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I was all set to have my surgery happen on April 13th with pre-operative testing on the 11th. I got up yesterday and went to the gym. (Had I been doing this all along, there would be no surgery! :rolleyes:) When I got home I had a message from the surgeon's office asking if I wanted to get this done on Wednesday the 30th. Holy Cow! Yes!!! So, a frantic day on the road yesterday took me to Atlanta and jumping through various hoops to get all the testing and permissions done.

Tomorrow morning, waaaay earlier than my wife would like, we are hitting the road to Atlanta again. We have to be there for 8:30 and surgery a couple of hours after that. Hopefully just one night stay over and then back home to start sipping whatever I have to sip for the next few weeks.

This is moving quickly, but I think I prefer that!

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Congrats....this is definately a quick turnaround. Submitted to Insurance on Thursday. Approved on Friday and schedule for Wednesday. Not fair that you only have a 2 day liquid diet and I had to suffer a full week. But you will soon be enjoying the effects of losing weight. We will keep everyone posted.

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How wonderful for you! I bet you are very busy today! Good luck to you!

I was all set to have my surgery happen on April 13th with pre-operative testing on the 11th. I got up yesterday and went to the gym. (Had I been doing this all along, there would be no surgery! :rolleyes:) When I got home I had a message from the surgeon's office asking if I wanted to get this done on Wednesday the 30th. Holy Cow! Yes!!! So, a frantic day on the road yesterday took me to Atlanta and jumping through various hoops to get all the testing and permissions done.

Tomorrow morning, waaaay earlier than my wife would like, we are hitting the road to Atlanta again. We have to be there for 8:30 and surgery a couple of hours after that. Hopefully just one night stay over and then back home to start sipping whatever I have to sip for the next few weeks.

This is moving quickly, but I think I prefer that!

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Best wishes!

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Best wishes. At least you didn't have a lot of time to get worked up about it. He he!

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I was all set to have my surgery happen on April 13th with pre-operative testing on the 11th. I got up yesterday and went to the gym. (Had I been doing this all along, there would be no surgery! :rolleyes:) When I got home I had a message from the surgeon's office asking if I wanted to get this done on Wednesday the 30th. Holy Cow! Yes!!! So, a frantic day on the road yesterday took me to Atlanta and jumping through various hoops to get all the testing and permissions done.

Tomorrow morning, waaaay earlier than my wife would like, we are hitting the road to Atlanta again. We have to be there for 8:30 and surgery a couple of hours after that. Hopefully just one night stay over and then back home to start sipping whatever I have to sip for the next few weeks.

This is moving quickly, but I think I prefer that!

I'm jealous! Because it happened like this for you, you don't have to work up that fear for the next two weeks. You just have to ride the tide and go with the flow. Good luck to you!

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I'm jealous! Because it happened like this for you, you don't have to work up that fear for the next two weeks. You just have to ride the tide and go with the flow. Good luck to you!

Trust me, there has been enough doubt in this single date to last two weeks! Gotta go, Jello beckons.

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Surgery went well for Chris. I am making him walk the halls already. Leak test early tomorrow then hopefully can start liquids and then hope to leave by late afternoon.

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1 week post-op and weighed in this morning. 238.8. The only problems that I'm having is not realizing my physical limitations. Obviously I have never had something like this done to me and wasn't sure how my body would react. I went back to work on Monday for a half day. I'll be working a half day all this week as I found that I tire sitting at my desk. I take as many walks as I can and am pretty happy with the weight loss so far.

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