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Sue i am also Sept 3! Buddies!

Horray!! Where are you from? I'm in Michigan.

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Yes' date=' shershrinking. I look affirm as a small bump in the road onto my route of happiness! Where are u having your surgery at? And how are you doing with diet and exercise as u wait for surgery? I was doing really good up until last week...I gotta get back into walking again[/quote']

I am in north bay area san francisco- santa rosa, wine country. I am having the surgery at the hospital i work in, the insurance and hospital cover my stay, they encourage this. One of my friends, a coworker had the sleeve last year, she looks so good- thats what made me get serious- i want to be thin too. - and its possible. But doc & rn encourage RNY because of my diabetes. I have been slacking pretty bad on the diet. Exercise = walking/shopping. Struggling with my sugars.

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I am in north bay area san francisco- santa rosa' date=' wine country. I am having the surgery at the hospital i work in, the insurance and hospital cover my stay, they encourage this. One of my friends, a coworker had the sleeve last year, she looks so good- thats what made me get serious- i want to be thin too. - and its possible. But doc & rn encourage RNY because of my diabetes. I have been slacking pretty bad on the diet. Exercise = walking/shopping. Struggling with my sugars.[/quote']

Yeah, I started the journey thinking rny, but didn't want the rerouting. Then I decided lap band, but surgeon doesn't recommend it anymore. He recommended rny for my diabetes too. I then went back to him and tried to talk him into the sleeve and he said that my diabetes might not go away and the gerd I have now will only get worse with the sleeve. So here I am back to rny! I am happy that it is the gold standard and I will have to go through with this once, but not really the route I wanted! Anyways, we will be diabetes soon enough!...let's keep in touch

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How soon after your surgery approval did you get a date? I go in the 14th and find out when mine is

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How soon after your surgery approval did you get a date? I go in the 14th and find out when mine is

I think it depends on your insurance and what they require before you can have the surgery. I started the process in February and had to have 6 mos of supervised diet. That was up in July. I was hoping to get surgery date in August, but my surgeon is on vacation through second week into August, then he is booked. I am on the bump list though if someone should cancel. I really wanted it in August as my surgery date is the same date my kindergartener goes off to a new school. I'm already a bit emotional about that now and I know it will get worse as time goes on. My husband thinks I'm crazy to be so upset about it this and that I should just be happy I'm starting a new phase in life and I should be happy about that. He just don't get the bond that a mom has with her child is and being the last one to go off to a big school doesn't help!

Anyways, I hope u get a surgery date soon. Good luck!

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I am in north bay area san francisco- santa rosa' date=' wine country. I am having the surgery at the hospital i work in, the insurance and hospital cover my stay, they encourage this. One of my friends, a coworker had the sleeve last year, she looks so good- thats what made me get serious- i want to be thin too. - and its possible. But doc & rn encourage RNY because of my diabetes. I have been slacking pretty bad on the diet. Exercise = walking/shopping. Struggling with my sugars.[/quote']

I know what you mean about struggle. I wa doing so good up to a few weeks ago then I stopped walking and starting eating crap again. I need to get the control back because I don't want to go back in and have gained! The head hunger is big, I think I'm starting to fear not having food as my comfort therefore I am trying to eat everything--- not good!

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I had the same issue. My surgery was going to be in august but my surgeon is on vacation. So I gained 6 pounds in literally two days from the crap I ate...pizza, candy, soda, etc. I started my pre op diet on the first. Did could until yesterday...went to my parents house and they had little box pizzas and made me one. I said I didn't want it but ended up eating it waa.

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I had the same issue. My surgery was going to be in august but my surgeon is on vacation. So I gained 6 pounds in literally two days from the crap I ate...pizza' date=' candy, soda, etc. I started my pre op diet on the first. Did could until yesterday...went to my parents house and they had little box pizzas and made me one. I said I didn't want it but ended up eating it waa.[/quote']

Yeah, add in the factor of people trying to feed you when you can't is going to make it harder for us. We just need to think of those personal victories and not let that pizza take it us over!

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I had the same issue. My surgery was going to be in august but my surgeon is on vacation. So I gained 6 pounds in literally two days from the crap I ate...pizza' date=' candy, soda, etc. I started my pre op diet on the first. Did could until yesterday...went to my parents house and they had little box pizzas and made me one. I said I didn't want it but ended up eating it waa.[/quote']

Why is that everyone one now is trying to sabotage me? I swear people keep telling me I should eat everything I want now because after my surgery I won't be able to, but I'm trying to be good and loose some weight but its hard. I could kill my husband the other day, went and got Frosty shakes, my weakness.... I think I wanted to murder him, with every sip!

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I think they do it without realizing what their doing

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I think they do it without realizing what their doing

Last night we got into an argument because he wanted soft ice cream and the kids too so I told him that they could and I will just have one of my sugar free pop sickles. He went and brought back to me a cup of ice cream , I told him why he did that, that he wasn't helping me, and he got mad and trew his away and mine in the garbage I said why would he wasted that money he could it just freeze it for the kids that he was being a brat because he could of avoid all that if he just would listen to me. And we stop talking for couple of hours. It's frustrating having to keep remind him that I want to loose weight, he has to loose weight to but apparently he doesn't want to. I invited him on a short walk and I beg him and he just yelled and said he didn't want to and went upstairs. What's the deal?

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Cici,

It honestly sounds like he may not be as ready as you are to make the changes that must be made. Don't pressure him, just keep being the change you want to see in him. Lead by example, but don't hold it over his head that you are doing well and he isn't. If he doesn't make the changes before long though, he will need to reevaluate whether or not he seriously wants surgery.

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For approved! September 16th is my date!!!!

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