Hi Sarah!

I was wondering how you are doing on your journey? Have you heard from insurance?

I just got approved on Thurdsay and has all of my pre op testing done today. Now I just have to wait for Dr. Anthone's office to call for a date.

Amy

Dear WLS friends,
I am in the process of planning our 4th Annual Patient Reunion here at SE in Lincoln. Please plan on attending. Hopefully with a save the date notice, you can get it on your calendar. It will be November 6th from 8:30 am to 3:00pm at the Hillcrest Country Club in Lincoln. We have a fantastic program and keynote speaker planned. Anyone who has had a WLS procedure is invited to attend, no matter where you had your surgery. If you have never attended and want to be on the mailing list for this years event, please send me your address and I will get you on the mailing list. [email protected] More details to follow. Thanks, Shelly

I am looking for a meeting in GI as well. Have attended in Kearney, Hastings and in Lincoln. I am new on this site and will get better at it.
Gary

 What I have been up to:

I pop in here every few days and love to read stories and tell mine.  I am 8 months and 1 week post op DS patient of Dr. Gary Anthones in Omaha.  I am down about 115 lbs and feel absolutely amazing.  Once I took about 100 lbs off, I got serious about fitness.  I started P90X by Beachbody.  It took me a couple weeks of researching it to buy it.  My best friend and my husband do it with me nearly every night and we are in week 7.  Our results have been nothing short of amazing already.  Although my weight has stalled for the last 20'some days, I am still losing inches and gaining great muscle tone for the first time in my life.  Some nights after an intense P90X workout we drink the Results & Recovery drink (1/2 serving).  But, my best supplemental drink- Shakeology. Chocolate.  Since my results have been so great and I absolutely swear by the Beachbody products- I now sell them as well.  I am now an Independent Beachbody Coach.  Okay.  Now, if you would have ever told me I would be conversing with super fit beautiful people talkin fitness- I would never have believed you.  Anything is possible.  I am very happy with the way my business is growing already.  My husband is also a Indep. Beachbody Coach now, too.  We see the obesity problem, we see the 'fake' food everyone is eating- that was us.  It's hard to make the change but you have to find what works for you.  What I see that Beachbody has done is made guaranteed programs to work in different ways based on what you want, how long you have to spend doing a workout and what you like or dislike.  I am amazed.  I already purchased the Brazil Butt Lift and start that on top of the P90X as of this coming Monday with my bff.  I just wanted to share.  I am driven by motivating other and helping.  Helping makes me so happy!  

Rita Lucero
Independent Team Beachbody Coach
www.beachbodycoach.com/rita78
www.myshakeology.com/rita78

I called before Christmas and was supposed to start going after I got back from Vacation clear back in Jan. but life moved on and I got busy, same old story... But I still wana go too! I got my date coming up here soon and am gonna need all the outside support I can get! Most of my family is pretty spread out, and my in laws are closer to me but, I'm hearing about thing being said while I;m not around that scares me, and make me worry about how supportive they will be during all this. I think they are gonna be helpful as far as taking care of their son and brother (my husband) but that's probably it. I shouldn't let it worry me too much but its getting close and I'm getting VERY nervous!
Anyhow (maybe I need to address the above in another forum too!), back to the meetings, I believe it is the 1st and 3rd Sat of each month. I can't remember if I got that info from the other poster above or if it was coming from St. Francis.