Newbie light weight surgery scheduled for this Friday

I read this quickly --- my guess is the ins approved so you are set! I sure hope everything goes well for you! This is such a crazy ride -- take your measurements and pre pictures. You won't believe how fast your body will change.

Meg

 I survived! What a rough time.  I had my surgery Friday 5/10 laparoscopic.  All went well except I contracted pneumonia during recovery and that slowed down my progress. By post op day 3 my elevated white count and fever were a huge concerned and I couldnt keep any fluids in my - it was so painful. So I was reopened on Thursday and the discovered that the bowel that was reconnected had died and was leaking - yikes!  So that was fixed, Im on the mend from pneumonia and I'm very week and sad. 

Im home finally on soft food & fluids but so far I'm just keeping hydraydted. I'm so saddened about how this all went and how I feel. Any words of encouragement would be appreciated. I just want to.
Feel better

Thank you

(((hugs)))  Aw, I'm sorry you've had such a rough start. It will get better from here on out. You're doing the right thing staying hydrated an keeping that number one right now. Next comes protein and then vitamins. Please keep us posted and stay hooked in with us as best you can.

--gina

Glad you are home!!!!! You'll be on the mend now!!!! Let us know how you are doing.

Meg

I see you managed to keep your weight high enough...while MOST insurance companies do go by your consultation weight, some companies who buy those policies require a surgery weight of at least a 35 BMI. And yes, there has been a couple of people around OH that were denied based on the weight they signed in the day of surgery.

Btw, my BMI was very close to the line too...it was a 35.2 and in spite of trying to gain a couple of lbs, I actually lost and went into surgery at a 34.9. Thankfully my insurance went by consultation weight.

Welcome to the LW board, welcome to the loser's bench, SIP, REST, and WALK!!!

Liz

 Thank you everyone. I stomached some yogurt today and chicken broth! Still be treated for pneumonia staples scheduled to come out on Thursday - cant wait. This has been really hard. Really hard!