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YAY!! I will be sleeved that same week!

nothing. Not required. I will have a 1 week liquid liver shrinking diet right before surgery. I am actually on the low end of the 40 BMI...meaning I barely squeeked by with no comorbidities to get insurance approval.

my date changed to 4/23

The hoops are all jumped through. The package has been faxed to the insurance company, and I wait. OH I HATE TO WAIT! Almost every day at work someone (generally a boss) asks me....."got a date yet?" I know they are concerned for the business, and who's going to fill in for me while I'm off (and I will have that covered) And I think they are trying to appear interested and concerned about me too, I suppose. But the waiting is almost unbearable! ok. That's all I got. Have a great day everybody!

wow. That's a long time. Mine was approved in 2 days.

Happy Dance!! I'm 4/23!!

call! it's shouldn't take this long.

@@LipstickLady have I told you lately that you crack me up? I think if we were neighbors, we'd be great friends.

I am so glad to hear that I will be able to use a straw! It is soooo hard to drink from a wide mouth bottle in the car. My husband was driving the other day, and I was so thirsty, so I tried to take a drink, and ended up wearing it. (wide mouth bottle because I love lots of ice.)

Thank you for this. I saved the link and pasted it into a private FB support group I am a part of. There are several women I work with who don't take Vitamins, and don't believe they need to, it's just a way to sell bariatric vitamins, and milk more money out of the patient. I am a FIRM believer in vitamins and Water. Always have been, and even more so now. I sure hope my peeps read it. and go out and get their vitamins.

The Liver is nothing to fool with. Get to the dr.

Don't plan to use baby food. I have a vitamix

April 23rd! In Kansas City!

I just stocked up on those from Sams yesterday. They were on sale $5 off a boxful!!

@@psychicrhino people can be so mean. Jealousy...pure jealousy!

Good luck! I just got through jumping through all the hoops, too. Just got my date. Now the tummy is doing flip flops, I'm soo excited, and nervous at the same time! (& the EGD is no big deal...really)

I have a vitamixer, and it is worth every penny!! Sometimes they have awesome sales on them at costco. I don't think they carry them all the time though. They are pretty pricey. My hubs bought me one a few years ago via the vitamixer website for mothers day. You can make Soup it in and it actually gets HOT!! And my smoothies with matrix Cookies and cream and skim milk and a little unsweetened cocoa powder plus ICE is a wonderful "malt". VERY decadent, more like a calorie laden dessert than a low calorie Protein shake. ummmmm....that sounds so good, I think I'm going to go make one for Breakfast right now! Good luck on your decision!! (I work for an insurance co, not for vitamixer co) lol

Insurance companies just want to see that you made an attempt., and went to every single appointment. My insurance company told me that it didn't matter if I had gained or lost. I gained some months, and lost other months. Up and down, up and down. I was approved 2 days after mine was submitted. I do not have BCBS, I have UHC, but I can't imagine they are much different. Afterall...as my surgeon said, that proves that I can't do it on my own. If you want to see a loss next time you go, do a week of nothing but chicken and veges and tons of Water, or Protein shakes and tons of water, and you will lose. I did that on my last month and lost 5 pounds, which put me 1 pound lower than my starting weight. It's a game that those of us who are lucky enough to have insurance must play. Just chill and keep jumping through the hoops.

I tried to keep it a secret, but my mother and my husband both have big mouths!

INDEED!!!

@@Elode What an awesome public service! You just made my day, and everyone elses who reads this!! THANK YOU!!!

@@Joz31 ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Same Date, same hospital, same Dr!!!! My time is 11am. Gotta be there at 9:45am

I was a heavy smoker for 35 years. I decided on April 1st last year that I wanted this surgery. I read a book by Allen Carr called The easy way to stop smoking. I smoked while reading it, and once I finished the book, the instructions were to throw whatever cigs I had left into the trash and never pick up another one. It worked. I believe it may have something to do with self hypnosis, as there was quite a bit of repetition. But that along with the determination to become healthy and have a safe surgery, it was easy peasy to just walk away. Weigh your pros and cons. What do cigs Do for you? Besides kill you slowly? Nothing. I will be 1 year smoke free on April 1, and I'm damn proud!! Best of luck to you on your Quest to good health

I was approved 2 days after it was submitted. Insurance companies understand now, I think, that it really is a life saver, and a cost savings for them.....down the road.

I agree with Elode. I have friends who had GB and are doing great, feel great, got thin, and healthy. I don't believe I would hesitate if it were me, and they agreed to pay for it, but not the sleeve. I'd be first in line!!