25- MN

[Maria Kae Smith 6]

Looking for a buddy in the Twin Cities area, who is going through this! Trying to decide what to do still, but would love the support!! And I would love to support someone else!

[pinkhiker 18]

Hi! I meet w ith the surgeon this wednesday to go over surgery and pick my surgery datw. Im uber excited have you made any advancements in your decision for weight loss surgery?

-AP

[Maria Kae Smith 6]

I just had surgery yesterday. Gastric bypass.

[ashley2011 1]

Hey I am also from mn my surgeon is,down in the cities tho. Waiting on my psychologist to,okay me! Howd your surgery go?

[Maria Kae Smith 6]

Surgery went well for me. I was at Abbott and the nurses there are awesome! Where are you having surgery?

[ashley2011 1]

I will be having mine at abbot too! Dr Schwartz

[Maria Kae Smith 6]

That's who I had!!!

Feel free to email me at mariakae.smith@gmail.com!

[LoseItKacy 347]

I will be having mine at abbot too! Dr Schwartz

He was suppose to be my surgeon but I had to switch at the last second

[LoseItKacy 347]

I am also in the twin cities area! My surgery is sept 30th!

I'm going through Healtheast. Schwartz was suppose to be my surgeon but I really needed the surgery in September and he was booked out until October so I had to switch.

[Maria Kae Smith 6]

When are you scheduled for now?

[LoseItKacy 347]

When are you scheduled for now?

. september 30th

[ashley2011 1]

Your getting close! Excited ? Nervous? Hope all goes well with the surgery! Was it hard to switch since he was booked like dod,you have to do any of that hospitals requirements or no?

[LoseItKacy 347]

Your getting close! Excited ? Nervous? Hope all goes well with the surgery! Was it hard to switch since he was booked like dod,you have to do any of that hospitals requirements or no?

I'm really excited and really ready! I'm on day 4 of my liquid diet and it's going really well actually. I had lots of requirements for my program but honestly it's been an amazing process the whole way through. Every person I've worked with has gone above and beyond for me.

I had to have 3 months of structured weight loss with a nutritionist but I ended up having 4 for insurance. I had 3 psych appointments, one of them was an 800 question test I had to take and the last was a read of my test results. I had to have a sleep study. Had to attend at least one support group (I went to 5 and plan to continue with them because they are amazing). I had to have a bunch of test done. Then I had to take a preop class once I had my date. I got to meet my nurses and they literally walked is through our entire hospital stay. I couldn't be more thankful for this hospital program. Even when I switched surgeons they made sure I was comfortable with it. Dr Kelly is my new surgeon and he is just as amazing as dr Schwartz. I'm so excited and have been counting down the hours!