Band Mom 3

Welcome to the board, Mary. I am still pre-surgery...waiting to finish up 1 more visit with my PCP next week and then I will be able to see the NUT and the surgeon. As soon as those visits are completed, my paperwork will be submitted and I wait. I am so anxious to have this done! You will love getting to know the people on this site~they have wonderful advice and because there are people who are at every stage, there's always someone to connect with. Glad you're here!

It is HOT and humid today...ready to get this extra weight off so that I can actually go out and enjoy it. My daughter is at UWF in Pensacola and my step-son is stationed at Hurlbert in security forces, so we are over that way at least once a month.

Hello! I saw in another of your posts that you are in the Panhandle...I am in Panama City... It's good to have a neighbor!

Hello! I am in Panama City, so not too far away. I am hoping for a late July surgery date. I have my last appointment the first week of July and will submit that day.

CDC, I have BCBS also and have a required 6 month of physician supervised weight loss. It is going by rather quickly! I only have a few more appointments left and all my doctors seem to think approval will happen without any problems. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Hello! I began my 6-month process in early February, so I am hoping for a late July/early August surgery. I am a teacher, so it has to be done before mid-summer so I can start back to school on time. I am hoping to have everything completely done other than my last PCP visit and will be a nervous wreck once paperwork is submitted to insurance!

Awesome! You look so happy!

Congratulations....but get yourself to the doctor pronto! Didn't you just have surgery in January??? Take care of yourself!

Prayers for you and for those medical professionals who will be a part of your surgery and your aftercare. I've been thinking of you and all that snow and hoping that it would either clear or just not be so bad that you were able to get to your appointments...glad everything is working out for you!

I think you hit the nail on the head! I've had multiple surgeries over my lifetime and never had to have a sleep study prior to any of them...the anesthesiologists were able to manage my need just fine!

Congratulations!

Hello All! I have been reading your posts for the last two weeks and decided that it was about time for me to join. I have been considering RNY for several years, but always had one reason (excuse) or another to stop me. Well, it's time to take care of myself now! I went to the information seminar on January 29th, immediately made appointments for colonoscopy and mammogram (my sweet dad passed away on Christmas Eve from lung cancer . ...had colon cancer a few years ago) so my PCP wants to rule that out for me. I had my 1st PCP appointment on 2/6 and will have blood work results back next week. I also have psych appointment scheduled for early March. I am so excited about the future for the first time in a very long time! My insurance (BCBS Alabama) does cover the procedure and I will have about $400 out of pocket expenses. I look forward to celebrating with all of you as we change our lives for the better! I am hoping for a mid-July surgery date, as I am a Staff Training Specialist with my school district and would like to not have to use up a lot of leave at the beginning of the school year.

My dad just died on Christmas Eve...only 63. It made me realize that I want to be around for my own kids a lot longer...

Yikes! I don't doubt that it's worth it, but I am going to get insurance to help out. I have 2 kids in college and I am in grad school, so I have plenty of money going out the door. gonna save what I can!

I don't have a date yet. I am hoping for a mid to late July date but I still have 5 more appoints with my PCP, sleep study, colonoscopy, egd, psych eval, and mammogram left to do. Whew!

Hello. I am in North Florida, so we are neighbors! Are you scheduled for surgery?

Congratulations! I cannot wait to be in onederland!

Welcome! I am semi-new here too....I read posts for several weeks before I joined. Best of luck as you go through this process. I am hoping for a mid- to late July surgery date, but I have a few more appointments to go.

I just did my first 5K on Saturday. I had 2 goals: to finish and not be the last one across the finish line. SUCCESS! 45 minutes!

I had my informational meeting with my surgeon this evening. The only thing that I missed in the first session with the Bariatric Nurse Navigator was that I was going to have to have an EGD done to check for H. pylori. Is this something that I should have scheduled at the same time as my colonoscopy? It would be ideal to keep the number of times I have to have anesthesia to a minimum.

Thanks for posting. I am going to order the sample pack too. I've read that a lot of people experience changes in their tastebuds after surgery, so I am thinking that it will be wise to just have smaller quantities of different brands/flavors for post-op until I decide which ones taste good. I still have at least 5 months before a possible surgery date due to the insurance requirements, but I figure that gives me time to start collecting a variety. Glad you found something yummy!

Thank you!

That sounds really good. I love peanut butter cookies!

Congratulations!

I'm hoping for a mid-July date. I'd like to have a few weeks to adjust to everything before school starts again.