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Hi welcome! Happy journey! I been sleeve 8 weeks now! I love my sleeve.....don't get me wrong I have my good days as well as bad ones. But I still love it!

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hi! welcome! I was sleeved 12days ago. Doing fairly well.I do feel weak on some days. But I am recovering quite fast.

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Hi welcome to the forum, i am new here aswell and feeling good... i had my Sleeve Surgery 2 weeks now.. doing really well from overall health perspective.. hoping to putdown more lbs so far have lost 14 lbs including my pre and post op..

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Hi sumad..well done...this is a gr8 place to share.

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Hi curvy goddess, I'm really new here too! I love the support and info on everything, from people who actually been there done that. I have my pre op appt today and surgery is scheduled for the 24th! Be nice to make some new buddies to, so we may go thru this journey helping one another, it helps ????

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Hi Miller girl!! welcome! all the best for your surgery. Mine was great without any complications.

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I forgot to say welcome too! I hope your journey is an awesome one.

Thank you hopeful, I really appreciate the insight.

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Hi curvy goddess, I'm really new here too! I love the support and info on everything, from people who actually been there done that. I have my pre op appt today and surgery is scheduled for the 24th! Be nice to make some new buddies to, so we may go thru this journey helping one another, it helps dde0a

Welcome to a while new world! This app is amazing and people really do care. Congrats on your 24th date it's coming fast and I know I'm excited so i can only imagine you lol. I think it would be awesome to be surgery buds so we can share different experiences while on the same journey. We can help each other!

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Sounds good! I am excited but pretty nervous too. I have my pre op visit with my dr and my hubby this afternoon, pretty happy about that. Have you gone through with any of the other evals or anything else?

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Well this is my third time in 3 years doing this process so I've done everything in the book. The first time I started my 6 month diet and half way through they said it wasn't covered. The second time I had a surgery date of November 5 2012 and a week before my insurance company called and said there was an exclusion. This time my insurance company does cover it and March will be my 6th month of the supervised diet. I have to go to one last meeting explaining what to expect and pre/post diet etc. Then a $600 program fee. I've done my psych eval, upper GI barium test, EKG, and have had my PCP send in a medical necessity letter.

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Wow that's a lot to go thru, lots of ups and downs bc of insurance. I had to switch mine to get coverage. I hope the process is a lot smoother for you now, I guess once it clears through insurance, you're kinda on the home stretch lol.

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Yes that's where I seem to be. It's all worth it in the end so I can't complain.

Just approved by my insurance last week, my pre op appt is the end of this month, which we schedule surgery on that date. I figure late March/April is when they will get me in. Would like to find a buddy to chat with thru this process, because frankly I am scared lol.

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    • cryoder22

      Day 1 of pre-op liquid diet (3 weeks) and I'm having a hard time already. I feel hungry and just want to eat. I got the protein and supplements recommend by my program and having a hard time getting 1 down. My doctor / nutritionist has me on the following:
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      1. NickelChip

        All I can tell you is that for me, it got easier after the first week. The hunger pains got less intense and I kind of got used to it and gave up torturing myself by thinking about food. But if you can, get anything tempting out of the house and avoid being around people who are eating. I sent my kids to my parents' house for two weeks so I wouldn't have to prepare meals I couldn't eat. After surgery, the hunger was totally gone.

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        Well done! I'm 9 days away from surgery! Keep us updated!

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