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I had my surgery 4-16-18 in Scottsdale Honor Health with Dr Swain, surgery weight 231.5.Everything went very well, Glory to God! \o/\o/\o/I was released from the hospital at 7pm the following night on 4-17-18. In the hospital, walked every hour, drand 3 bottles of water thru out the day, had jello, and broth. Sip sip sip!Next day filled my prescriptions, which was a liquid pain reliever and a anti acid reducer. I took the pain reliever only at night to help me sleep better and more confortably for two nights and then was off it. I was on liquids only for one week after surgery and then went to a post op class where we were intoduced to food. I had cottage cheese and refried beans my 1st meal and it was delicious.  Since then I have been eating softer foods, chicken, fish cottage cheese, eggs veggie sausage, ETC. Constipation has been an issue, my surgeon had me do Milk of magnesia in a triple dose and it did the trick. Now taking probiotics and putting opticlear fiber in my tea and water. This week all is running much better. Yeah! I am walking twice a day. Every other day going to the fitness center, treadmill and bycicle. This week starting upper body light weights. I am feeling awesome!!! I now weight 222, a loss of 9.5 Pounds since surgery. Hoping to loose better this week now that my system is moving more effeciently. 

Completed Medical weightloss as of March 13th, 2018 total loss of 11.5 pounds. Found out I got approved by my insurance for surgery exactly 2 weeks later. I am scheduled for surgery April 16th, 2018. 

Pre op class April 11 adn pre op appointment with surgeon April 12th. 

I am very excited to be approaching this surgery, will be my 1st surgery in my life at age 56. 

I had a good loss this past Feb 13th nutrition appointment, lost -4.5 pounds. They also informed me March 13th is my last appointment for medical weight loss and then they can submit to insurance. I was very excited, cause I thought last month was month two, when actually it was month 3. This went much faster than I expected! 

Hoping to loose 3-5 pounds again 

I am starting my Month 2 of 4 Medical weight loss program to get approved for insurance. My surgery consult I weighed 242.5. I also had a consult with the nutritionist same day. I thought that was the offical start of my 4 months which was Nov 29th 2017, but I had to make an appointment to start the medical weightloss 2 weeks later, which was dissapointing. I was ready so I started eating better. My 1st offical weigh in with nutritionist I had lost 4 llbs. They were very happy with me. I had a horrible month in december. Lost .50 llbs with was acceptable. So this month more motivated, and just starting to exercise. Starting with 3 walks a week. I want to increase it to 5 walks and add zumba classes to the mix in a week or two. Also gonna start abstaining from drinking with my meals starting tomorrow. 

I really want to loose 10-20 pounds by end of this medical weightloss program and get my heart in shape arobically for the operation.