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I did a sleeve on Fri Feb 15th. Went today to see Dr. Leslie and I am already down 10 lbs! The only problems I have had...I had a hiatal hernia repaired that we did not know I had, and the pain from the repair (in your diaphram) is not a nice experience to say the least! The repair feels like flipping child birth labor pains! Today I actually felt like a real person. First day of only a weeeeee bit of pain there. I know it takes time to heal. I'm just glad today was the day:)

 

I will not be doing a DS. I will be doing a sleeve.

 I was declined a DS this past Tuesday afternoon but approved for a RNY for my surgery that was SUPPOSED to be today Friday Sep 28, 2012.

I have a professional helping me with my appeal.

We have everything under control and should be ready to submit my appeal before the end of next week. Just waiting on a couple more letters from some of my other doctors supporting my comorbids and my DS surgery.

 Wasn't happy with the information meeting at Fairview Southdale. They said many times they would be reviewing ALL weight loss surgery options. They only review the surgies they perform.

So I went to the Uof M for their information meeting. Now that was an information meeting!!! The same day of the meeting I met with the surgeon Dr. Daniel Leslie, his nurses, dietition and scheduler. I have 6 months of dietition visits and all the other testing to go through. I spent 4 hours on the phone the next day scheduling appointments for me and my husband as we are doing this together. I'm doing the Laparoscopic Bilipancreatic Diversion with the Duodenal Switch that I have been reaearching for 2 years. My husband will be doing the  Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and his surgery will be Nov. 30, 2012. 

I'm doing the 1200 calorie a day thing and learning how to eat properly so I am accustomed to eating the right portions after surgery. Sure is hard only eating one portion of things insted of three portions.  I'm only on day two of the diet and keep looking at the sheets of information so I know how many serving of what I am allowed each day....That's as much work as measuring out food. LOL . I know in no time at all I won't have to measure serving sizes anymore coz I'll know them all by heart.  I think the hardest thing for me over the past two days in not being allowed to drink all the milk I normally drink.

Walking 30 min a day on my airwalker and doing all the things I need to do.
I'm on my weigh:)

 My informational meeting has been scheduled for next Tusday evening, March 13, 2012 at the Weight Loss Clinic at Fairview Southdale Hospital. Taking the hubby too since he needs this as much as I do. 

I'm on  weigh:)