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I am friends with an old co worker who has the same insurance I do She jumped through all the hoops prior to seeing the surgeon. he  made he go for an MRI and told her as soon as he got the results he would schedule her for surgery. Well she got her ca

I live on the east coast and the weather right now is rain, rain, rain, and more rain. We got 4 inches of rain just from last nights storms. My yard is a lake! Sitting here watching TV. Watching the show "my 600 lb. Life"! Watching this show really mak

I am starting my weight loss journey and need to loose five percent of my weight before my insurance will ok me. I have a hard time getting all my vegetables. So I started drinking a green drink. It has more than a full days supply of vegetables in a 8

Well yesterday I went to my first weight loss meeting!  Before I entered the meeting I was weighted and I had loss seven pounds since the week prior. Yay! I was really surprised at the loss. Since I have been having severe sugar cravings.

 I ba

Well I had an early morning apt with the nurse at the Weight Loss center today. She went over all my information packet and my blood test results. My blood results where all good and in range except for my insulin levels were a little high. She assured

Well I had my dinner at 6:30 last night before meeting a friend at an special guest bible study.  So I had my mind made up to go have my blood work done this morning. Technically I needed to fast for 12 hours so the fast would have been done at 6:30 th

Monday I had my first appointment with the nutritionist and got myself set up with there program. They gave me a lot of paper work to fill out which I almost have completed. I need to get some blood work done and get an EKG. I started my food journal t

I want to thank everyone with the encouraging words on starting a food Log. I found the one on this web site and started my journal today! I have several; one liter bottles that I fill with water. My goal is to drink two of these bottles a day to get m

Well I had my first appointment with my Nutritionist today. She reviewed the programs with me and took my vitals and measurements. I have blood work to do and an EKG. I have to do a food journal too. I don't like having to log everything I eat and drin

I have had a week of trying to find a nutritionist in my area. I asked my doctor to recommend someone, after three days of not hearing from her office I decided to try to find one myself. Finally Yesterday I received a message from my doctor with a rec

Ok. Yesterday I traveled a hundred plus miles and had my first bariatric doctors visit. My Doctor was nice and told me that there were steps I had to take before having the surgery which is required by my insurance company and it will take about 6 mont

Ok. Yesterday I traveled a hundred plus miles and had my first bariatric doctors visit. My Doctor was nice and told me that there were steps I had to take before having the surgery which is required by my insurance company and it will take about 6 mont

Ok i received a call on tuesday from the bariatric Center wanting to confirm my appointment date. So everything is a go! 

Now that I have a date for my consultation how should I prepare myself?  What shoud I expect and questions shoud I ask?

Sorry I haven't been on lately. There has been a lot going on in my life right now. I hadn't heard from the Bariatric office after sending in my information so I filled out another patient packet and emailed it this time. They replied that they had sen

I sent out my new patient packet to the bariatric office two weeks ago. I have been waiting for a call from them to schedule an appointment. So I email them Monday informing them that I completed the information session online and wanted to know if the

I sent out my new patient packet to the bariatric office two weeks ago. I have been waiting for a call from them to schedule an appointment. So I email them Monday informing them that I completed the information session online and wanted to know if the

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I live in Maryland and the DS surgeon I found is at John Hopkins Bayview. Dr. Michael Schweitzer.  I am printing out patient forms tomorrow and will full them out and fax them to the office. I shou...

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Ok. So now I know that recovery time is anywhere from 6 to 8 weeks. That hospital time ranges anywhere from 2 days to a week. I will not need extra assist help on...

Well I want to thank all of you for your wonderful advise. I have come to a decsion. I have done a lot of research this weekend. I have weight'd most of the pro's and the con's of each type of surg...

Well after researching and researching over the weekend I have decided to go for the DS. I have to admit that it sounds as if the recovery time after this surgery is a little longer than with the o...