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Thank you for posting your story. Aetna also denied me after I had been pre-certified, received verification it was covered, completed the entire plan with my surgeon and spent $4500 on pre-op stuff. I was devastated and posted in another thread here. My doctors office actually said, come get your files and find another doctor. The patient advocate actually told me that. I had to summon all the strength I had. I complained to my doctors off, the actual surgeon, aetna, and my employer. it turns out that the person in the doctors office didn't submit my appeal properly and I assume didn't want to get in trouble and thought I would just walk away. Once they appealed I was approved in 24 hours. Good for you for staying positive and I agree, we do not let insurance companies, or even incompetent drs. office staff dictate our own health!!!!

I’m having my gastric sleeve in October. I had the gastric ball a year ago and got soooo much flack from my family for having that. I’m not telling a single soul. Not my family, not my boyfriend, not work. I’ll just tell my work that I’m having minor surgery and since I’m self-paying, get a doctors note to excuse me for time off and as for my family, I’ll just keep quiet and if it comes up, just casually mention I had hernia surgery or something along those lines and I’m working out and new diet.

Snap! I'm 11 months out with Dr De Bruyne, so we have been on a similar journey. Although when the doc took it my blood pressure was normal, I have been getting orthostatic hypotension for the past few months so I do wonder if it's related. I've much improved since going keto so I just wonder if I've become ultra sensitive to carbs. It's a bit weird having changes this far out from surgery hey. Hope you feel better soon too!

Hi There I too have been having the shakes and feeling light headed, have even fainted on a few occasions. I hope they get to the bottom of it for you, I had bloods and other than low levels of calcium nothing showed up. They have identified low blood pressure so may be a possibility to consider let us know how you get on I too had the mini gastric bypass with Chris De Bruyne 1 year ago and only in last 2 months felt a little under the weather with the symptoms you describe

I would agree. I'd revise to a DS. You probably need that surgery. I don't think you will be happy with the RNY and think you will likely not get to your goal weight with it. I can say this because I have RNY (virgin surgery) and have a larger capacity. So I do not feel a whole lot of restriction. And food goes through my stoma very easily. So I have to be extremely careful of what goes in my mouth, calorie, volume count and limit food in the face of hunger. And I got to my goal. But it took iron balls to do it. And not everyone can put that kind of limit on themselves. If you haven't already, you need to have your sleeve evaluated to see if they left too much of the fundus in tact, or if it can be revised to make the sleeve smaller in a re-surgery. If it's surgeon error, they should have to fix it. If it's your error through overeating or eating around restriction, then a new surgery won't necessary fix your head and you will need to consider counseling along with a new anatomy if you want to avoid having this same discussion in the future.

Wow, impressive loss!

YOWZA. You look phenomenal! HIgh five, lady ✋🏼

@Torriluv02, thank you so much for such detailed account! I’m so happy to be back on the app and taking everything in. Everyone’s response has helped me sooo much in getting focused and remembering why I had the surgery in the first place. Not an excuse, but it’s been so hard with work and family and life happening. No one knows I’ve had Bariatric surgery. I have kept it a secret because experience with my people has taught me its best this way.

My surgery is Tuesday, September 17! I know you will do great!

They called today and my surgery is scheduled for October 9th. I am so excited!