TwinkleToes87

What’s the best insurance to have when you’re interested in having Bariatric surgery covered by insurance?

Hello! I’m just reaching out to ask if anyone had worsening of their AHI after gastric sleeve. Mine has gone up at least 3 points since surgery and I’m 10 weeks out. My throat is a little soar all the time now too. Has anyone found a good thing to help this? Thank you!

Has anyone experienced weight gain three weeks post op? To preface, I do have hypothyroidism and PCOS. I was down to 227 and I’ve been 230 for a week now. And the scale has not budged 😅 even after introducing more movement this week. I’m hitting all my protein and liquid goals as well. I’m intaking about 600-1000 calories a day. Has anyone else experienced this and does it get better?

Thanks so much @bypasstofreedom! This is so similar to me!! Good to know it’s temporary 😅

Thanks so much @learn2cook! That’s really helpful.

According to my post of instructions, we weren’t allowed to eat regular foods until 8 weeks post op. Maybe try to go back on pureed/soft. Then once you get to 8 weeks introduce regular food.

Thank you so much! Glad that it’s temporary too! :)

I'm 7 days post op and after I drink or even just randomly I get this very painful wave of stomach pangs that feels like my stomach is in spasm. Is this normal for people to experience? Has anyone found anything that helps?

Congratulations!!

I was June 5th!

Hello all! I am so upset at myself. I’ve been on my pre-op diet with no slip ups or cheats. I lost 9 pounds in 7 days. I’m now 3 days away from surgery and last night was my last day for allowed solids (eggs, protein bars etc) and I had two scoops of icecream. Immediately after I started to panic. I’ve been working hard and waiting for this surgery for so long. I am so scared I ruined my liver. I’m scared they will cancel my surgery. I immediately drank so much water and felt sick. I took my metformin too that I have for Pcos. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Will this ruin my surgery? I’m definitely not going to do this again. I can’t believe I made this mistake.

Thank you so much @NickelChip for your great insight and information. It’s super helpful and calmed me down a lot. You are absolutely right and it’s something I need to think about and not set myself up for failure by being too restrictive. I was thinking because it’s my last opportunity for solids it would be my last chance to eat that because I had planned to not eat sugar again after surgery. Not an excuse, but I was hungry from missing my shakes due to working also. I wasn’t thinking right at all and regretted it immediately. It definitely opened my eyes to how my brain tries to justify eating something like that. I know I should not look at it as a loss of the foods I used to enjoy. Thank you again for sharing such wise and thoughtful insights. ❤️

Thank you so much for letting me know about your experience. I feel a lot better knowing I can still get my surgery with one slip up. I’m definitely sticking with it so I do not sabotage my chance at a better life. ❤️ thank you for giving me hope.

Same here! I had gotten a light period during my preop diet. I have PCOS and hardly ever get one.

I hear that exercise helps with sleep!

Aww thank you for the encouragement!! I wish you all the best in July! 😊😊😊

I’m sorry you’re having some issues with the egg salad :( do you think you now have aversion to eggs?

Congratulations!!! I’m so happy you’re doing well and hope you continue to make the best choices for you! Keep it up!

I finally got my date and will be sleeved on June 5!!! I’m so excited and happy to have my date. I feel like finally I’ll be healthy one day. I’m on the pre-op diet plan of protein shakes and a bar. It’s pretty rough because I feel tempted to eat normal food but I’m keeping my eye on the prize! Is anyone else preparing now?

I am literally a previous band patient and going to be sleeved soon! I’ll let you know. I’m curious if anyone else here is further along.

Has anyone done a low calorie diet and not lost weight, but had success losing all the weight with VSG? I’m curious how it works if eating low calorie didn’t work out. Even though I’m getting VSG, I’m scared it won’t work since I have not lost weight with the low calorie diet.

I went for surgery clearance and my cpap report was at 67% 4hrs+ every night for 30 days. They said I need to be at 70% to be cleared for surgery. Does anyone know why this is? I do wear it consistently but do not sleep very well. I have mild sleep apnea and this seems so trivial to me to keep me from surgery. Can anyone explain their reasoning? Thank you!

I’ve been going back and forth and have decided to go with the sleeve because it’s covered by insurance and the procedure I had wanted, the sadi-s would cost me $20,000 because of my BMI. I hope this is the right choice.

The reason my surgeon wants me to get the sleeve is because of the medicine I need to be on with ms. Otherwise I wanted to get the SADI!

I felt so much better after removal!! Could eat without throwing up. But takes a little to heal.