brighterDaze

I cried everyday for 5 days about this. We literally have the same story (and the same surgery date), except you definitely get more Water than I do. Yesterday, I decided to stop fretting about it for at least another couple of weeks and keep doing what I'm doing and see what happens. It's hard to not see a loss after only 1 week (I haven't lost an ounce in 11 days now), but that scale HAS to move sometime....it HAS to. I was eating more and losing faster before surgery so I know this is not all there is to the surgery. Keep the faith.

Hey that sounds like enough to me! 72 oz!. How much are you trying to drink?

Me 3. 10 days.

Deleted. I'm just venting. I'm so frustrated.

Hey!!! We had surgery on the same day! My name is Nikki. I had tuna salad yesterday and I LOOOOOOVED it! LOL. I'm going to eat more for lunch today, but I'm struggling with the balance of it all still. I plan a days meals and never can stick to it, but it's getting better for me. Maybe a soft cheese omelet for dinner tonight.

I didn't have a BM until 6 days after surgery. I still don't have a BM for 3 days at a time.

Thanks so much for taking the time to reply. I try not to give myself too much time to wallow in my sadness. I thought better of it after I posted and saw there are others going through what I'm going through right now. I know I have so much to be grateful for. I'm going to focus on the positive.

I work for a hospital system. I began my 6 month requirement for Aetna while working with a surgeon (#1) that's associated with my hospital system. The reviews for him say he's an excellent surgeon but a major a*hole and very unkind and unforgiving. As of January 1, another surgeon (#2) who everyone really loves in my area showed up as covered on my plan so I have filed my paperwork through Aetna through her office once I completed my 6 month requirements. My delimma is this...I was told by the patient advocate that typically at surgeon #2's office that Aetna typically only approves for their office to do RNYs on employees at my company. My guess is this is because my hospital is affliated with surgeon #1 who used to do RNYs, but now only does lapbands and VSGs. The patient advocate has asked me to give her until Friday to determine whether my insurance will actually cover all of the cost of the sleeve. I'm thinking of going ahead and fiing with surgeon #1's office to see if this surgeon can get approval for the sleeve. It's in my policy that it's covered. Does anyone think this could cause a conflict with me being approved if office #2 gets the green light while I'm working with office #1? I've waited so long and office #2 has been working on my paperwork for over a week now. I've been hoping to have this done in April. Am I doing too much?