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I have United Healthcare Choice and they cover bariatric surgery, was approved in less than a week and all that was required was 5 years worth of medical records and a psych evaluation.

My doctor must be really strict, sleeved on Monday, was in hospital two days because of nausea. I will be on clear liquids for two weeks then a month of full liquids, two weeks on pureed and then on soft foods until I reach 6 months post-op. The clear liquids are killing me, the only thing I have been able to drink is water with flavoring in it. Tried chicken broth and added ProCel which was disgusting so just ate plain chicken broth. Nectar should be in today so I'm praying that it taste good or getting protein in isn't going to be easy...would love mexican food about now! On the gum issue my NUT said if you accidentally swallowed it then it would have to be surgically removed...I'm staying far away from gum.

Congrats!! I have a few more days to wait.

I have UHC, it took 4-5 days for them to look over everything and approve. I called them every couple of days to see if it was approved yet and once it was I called the doctors office. Took almost another week to get the approval letter from UHC.

Mine is scheduled for Dec. 13, start pre-op liquid diet on Dec. 3

Surgery is suppose to be December 13 in Tyler Texas, still waiting to hear from nurse to set up pre-op date, ultrasound and hospital admissions appointment...nervous and excited!!

Hello, I guess you could say this journey started 16 months ago when I went to a new doctor after moving to East Texas. I took my previous blood test results with me so he could have something to reference by for my thyroid levels (had thyroidectomy in 2001) and he noticed my iron levels were just slightly elevated so wanted to do some more bloodwork, my previous doctor wasn't concerned, guess it wasn't elevated enough for him. Needless to say thanks to my new doctor we discovered I had hemochromatosis and was caught early enough that it could be controlled easily (if having blood draws once a week is considered easy...hurts like hell, I don't like needles at all!). He sent me to a liver specialist and genetic specialist just to confirm. From there the liver specialist ran more test and did a liver biopsy which determined that I also have NASH (fatty liver), so not only is the iron destroying my liver so is all the fat. The liver specialist mentioned lap band to me in August 2009 and I went to a seminar in September 2009 but didn't feel I was ready for something that drastic. She had mentioned it to me again a couple months ago and I decided to set up an appointment with the bariatric office. I went in planning to do the lap band and then he discussed the gastric sleeve with me, so now I had lots of research to do which is how I found you guys...lots of great information on this site. I researched lap band and gastric sleeve and decided to go with the sleeve, I didn't want the hassle of the band and then if it didn't work the way I wanted I wouldn't be happy. My insurance is United Healthcare so I had to get 5 years worth of medical records, get a psych evaluation and wait... My bmi wasn't over 40 but with all my health issues I qualify. United Healthcare is pretty fast at approvals (took less than a week) but my financial counselor sent in for the wrong surgery (lap band) so we had to start over, luckily it still took them less than a week (approved yesterday) and now we are on our way to a gastric sleeve! My surgery is set for December 13 and I'm waiting for them to call and schedule my pre-op, ultrasound and hospital admissions. I was extremely scared when I first decided to have the sleeve, cutting out most of my stomach didn't seem all that appealing to me, nor does having staples that could possibly leak. But I figured I have lived without my gall bladder and thyroid for many years so I will be just fine missing most of my stomach. Still have a little fear every once in a while, typical when I'm going in for surgery but mostly excited and my husband is excited for me as well. My surgery is at Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler Texas with Dr. Robert McKinney. I'm 41 years old, married with two daughters (age 19 & 17), presently unemployed (which is great for recovery time), 5 foot tall and at my initial consultation with Dr. McKinney I weighed 200.8 pounds, the most I have ever weighed. So I'm hoping to get healthy (and skinny) so I can enjoy life, live to see my kids grow up and have families of there own and grow old with my husband!

Hi, I was told by my doctor to take chewable vitamins and he said some prescriptions come in liquid form so you may want to ask about that in the future.