So today is 2/28/12. By way of update here we go!! On Tuesday February 7th I received a call from my Dr. George Mueller's office telling me the great news!! I have been approved for Gastric Sleeve Surgery on 03/12/12.
This is very exciting and scary at the same time!!
In order to get approved I had to do the following:
- Medically supervised diet for 6 months- this entailed mostly powder drinks and 1 lean and green meal a day. I lost about 40 lbs on this diet.
- Next I had to get a full physical from my primary physician for medical clearance for surgery.
- Chest X-Ray, Psychological Evaluation, EKG, Blood work for days.
I am now 2 weeks away from surgery and so I have started a Liver Shrinking Diet YUMMY lol. I have to drink 3 Bariatric Advantage Shakes a day and 1 lean and green meal with 1/3 cup of brown rice. I am use to this diet so it doesn't seem as bad this time. Also, I have started not drinking while I eat. One of my life changes will be to not drink and eat at the same time. So after I eat, I have to wait about 30 minutes.
