Thisis my week of pre-op appointments. Planned them all during my vacation. I went to my second support meeting on Monday night. It was a muchbetter meeting then my first. More people, it started on time and I foundit more helpful. It as recommended picking up Weight Loss Surgery forDummies so I got that today. About half way done, so far so good. It hasbeen very informative. I go for my psyche evaluation tomorrow. Notsure exactly what to expect but the evaluation is spread out over 2 appointments. One bonus today I only had 1 co-paymentfor the entire day. Also found outthat I will not have to pay a co-payment for each weekly weigh in. I lost 20 pounds since my initial visitwith the Bariatric group on July 5^th, down 35 pounds since I saw mydoctor in June. I havereached the 5% weight loss requirement of my insurance company. Still ticks me off that the group doesnot count the first 15 pounds lost. But in another 10 pounds I will reach their required 10% from my initialweigh in with them. I have myappointment with the surgeon the first week of September. I imagine after that visit everythingwill be submitted to the insurance company.