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I was just sleeved a few days ago. I have horizon bcbs of NJ. They required the usual 6 month weigh in and safety pre-op stuff but approval was very fast. It took my doctors staff almost a month to compile the paper work to send to them!!! Once they got it, it was fully approved in 48 hours. Know what you need from your coverage, make sure everything is sent over together and hopefully they will approve quickly too! Good luck

Good luck! I was just sleeved Friday and finally starting to feel good. This board has been a life saver for me- gave me real expectations and helped me when I thought I was alone. Welcome to the club! Do you have a surgeon yet? I used Dr Bessler at Columbia-Pres. The hospital stay was not the best but he is an excellent doc. I know some folks who got approval on GHI in the first shot, hopefully you will too

I am crossing everything for that one!!! I think once I let some of this out, I won't feel so damn sea sick! Im glad you seem to be doing so well -Allison

Thank you @Half-Tum That makes me feel so much better. I know we just had major surgery and I didn't expect it to be a walk in the park...the dry heaves and nausea seem to be the icing on my "cake" today. I am glad to hear you are feeling so much better and am hopefully to tell you in a few days I am right there with you Keep up the good fight!

Sleeved 7/28 and slowly feeling more human man, I woke up in the PACU so nauseous and it lasted until last night. Thankfully as I was able to keep things down it started to feel a bit better. Oddly, I woke up today feeling like I had a hangover. I am sooo looking forward to having a BM soon, I think it's adding to my nausea. I am going to take MoM this morning (doc said MoM 2x a day to help with passing #2 - after a few days of not going). I slowly feeling more human but not there yet... Hope you all are doing great!

I was just sleeved Friday (7/28). I am having a rough go of it so far. Thankfully after 2 days of heavy nausea it seems to have subsided a bit and I am starting to hold down water and my protein shake. I feel week, keep getting nose bleeds, have a bad headache and my BP is out of wack. I am thankful the incisions and surgery pain are very mild. I seem to feel better when I get up and walk a bit but I really don't have all that much stamina. Hoping to turn the corner in the next few days.

Sleeved yesterday....feeling OK, despite the waves of awful nausea. It's so bad, I hope it slowly gets better!

Was sleeved today (this morning) and can't wait to start feeling better. I haven't been able to start sipping water yet because I have been soooooo nauseas all day. I hope that goes away soon. I keep dry heaving which is killing my stomach, thankfully there is nothing there Other than that, looks like all went well. Was up and walking 2 hours post surgery. Anyone else have horrible nausea? -allison

This is so true and these words are so very needed today for me! Thank you thank you thank you! I hope you keep waking up feeling better and better....

Hey fellow July sleevers, I get to join this elite crew in two more days. I am getting sleeved Friday. I have been pretty excited and just ready to start this journey for a while, until yesterday. I am starting to freak out a bit - woke up in a panic last night and today have been crying at the drop of a hat. I hope it will pass quickly and next week, I can share an update that "I DID IT" and its all good! Hope you all are doing great!

@hmills653 Thank you for sharing that, it helps me not feel like I am totally insane - because I would be surprised if I don't do the same exact thing. I don't know if its all the lead up, the pre-op diet or just the fact that I am starving and exhausted but I am doubting myself and feeling weak. My cousin passed away this week, and we just got back from the wake and all I want to do is literally eat everything in the house. I am looking forward to the other side of surgery!

@TheUnrealJohn THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I am really having some last minute anxiety. I hope I am as lucky as you and have some caring people who will make me feel sane and normal tomorrow. Its nice to know that I have people here too that can help get me through the rough days too.

Thank you for your story and motivation. Its nice to know that you don't have to feel totally like an alien when this is all over. I worry that I will feel so different, which I am hoping to shed, since my excess weight always seems to make me feel so different too! I am glad you are doing well! I just got the call that I have to be there at 530 AM tomorrow, I am thankful that I won't have to wait too long in the day. I asked if I could take a xanax when the nurse called, she laughed and said - you wouldn't be the first and won't be the last. Thanks for the advice!

@BubbleSam So very well said! I am sorry that you too had to deal with the negative comments. Its hard enough for us to make this decision and to have people actively trying to sabotage our plans is unthinkable! Your post made me laugh, although I haven't told my mom yet that I am having surgery - you nailed her to a tee. Everytime I try to "diet" it seems that her food choices, the food she stocks the house with and what she makes for dinner gets worse. Like its an actual challenge! She is Italian and she cooks when she is happy, sad, mad you name it, she cooks for it. Its funny to see when the "food is love" turns into the "food is control". Best of luck on your journey! You seem to have this well under control

...haha, I will doing a happy dance! LOL

@berry78 ...you will never be invisible if you don't want to be! Personally, I have made an art of becoming invisible to cope with my unhappy feelings about myself. I found that I used to eat to numb the unhappiness and try every which way to distract attention from myself in the hopes that people didnt notice how unhappy or heavy I was. Its still the same me as I am sure its the same you. 69 lbs is AMAZING. Y-O-U are doing that. But you are right, I think as we add weight on society doesn't see us, friends don't really see us family even sometimes starts to pay less attention. We are still us...all the good, all the not so good...and less french fries

...I am not sure how I will take people's "compliments" either. I am still the same person, whether I am carrying 100, 50, or 10 "extra" pounds. I am still the same person who when you call - runs to help, when you need to vent - is here to listen and when you just want to laugh- I am right there with you. Does making me less fat make me less me? F*&K NO!

O M G....I literally just can't even!!!!

I agree, its nice to know we aren't alone! Good luck on your journey

Me too...the closer I get the more nervous - which is probably normal. The old me is looking for excuses, I am not giving any. Good luck Monday- I am sure we will both rock this...

THIS....ALL OF THIS! These words help more than you know!

You nailed it...I am getting pretty good at telling people to STFU these days. One hand, I think its the pre-op diet other hand, I think its just the new me. I am not taking this step lightly and I am not doing it for a quick an magical fix - I am however, doing it for myself and my family. As far as my MIL, thankfully she doesn't live close and we don't see her often. My husband basically told her if she isnt going to support my journey - she is not welcome on it. I'm thankful to have a good guy by my side. I did put a complaint in to the HR department, as I sat and thought about it for a few days I only got madder. I don't want anyone to lose their job but someone in that field should understand words/actions have consequences...

Thank you! I am really trying to keep it positive, this is the first time I really found myself doubting. Part of it is the end of the pre-op diet, I have no energy, I keep crying and I am exhausted. I was making my two year old breakfast this AM and started crying because I had a thought that I may never eat that much food again (although in reality that will probably be the same food portion I can eat in a few months haha). I pulled myself together and now feel better. Reading all these stories of happiness and change and I am hopeful. Thank you for the support

Thank you for this, I really needed to hear it today. My surgery is Friday and I woke up last night crying. I was in sheer panic and started to doubt myself for the first time. I was sobbing so loud it woke up my husband, who initially was against me getting this done. He held my hand and reminded me all of the reasons why I need to do this for me. We have a 2 and 3 year old and I really want to be here for them as long as I can. Nothing is guaranteed in this world, but I do know if I stay on the path I am now - I will not be here long enough or be a healthy, happy person for them to see. Good luck with your journey, I hope come Friday afternoon when I wake up in recovery I am in the same place you are! -Allison

hahaha!