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I am in a similar situation except I am the professor. My surgeon will be out of town during my two week break between summer session and fall session. In the summer, I teach on Monday and Wednesday mornings. I'm thinking of having a Tuesday a.m. surgery, canceling class on Wed and returning the following Monday to teach.…

What brand does your doctor have you on? I am sampling drinks and powders now so I know what I hate and what I like when surgery comes. I just had my first Premier Protein pre-made chocolate and it was pretty good. You can get them at Costco. They also sold an ON pre-made chocolate but I couldn't find any reviews on it so…

I'm so glad to read this. Yay for you!! Heather

I just met with my surgeon today for my consult. I have to do a 3 month supervised diet so I won't get sleeved until July or August. We are at similar starting weights. I'll send you a friend request. I am also starting to figure things out for life after - trying protein drinks, working on sipping my water throughout the…

I had my consult today and it went really well. I am confident in the doctor, which will help tremendously as I continue. I meet with the nutritionist on Monday and meet with her monthly for 3 months. I also meet with the doctor two weeks after, for another 3 more meetings with him. The goal is to lose 17lbs during the 3…

Congrats! So glad it went so smoothly for you.

I am also just starting this. I attended two seminars last week and decided on my doctor after those. There were plus and minuses to both but the decision was also pretty clear. At the first seminar, the nutritionist did the seminar and it felt a bit like a sales pitch. The second seminar was done by the doctor and I…

Yeah, I'm a little worried about that. But I am a part-time professor so going back to work will likely mean only showing up for a couple of classes for that first week. And I can sit the whole time and it will only be for a max of three hours. I'll know more in a couple of weeks once the schedule is released. I did…

Did anyone have a certain amount of weight that was required to be lose during the insurance supervised diet? I know it is in my benefit to lose weight to make the surgery and recovery go as best as possible but is there a weight loss I should be aiming for?

Thanks so much for everyone's responses! I think I have a pretty good idea of what hoops I will have to jump through. My hope is to have the surgery in August. I work at a college so I will have a 2 week window between summer session and fall session. It looks like I need to call the office to find out how long my…