#9grammy

And don't go in carrying a Latte, someone wrote awhile back that was done. Needless to say they didn't get approved...

Flintstones with iron chewable vit.

Oh and my surgeon didn't say anything to me about losing weight. Will have the 2 weeks of liquid diet before surgery.

I'm late Oct or early Nov, have had most of my before's done. I have 4 more PCP for weight checks and a visit to the cardiologists in Aug to do. Just seems like it's taking forever and you know Oct is far away.

Yes good luck may you come through with flying colors and no pain!

I'm going for the sleeve because my sister has the band and lost weight, had tt and face lift. Today she is back to her pre-band weight, all is lost that she had done. I don't want that to happen too me. I hear on here all the band to sleeve revisions and by golly I don't want to go through it a second time. I've also been reading on this site and the sleeve is the right way for me to go. I appreciate all the good responses and even the bad. I may not be sleeved till end Oct early Nov but I sure enjoy this site over other sites. Keep it up everyone!

I went through menopause and still losing hair like crazy, won't b fun losing any more when it comes time for surgery. Already taking vitamins and biotin 10,000 mcg. Please hair don't fall out anymore!

Congrats on your mom taking the plunge. Good luck tomorrow and welcome too your new journey!

My psyc eval was long... Asked about my family being on board, well no b cause I haven't told them yet! My daughter is controlling I told him and I don't know how she will react. Asked about my eating habits and why I want this done, I swear he wrote a book out. Was yours covered under insurance? My eval wasn't :-( very costly.

Awesome job!

I to will be sleeved around Oct or Nov, more like Nov. My 3 mth apt is this month. Yes the feeling of it being so far away is so real. But everyone says it goes by fast. That means summer is going to fly by and I will miss it lol. Soon enough we will be on the other side. Good luck too you.

For my surgeon it does. He reports he has had too many cases where the GERD was so much worse with sleeve he decided to adopt a blanket policy not to do the sleeve for GERD folks. At first I was disappointed but now I am completely satisfied with going for the RNY..it is right for me. My surgeon hasn't said anything to me about my GERDS. He knows I'm on Nexium and I have a hiatal hernia that he will fix while doing the sleeve. Did say the sleeve would be a good choice for me.

10 wks out and 52 lbs down that is AWESOME!!!

Congrats

Congrats, your doing so well!

Welcome finallyfree100, will anxiously await your journal. Mine isn't till Oct or might be Nov? No clue but Oct is my last 6 month session. Just think, Happy 4 th of July to me!!! Good luck

Mine will b in October or early Nov, I have 4 months of PCP to go. Plus the psyc eval and cardiologist. Oh plus get a release for surgery from my pulmonary doctor. Psyc eval is July 3, wonder what they ask you?

Thanks for letting us know.

I was wondering that also, have come across a few that r locked.

There are 6 tablespoons of Protein powder in each pack, one pack is 21 grams of protein, or 3.5 grams of protein per tablespoon. I use either 1 or 2 tablespoons at a time, depending on my protein count for the day. I sometimes use the chicken Soup flavor one sprinkled on cauliflower or Beans just for a little different flavor. Thank you.

How much of the protein pack do u use? I have some samples and they don't say how to use them.

Wishes sent your way, please post after surgery when you can. Good Luck

I'm in the same boat as u, I have Medicare . I went to the first seminar got my hopes up, saw the surgeon there also he was very informative. But didn't talk about any waiting period. I had the surgery consult and that is when I found out I too have todo 6 month supervised weight loss. I even told him I was so excited to get this rolling and surgery over with. The 6 months ugh, it's so depressing. Then I found this site and see many others have same wait and I felt better about it. Now I'm down to 4 months and counting. I get on this site and read so many different post it's a great support site.

Do they have sucralose, aspartame or any of the other artificial sweeteners? I bought some more of the Core Power, it has cane sugar in it and honey.

Best wishes and prayers to both of you.