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I am 5 days from being 5 months out. I am down 79 pounds. Not as great as I would have hoped but i do eat pretty much anything that i want. Sweets tend to make me sick if i eat much of it. I swim alot but thats pretty much all of the exercising that I can do. I have a back issue and recently I injured my right shoulder and so its pretty much useless.  I am way more active than I use to be. I do find that I am not hungry very much but I do eat.  i tend to get week spells at times. I am not sure why. The heat seems to make it worse. I had my blood work done last month. My calcium was low and a few other thing were on the low side but my doctor said not too worry yet. My bad cholesterol dropped 70 points since my last test before surgery. That was awesome. My good cholesterol was still high and only dropped about 7 points so he put me on a med to see if it drops any. I still have no regrets. 79 pounds is 79 pounds i dont have to carry anymore. I still want to loose  another 100 pounds and I think I will be happy.

I am almost two months out and have been in  a stall for three weeks. Even tho I have been in the stall I have dropped two more pants size. I started out in a size 28 tight. I can now wear a size 20. Yaaa do the happy dance.. I have so far lost 53 pounds. Nothing to sneeze at but aggrivated over the stall. I have no real problems with food. There are a couple that dont agree well but I can live with ou them. Tea is my life saver. I do not drink coffee and cannot have sodas again so I drink tea whenever I am not at home. Other than that I drink water.  I am ready to start exercising by next week. I will be realeased from surgery. My eight weeks will be over. I am so ready to swim!!! I chew gum to help with the skin on my face tighten up. I will post a two month pic in a couple of days. I have no regrets and am sooooo happy to have had my sleeve. Anyone sitting on the fence. DO IT. Best thing you can do for yourself and your family.

I am home sleeved and ready to lose.  The Dr. said that it went perfect. I have 6 holes in my belly. I have problems with spasms whether I drink anything or not. The last few day I have had more nausea. I want to chew something really really bad. lol But jello will have to do. I am down 4 pounds this morning. Made me feel better. Had more energy than I thought I would for sure. I try to take a nap but my body wants to move tired or not. lol Anyway i want to thank all of my OH friends. Y'all have truly been a blessing to me.I don't think I would have been as successful with out you guys. For anyone who is scared please think of your life as it is now ans think of how it can be as a healthier person.  It was the best thing I could have ever done for myself.

I completed my pre-op Tuesday. As far as I know everything is great. I cant wait to be sleeved. Took 5 hours in New Orleans to meet my Dr. and have pre-op. I am leaving on the 15th to get there ahead of time and be ready. Might go to the zoo. Meet are great sleeve friend of mine. .  I am getting ready to move into a new house. renovations on the appartment we are in now and prepairing for surgery. So I am staying busy busy busy.  I am a little nervous as this is a major surgery but I am even more excited to start my journey with my body to a whole new lifestyle. I do want to say a special thank you to all of my OH friends who have supported me and watched me go thru the ups and downs of WLS. You are the best.

I was finally given a date of Feb. 16th. I am so ready and cant wait!!!! Best Valentines ever lol.

http://tulane.edu/som/departments/surgery/divisions-specialties/upload/Bariatric-Checklist.pdf

This is a very similar list that Dr. Bellows office gives you on your first visit to complete for surgery.  I just wanted to post it to help others that may need it. A dear friend gave me this site.

You know I realy didnt expect to have so much trouble getting a surgery date. I did as I was told. Completed all of my appoinements. Recieved and faxed over my approval. Now I have been trying to reach the nurse for over a week to set my surgery date. I recieve no call back, no reason, nothing except " I will leave her a message to return your call" or an answering machine. Today I was promised by the Dr. Assistant that she would give me my date today. She was to call me back by noon. Noon came and went, I called at 1:00 and left a message, I called again at 3:00 left a message, and called again at 4:45 and left a message. That after leaving  approx. 20 messages on the Nurses machine since last Tuesday. Still I have not recieved a call back. Again I feel let down and forgotten by my own Dr. office. If it was not for the fact that he is the only Dr. that takes my insurance and I have finished all of my stuff I would so change Dr's office. I might just drive the 4 hours to the office tomorrow and see if they can give me the brush off with me in their face. This totally sucks. I start my new semestr and should have already had my surgery before and recovered. Now I am looking at missing school because of the surgery.

I have finaly been approved. I talked to medicaid yesterday and I was approved Monday. Waiting on my letter to be here so I can fax it.  I am so ready to be there and sleeved. I have waited three years for this. Thanks guys for being such great support to me.

I had my stuff sent in October 25th. Nothing was sent for approval until the Monday before Thanksgiving. So I am still waiting for my approval letter to come in. I was told that depending on when I get my letterI might have to wait for the new year because the sugery clinic closes for two weeks for Christmas. In the mean time I will keep drinking my liquids and trying to lose weight before surgery so that I will have a healthy liver.  I was told I needed to lose 20 pounds before surgery. I think I have already met that goal. So far I think I like the muscle milk banana the best. It isa ready to drink kind.  I sure hope I am sleeved before Christmas. Would be the best present ever.lol

I finished all of my appointments. I have a follow up appointment next Wednesday. I hope that they will have already sent my stuff off for approval. It looks like it might be around Thanksgiving when I will have my surgery. I will take what I can get. I will know more after my appointment. I cant wait to be on the loser's bench. It is a long process but hopefully will be all over soon.