Missy407

208. Ugh!!!

tera1982, I have the same surgery date and stats that you do! Darn that 208!!! Nice to know someone else in my shoes. Lets hit 207 tomorrow. :-)

208.

Oh gosh, I feel your pain. My surgery was canceled/put on hold three days before my pre-op diet was scheduled to start because of an administration mistake. I went bananas. Literally reaching for xanax upset. You will eventually get your surgery and it will probably be when you originally thought it was but the uncertainty is awful. I did eventually get the surgery but that pre-op snafu still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Once you do get approval and move forward try really hard to put this emotional roller coaster behind you and start fresh. Good luck, Im rooting for you!

213.

I opted to self pay for my sleeve surgery. The package price includes 3 follow up visits/lab checks. Why would the office insist on seeing my current health insurance card when I come in for these follow ups? Is there a point to having my insurance info?

Im 6 weeks post op. I reached down this morning and felt a disturbing lump. Im thinking cancer, cyst, Im scared to death. Upon further investigation I have an identical lump on the other side too. Feeling stupid but thrilled when I realize that I actually have hip bones! Its been so long since I felt them I forgot they were even there. Gastric sleeve is the BEST.

I had this as well for about a month after surgery. It seemed to get worse as the day went on and was better in the morning. I took pain medication a few times when it was really bad.

Whooo hoooo! Good job!

Monday weigh in = 215

I had a horrible diet coke addiction and drank several cans a day right up to surgery. Since then I've taken a sip of soda once out of curiosity and was in such pain that I'm in no hurry to repeat it any time soon. Stabbing stomach pains from carbonation will cure you of your addiction quickly. Good luck.

Why did they say no to protein shakes?

Im in KC as well and used Hoehn for my December surgery. KChelper, I am sending you a message. :-)

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I understand where you are coming from. I was a sz 18. I went to Jazzercise 4 times a week religiously. I ate so low carb that I was in ketosis for weeks at a time and confirmed this by using a blood meter every other morning. I tried so hard to lose weight that it was ridiculous. In one year I took off 27 pounds. While hard core dieting and cheating rarely. Then I had the sleeve 1 month ago today. As of this morning I am down 25 pounds. Whoa! 25 pounds! What took me a year to do before. Go get the sleeve, you won't regret it.

Starting late! CW = 221 Goal for challenge = 199.

If you had surgery on Dec 7th you are not 5 weeks out. You are 3 weeks and 5 days out. Still pretty new. Give it time.

Inspiring!

I need to try these two different protein shakes. My staples are on my abdomen. 6 holes from the laparoscopic surgery. One or two staples on each hole. I think its quicker than using sutures for the surgeon. How is everyone else from Dec 8/9th doing? Hanging in there?

Which protein shakes at GNC is everyone liking? My surgery was on the 9th. My staples are out and Im feeling much better in general. I started the vitamins yesterday for the first time (calcium chews and Bariatric Advantage chewable). So far I've only had cream soups, protein shakes and mashed sweet potato. I did stop by Wendys today as I was with my family on the way to a movie and they were hungry. I ate a small condiment packet of sour cream. It was delicious and the perfect size. And free! So yay, theres that. How much weight has everyone lost so far? I'm down 17 pounds since surgery 10 days ago. I thought I would be smaller in the waist as well but I just took measurements and Im actually larger than I was before surgery. Must be the swelling?

My surgery was on the 9th as well. Yes, the protein shakes taste totally different. Today I was able to get down 1.5 cups of cream soup, 9 ounces of protein shake, 34 ounces of water. I have lost 16 pounds since the day before surgery. I finally started feeling better today and got out to run some errands. Tomorrow the staples come out. Super excited for that.

I am a very private person. I have told exactly one person about my WLS. Today I received an email from my surgeons office detailing future support group dates/times and about 500 names and email addresses (just a guess, too many to count) were cc'd in the receiving field. I am shocked and I feel violated. What would you do?

December 8th!

I did call the office. I started with the program director who sent out the email yesterday. She admitted it was a mistake and she simply forgot to Bcc and instead just Cc'd everyone in the program. She apologized but the damage has been done. After that I spoke with the office manager who apologized as well. I do know one person on the list (the mother of a friend of mine) and Im hoping she ignored the email and didn't take the time to read the hundreds of names on the list. Im still pretty upset. If an office can't be trusted with following simple HIPPAA policies how good are they at taking care of me? I've gone through all the hurdles and my surgery is just three weeks away. I don't want to start over yet Im having trouble mentally wrapping my brain around hundreds of people knowing I've had the surgery and having my contact info. I need to get past this and get back in the right frame of mind but Im still pissed and hurt.

Thanks for the tip KChelper. Great job on losing so much!