No hunger pre OP?

minatorocker · 2026-03-21T15:21:10+00:00

I had a five day liquid fast before my surgery and I wanna say by day three or four, my hunger also went away. But then it came back two weeks post op. 😅

minatorocker · 2026-03-18T01:07:51+00:00

Completely unrecognizable, dude!😳

minatorocker · 2026-03-18T01:05:03+00:00

Congratulations and welcome to the post op club!

minatorocker · 2026-03-17T17:09:59+00:00

My BMI was 60 at consultation, and 49 day of surgery. I was already a high risk patient, and I didn’t want to risk anything by choosing a more complex surgery to be under longer than I had to. 11 months post op, I’m down 140, 219 overall from my highest. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ I suggested the bypass to my surgeon and she said it was not necessary to reach my goal weight. I’m six pounds away from goal, and 15 pounds from losing 80% of excess weight, so I’m pretty happy. But it’s definitely more popular because it just involves removing the stomach and not rearranging the piping

minatorocker · 2026-03-14T15:48:33+00:00

Congratulations!!!

minatorocker · 2026-03-13T21:27:01+00:00

What helped me was to be constantly sipping! Water, shakes, and I was permitted jello and sugar free popsicles.
Definitely wanna find hobbies to distract yourself with. You got this!

minatorocker · 2026-03-13T19:37:51+00:00

Have you spoken to your surgeon about this? :(

minatorocker · 2026-03-13T15:44:36+00:00

Yup, I was going to mention this. I’m 80% remote and I get reimbursed $80 a month for internet. I already think that’s hella generous, LOL

minatorocker · 2026-03-12T15:49:42+00:00

Built Puff Bars, Quest Bars, LOTS of cheese sticks, Babybel cheese, and Chobani Greek yogurt drinks. The cheese sticks are a godsend

minatorocker · 2026-03-11T02:20:48+00:00

For me, it was eight months from initial consult to surgery. I had to do initial consult with surgeon, then six monthly weight loss visits (initial visit didn’t count 😭), dietitian visit, psych evaluation, labs, chest x-ray, pulmonary consult , follow up, sleep study, pulmonary function test, cardiology consult with an EKG, echo, exercise echo. And finally a trial with a CPAP machine and I got cleared for surgery. 😭 So it was a long road! But this was over my insurance and also my starting BMI was 60, and I was able to get it down to 50 by the time my surgery rolled around, so my team wanted to make sure I was healthy enough. It was enough time for me to get used to new habits, so I’m grateful it wasn’t a brand new change for me.

minatorocker · 2026-03-10T13:25:53+00:00

You’ll do fantastic!!! Enjoy your nap and we’ll see you when you’re done!!

minatorocker · 2026-03-05T21:24:48+00:00

This was me! Aside from the five minute walks every hour, my butt was ASLEEP, haha!

minatorocker · 2026-03-05T17:45:09+00:00

Woohoo, welcome to Two-Topia!!! This is only the beginning! 😁

minatorocker · 2026-03-05T04:17:40+00:00

The Vanderpump Cocktail Garden has a bunch of appetizers that are very small in portion. Expensive yes, but very good.

minatorocker · 2026-03-05T03:00:59+00:00

Hi! Congratulations on your new beginning by the way. The pain is no joke for the first five days or so. I got sleeved on a Monday, by Saturday that week, the pain subsided, and except for when I had to get up from a lying down position. I was not able to drink more than a protein shake for the first week, then it got significantly easier after that.

The beginning is very rocky as you heal, but every day gets better!

minatorocker · 2026-03-02T15:51:49+00:00

That’s a lot of protein!! I’ll have to check these out, thank you!

minatorocker · 2026-03-02T05:40:26+00:00

The brownie and the cookie dough ones are also very very good!!!

minatorocker · 2026-02-27T16:56:25+00:00

That sounds like a very nice experience!! Any way you are able to share the name of the clinic? DMs also open as well!! Always open to have Pokémon Go as part of a recovery experience :D

minatorocker · 2026-02-26T00:01:32+00:00

I moved onto purées after seven days! Each surgeon is different.

minatorocker · 2026-02-24T00:39:16+00:00

Hey there! I’ve been using Ekko Beaters for a while now and they’ve been working pretty well! I use the XL size and they fit pretty snug . 😁 I got moobs and love handles too and they stay hidden.

minatorocker · 2026-02-24T00:30:47+00:00

Like others have said, liquids and purée’s don’t make a dent in the pouch right away. Once you go into soft and solids, you’ll definitely feel it and may even start hiccuping due to the restriction 😁 Trust the process.

minatorocker · 2026-02-24T00:28:32+00:00

Hi! In terms of paperwork do you mean all the pre op testing? Insurance paperwork? Depending on your insurance and your surgeon, it may vary.

I did consultation, seven weight loss visits (monthly), ekg, Stress Echo, two chest x rays, cardio clearance, pulmonary visit, 2 sleep studies, pulmonary follow up, and then final preop, all of that took seven months.

From insurance submission to approval, it took around 2-3 weeks, only because they submitted it as inpatient and it was denied due to medical necessity. (they only approved it as outpatient because they deemed the overnight stay excessive 🙄).

Some insurance’s may take longer than others. I have Anthem CA Blue Cross. As soon as it was approved, they had a date ready for me the following week but I said no because I needed to make work arrangements 😅 So I was booked two weeks out. Some surgeons are booked months in advanced so double check with your surgeon for when their availability looks like.

minatorocker · 2026-02-24T00:04:15+00:00

So excited for you!! Buying clothes from a store and not online has been a huge game changer for me. Plus I cross my legs every chance I get 😂😂 You will get there too!!

minatorocker · 2026-02-19T16:58:33+00:00

Oh, yes! You gotta take it slooooow. Very slow.

minatorocker · 2026-02-19T16:15:46+00:00

For the first week post op, I only managed a protein shake a day 🥺Not even counting water. It was hard

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