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Wow I haven't been on here since the surgery. It's so great to see all the progress everyone is making!! I'm very happy with my progress so far. My hw in January 2015 was around 285. My surgery weight was 234 and my cw is 165. Still have a little more I want to lose but it'll happen.

I was back in the cage tonight, light sparring. Felt so good. 3 more weeks and the surgeon says I won't have to be careful with the stomach anymore and can go back to grappling. I can't wait.

I'm almost 2 weeks post op and if I don't gear up and get back in the cage soon, I swear I'm going to lose my mind. My Dr said two weeks, then I can ease back into it, and after 6 weeks I'm cool to take kicks to the stomach. I guess I need to find a partner willing to lay off the body kicks/knees? I can probably check or eat the leg kicks well enough but I worry about returning them. Still feel a little tug at the main incision site. Ugh. I just know if I don't start back in the gym again... Well, clearly I'm going stir crazy.

I'm still working to increase my Fluid intake up to the 64oz the nutritionist wants but it's tough. I've tried a few bites of food but it hurts and I've felt so sick afterwards that I really have no desire for it right now. I know I'll need to eventually get something in, especially once I start working out but right now I'm feeling a little down and tired still.

My surgery was Tuesday and so far so good. Should be discharged today around noon. Jello has been my favorite so far but other than learning to go really slow, no problems keeping it down.

Surgery scheduled 9/22! The liquid diet is a beast, getting a little easier, and today when I weighed in at my pre-op visit I was down 6 pounds from last week. Hanging in there, only a few more days to go!

Surgery scheduled 9/22. I've been waiting for this for months and now I'm like, "ah! So much to do and so little time!"

Haha yeah actually those were my exact feelings! Nervous and excited too.

Surgery scheduled for 9/22. Whoa.

Congrats! If you are like me....it all just got REAL! I'm excited but nervous!

Crazy! I'm with Dr. Stegeman and mine will be at Bay Area.

@@nattiec21 whoa, I'm in CC also and my surgery is scheduled the same day!!

Wow! Who is your doctor? I have doctor McDaniels so my surgery will be in Victoria that day!

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I am on the 28th in Nashville. I will find out on Thursday what the preop is going to look like. Best of luck to all!

Good luck reree6898!

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@@nattiec21 whoa, I'm in CC also and my surgery is scheduled the same day!!

Surgery scheduled for 9/22. Whoa.

Mine made me watch videos about all three procedures and then asked me what I thought. I told him between them I was interested in the sleeve and the bypass, but was leaning towards the sleeve. He said good, because he thought that was best for me as well and we talked about why. My only hesitation was the staples, because of mma and kick boxing. I told him if I couldn't do those things post surgery, I didn't want it at all. He assured me barring any complications I'd be back in the cage in 6 weeks. I was pretty much sold after that.

I didn't feel he pushed me in either direction and really felt like he let me lead the way. I'm very happy with that.

When I couldn't do the thing that I want so desperately to do. I started doing mma and I love it. But I was so big that no one could sweep me, no one could toss me, and no one wanted to be my partner. I don't blame them but it sucked. They weren't getting anything out of work

ing with me. So I dropped and vowed I would come back after I lost more weight. So here I am. Almost there.

When I first started mma and kick boxing, I injured my hip and back. Not sure if it was from break falls, or my job, which was lifting and moving heavy boxes all day. But I ended up sitting out a month from classes and you would have thought my life was over, I was so down about it. I'm back in now and barely remember it, but I know that feeling of missing out Get yourself back to good and then get back in it. The gym will be waiting for you.

I have UHC through an HCA hospital and was only required to have a 3 month supervised diet/nutritionist visits. A friend of mine has UHC that isn't HCA affiliated and needed 6 months, which seems to be most common. Both of us had the same preop requirements, with a sleep study, EGD, EKG, blood work, weight history, etc. Mine needed a weight history, they wanted from within 2 years but I submitted a weight from 4 years ago and that was enough for them to approve my surgery.

I guess my biggest fear is I won't feel better about myself. I also worry about not losing weight and still not being able to do the things that I really want to do.

Also hair loss and extra skin. But it seems like those are fairly common concerns and that makes me feel a little better about it.

My surgery date should be pretty close to yours! I'm supposed to hear back on Tuesday but they said it should be before the end of the month. I would love to be a part of this. Feels like it took forever to get here but now it's all happening so fast.

Corpus Christi, TX

Now that my surgery is becoming more of a reality, I'm struggling with the depression more than ever. My husband and I are in a terrible place and I'm very scared that I'll be doing this surgery alone. With that, I sit here and think, what's the point? I'm either going to be fat and lonely or skinny and lonely, and the only difference will be the cost of the surgery. I know that's a little dramatic but it's been on my mind. I still plan to go through with the surgery, and hope that overall with the improvement in my physical life, that my emotional life with improve as well.

Um yeah, those leggings are badass and you look awesome in them, so yeah I'd be rocking them too!

Hello all! So happy to have discovered this forum. My name is Lisa, I'm 31 and live in South Texas. I'm in the middle of my sleeve journey. I spoke the insurance company today and found out I was approved! So now to wait until Tuesday to schedule a date with my surgeons office, because of the holiday weekend. I've struggled with my weight, and subsequently my confidence for many years now. My depression can be crippling and I'm really hoping that among the health benefits, I really do start to feel better about myself.

It's been quite a year. At the beginning I took up kickboxing and now have earned my yellow belt. I train 4-6 days a week, and really hope post surgery to get into shape enough to rejoin MMA. I tried it a while back but at my weight was hard to find partners to grapple with.

So excited to have found this forum! Wishing everyone well in their journeys.