LovefromAZ

March 7th for me too. Pending approval of insurance.

I am so happy to hear that you are doing everything possible to be able to get where you need to be.

Thank you for responding to me. I have had a busy weekend. I just took my Christmas tree down. Today my husband was home and we went to get some recliners so he can be able to keep me company the first week after surgery. All my kids actually woke up this morning with NOTHING TO DO. So we got to work and cleaned up my whole right side of my house. Tomorrow is going to be the left side of the house. But let me tell you my knee cap is so swollen now. My knee and just the month of February are trying to sabotage my good mood. I have been reading so many of the posts and I am impressed how no question is left unanswered regardless of the topic. I really do appreciate your offer to answer questions. I am so tired I just can’t think of one. So 70+ years young and still fighting.... I have told so many people that my health would not allow me to see a day over 47, but now the surgery has given me hope these past few months, BUT YOU ARE MY ULTIMATE FINAL PROOF THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!! THANK YOU so much again for responding, this means so much to me.

I have UHC and the main thing to focus on is that your first appointment weight CAN NOT be less than your last. That is the way they make you start over. So my first appointment I was 309 now at 6th month I am at 282. Because my doctor told me out rocks in your pocket of you have to, but make sure you do not weigh more on the 6th month than when you started. I don't have Tips I just started being more aware of my good choices as I realised I was not going to wake up SEXY AND THIN after the surgery I began to take this surgery as a TOOL not the ANSWER to my weight loss. Took me over a year and a half to get to where I am emotionally. I am glad I waited and understood I HAVE TO CHANGE MY CHOICES IN MY LIFE! My knees are bad, and I just can't live like this anymore. So just start being accountable for what you are eating and what you are not doing that has got you to the point that you need to have a surgery to improve your health. That is what i did. So choice stairs or elevator. Tortilla or lettuce leaf to wrap your taco, actually does help in the long run too. Hope this helped. I no longer struggle as much with food choices. I have to come to grips with binging when sad. Which my children have now began to help me by making me meet them at the store in the day time. With inclusion from them and actually them really helping with my I NEVER WANT TO LEAVE MY HOUSE, time in My life. I have to deal with my anxieties. So I have less time to think of my childhood or give any of the bad times in my life a second thought. If you consider not stocking your cabinets with bad foods then that makes it harder to eat them. I ask myself am I hungry or bored? Am I sad or hungry? Am I mad or hungry? I also became vegan 6 months ago for the sake of animals. I think that had helped some too. I am not saying you must go vegan, I am saying vegetarian is a great way to start changing your habits. I downloaded an app for bullet journaling and that has a tracker of how I felt everyday. I noticed a few patterns and made less time for those moments. I am not running from my past. I just have never recieved the closure needed because those that hurt me don't care or realize that they did anything wrong. I am okay with most, I just pushed them all out of my life because they brough my self pity and anger out all the time. This is way to long and probably will not be received as a "these things helped me" I am really trying to help. Sent from my LGMS631 using BariatricPal mobile app

Hello everyone. I finally found a social media site that has given me piece of mind. I don't have many friends so 0 support on Facebook. My kids are all so happy for me and they are each helping me with diffrent goals. My surgery date is March 7th if I get approved by my insurance. I have a Narcissistic receptionist that submits the documentation to insurance at my doctors office. Everything was done there weeks ago and she still has not submitted my paperwork. Which is very frustrating to me. I would love to get to know as many that are getting the surgery so I can have people to talk to. I am vegan and struggle with several issues so working on those now. I have had a hell of a month I fell and ripped my menicus in my right knee. The medicine that the emergency room have me messed my stomach up so bad that I constantly feel nauseous, which led to my pregnancy scare yesterday. I am not pregnant but seems my husband has super sperm because I have came out pregnant twice before 28th a IUD. I thought one of those little suckers got past it, AGAIN! So more sex for me til after my surgery. Lol With all supplements out there I have yet to buy any. I have not been able to eat a decent meal for about a week and a half so I am losing weight which is starting to worry me because I am not in vitamins and have lost 10 lbs in a week. My stomach is just not having it though. The weird thing is that my daughter brought it up to me that I am intuned with my body because this sounds like if my body is already trying to do the liquid diet. I don't know. Well I am on and off so I hope to become friends with as many as possible. Sent from my LGMS631 using BariatricPal mobile app