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My time leading up to the surgery was filled w/ psych appointments to evaluate me (no sweat), pre-nutrition counseling, painless ultrasound so the surgeon knew what she was getting into, bloodwork, surgical run through with my surgeon. As to the procedure -- I had, as it turns out a very large hiatal hernia and polyps in my gall bladder. When my surgeon did my sleeve, she also removed my gall bladder and fixed the hernia. I was in the hospital for a day and a half after the surgery, then home. Stairs no problem, food no problem. The liquid diet turned out to be much easier to follow than I had thought and it only lasted for 2 weeks. At my first surgical appointment, I felt so good then I jokingly told my doctor that I didn't think she had done anything, just drew on my belly with sharpies, stuck a bandaid over them and sent me home. She laughed. Now, much lighter, I feel like a million bucks. Getting great support from my team, on going nutrition and psych and regular meets w/ my surgeon. Do it! And may you have as much success as I have had.
Jewels,
If you read through lots of posts you'll see a lot of information about everything pre and post-op.
Once you make the decision, you need to have a lot of tests and evaluations done. Whether you need to be medically monitored for six months pre-op will depend on whether your insurance is paying or you're self-pay. Different surgeons have different guidelines for the two week diet pre-op and also different schedules for the different transition phases post-op.
I started hanging out at this forum last July, reading everything that I could. I didn't have my surgery until January. By the time of my surgery date, I felt really prepared from everything I learned here. I also know that there hasn't been a single thing I've felt or experienced or wondered about that I couldn't post here and get answers from multiple people who'd experienced the same.
Good luck with your journey!
If you read through lots of posts you'll see a lot of information about everything pre and post-op.
Once you make the decision, you need to have a lot of tests and evaluations done. Whether you need to be medically monitored for six months pre-op will depend on whether your insurance is paying or you're self-pay. Different surgeons have different guidelines for the two week diet pre-op and also different schedules for the different transition phases post-op.
I started hanging out at this forum last July, reading everything that I could. I didn't have my surgery until January. By the time of my surgery date, I felt really prepared from everything I learned here. I also know that there hasn't been a single thing I've felt or experienced or wondered about that I couldn't post here and get answers from multiple people who'd experienced the same.
Good luck with your journey!
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen
- Ralph Waldo Emerson 
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