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Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App Thank you !! This is great to remember & read. Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

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Yes I also have about 3 months surgery should be around end of October / November. I try to stay positive also reading everyone's post about being done with the surgery helps the anxiety. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Please let me know what Vitamins did everyone start taking before surgery. I should be having surgery in October / November & would like to start now. My doctor recommended a women's Vitamin only, he said everything else is not really needed but I know other take more and it's been helpful. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Thanks I'm about 3 months out so I'm trying to prepare I'm also thinking of Biotin Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I've been overweight for the last 10 years after the birth of my daughter the weight just kept coming on but I've always been healthy, able to walk the whole Central Park , run be active etc. this past spring I got a hernia, varicose veins getting worse , acid reflux all these are signs that my body is no longer tolerating the weight. I always saw surgery as the easy way out but after researching Vsg I changed my mind & chose it for myself Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

First appt consultation today. cigna access plus insurance required 90 day supervised visits my doctor scheduled me for all appt's at once finishing up in October , looking at a late October / early November date if all goes well excited & scared ! I did find interesting my doctor says he is strict about chewing very slow but not so much on limiting food, he says by week 3 he allows white meat. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Congrats & good luck Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I have a copper IUD i like the hormone free & my periods are shorter not longer like others. I had the nexplanon I'm my arm worst thing ever!!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I had a "best friend" like this now she is someone I catch up with every now & then. It's not her job to put you down especially without a lack of information if she was that invested she would do some research & this coming from a person who thought the same about people who had WLS surgery lazy , easy way out etc. I tried & tried lost & gained finally I did some research & it's definitely not the easy way out. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I used to live in the New York city but now moved to the suburbs in Pennsylvania where there's a lot less "fat moms" or maybe less different people, maybe more critical people. My daughter also getting older and I'm becoming more conscious of being the fat mom it does suck Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

"The fat mom" this is one of the biggest reasoning I'm doing this. I have a 6 & 12 year old I don't want to be the fat mom. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Wow right around the corner !! Congrats & good luck Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I just started this journey & have my first appt in 2 weeks. I also go back and forth thinking I can do this alone, it seems easier than surgery. The thought of surgery scares me but then I think of the last 13 years I gained prob around 80-100 pounds I've tried gyms, diets, crash diets nothing has worked. I lose & gain double One of my coworkers who was so depressed & struggled so much with her weight had it & it has made me consider it. I've seen other people get wls but something about how happy she looked made me consider it now I'm pushing myself even with fear. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Congrats !! great to hear for us newbies Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I was wondering the same. Hope all is week keep us updated Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

You look so young !! It seems you are from the new picture but the weight made you look older Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App Depends on what you consider young! I'm 34...thank you! I'm 31 so I think we're young lol but you look like you're in you're twenties. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I get it I think even adults sometimes are kids forever to their parents. I lost my mom @21 but I have an aunt who is very close to me like a 2nd mother and I'm not telling her I don't want to hear what she has to say it might just give me anxiety & make me nervous. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

You look so young !! It seems you are from the new picture but the weight made you look older Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

You look amazing ! It seems like this was your weight forever Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I have a 6 year & 12 year old I don't know if or how to discuss it. I think the 6 year old is too small & the 12 year old might freak and obsess about me going into surgery. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Dub! Awesome pic! You look years younger probably feel it too Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Good luck ! Keep us posted Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Home already wow !! Well congrats!!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Thanks for the update. I hate people are more inclined to only post or update the negative stuff especially for us pre-op to hear "normal " less complicate stories is so helpful. Keep us updated on the journey thanks Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App