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Congrats on your decision, now research clinics, get feedback from this sight, and mentally prepare!

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Find out your insurance companies requirements....unless you are self pay. Mine required 6 months of nutritionist. Good luck!!

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Mine would be covered, but I will call and see what they require. Anything else I have to do? I have been thinking about this and talking and researching this for 2 yrs. My husband and I have been wanting and trying for a baby for 5 yrs and have not been able to. We have 1 daughter and she wants a brother or sister so bad. I found out in 07 that I have diabetes and in 12 found out about my thyroid. 3 yrs ago I was in a car accident and have had 3 neck surgeries and now I am disabled and cant do very much. So the pounds keep packing on. Sense I was 18 I have been bigger and now at 32 its time for some changes big ones. Good luck with your recovery!

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Thanks. Things are going well so far (about 15 pounds down since pre op diet). I just started by attending a seminar, calling my insurance company, and contacting the surgeon. I was clueless, but the surgeons office was great in guiding me. They told me exactly what to do and when. They even made appointments for me (and there were a bunch)! I had to see a phsycologist once, a pulmonologist and do a sleep study (ended up having severe sleep apnea), lots of blood work, cardiologist for stress test and EKG, and of course a nutritionist each month. I tell everyone if it ends in "ist" I have been there....lol! It seems like a bunch, but it went by quick and was worth it. I also read a lot about the surgery. I was 100% sure this is what I wanted (until pre op jitters). Of course I questioned it right before and right after surgery, but that passed. I wish you the best of luck!! :-)

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These "boards" are very helpful.. The people who have went before us are very smart and knowledgeable. Good luck.

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    • Theweightisover2024🙌💪

      Question for anyone, how did you get your mind right before surgery? Like as far as eating better foods and just doing better in general? I'm having a really hard time with this. Any help is appreciated 🙏❤️
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      1. NickelChip

        I had about 6 months between deciding to do surgery and getting scheduled. I came across the book The Pound of Cure by Dr. Matthew Weiner, a bariatric surgeon in Arizona, and started to implement some of the changes he recommended (and lost 13 lbs in the process without ever feeling deprived). The book is very simple, and the focus is on whole, plant based foods, but within reason. It's not an all or nothing approach, or going vegan or something, but focuses on improvement and aiming for getting it right 80-90% of the time. His suggestions are divided into 12 sections that you can tackle over time, perhaps one per month for a year if a person is just trying to improve nutrition and build good habits. They range from things like cutting out artificial sweetener or eating more beans to eating a pound of vegetables per day. I found it really effective pre-surgery and it's an eating style I will be working to get back to as I am further out from surgery and have more capacity. Small changes you can sustain will do the most for building good habits for life.

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        That sounds awesome. I'll have to check that out thanks!

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      I've hit a stall 9 months out. I'm not worried, though. My fitness levels continue to improve and I have nearly accomplished my pre-surgery goal of learning to scuba dive! One dive left to complete to get my PADI card 🐠
      I was able to go for a 10K/6mile hike in the mountains two days ago just for the fun of it. In the before days, I might have attempted this, but it would have taken me 7 or 8 hours to complete and I would have been exhausted and in pain for the next two days. Taking my time with breaks for snacks and water, I was finished with my wee jaunt in only 4 hours 😎 and really got to enjoy photographing some insects, fungi, and turtles.
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      Hi everyone, I wrote back in May about having no strength. I still get totally exhausted just walking from room to room, it’s so bad I’m using a walker with wheels of all things. I had the gastric sleeve Jan. 24th. I’m doing exactly what the programs says, except protein shakes. I have different meats and protein bars daily, including vitamins daily. I do drink my fluids as well.  I go in for IV hydration 4 days a week and feel ok just til evening.  So far as of Jan 1st I’ve dropped 76 lbs. I just want to enjoy the weight lose. Any suggestions or has anyone else gone thru this??  Doctor says just increase calorie intake, still the same. 
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