Meeting my surgeon tomorrow!

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I am so freaking excited!!!! After all the hoops that I had to jump through and classes and Dr appointments, I am finally meeting my surgeon tomorrow!!! I have three appointments, one with the surgeon, and internist and a shrink!! and them I'll be getting a surgery date!!! I started this back i September and to finally be getting a date is making me so happy!!! I don't want to get my hopes up, but the surgery center has been scheduling pretty quick fo people so far...so Im hopeful that I'll have surgery by July!!! Just wanted to share my joy and thank everyone on here who has helped me along the way!! This forum has been a savior to answer my endless questions and help me through the long process or insurance requirements!!!

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Let me know if anyone has some good questions to ask the surgeon!!! I have some but I know Im going to forget something in my excitement!!

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My #1 question for my surgeon was how long was the surgery going to take? I had already researched him online and knew quite a bit, but I'd want to know how many years/surgeries he'd done for the Sleeve. How much pain to expect and when to expect to be released from the hospital. Ask him for a realistic expectation for weight loss too.

Also, I'd get to his office early and see if I could get into a conversation with some of his patients coming in for follow up appointments. They were the best source of info for me. They were happy to share their stories.

When I went in for my 1st appointment. It was a mixture of 1st visits and post-op patients. We were all up tight cause we all knew why we were there, we were nervous, and didn't know how to talk about it. But we wanted to. Luckily I was able to make a joke about all the pages and pages of paperwork. That got the ball rolling and soon we were all talking.