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Charlotte Surgery in June 2016

@@jenn1 I began my insurance-required 6 months of seeing a bariatric dr and dietitian in September last year. I've had to reschedule my upper endoscopy and sleep study to April because I travel for work occasionally. This afternoon I have my bariatric psych assessment. So, to answer your question, I'm still jumping through the hoops to satisfy my insurance. (I've thanked God over and over for my insurance.) If I pass all these tests, I'm eligible for the sleeve surgery in May, however, my work schedule will likely not allow time for it until the summer. In the meantime, I reading everything I can get my hands on about the process and more importantly what my post-op life will look like years from now. Thank you for your interest.

Years after the sleeve has been done and life returns to "normal", can sleeve patients do extreme sports... successfully? I have always had a secret goal to do a sprint distance triathlon, but post-sleeve, how is staying nourished and hydrated during the race possible? My pre-sx dietician says that forever after surgery, I will need to live by the 30/30/30 law: no fluids 30 minutes prior to eating take 30 minutes to eat no fluids 30 minutes after eating Extreme sports and this "law" do not seem to coincide. My question, is there anyone on the forum, is there a book I can read, that speaks to extreme sports post gastric sleeve?

What FrankiesGirl and Reinventing said

Jenn1, tons of great info there. Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for. Unbridled

Golden Girl... a dietitian. Of course. That makes sense. I was thinking of some kind of fitness trainer, but a dietitian makes much more sense. Thank you for your comment. That helps.