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Leaving for the Hospital! - YAYAY! IT IS FINALLY HERE! See you all on the loser's bench!

Surgery Tomorrow! - Well! I can't believe that it is finally here. It seems like just a couple of weeks ago I was complaining that my date was almost 2 months away. It has been an interesting and educ...

Day 6 Pre-Op Diet - Today went very well. I had my protein shake for breakfast, soup for lunch and afternoon snack, and a protein shake for dinner. It really amazes me how quickly I fill up on such li...

Pre-Op Measurements - I had my husband take my pre-op measurements. Since I an sure I will lose them, I am going to post them here so I can compare later. Neck: 17in Shoulders: 46 3/4 Chest: 51 1/2...

Avatars and Pics Are Not Showing Up - I know I have recently seen a post on this but I cannot find it. When this has happened for any of you, how did you fix it?

Day 5 of the Pre-Op Liquid Diet - Day five went great! I woke up at 6 to go volunteer at Hearts and Hammers. I got there at 7:30 and qorkd until 2:30. I realized how out of shape that I am. I was on my feet for alm...

Day 4 of the Pre-Op Liquid Diet - Well, like everyone says, each day gets easier. Day 4 was a relative breeze. I had my protein shake for breakfast and I actually made it til 11:30 before my next meal! This was exc...

Day 3 of the Pre-Op Liquid Diet - Day 3 went MUCH better than day one or 2. I had my protein shake for breakfast around 7:30, tomato soup around 10:30, a yummy broccoli/cheese flavored soup for lunch, mushroom soup...

Day 2 of the Pre-Op Liquid Diet - Day 2 went MUCH better than day 1. I felt fuller for a little bit longer than day 1. Day 1, I was hungry every 2 hours, today, it was more like every 3 hours. When I did "eat" my l...

Day 1 of the 7 Day Pre-Op Liquid Diet - I am normally not a whiner, but today was slightly tough. I drank my liqiuds and had my "clump and lump-free" soups. I traeted myself to some nonfat sugarfree frozen yogurt. This t...

OT - Herballife Products - Opinions Please - Has anyone used their shakes? Well, any of their products for that matter. I am really interested to hear people's personal experiences with their line of product. A little off...

Pre Op Blood Work - I went friday for my pre-op blood work. It was a breeze. I went to a Lab Corp facility - no appointment - and was out in less than 15 minutes. They took 4 -5 vials of my blood. I f...

Fast Forward to Today - Where am I at now? I am 6 days away from my pre op liquid diet... To be very honest, the pre op liquid diet scares me WAY more than the actual surgical procedure itself. I am ...

I HAVE A DATE!!!!!! - Doing the hap HAP HAPPY dance! My surgery is scheduled for September 18th. I received this date back in July so it seemed like it was so very very far away. But WOW. Time has flown...

Group Consult - So, after my insurance was approved, my surgeon's office set up a group consultation. There were about 20-25 of us in the room. The nutritionist spoke for a few minutes, the surgeo...

And Finally, Insurance Approval - This was both really easy and a really big frustration. The frustration came because my surgeon left my network at some point between the time I had my consultation and the time I ...

Letter of Medical Necessity From Medical Doctor - This step was super DUPER simple. I had already discussed this with my PCP before setting up my initial consult with the bariatric surgeon. All I had to do was contact her office a...

Supervised Diet - My insurance company, Cigna, required a 6 month medically supervised diet. So, I was required to attend a nutritional class and be weighed in once a month for 6 months. For 3 month...

Psychiatric Evaluation - This was definitely an interesting experience. Not so much my interaction with the psychiatrist, but the "tests" I was given. The psychiatrist was a very nice woman. She introduced...

Stress Test - I have never had one of these done, but from what I understand, it was a very basic and typical experience. I was hooked up to wires (more wires! YAY YAY!). The experience basicall...

EGD - Scope - To be honest, I was actually really dreading this. They called it a "surgical procedure" so that is all it took for me to feel leary of it. I went to the hospital at 6 am that morn...

My Sleep Study Experience - Sleep Apnea test - Done! Not so bad. I went to a sleep clinic in Forney, Texas. I checked in around 8 pm. The nurse asked me a lot of questions and quickly got me settled into my r...

OOPS! I need to catch up! - I have really slacked on my blog! I need to catch up! So many parts of my pre-surgery journey have happened since my first blog post. I wil try to summarize. I have tackled all ...

I HAVE MY DATE!!! - I will be having my surgery on September 18th. YAYAY!! I am so excited, I just had to share! Now, to figure out how to add my surgery date to my info...

WOW! Small world! And we have the same surgeon! Have you lived...