katanne

Yep. Big time. I was going to have my surgery in 2016 and got cold feet. Starting over with medical weight management for my insurance company. Hoping to get sleeved in September.

I am in nursing school, although I am a Nontraditional student at age 42 and I don't live on campus. My school is surrounded by restaurants, though, so I will definitely have eating challenges. My plan is to eat at the hospital cafeteria, which has Greek yogurt and lean protein options available. I of course have to make time to cook for myself at home, too, which is hard when assignments start piling up. My first appointment is on the 9th.

I have my first meeting with my surgeon on Monday for this go-round (I looked into surgery last year but backed because I didn't feel ready). I'm just as nervous as the first time I met him! I know I'm going to have to explain why I changed my mind and then changed it back...I have "good" answers to that - I just started nursing school, which is a huge, added stressor, plus my mother got very ill and I had to take care of her during the time I would have been having my operation last year. Still jittery, though...wish me luck!

I'm choosing the sleeve because I take a lot of medications and don't want to play around with malabsorption and all the dosage adjustments that would entail.

What was my understanding of the procedure and its risks, what was my understanding of the diet/eating plan I would have to follow for the rest of my life, what was my highest weight ever, my current weight, what were my previous attempts to lose weight, including the most I had ever lost in one attempt. I do have bipolar disorder, so we went into how well controlled it is, how much support I have from my psychiatrist and psychologist, and how diligent I am about attending appointments and taking prescribed medications. Also, of course, what were the reasons I wanted to lose weight It was all pretty chill and I don't think there was really a way to "fail" the exam unless you had no understanding of your procedure or had an uncontrolled psych disorder.

I like Unjury and Premier.

Yes yes yes! It's helped me not only with food issues, but with other ways my personality, quirks, strengths, and weakness impact my life in other ways. I couldn't handle life's ups and downs without it, and I think ANYONE who is open to therapy should go at some point, whether it is for food/weight issues or something else.

Being able to find scrubs that fit me in the school bookstore instead of buying contraband ones elsewhere and having them altered. Not worrying that I won't have the physical stamina and inability to squeeze into tight spaces while taking care of patients during clinicals.

I chickened out and didn't have my surgery last year as I'd planned. I ate what I wanted for Thanksgiving this year, including stuffing and pie. And totally regret it. I'm ten pounds heavier than I was this time last year, and I think I'm FINALLY ready to get sleeved sometime next year (probably May or June when I'm done with my second semester of nursing school so I can be healed to do the physical work in clinicals in September). Tomorrow I start over tracking Protein and calories; I will start attending support group meetings ASAP, and as soon as finals are over on Dec. 15, I'm going back to my surgeon with my tail between my legs to start the pre-op process over again.

I use myfitnesspal

Soup and/or the Unjury chicken broth flavored protein powder in warm water.

You look phenomenal!

Hi all - I used to be on these boards a lot in the beginning to middle of last year, then decided to postpone my surgery until summer 2017 after my mom had to go to the hospital (and now a nursing home) this past summer and then I started nursing school (Holy stressful!). I was cowardly when I backed out of the surgery, originally to take place summer 2016 - I just canceled my final meeting with the dietitian and never notified my surgeon. I was embarrassed because I hadn't been losing weight at the clip they wanted me to and having serious second thoughts about what it would be like to be just learning how to live with the sleeve at the same time as nursing school. I thought about Thanksgiving and Christmas and figured it would be awful to not be able to eat the way I wanted on those days. So now it's the day after Thanksgiving, I ate how I wanted, I am ten pounds heavier than this time last year, and really want to get off the Morbid Obesity Express once and for all. I had a turnaround after we studied post-op care for bariatric surgery patients in school and I realized it must be WAY more common and less extreme than I had been thinking it was if they were teaching first-semester nursing students about it. So anyway, has anyone else gone back to their surgeon with their tail between their legs? I didn't seriously think I would lose the weight myself, I just didn't think I was up for the operation yet. Any tips for the phone call I need to make? I know I have to ask them how much, if any, of the pre-surgical testing results from last year are still valid.

I was required to bring someone with me to drive me home. But I actually wasn't that groggy once I woke up.

Even match between really fast eating and night eating. Seriously considering postponing my surgery until next summer (the next time I'll be able to take several weeks off) so I can get it under control. I don't want to stretch out or damage my sleeve with my nightly overeating. I'll definitely be working on this in therapy until then.