GreenEyes604

@kenyatta_98 I just sent you an invitation. Be sure to check your email and your spam in case it went there.

I have now officially sent everyone in this thread an invitation who requested to be added. Please check your email and your spam mail to ensure that you received the invitation.

@@hadderrie8 I just sent you an invitation

@@Flaxseed Did you get my invitation?

@@bangbangbarbie Who is your insurance carrier? Do you have any of the co-morbidities that insurance companies look for in lower BMI patients, (sleep apnea, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.)?

Hello, Please come and join our Facebook Group for December Sleevers. Our group is both secret and private so no one knows you're there, and no one can see your posts except for the other members of the group. If you will send me your email address, I'll gladly send you an invitation. Hope you'll come! Michelle Facebook Group Administrator

You have to send me your email address so that I can send you a personal invitation. The group is both secret and private so you can't find it in a Facebook search. This way it ensures the confidentiality of all the members of the group, and no one other than the group members know its there. If you send me your email address I'll be happy to send you an invitation.

@@Flaxseed You have to send me your email address so that I can send you a personal invitation. The group is both secret and private so you can't find it in a Facebook search. This way it ensures the confidentiality of all the members of the group, and no one other than the group members know its there. If you send me your email address I'll be happy to send you an invitation.

Hello, Please come and join our Facebook Group for December Sleevers. Our group is both secret and private so no one knows you're there, and no one can see your posts except for the other members of the group. If you will send me your email address, I'll gladly send you an invitation. Hope you'll come! Michelle Facebook Group Administrator

Not yet, I'm scheduled for December 12th at Shady Grove Adventist. I started my all liquid diet and 1 meal per day yesterday. I start my all liquids next Friday.

@laurenella82 I just noticed that you're in Washington DC. I live in Silver Spring, MD. When and where is your surgery?

@laurenella82 OOHH girl you are so much better than me because I would have slapped her azz so hard she would have needed a passport and a plane ticket to get back home!!!

Hello, Please come and join our Facebook Group for December Sleevers. Our group is both secret and private so no one knows you're there, and no one can see your posts except for the other members of the group. If you will send me your email address, I'll gladly send you an invitation. Hope you'll come! Michelle Facebook Group Administrator

Hi... This is a very, VERY hot and sensitive topic on these boards. Myself, I am a very private person and only 3 people in my life know. My job knows I'm having surgery, but no idea why, and that's perfect for me. This is a very personal decision that MUST be made by the individual. Some people believe that if someone asks you what you're doing, if you don't tell them that you've had surgery, you're a liar. Personally I think that's the most idiotic thinking I've heard, but again everyone is entitled to their own opinion. You may or you may not get some responses, but my only advise to you would be to be prepared for what anyone might say. There are a few very vicious threads with a lot of hurt feelings, name calling, etc. associated with this question. Tread lightly my dear, and I wish you all the blessings in the world on your WLS journey.

Your excitement is both something to be encouraged and enjoyed. You have made a very positive step in your life that will not only make you look fabulous, but will improve your health beyond measure. Hold on to the excitement, nourish it, and keep it as long as you can. Your excitement will be your inner motivator.

Group closed.

To everyone that has commented on this thread... To those that are in support of keeping their personal business private, such as myself, and do not feel that my choice of privacy makes me a liar, THANK YOU and I truly appreciate that you get it! To those that want to educate others and help save the world from obesity and the horrible co-morbidities that go along with it, God Bless You, and you have fun with that. I have been verbally beat up and beat down by some through this thread, and yet I still stand. I allowed the stupidity of others to totally take me out of myself and for that I will deal with myself on. As for this thread, I'M DONE!! You can have it! I have no rebuttal for anything else that has been said to me or about me. I've had more than my fill of the negativity. And on that note...... ya'll have fun with this......... I'm going to watch SCANDAL!!! Peace!

@@boosh10 Way to go girl!

I must really be weird, because I LOVE Flintstones chewables.

The gas that is pumped into your stomach during sleeve surgery is Carbon Dioxide. It is not the same type of gas that you would normally get which makes you "fart". The only way to rid your body of Carbon Dioxide gas is it has to be absorbed into your body. Normal gas remedies such as GasX, Mylanta, etc. do not work for this type of gas pain. If you are getting relief from gas pains using those products, more than likely it is just the normal gas pains you get, not from the Carbon Dioxide that has been pumped into your stomach. That is another reason they want you to start walking as soon as possible, as it aids with the absorption of the CO.

My surgeon is on staff at the Maryland Bariatric Center of Excellence and she has made it crystal clear (thank goodness I don't smoke) that any patient of her's that is scheduled for surgery will have both urine and blood tests done the week before their surgery. If any nicotine is detected, your surgery will be cancelled, no if, and, or buts about it. I can't imagine what its like to have to stop smoking right in the midst of all this craziness.

I am having surgery on December 12th. I haven't told anyone but my boss, and all I told him as that I was having surgery and that I wouldn't be back in the office until the first of the year. Didn't give any details at all. It's none of their business. Its great to be having surgery in December because there is absolutely nothing going on at work.

I have the Ninja Pro and I absolutely love it! I use it every morning to make my protein shakes. I love that it comes with 2 on-the-go cups that can be attached to the blender unit, so I can make a single serving shake at one time and not have a big mess to clean up.

@@Kindle You are definitely my hero!!!

What an awesomely cool thread... My name is pretty simple... My eyes are green and my birthday is June 4th (604) My hooker name is Mickey Stewart... LOL