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I'll be having my VSG on June 13 at kaiser South Bay with Dr. Mun. I'm so excited and nervous as well!

Wow! I have PCOS as well and it sounds like thw RNY is helping resolve your PCOS symptoms! I had to postpone my surgery consult as I have been having some pretty serious gastric issues these last several weeks (GERD, severe diarrhea, abdominal cramps). I have to see a gastroenterologist to figure out what's going on with me before I can proceed with pursuing VSG as an option. They need to rule out any serious diseases such as Crohn's or ulcerative colitis. Thank you for responding. Glad to hear good reviews about Dr. Zelada.

I just got my appointment for a September consult with Dr. Zelada. How was your experience? I've only read positive things about him. I'm hoping to get the VSG but have a few other health conditions; polycystic ovarian syndrome and irritable bowel syndrome that I want to talk to him about. Obviously I don't want to have a procedure that would make these conditions worse. The obesity itself is the biggest health concern I need to address. Please share your experience with Dr. Zelada.

So happy your surgery went well! Best wishes as the journey continues.

I'm an emotional eater and currently PreOp working on these issues. I agree with Inner Surfer Girl, When food Is Love by Geneen Roth is a must read. I am also reading/working through, End Emotional Eating: Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Cope with Difficult Emotions and Develop a Healthy Relationship to Food by Jennifer Taitz. This book is more interactive with assignments and journals. I have really learned a lot from this book. Taitz is a psychologist.

I've been following your thread and just wanted to wish everyone an easy and safe surgery tomorrow. I look forward to reading more updates as you all recover and continue on this journey. I'm still in the PreOp phase with Kaiser.

Talk to your doctor and ask to see a counselor. I Know I'm an emotional eater too and I'm currently in therapy and reading great books to help me address the reasons why I eat. I haven't had surgery yet. Planning for the fall if I'm able to make some progress in my emotional eating issues and feel ready for surgery. Best of luck to you. If you're interested in bibliotherapy , check out books by Geneen Roth.

Hi Onmica, Thank you for sharing that info on your weight. I have my options class this week - we meet every other week. I'm 36 years old. I'm 5'5" and my starting weight is 239. I too am having a hard time on the weekends. I keep food journals during the week and that's not too hard to do but the weekend is really tough to measure and log everything especially when you're out socializing or at restaurants. I am an emotional eater and I'm going to therapy once a month to work on those issues. I just got an email from the Options coordinator to go do my labs for surgery and I am freaking out. I have barely lost any weight halfway through Options. I'm stressed out and went to Krispy Kreme today! Ugh! Seriously! I don't think I'm quite ready to move forward with the surgery this summer. I think I want to completely finish Options, have more therpay and try to lose weight this summer and if not, I'll schedule surgery for the fall. How did you know for sure you were ready, Onmica?

I am glad you're doing OK. I do hope you can get some good down soon. I keep reading about other people's experience and that it just keeps getting easier and easier as the weeks go by. Hang in there! "food"d own soon - not "good"

I had Dr. Zane and congrats on the consult! Dr Mun is supposed to be awesome...I just know he is stricter with the preop weight loss and I didn't lose enough so I went with Dr Zane. He was a little abrupt at first but then he warmed up to me. Everything went okay....I'm in a lot of pain and feeling a bit down but I'm hoping to get over it really soon. Hey Almond_Jay! How's your recovery going? I hope you're doing well.

How exciting Onmica!!! Wow! May 24 is so close! Woooo Hooo! So happy you had a positive experience with your surgeon.

Wow Onmica, 21 out of 25 pounds is wonderful! I have to lose 24 and I've only lost 4 so far . . . Uh oh . . . Half way through Options too . . . I gotta turn up the heat on the workouts. Best of luck at tomorrow's consult and I can't wait to hear how it went!

Thank you for the information Onmica. How did your consult go today? Did I you get your surgery date? I just got an email saying that the lab requests are in and to get them done. Luckily I don't have to get on BC as my husband had a vasectomy last year. My Options classes are done June 15 and I would love to have the surgery by the July 15 - pretty sure that's going to be impossible. I teach and have to go back to work August 15. I don't want to miss the start of the school year. But I'll go wherever I can the surgery done the soonest. I'll be so happy if I can get sleeved by August 1. I meant, "Did YOU get your surgery date?"

Onmica, how long was the wait from when you completed Options to get your surgery consult appointment? I finish classes on June 15. I would love to get surgery by August 1 at West La but I don't think that's happening with all the wait times. Good luck at your appointment this week!

I've been following this thread for a few weeks now. I hope your surgery went well yesterday, almond_jay. I'm half way through my Options classes and hope to sleeved in August. Thank you for sharing your experiences.

Thank you to TheAntiChick for posting these questions and to everyone else for heir replies. I too am in the PreOp phase. I am taking the Options courses through Kaiser and I am seeing a therapist to deal with my enotional eating issues and generalized anxiety. I haven't decided yet for sure whether or not I want to go ahead with the surgery but this post and the replies are very helpful. Just wanted to say Thank you to everyone.