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Friend's Day and 2 months out for me - Dear Friend "Looking_up", As I write you should be heavily sleeping during your surgery.  This is surely the most peaceful time you will have today and in the next several.  All m...

I knew that. - I love the OH site, so much support just by reading what others are doing.  CONSTANT reminders that you have to work with this "sleeve" tool.  You actually still have to diet, gees...

How it is eating these days. - (excerpt from a note to a friend) The sleeve is still working but nothing like the first week post op where just an ounce of fluid the first couple of days is really filling.  I...

6 weeks out, the dream lives on - I got together today with an old friend I haven't spoken with in years.  We met again on the OH site!  She saw me, wrote, now we have something so wondrous in common we just can't ...

4 weeks out - Eating more freely of a variety of things AND still always wondering from day to day "what am I going to eat today".  Maybe imagining it, but food just doesn't seem to taste the sa...

3 weeks out - Someday I'll find just the right vitamins, just the right protein supplements, and I'll not have to say "yuck" that tasted terrible   - that's my goal anyway.  I don't expect every...

2 weeks and a couple days post op - It's been 2 weeks since surgery.  Still adjusting to not being able to eat but very small amounts.  I advanced myself from liquids to purees and I have also just taken some "food" ...

1 week out from surgery - So, did I go to the gym yet?  No, but I did walk out on the snow packed sidewalk for a little while.  And, spent time hanging pictures; climbing up and down was a bit uncomfortable...

5 days after surgery, sailing down the mountain - I feel so great now.  Sure, still not back to baseline (so who liked baseline??), but I could go to the gym and do some treadmill walking which I've noted some VSG patients were ...

3rd day after surgery - Well, the old saying "things are getting better all the time is true" .  I'd like to share a few rantings never the less. I have this subcutaneous small catheter in one incision a...

surgery in 8 hours! - It's here, the day, I made it without eating any food for 7 days. Still don't beleive this is happening.

Yea, no headache, less than 2 days to surgery! - Finally, headache gone.  I was worried I'd have one until I could eat food again.  I was also VERY worried I was getting sick.  Slept almost 11 hours last night.  Thinking - I migh...

Horrible headache, day 5 liquids only - I'm not sure exactly why, but having horrible headaches.  Well, they weren't unmanagable, took Tylenol - no ibuprofen preop of course until tonight much worse.  Too little caffeine...

DAY 1 liquid diet - Well, so far so good.  Oddly, already dreamed before I woke up this morning that I was getting ready to eat some solid food and then told myself I'd regret it.  I suspect more drea...

Whirlwinds, who'd have guessed. - Denied coverage for WLS Nov. 23rd.  Denial reversed Nov. 30th.  Surgery scheduled for Dec. 11th.  I'm a lucky girl.  However, I did work hard at all that luck just so you know.

Yippee! Denial Reversed! - I faxed my letter of appeal Friday, called today to see if they "got it in the right department and how long to expect to wait".  I got a call back 3 hours later with the great new...

The letter. - I faxed my letter of appeal today.  I must admit, it was pretty convincing at least I thought so!  I was told by the rep at Health Partners to have it go back to the original medic...

Pictures keep me wishing - I will submit my letter of appeal tomorrow.   I spent a lot of time on it yesterday but of course with Thanksgiving not able to submit today.  I'll call and see if a fax is accepta...

Not giving up - I had the weight loss team at my clinic submit a request for me to have bariatric surgery even though they put in the request that I didn't have a documented BMI of 35 or more for ...