New girl in town: Introductions and questions

[Michelle Tarver 62]

Hi ya,

I am Michelle. I live in SE MA. I am in the process of being approved for the gastric sleeve. I have done a group meeting and an appointment with a therapist. The next hurdle is tomorrow a 6 hour boot camp at the doctors office where i will meet other on the same journey. What else they do in 6 hours I do not know. My big thing at the moment..Is I have to bring a bag lunch. I am like what is this a test? I am worried I will flunk.

Any one use Signature Medical in Brockton Dr. Aboles?

[GirlOnFire 111]

IMO.... I would just bring what you would normally take with you to eat...you are there to learn...if it's not good then it's best to know what to do about that for later.

[Stevehud 1,790]

ive heard good thing about that doctor, i went to dr mccluney over at steward in brockton. I have no idea what they want you to do in 6 hours. thats a little weird to me, but every journey is different.

[shugarhey 79]

Hi and Good Luck on your journey! I agree, take a normal lunch. They will probably use it as a learning session if anything.

[Michelle Tarver 62]

Thanks gang. When I bring a lunch to work it's usually jsut last nghts left overs that i pop in the microwave. I won't have that option tomorrow.

I am going with what I would pack for the beach...water,crstal lite,eggsald,and grapes.

[Michelle Tarver 62]

SO I am back from my marathon class on the gastric sleeve. My head is spinning. They coverd everything..pre op to post op.. Met the surgons nurse,the office manager,the diatitician. Had my blood drawn to to get blood counts and vitiamn levels. Every one will get a custom vitiamn plan based on todays results. we follow that until pre op.

Good news...NO 2 week liquid diet pre op since we basiclly start a low fat diet today. Bad news..No caffinated coffee ever again and no booze. Period. Ever.

[Michelle Tarver 62]

oh and no one evern looked at my lunch lol...

[Lauren214 1]

Hey Michelle so weird but when I looked at the dates this was posted I realized that I was in the same 6 hour appointment with you!!! Glad I found u on hear how is everything going??

[Michelle Tarver 62]

LOL that is funny! i am doing good. I may be behind everyone who was in the same boot camp class I was in. I had the class then went on a 16 day vacation. I got back Sunday. Saw Maureen the Behaviorist on Monday and she indicated she would clear me on the next visit in in 4 weeks. Saw Rachel the NUT on Tues, She told me NOT to lose any more weight,or my BMI would be to low for surgery. ( how crazy is that I am 110 lbs over an ideal weight but can't lose any more?!)

And I see Dr.Abeles for the 1st time next Friday! So its rolling along good.

How are you doing?