August Sleevers Check In

[GREATFUL 24]

Urbanlamb - Great job on the list. Cool to see all of us listed and can see who has the same date as you.

I start my pre op liquid feast in the morning. LOL. I am so ready to get it going. Taking before pics and measurements tonight. Getting very excited, and it is really starting to become real to me that this is happening.

Take care all

Laura

[Valfitz1 1]

I am scheduled for August 15th. I am a newbie so I am not on the list.

[skylarkx 69]

I'm scheduled for August 1! I'm starting week 2 of my liquid diet !

[Urbanlamb 56]

Hello Valfitz1...please copy the list, add your name and re-post.

Welcome!

*hugs*

I am scheduled for August 15th. I am a newbie so I am not on the list.

[pecj25 19]

Hello all, I went to my last NUT class, now i have to have a sleep evaluation and an upper GI exam and then i should be thru with the pre stuff. i don't have a date yet, but i would hope it would be in August. Hope you all are well.

[jojoreno 62]

I'm just waiting for my upper GI too. Still hoping for August surgery.

[dreamgirl45 32]

Urbanlamb, you rock! Thank you!

[almosthome 91]

Please add me to August 5th on the list. Thanks!

[truthinhiding 36]

33 more days!!! I have a pre op appointment with my pcp, an appointment with a nurse practitioner at the surgeon's office, pre-op testing at the hospital, my EGD on aug 6th and last but not least my 2 week pre op diet starts aug 11th! I've received my letter from the bariatric center that I was approved and my surgeons office called with my approval today. I started this journey on January 6th this year at the information meeting at 375 pounds... Here I sit excited so much I could burst! I've had 6 visits with the nurse practitioner at the bariatric office, a psych appt, 3 group meetings, 2 meetings with the dietician and on the 26th of this month I've been smoke free for 4 months. I'm also down 85 pounds pre-op. I count my blessings every day for this opportunity..

[leelee2728 18]

August 7th here!!!! Can't come fast enough

[lindseyzzzme 12]

Hi everyone I'm Lindsey and I'm scheduled for August 18th! I'm Feeling a myriad of emotions right now, I feel like a crazy person!

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

Finally had my LAST consultation yesterday -- nutritionist -- and got approval to proceed to next step. (I had proactively already tracked all my food / exercise over the last 6 weeks on My Fitness Pal and walked in with those MFP reports.)

Next step, insurance approval. Doctor's insurance person has already said that should be a slam dunk, given my insurance and comorbidities.

Then the surgeon schedules my surgery, I start the pre-op diet, and ...

DA DAH!

Surgery and "the sleeved side" is starting to get real. And weird. (You all know what I mean.)

[amorga 35]

I did a list of everyone who has posted their surgery date. I thought it'd make it easier to see who is your 'surgery twin', and also so that as the month progresses, we can encourage each other and keep track of how we're all doing.

*hugs*

IF you don't see your name, or if I got a date wrong, please copy/paste and repost.

August 1 swifty3565

August 2

August 3

August 4 MarylandMom

August 5 jennyweber

August 6 taylorj7

August 7 cynk

August 8 Tilds38

August 9

August 10

August 11 ayscott74

August 12 chasingpolaris321

August 13 HighHeelShoes

August 14amazon

August 15 onmyway15 [on her birthday]

August 16

August 17

August 18 lmscls

August 19 BGLady

August 20 goodgirl5957

August 21 BarntruckCutie

August 22

August 23

August 24

August 25 mhenne97

August 26 Luvin_Life125

August 27 humpty

August 28 Adrianneval

August 29 Tinita

I'm august 12!

[Missbaisah 23]

August 13th is the big day for me..Yayyy

[snowkitten 371]

Haha!

It's to strengthen your lungs. Google tells me that having surgery in the chest or abdomen increases your chances of having breathing difficulties or developing pneumonia and "deep breaths help keep your lungs clear of secretions that can lead to infections. Deep breathing also helps improve the function of your lungs so that they deliver as much oxygen to the rest of your body as possible, which speeds up the recovery process." I think balloons are just the poor-man's spirometer.

Although now I wonder if this is just a sucker test and when they find me in a house full of 420 balloons, I will have qualified.

Ahha! That makes alot of sense. My surgeon didn't say anything about exercising my lungs which would probably be smart since I have asthma. I think I'll try that as well. At least if I have a house full of balloons I can blame it on my son