AudreyDarling

Best luck to you!!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I had a written test with ALOT of questions, and also a small meeting with the psych doctor! The questions were fairly simple and I was just really honest with myself and the dr. He asked easy questions trying to find out if I was seeking surgery for the right reason, and real expectations. I have anxiety and depression as well and was worried, but it was all okay. Best wishes to you! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Any of you had dr Weiss, care to share your experience?! Thank you in advance. He is in Lexington ky now and I'm waiting for insurance approval to be sleeved by him! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Congrats! I'm waiting on insurance also!! No surgery date yet! For some reason I've been filled with so much doubt since finishing my preop diet! Good luck everyone! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Sheesh what a long hard journey this is!! I have a very good friend who had lap band and every single little thing I say gets compared to her story! For example today...I say I finish my 3 month pre op diet tomorrow, and I called my dr and it sounds like I still have a long road ahead of me, waiting for insurance approval, waiting for a dr appt, then preop diet and surgery date, she instantly fires back well I had a 6 month diet, and a 4 week pre op diet! It's just like sheesh let me vent just a second about how I am so ready for surgery! She constantly says snide comments about how I could never be a size 10 (I'm a size 22) or how I'll lose the weight and gain it all back that's why lap band is better! Ugh! Ya know?! I love her so much but she made her decision, now I am getting to make mine! Thank you so letting me vent lol Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I'm feeling the same way! I'm waiting to be submitted to insurance I've completed all my requirements, now I'm nervous! I'm scared the insurance won't approve of me and my negative thoughts I think are trying to prepare me for the worst. So if insurance says no I can be like "well I wasn't 100 percent sure this was for me anyway" Best luck to you!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I'm supposed to be eating only 90 carbs a day! And atleast 100 grams of protein! I'm struggling to keep my carbs under control!!! Any tips?! Thank you in advance! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I'm not married Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I'm from ky too!!!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I finished my 3 month diet today!!! So all my information has been faxed to my surgeon to be sent in for insurance approval!!! I am so excited and yet also terrified!!! Pretty much my worse nightmare this whole time would be my insurance denying me!! I meet all there criteria bmi over 40 and I am pre diabetic. Just knowing they could be like " nope not doing it" is so scary!!! About how long did it take for most of you to find out? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I've heard of Drs doing it before. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

All my bras are barely holding on by a string by I'm waiting on approval from insurance company. So I've not wanted to buy any clothes because I won't need them long! (Trying to keep up hope I'll be approved) my little sister (21 and the size of a string bean) always is like omg you need new bras and I'm like NO I'll buy bras when I'm smaller! Lol Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Thank you all so much!!! I love this app so much. I can always hop on and feel so much better!!! I'm a single mom and 270 lbs and I can't wait to play with my baby outside and not lose my breathe!!! That's what my goal is! No one else should matter! Thank you all again!!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

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This is my last two weeks before I submit to insurance before approval, it's been a long hard 3 month diet (hats off to everyone who has to do 6 month or more). I have pcos which makes it hard to lose weight, hence why I am having WLS. So I've been very strictly for 3 months sticking to my 90 carb and 100 grams of Protein diet I walk 2 miles atleast 5 days a week I attend a hour hip hop case once a week and Water cardio every Saturday. So today I go to put my jeans on and I can barely get them buttoned. In reality I know it's most likely the pcos preventing me from losing, I'm terrified that I will be unsuccessful even with surgery. Is it possible some people can't lose weight at all?! I'm so upset!!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I had to have my pcp review my labs and history and sign a sheet saying he thought I was a candidate for surgery. My pcp was giving me hassle also, only wanting to make my diet appointments every other month, extending my 3 month diet by 2 extra months! So I looked into new pcp, switched to her and I have been much happier. This is my last month pre op diet then I submit to insurance! Best of luck To you! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hello All! I am the oldest of 4 girls and the only one that is obese, with my later onset of pcos and being undiagnosed I really piled the pounds on quickly! My youngest sister (21 probably a size 4-6) goes between living with me and my next sister down. She has really bad eating habits and it's easy for me to follow along. When I started this journey she had moved away, well yesterday she moved back and I had to drop the bomb that I would be having vsg and I feel like she instantly judged me and thought I was taking the easy way out. This is the first family member I have got a negative reaction from, and it freaked me out. I was so excited and proud of myself, for making this call to better myself and now I'm doubting everything!!! Any advice?! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I was reading through my information today and saw that my dr only requires liquid diet the two days before, and just to continue the high Protein low carb up until surgery. I had a friend who had lap Band and her dr requires 4 weeks liquid diet!! What's the difference and does anyone else's dr only require two day liquids? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

That's what mine is except it 2 days liquid prior to surgery. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hello everyone!? Anyone else here have pcos? That's the number 1 reason why I'm having surgery I've been on a 3 month pre op diet high Protein low carb and I've only lost 1 lb. I walk 2 miles a night and attend two hip hop dance classes a week. losing weight is nearly impossible for me. Anyone have pcos and had a success story with the sleeve? Nervous this won't work Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Congrats! Good luck! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Thank you so much! I'll Have to find the board! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Thank you so much for sharing with me! I crave carbs so bad, I wasn't diagnosed pcos at 24 when I gained 100 lbs during pregnancy. They've done everything for me, started me on metformin everyone kept on you lose so much weight, 3 months later I had gained 30 lbs. It amazes me how fast the weight can pile on with pcos. Good luck with your journey!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Thank you for sharing your story with me!!! I've been the same way can't get off more than a few lbs and then when I see friends or other people lose. Large amount I get discouraged. I'm hoping surgery can completely change my life. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App