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Soooo I am calling tomorrow to see if I am approved (which I am 99% sure I am) and hopefully schedule my surgery!! I am a teacher and am needing it done during Christmas break :)

AMYWAYS, I'm just totally freaking excited and cannot wait to lose this weight and hopefully feel way less pain in my every day life.

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I am in the same boat. I am trying to get everything in order to have surgery over break. If I can't then I will have to wait until summer. I will find out in the next week or so if I am a December sleeve or a June sleeve. Good luck!

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I'm in that boat too- however if it doesn't pan out during the holiday break then I will get surgery as soon as possible- putting my life on hold and my needs last is what got me here in the first place. There are plenty of substitute teachers in our district. The students will be fine.:-)

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I will be going out a week before break & returning the Monday after my students return for the New Year. I work as a counselor at a school based youth services program within a high school. For me it's basically now or never, we operate a summer program transitioning 8th grades into 9th grade.

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I am going to try for the school break too. I work at a college and surgery is scheduled for Dec 16 right after finals the back to work right after new years. I hope there are no complications because they will put surgery off till Dec 31.

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