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Hi! Im new to this site..been lurking on the sleeve site for a bit. I just started the process. Im 3 months out of six on my supervised diet. Have my psych eval scheduled for January. I am having to switch insurances in January to hopefully get approved. My husbands insurance will NOT cover WLS for any reason. Thru my employer it hopefully will after all the hoops are jumped thru. I apologise in advance if this question has been hammered into the ground. I can't seem to find it. The big question....how did you decide which surgery to have? Did you just go by the recommendations of your surgeon? How much input did you have into your surgery? WHY did you choose RNY? Those that are post op do you feel that you made the right choice? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I'm confused too. I don't have diabetes but I do have a terrible sweet tooth. I love cakes, cookies, candy. I'm wondering if I will have better long term success with the bypass. But then I'm also worried about having to take all those vitamins and supplements for the rest of my life and worrying about what if something happens and I can't afford all the supplements.

Whoops. Yes newgrandmother that was for you. A Bartholyn's cyst is located on the outside of the vajayjay. The bartholyn gland is responsible for producing lubrication. Sometimes it gets inflamed/plugged and develops infection. Can be very painful.

Are you sure that's a boil? It sounds like a Bartholin's cyst to me. Sitting in warm epsom salt baths will help it come to a head but your doctor will need to lance and drain it. Possibly even put in a drain called a bartholin catheter. Once its drained your relief will be huge.

That would be a good thing to have a "sticky" on. Also a list of what items to have stocked up on at home in case we feel like crap and dont want to hit the grocery store would be nice to have as a reference.

Welcome JennieDK. I'm from Iowa too. Burlington area. Just like you I don't feel fat. I look in the mirror though and think wth! I wasn't always fat. It just slowly krept up on me til I got to here. Are you having your surgery done at Mercy? I'm hoping to go to U of I since its closer. I won't be done with my 6 month supervised diet til January. I'm having to switch from myhusbands insurance to mine thru work to get it covered. My biggest fear is going thru all of this and then not getting approved. Second biggest fear is a leak or stricture. Some of the people on here have been thru absolute hell. Then I look at some of the before and after pictures and wish I could get it done right this minute. Lol. Good luck in your journey and keep us updated.

This is the almost exact same diet that I did for Ideal Protein. For headaches they tell you to eat or drink 1/4 teaspoon of natural sea salt (the kind that's pink) I used to just pour it in my hand and eat it. Usually headache was gone within half an hour.

You look fantastic! What a wonderful inspiration.

WoW! I've been reading the complications page and I'm so scared and rethinking if I really want to take this risk. Then I see your pictures and I sooo bad wanna be in a little black dress! I want to fit in the chair in my daughters school auditorium. I want to comfortably snuggle up behind my husband on his enduro bike. And I sooo bad want to get back to riding my horses again. Thank you ladies for reminding me that the risk is worth it.

I hear ya on that! Being fat totally sucks. I'm amazed after all that you have went thru that your willing to try again. You must be one tuff woman! I sympathize with your husband it must be hard to watch somebody you love go thru so much pain. I sincerely hope the next time is a walk in the park.

Oh my goodness how awful for you Kleigh830. Have you since had the sleeve surgery? Any problems with that?

Wow! Would you guys mind sharing what your compications were? Sorry in advance if they are posted elsewhere. I'm still learning how to navigate this site.

I am currently on my husbands insurance which does NOT cover WLS for any reason. His open enrollment is January 1st so hes dropping me from his insurance which will give me a "changing event" to be able to enroll thru my employer which DOES cover WLS. Im going to be getting Wellmark Alliance Select. Anybody have any experience with them? I know that I wont have a pre-existing condition clause because I wont have a gap in coverage. The Bariatric surgeon has instructed me that I will at a minimum need a 6 month supervised diet and 10% weight loss. Im currently seeing a nurse practitioner and have four months out of the way and have lost 21 pounds. My starting BMI was 39.2 and I have hypertension. Hopefully I will be set to meet with the surgeon after the first of the year and will just cross my fingers that I get approval. The wait is absolutlely killing me! I am excited yet nervous. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Haha. Too funny. The surgeons office was pretty helpful. They sent me a letter detailing what was needed for the 6 month diet and exercise plan but that's about it. They won't officially see me as a patient until my insurance switches after January 1st and can't start anything with preauth until then. Its the dang insurance company that's being a tool. Its like the requirements are a huge secret.

The same thing happened to me when I did the Ideal Protein Diet. Once your body gets over the carb withdrawals the hunger goes away. Your body goes into Ketoacidosis so make sure you amp up your water intake so that you don't damage your kidneys.

If u r willing to stay the same maybe u should rethink this decision. We all loved our sweets, drinks but loving those things got us right here. I don't know about anyone else as for me,the old person with bad eating habits is going to stay in the OR, anew person will be rolling into recovery. Lol Really is a piece of cake or drink worth your health? If so continue as u are. Well...that wasn't snarky at all. Thank you Chris54 for being so perfect as to never have to worry about slipping into old behaviors. I only wish that I were so perfect. Obviously I'm not because I'm FAT. I'm looking at surgery because I'm NOT willing to stay the same. Thank you so much for your words of encouragement.

I already tried that. BCBS Alliance Select apparently uses "Interqual Criteria" which is detailed on "Smart Sheets". These must be a very closely guarded secret because nobody will give them to me and I cannot find them online. When I talked to the insurance company the rep said that I would have to get that information from the surgeon. Grrrrrrrrr

Well I am excited to announce that I had my annual fasting labs done this morning and my total cholesterol went up! My LDL (bad cholesterol) went up! and my fasting glucose went up (only 101 but still listed as high) WootWoot! I cant believe Im excited to have failed a test. Not to mention that with the increased exercise and supervised diet plan that my blood pressure has went up as well. Hopefully the insurance company will approve me before I croak.

Im having the same dilemma. Not so much about the insulin as Im not diabetic. My worry is about having malabsorption and having to be dependent on vitamins and what happens if we have a catastrophe and can't afford them. That and not being able to enjoy an occasional glass of wine or a bite of wedding cake when my girls get married. The other side of the coin is that I am a sugar junky and the bypass would be a benefit to making sure I dont cheat. Dumping syndrome doesnt sound like much fun and might help me not to take that bite of cake because lets face it...if I were able to just say no I wouldnt be here. Maybe the sleeve would let me take that bite but not eat the whole cake? Anybody see Mike and Molly last week? Thats my hope and why Im leaning towards the sleeve.

Thanks for your response...looks like we are in almost the same spot! You might be a tad bit ahead of me. The surgeon won't even make me an appointment for a consult until the six months are up.. plus they want to see my new insurance card which I wont get until January 1st. Poop. At least there is still hope of getting it covered. Getting a denial and having to appeal right now is my biggest fear. I cant even wrap my head around the surgery fear since it looks like Im so far away.

Haha.. I did call the insurance company. All that they would tell me is that yes the sugery is covered however they would NOT give me the requirements. Stated that they would give them to the inquiring surgeon and that I could get it from them. My BMI when I started the supervised weight loss was 43.2 do they count that or do they go by what I am currently which is 39? I take meds for hypertension, have elevated LDL which is documented in my records as having hyperlipidemia even though I don' take meds for it. Now Im just crossing my fingers that I wont have to wait for open enrollment to get on my employers insurance because that's not until July. My six months supervised diet will be complete in January. Waiting really stinks.