jhood2005

Sleeved 4-14-15 down 34 pounds since surgery, HW 310, surgery day 296, weight today262.

Thank you all, right now doc has me on a 15 pound weight restriction, but yes the job does require a lot of sweeping, mopping, and bending, lots of bending, all my incisions look good they are all closed, staples were removed when I was one week out, no more steri strips, so will try to cut back on some things.

Ok I have a question, I am 3 weeks out, I had pain for the first few weeks on my left side by the big incision and in the middle one where your waist band is, well most of it subsided, I started back to work one week out, at one of my jobs doing housekeeping for a dialysis clinic, anyway, now at this point it hurts pretty bad again when I bend over, this am I couldn't even tie my shoes, when sitting or standing its just a slight pain but when I bend over it is something else, anyone experience this, first I thought it was trapped gas but I haven't had any gas pains and it's only in this one area, it's like i'm pinching something off when I bend over, I don't know

I had staples with water proof bandages

I found as long as I have my Protein shakes, lots of Water, on time, as well as sugar free Jello, broth, I wasn't that hungry, my biggest problem was cooking for my family, that was very hard. I'm still on my liquid diet, surgery is April 14th. My first day at work right after I started my liquid diet, I forgot to bring my shakes and water to work with me, so I went like 6 hours without a shake that was rough.

April 14th I will be sleeved, I am getting so scared and nervous, on pre op diet right now, it is really hard, but I have found as long as I get my protein shakes in on time, haven't been that hungry, but cooking supper for my husband is the hardest, when I am done cooking I just have to leave the room, he feels bad for eating in front of me but I just leave the room til he is done and he does the clean up so I am not tempted to get at the leftovers, I have been so tempted.

I am doing my pre op liquid diet, uhh, lol, surgery on 4 4-15

My surgery is scheduled for April 14th, pre- op diet starts April 2nd, all liquids!!!

I have finally obtained the money part for my upfront costs, my EGD is March 18th, then my final visit with my doc is on April 1, surgery scheduled for April 14th. liquid diet starts April 2nd, my husband and I's anniversary, lol, I'm open to any suggestions on the liquid diet, how many grams are my shakes supposed to have of Protein and calories? I am really overwhelmed and excited, I recently had to have an MRI for my back and it was a closed MRI machine, I couldn't put my arms on my lap because I wouldn't fit all the way in the machine so I had to put them over my head so I could fit, talk about humiliating, finally I can start this journey, so help and suggestions from anyone. Thanks.

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I have been looking too, my doctor does not take care.credit and will only take financing from finance companies if you are self pay, I have insurance but can't afford the out of pocket right now so I have been stuck since last September when they initially set my surgery date. Is there any finance companies that would pay the money to me so then I could pay the doctor's.

Well I am pretty much defeated at this time, went thru the whole program, had a EGD date, Surgery date and everything was set to go, now nothing is happening, surgery cancelled, don't know if anything will happen, I have to have at least 4-5 thousand dollars up front, I wasn't told any of this thru out the program, so everything is at a stand still til I can come up with the money, which at this point I don't know how that will happen. We live paycheck to paycheck, have depleted our savings so.

I guess I am a real naïve dummy when it comes to insurance and deductibles and all that. Three days before my EGD was scheduled I get a call from the surgery/procedure scheduler and she told me I have only paid 183 dollars on my deductible. I have a 2000$ deductible, max out of pocket. is 6000$. She said I had to at least pay 500 up front before EGD could be done, then the insurance would start paying 60%, so of course I didn't just have 500 laying around, so that's been delayed, then the insurance/billing person told me that 10 days before my surgery date which has already been scheduled but I can't do it til the EGD is done, she would call me and let me know what I would have to pay up front for my surgeon's fee, she couldn't give me a dollar amount as she said I haven't paid the 500 yet so she wouldn't know how much til I do that, and that there would also be a person calling me from the surgery floor telling me what I have to pay up front for the "facility fee", she couldn't tell me how much that was either. Then what ever is left to pay I could make payments on. So can someone explain this to me in terms I can understand, I don't want to get a loan for 500 then turn around and need more money after that. I am having my surgery done at Shawnee Mission Health at Prairie Star in Lenexa KS. Dr. Hoehn is my surgeon thru the Bariatric Center of Kansas City. Any advice or input would be greatly appreciated. I am someone that lives paycheck to paycheck, just put my youngest in college and have one in last year of law school. so I don't have a nest egg lying around, I just wish I knew what to expect. Thanks.

I am looking for anyone who had their sleeve done at the Bariatric Center of Kansas City on 2nd floor. Can you tell me what you had to pay for the "facility Charge" and also the surgeon fee. I have Dr. Hoehn. Trying to figure all my up front charges. I have to pay 500 up front for my EGD, I have a 2000 dollar deductible with a total max out of pocket of 6000. can anyone help me understand how all this works, I am so confused. Thanks.

ok, thought things were finally happening, got all psyched up for my EGD and my surgery date, But now after all this whole process, 4 days before my EGD the scheduler calls me and says she has to have at least 500$ by Wednesday the day of my procedure or I can't have it done, that she was being nice because they could ask for it all up front, because I have not met my deductible, I have already used up my HCSA money, I have no savings left, I live paycheck to paycheck, it would have been nice to have known in the beginning so I could have expected it, not wait til a few days before my procedure and a month before my surgery anybody know of any company that loans money for this type of thing? Thanks, I am very disappointed, down, and now don't know when I will be able to get all this done so I can start my new life.