tried both, neither worked.

No shakes for me, my insurance company won't cover it. Glad I tried though.