Cheers2Happiness

Hey fellow sleevers, I was sleeved July 9. My surgery weight was 373, my first post op Appointment on day 13 I was 341. The recovery has been a bit more than I expected but I am definitely glad I chose to have the surgery. Just when I thought the incision pain almost disappeared I'm starting to have pain under my left ribcage. Today is day 2 of the pain. Praying it goes away soon and on its on. Joined the gym today and I would love to get in there on Monday. I struggle getting in enough water and protein. It's all about timing I guess. I just haven't mastered it yet. I hate taking my multivitamins but I'm sure that'll get better once I'm no longer required to crush my pills. 6 weeks.

I had my sleeve done July 9. I am currently 13 days post op. I had my 2 week post op Appointment today. On the day of surgery I was 373, today I weighed in at 341!!! 32 pounds!! I'm so excited!!! My largest incision is still giving me pain and I can't wait till its healed completely but I am definitely happy and glad I made the decision to take the steps to become more healthier. It's still a long road ahead but hey 14% of my excess weight lost in 13 days is a start! So ready for these pureed foods tomorrow. Not so much looking forward to going back to work though!

Surgery is tomorrow morning and I have to check in at 5:15am! My stomach is in knots, I'm excited yet afraid at the same time. I'm tired of failing. I wanna be successful and healthy and completely understand that the sleeve is only a tool. I know I can do it. I have to do it!

I'm doing better. The gas pain is the worse though!! It took until today to finally pass a little but there is still so much more.

Staying busy is good! You'll stress yourself out thinking about it. Lol I was scheduled to have surgery June 22. First Cigna said they didn't receive clinical notes, then 4 days before surgery they denied me because they said although I went every month to the nutritionist for 3 months it didn't equate to 90 days or more. Definitely bummed, I started the 3 month medically supervised diet program again in June. But surprisingly I got a call last week that my surgeon appealed and did a peer to peer review and it was approved. I'm scheduled for surgery in a couple hours (Too anxious to sleep). These insurance companies sometimes want to discourage you because they don't want to pay. But it's in your policy, it will definitely be approved one way or another! Wishing you the best of luck!!!

I recently found old pictures of myself from my 5th grade graduation ceremony and those from 8th grade. It was during that time when certain adult family members couldn't keep their disgusting hands to themselves. The pictures definitely reflected my pain. I gained 120 pounds in middle school and at the age of 14, I entered high school at 260 pounds! It makes me sad even typing this. I ate and ate hoping to gain weight so that I would no longer be a sexual target. Once it stopped, I still carried those bad eating behaviors with me. Years later as a young adult, through Christ I was able to let go and forgive those who hurt me. Life seemed to get better emotionally for me. Although my weight was still a struggle for me, it didn't control my life. I had the lapband in 2009, unfortunately through a sham get rich quick medical office who was eventually shut down and without much success I had it removed in 2012. My husband, a pastor was very supportive at the time. I decided to get the sleeve in 2013 and during preop I found out I was pregnant. March of 2013, 3 months into my pregnancy I lost my baby. It's by far the worst experience I've ever dealt with in my life. I ate my pain away. Just a month after my husband became physically abusive. I found out he was cheating and his fear of me outing him out to those whom he preached to he beat me even more and eventually filed for divorce a few months later. In a span of 4 months I lost a child, my marriage, my home and for a moment my sanity. I remember waking up crying asking God why am I still here. I was in so much pain emotionally. I begin taking my anger out in the gym and eventually lost 80 pounds and I felt really good about myself. Sadly I only maintained it for about 9 months and here I am a year later at my highest weight ever. I am 27 years old and I know I'm going to die if I don't change my habits. I begin preop requirements for the Gastric sleeve in January 2015. Meetings with the nutritionist, psychiatrist, stress testing, endoscopy, nasal probe, etc. The bariatric team had me pick a surgery date before getting an approval which I thought was weird but I chose June 22, 2015. They waited 8 days prior to the surgery date to do so even after many calls to them bugging them. My surgeon requested I have a IVC filter placed because I have a high BMI and it's just a precaution. It was placed 4 days before my scheduled surgery Date on June 18, 2015. In recovery from the ivc filter placement I get the call that my surgery had been denied for lack of a 3 month medically supervised diet. I went 3 months but it was less than 90 days consecutive. I went January, February and March. Tears just begin to flow down my face. They suggested that we just start the medically supervised diet over again. I saw the nutritionist that day and set my 2nd appointment for July 17, 2015. I estimated I would be looking at surgery in early October. This past Thursday July 2, 2015, I got an unexpected call from the surgeons office saying they had appealed that decision and they won! I'm approved and scheduled for surgery this Thursday July 9!!!!

Thank you all for comments of encouragement! I'm so ready for this journey and it feels amazing having people praying for your success. :wub:

Congratulations! You look great!