Yay!! Got my approval letter today

[Blue_Eyes 0]

So I called last Friday to check the status and the girl told me it was approved on 10/06 I was so excited it had been sent in by my doctors office the previous Thursday. Got my letter in the mail today and I will call Monday to see if the doctor recieved his letter also....I'm so excited and I don't even care if I have to be on a liquid diet during the Holidays!!!

So I started picking up some things for after surgery that I saw other people on the board said helped them. A heating pad, baby plates, forks and spoons and some sippie cups (figure if I don't use these I have a neice that will be starting to eat regular food soon). I have Isopure protien powder from before I even started this process. Any other main things I should get before the surgery? I saw some people talked about binders for after surgery and how it helped with support and pain, any suggestions or recommendations on that.

Thanks

[DianaG 0]

Congrats!! You are now on the way to a new, healthy, you!!!

Binders?!:thumbdown: I never heard of that!!! The only thing that I had for support was a small pillow to hold tight across my tummy to help support it in case I sneezed, coughed, or hit a bump in the road on my way home from the hospital. That did help a lot.

Good luck to you!

[juliansmom2003 3]

Congratulations on your approval! Hope you get a surgery date soon!!!

[Enchanted 2]

GasX Strips could be helpful.

Elastic band pants.

Extra pillows to prop yourself up with - or buy a couple of those wedge pillows - so nice.

I ended up with dry lips - chapstick helps.

[Blue_Eyes 0]

Thanks everyone!! I will definately look into getting a small pillow to hold against my stomach for the ride home, etc. I already invested in some stretchy waisted pants and I'm addicted to chap stick :thumbup: so I have that covered. I will definately invest in some Gas X.