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Safe travels and good luck on surgery

@@proudgrammy thank you! I'm getting sleeved as well

Thanks everyone for all the encouraging words!

Good luck! Keep us poster! Mine is Friday & and nervous as heck!

Good luck! I'm right behind you...Friday

Good luck!

I have five days till surgery, Sept 26

Wow! Good luck!

Since I'm only 6 days away from surgery and my last ice cream for a very long while...I decided to go for it! Will miss Cold Stone!

The fabulous number today is 5! Five days still sleeving! Nothing else matters...don't even care if 49ers win or not...take that back they better win! But regardless the magic number is 5! What's your magic number? Good luck to all of those scheduled this week! Happy Sleeving!

Yup good luck everyone...mine is on Friday

Good to know Mick! I keep thinking that. I was a good excuse anyways! LOL Bigboy76... No pre-op diet. Just the count down till the day! The picture... Sorry had to share. LOL Congrats on you success so far!

Sorry wrong picture the first time

Thanks for sharing! I get sleeved on Sept 26 and when I read posts like yours, I forget my fears! Good luck on your journey!

10 days before the big day! I read a lot of the posts in this forum and it helps me get over my fear! Good luck to all upcoming Sleevers!

Thanks! And that approval will come!

Thanks same with you!

They better keep it a secret, if not they will be violating this law named HIPAA!

Congrats!!! I'm counting down to Sept26

So, just because, I decided to call my insurance company to check status on pre-cert. I was expecting them to say we just got it, it should take 5-10 days or something like that. Instead the person on the other line said " it's been approved" and she even read what I was approved for and gave me authorization number! It was that simple...and I was so worried of not getting approved! New me here I come!

I've met him once when I did my EGD test. I'm scheduled to get sleeved by him on Sept 26. Please any feed back regarding this doctor would be great. Thank you

Just 14 days till the big day!

Hi, My BMI is 37.5 was approved by my insurance. I think if your BMI is 40, it should be easier for you as you don't have the requirement of co morbidity. I also think the definition below is standard with all insurance. My insurance is GEHA. Hope this helps and good luck. "Morbid obesity is diagnosed by determining Body Mass Index (BMI). BMI is defined by the ratio of an individual’s height to his or her weight. Normal BMI ranges from 20-25. See BMI on back panel. An individual is considered morbidly obese if he or she is 100 pounds over his/her ideal body weight, has a BMI of 40 or more, or 35 or more and experiencing obesity-related health conditions, such as high blood pressure or diabetes."

Thanks everyone...wishing you all the same! Happy Labor Day

25 is the magic number today!