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Thank you for sharing. I had the sleeve on 1/15 and I am 27 pounds down, but that’s including the pre-op diet I started 1/1. I also feel like my loss is on the slower side, so you are not alone. My surgeon and nutritionist seem to think it’s ok. I started out with a BMI under 40, and I have heard that sometimes you lose slower if you have ‘less’ to lose. Not sure how true that is. Either way, the important thing is that the weight is coming off! As opposed to if we had not made any changes, it would have be the same old story, or maybe we would have even gained a few pounds! Keep up the good work everyone, and don’t stop!

I am just under two weeks post gastric sleeve. I am 20 pounds down from January 1, when I started the pre-op diet. However, most of the weight I’ve lost was pre-op. I’ve lost maybe 7-8 pounds in the two weeks since the surgery. Is this normal? I need to stop weighing myself every day. I’m following the diet, but I just had an idea that I should have been losing more by now. I have heard mixed things. Probably shouldn’t be comparing. Any thoughts/input would be helpful. Trying to stay as motivated as possible. Thanks!!

Thanks everyone! Perhaps my expectations were a bit off. I know people who have had different experiences. I guess as long as I’m consistently going in the right direction, that’s what counts! 😃

I was just going to post something similar. I had my surgery almost two weeks ago, and I haven't lost as much as I thought. Still on the liquid diet for another couple of days. More of the weight I've lost is from the 2 week pre-op diet. I'm 20 pounds lighter than January 1st when I started the liquid diet, but about 13 of those pounds were before surgery. I was told this is normal, and to stay away from the scale. Keep doing what you need to do and eventually the weight will start dropping off. Stay encouraged! I am trying to do the same!

Yay! I’m so glad to have found this. I just had my sleeve done two days ago! It was not at all what I expected but I’m excited

I just had my sleeve on Thursday1/14! Came home the next day, yesterday afternoon. When I woke up from anesthesia I was like OMG what have I done?! Now that I’m home I’m feeling much better!!

January 15! Started my pre-op diet today!

My surgery is scheduled for 1/14! Starting my pre-op 2 week diet today. I’m not sure how I feel. I’m excited but nervous. I am hoping the next 2 weeks are not super miserable 🤪 but I’m reminding myself it will all be worth it!

Hi everyone! I realize I never updated this post. I did the in-home sleep study (basically wore a machine to sleep). When I went to follow up with the doctor, he said it was what he would consider negative for sleep apnea. But, on paper, it was borderline; like an extremely mild case of sleep apnea. That was all I needed to hear! I faxed that report to the surgeon, and apparently it was enough for the insurance to approve me ! My surgery is coming up on January 14!! There were a few obstacles, and I did get discouraged a few times. The coordinator at the surgeon’s office was giving me a hard time about accepting the previous weights from the primary doctor, but I was persistent. I also kept praying that if it was meant to happen, it would - And now it’s happening! If it were not for those first 3 weights, I would have had to wait at least another 3 months. My insurance requires 6 months of a supervised weight loss program. In summary, my insurance DID approve it at a BMI of 38 and 1 comordbidity. Don’t give up if you run into challenges with the insurance and things like that. Keep pushing and don’t be discouraged. Good luck to everyone!

Hello everyone! New here. I’m hoping to get some helpful advice. I personally have been struggling with my weight a lot of my adult life, but most seriously in the last 9-10 years since the birth of my youngest. Current weight is about 230 and height is 5’5. (Although I realize my primary doctor has me in the computer as 5’6). That puts my current BMI at 37-38. I am seriously considering the gastric sleeve. I narrowed my initial research down to 2 surgeons. I live in the NYC area but am looking to have the surgery near Nassau county, Long Island. My insurance is Emblem Health/HIP for employees of the City of NY. The obstacle I foresee is that I don’t know if I have qualifying co-morbidities, as far as the insurance is concerned. I had a physical in June, and per my bloodwork, I have high triglycerides, slightly high cholesterol, and am pre-diabetic. I called the first surgeons office and the receptionist asked for my height and weight. Then she asked for any co-morbidities, and I mentioned the pre-diabetes. She shut me down right away and said that’s not enough, I would have to be diabetic and on medication. I mentioned to her that I am having an at home sleep study next week, she said to call back after I get those results. She didn’t even ask me what my insurance was, so I suppose this just the surgeons requirements. Anyone have any idea about whether the high cholesterol/triglycerides would count as a co-morbidity for insurance approval? Or is the possible sleep apnea the only other thing that might qualify me at this point? I was going to call the other surgeon I was considering, but this discouraged me a bit. If I am to do the surgery, I would love to do it sometime in the near future. I will be working from home for awhile due to COVID, so being able to do the next 6 months or so would be ideal. I also had an EKG done this summer, which came out OK, and I have recorded weights from doctors’ offices for June, July, and August. I think my insurance requires 6 months worth of documented weights. Thanks in advance for any insight/advice.

Thanks everyone! I did the sleep study at home last night. God knows if I did it right, that was interesting! Going to see how that goes first. Let’s see what happens!

Thanks everyone. I believe my insurance only requires one Co-morbidity. Let’s see what the sleep study says. Doing a home one should be interesting. I wonder how accurate they are. Stay tuned!