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And your journey begins!!!! Congrats!

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You have 30 days LOL and it will fly by! Get your Vitamins bought, ask your questions here, pack your bag for the hospital, get your food bought for 2 weeks after surgery. I did all this for me and my husband, and thanks to all the good advice i received here I was well prepared. It seems overwhelming but it is just in our minds!

I busied myself cleaning closets so I would not be sitting around waiting. I also spent a lot of time in the stores, reading labels.

One thing that helped me was a monthly calendar I kept in the kitchen, making notes doe pre-op and post op appointments. surgery, and I wrote the dates for starting liquids, dates to stop taking certain meds and Vitamins, and the dates for different meal schedules after surgery. No way could my brain hold all that info!

Best of luck to you! Linda

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congrats!!!!!!! i cant wait to get to that moment when they say "your approved" hopefully i wont lose my mind ...... anyway like we say your journey begins!!!! :D

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congrats!!!!!!!!!!!! Soon you will be a loser like the rest of us..Man I never get tired of saying that!!!!!!!lol

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Whoa hoooooo. Congrats.

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I am so nervous and excited and anxious! This just became real. I have so many things to do and I'm scared of having complications, loose skin and losing my hair! In the end it's worth get my life back and get rid of this damn diabetes! Thank you everyone! Any tips on what to take to the hospital and what to do now? Thanks again!

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Congrats yay good luck everything be fine God is beside the surgeon im in the waiting for approval of health partners insurance so hopefully then u could courage when my time comes jajajaj

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