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Proudmomma83...most days I'm do ok, but then I have really bad days when I feel like I'm making the wrong decision. There's always that one WHAT IF? what if I'm that one statistic? Fortunately my daughters father and I are still together and she will have him.... But I'm selfish and I want to be there for all those big milestones in her life... I just keep trying to remind myself I'm going this to be a better mom for her and putting my trust in my surgeon.

Claw0416. Good luck to you as well! We're so close!' Something similar happened to me when I went to do my upper GI. They had me stand in between these two things to do the test but it was a tight fit and then told me to turn to the side but I couldnt turn completely. On my report it said test modified due to body habitus being to large. I was so upset. I was like but my doctor specializes in bariatrics and all my info was sent over prior to... So not sure why it was not taken into consideration. Just makes you want this that much more to know we will never have to hear or read those things again.

Thank you Mywishes85! Good luck to you as well and I'll look forward to hearing about ur progress so I'll know what to expect! =)

Thank you teacherlady! My surgeon is really nice. Very good bedside manor and I trust him. My surgery is at a center of excellence and I have several customers from my job who did their surgery thru him and they look amazing with no complications. I lost my mom two years ago to a car accident just 2 weeks after I had my daughter. She was the first and really the only experience I ever had dealing with death. And let me tell you I did not deal with it well. Ever since losing her, the thought of dying is a constant fear of mine. I have an amazing support team, and this far everyone I've told has been very supportive of my decision. My mom had her first heart attack before she was 45 and my dad most recently had a massive one on March 1 of this year. Diabetes, high blood pressure, you name it my family had it. So I decided to take hold of my own health before it gets worse. I've always been very heavy my entire life, but this last year I developed type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure. They also put me on a water pill because of swelling from water weight. At just 30 years old I should not have this many issues. I can't wait for the day when I can finally keep up with my 2 year old. Sad to say her great grand mother at 70 something years old can move around and play on the floor with her better than I can =/. Just a little over 2 weeks to go for me. Congrats on ur surgery date and good luck with ur journey!

I'm scheduled for surgery April 17th and recently had my EGD done at the hospital where my surgery will be performed. As I was being hooked up to the heart monitors and the IVs and everything else they had going on I started to panic and question myself if I was making the right decision. I started to freak out about...If this was any indication of what I would be going thru the day of surgery I was scared sh**less...all I could think about was what if I didn't make it? What would happen to my little girl...that was until I heard the anesthesiologist tell the nurses that I was "rather large" and she was going to stick around. Quickly snapped me back into why I was doing this in the first place. My doc requires a 1 week pre-op diet but I'm going to give it two. The more weight I lose before the better =)

Just got my surgery date 4/17!! Liquid diet only 1 week before. So exited nervous and anxious all at once. But couldn't be more ready!!

Passed the psych eval with his recommendation and approval to have the surgery! Just one more nutrition appt to go before being submitted to the insurance for approval of the surgery =)

So tomorrow is my psych evaluation... Could anyone give any suggestions or any info on what to expect?

Thank you so much for your time and information I appreciate it! I was a little nervous but I feel a little more confidence going in. Thank you again very much!!

Congrats to all of you who have made such a life changing decision and to those who have already had their surgery!! In reading thru everyone's threads I have seen a lot of stories with people who had BMI around 40... My current BMI is at 72 and I'm a little more heavy then most I've read so I was wondering if anyone could share their experience with getting approved with insurance, or their experience with surgery and recovery that had a higher BMI? Any advise or info would be greatly appreciated...

Thank you so much!

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Thank you ladies so much! I am in my 2nd month of my 3 month nutritional requirement and my psych eval is next week. And hopefully will be scheduled for surgery end of March or early April with the gastric bypass

Thank you so much! I talked to my surgeons office yesterday and to them alone after I meet my deductible I will owe $1300. My out of pocket max is $10000 so he said we would contact the hospital and see how much theyre fee would be. I guess I'm a little confused as to what the out of pocket max is?

Hi guys! I have elected to have gastric bypass surgery and it is covered by my insurance. I currently live in Florida but my company's corporate office is in Ohio so I'm covered under anthem OH. My insurance requires 3 month nutritional, PCP referral, psych evaluation, I'm currently in my second month of the nutritional requirement and have my psych eval next week... As I'm half way to submitting to my insurance for approval I nervous as to what I will have to pay out of pocket. I feel like I'm so close to the finish line and I'm afraid financially is where I'm going to stumble... My question is to anyone who has the same insurance what did you end up paying out of pocket? And what issue did you have getting approved? Thanks!