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@@wannaBthinsoon - anywhere that sells sportwear. Lane Bryant has them in their activewear line. Personally I prefer them over Spanx or waist trainers. I buy compression yoga pants as well. It is especially helpful now as I tend to be a bit more jiggly as I lose weight.

I did. My doctor said as long as they didn't irritate the incisions it was okay

Can't wait till I'm a size 14!

Dang I would have gone straight to HR about your bosses. They are not allowed to say anything about it to anyone.

That would be crappy of them to cancel your surgery over 5lbs.
How much did you have to lose? Fortunately I didn't have to lose a certain amount during my pre-op diet, but I did lose 21lbs on it.

I definitely wouldn't work out. Just tons of Water and walking. Working out will make you retain water and then it will look like you haven't lost anything.

So happy ur doing great! Do u need help around the house or anything? How fast are u getting full?
Try gas x they are wonderful.

The more time out the less you will regret the decision. I went through the same thing. Best of luck!!!!

Hey All! I was sleeved last Friday 3/20! I have lost 26.2 lbs since the start of my 2 week liquid diet.
I have a couple questions.
1. I feel like I am able to take in a lot. I was able to do about 4oz of Tomato Soup at one time yesterday. And 3/4 of a greek yougurt today. I have never felt a "full" feeling. I feel satisified, but at the same time i'm not hungry. It's all very confusing to me.
2. I have an extreme aversion to all Protein supplements. Unflavored and everything. I literally throw up. My surgeon told me to take in as much as i can with greek yougurt/soups, etc. Until my follow up appointment tuesday. Has this happened to anyone else?
3. How on earth are you getting in 64 oz of Water a day. Im lucky to get in about 30.
4. What was the crietera for your post op diet? I'm supposed to stay a month on each level. It just seems extreme.
Thanks for your help!

I think I can add to this discussion. I do so without the benefit of seeing the actual report, the actual images, examining you, etc.. Given that:
That it reads: "Mild circumferential narrowing of the mid body,"... it doesn't seem that you had a complete sleeve; i.e., it wasn't done the full length of the stomach. You don't have a "banana"-shaped stomach, a narrowed, tubular-shaped stomach, as you now should.
Get the op note--the "operative report/note"--from your surgeon. See what size bougie he/she used. But it ~seems they left your stomach too big, didn't really cut the full length of it, and only narrowed a portion of your stomach. With that, you likely still have a lot of ghrelin circulating [hunger hormone], and of course, greater stomach capacity. The greater curve of the stomach may not have been excised.
Also get any "discharge summary" --in fact, get ALL your records from your surgeon, to give to your current doctor. And if you have any previous stomach imaging reports, they'd make for a good comparison. Also, there should be a pathology report of your excised stomach portion; it'd be interesting to see its size. Again, request ALL your records from the surgery.
The good news: no abnormalities are noted, and you have lost ~ 50 pounds...though I know you'd expected more pounds lost by now.
Get those records; keep doing what you're doing and see what the new doctor says, and what any future imaging reveals. Keep us posted.

That's awesome! My surgery is tomorrow. I've lost 20lbs on the pre-op diet. Can't wait!

Ask for something for your nerves!

You've got this!!!

Thinking of you! YOU will do AWESOME!

Ladycook loved hearing about your progress. Thank you for sharing can't wait to hear how everything went.

That's awesome! My surgery is tomorrow. I've lost 20lbs on the pre-op diet. Can't wait!

That's awesome! My surgery is tomorrow. I've lost 20lbs on the pre-op diet. Can't wait!

These last 2 days are all clear fluids. I have no idea how I'm going to make it through. I have an Isopure drink in Grape Frost and it is not so great. My husband and I used to sit and watch the food channel on the weekends. But could not do that this weekend.
Bag isn't packed yet. Doing laundry and running some errands today and tomorrow to have everything ready.
But I made sure I had gas-x strips cause I'm so scared of the gas pains.

Am scheduled for April 8th at Virginia Mason in Seattle. So excited and nervous.

I never thought it was going to happen but it did! I'm almost 6 months post op and today I hit 199. Haven't seen it in over 15 years. I'm down 87 lbs. as of today. This surgery was the best thing I could have done for myself. I have been frustrated lately because the loss has been slow. I've been continuing to do what I'm supposed to and I guess it's working. My goal is 160 so 39 more lbs!

Just going to use this as sort of a blog to document my journey.
February 11, 2015 - First appointment with True Results for VSG
February 12, 2015 - Had blood taken for Pre-Op blood work.
February 13, 2015 - True Results Insurance Coordinator called me to let me know she was submitting my paperwork to insurance for approval.
February 17, 2015 - I called my insurance to confirm that they had received my paperwork. They said they had received it yesterday.
February 18, 2015 - Insurance approved my VSG surgery (I wasn't aware yet)
February 20, 2015 - I called insurance to see what the status was of my surgery auth. They let me know it had been approved on the 18th!
February 25, 2015 - Went to another True Results location to have a Body Composition test done. (BMR, Body Fat %, Recommended diet)
February 26, 2015 - Finally was able to get a hold of the insurance coordinator and patient advocate to let them know that I had been approved (bad weather in the area past 2 days)
February 27, 2015 - PreOp clearance doctor's appointment with PCP for blood pressure. (rescheduled due to weather)
March 2, 2015 - PreOp clearance doctor's appointment with PCP for blood pressure. Doctor said he believes that I am low risk for surgery and sent clearance.
March 6, 2015 - Received a call from the surgeon's office and I have an appointment for 9am on March 9th to meet with the surgeon and hopefully schedule my surgery!
March 9, 2015 - Appointment at surgeon's office. Scheduled my pysch, nut, and stress test appointments.
March 11, 2015 - Nutritional and Pre-Op appointment. 2 week liquid diet starts.
March 16, 2015 - Stress Test - They did an ultrasound of my heart and legs. Then did a breathing test and then pedaled on a stationary bike for 8 mins or so while he monitored my breathing, blood pressure, heart rate, etc.
March 17, 2015 - Pysch Counseling
March 25, 2015 - Surgery Date!
April 1, 2015 - 1 week post-op appointment
April 8, 2015 - 2 week post-op appointment
May 27, 2015 - 2 month post op appointment

Lady cook, I love reading your progress posts. I hope you continue to add to it I realize today is March 25 surgery day for you! Speedy recovery and best wishes. My surgery isn't until May 12. I spend a lot of time reading experiences to help calm my nerves. Thank you for posting your timeline!

Good luck!!!

Hello everyone, my day is also tomorrow,I go in at 1pm. Best of luck to all of you and may your recovery be quick and painless. I will look for you posts to see how you are doing and I will post when I can.
I am ready to do this

Hello All,
Tomorrow is the day! We start our new life! I wish everyone the best!
We can do this...we will get through this!
God Bless you all!