AllisonK1986

My dr said the surgery will prob help me lose 40% of my excess weight and the rest is up to me. I guess I'm worried by not having the gastric, it's like I'll lose 40lbs and stall out and I'll have done this for nothing ????????

I would tell them I can pay what I can, but can't afford 2200 a month. They will give u a hard time but give in the end. Bc some money for them is better than none.

Oh didn't know we were supposed to give weight. My starting weight is 270 and goal weight at the end of everything is 160. But by Labor Day I would love to be 245.

Yeah my insurance is covering everything thank God! I just got to find a psych who will take my insurance tbh I don't have an extra 400$ to shell out.

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I hear u Lexie. Hell I can't even find a psych who will do It bc no one will take my insurance. And everyone is quoting me 350+ cash for a psych evaluation ????

That's good to hear. My dr doesn't even talk goal weight. He wants us to be under a bmi of 30. He said my goal is a bmi of 27 n if I wanted 25. Right now my bmi is 44.6 at 270lbs.

It's day 3 and I'm missing some type of bread ???? or rice. Potatoes and pasta is not that big of a deal for me but bread and rice is like ????????

Yup I agree. My hubby smokes like a chimney and I hope his second hand doesn't affect me or make me pick one up ????. He is going to test me every month until my surgery date.

Thank you so much Kathy! I really appreciate your kind words! How do you get your 64-80 grams of protein a day? I'm struggling with that. It's like am I supposed to sit around eating chicken, black beans and protein shakes all day lol.

Just looking for some support. I'm a Georgia transplant in charleston and haven't found many ppl in sc doing or have had the surgery.

Thank u so much! I'm glad I'm not the only one xoxo

I'm already getting therapy and my anxiety is under control and has nothing to do actually with my weight. I'm very positive and trying my damnedest to stick on my diet and get this surgery. I can lose 20 to 30 lbs and stall out and I have a lot of co morbities and that is why my specialist and pcp are recommending me for the surgery. I never in a million years thought it was a quick way or solution. I hope yall didn't take it that way. It requires hard work and determination and that's why I'm going through my Drs program specifically with him to get myself mentally and physically prepared bc I do need this surgery to save my life. God knows I'm on day 2 of no smoking and doing my best to eat no sugar, bread, Pasta, rice or starches!

I'm sorry if I seemed negative about VSG in my original post. I'm really not a negative person. I'm just worried about the whole process and am financially stressed. I guess I'm worried about spending all this money and only getting minimum results. But luckily my dr is kicking my ass before he will even get me a surgery date. Plus, I cheated this morning ???? I ate a croissant and a small mocha frappe from Starbucks. My lame excuse is I have no groceries in my house and I have a bad tooth ache and I'm having to work today until 4. ((I work in hospice)) Thanks for all of your advice and stories xoxo

So is it worth it to have the surgery of your only losing a little bit of weight? Bc why have the surgery if u still have to act as hard or more as if u never had the surgery.

My dr will refuse to operate if I test positive ???? day 1 down

My surgeon is gonna test me at the end of each month and if I test positive for nicotine he will delay my surgery another 3 months.

You really think so? Thanks I really appreciate. I'm really struggling with the no anything diet ???? My baby Elle is getting All the food I can't eat lol Btw if u would like to text or email for support let me know. I would love to talk to u about your whole experience.

Hi my name is Allison and I live in Summerville, Sc right outside of Charleston. I have great west insurance through Cigna PPO. They say they cover it 80/20 only if it's proven that I am morbidly obese which I am. I'm 280 with a bmi of 45. My husband is worried he will get laid off and I'm wanting to get the surgery asap, but it's a 3-4 month process. My other option is at MUSC, but their have been bad reviews. They said that I could have it within 1 month n a half. But the office I'm going to now has told me they have had to fix several mistakes made by those surgeons. Has anyone had experience with my insurance and I'm Very worried.

Thanks so far insurance is just saying letter of medical necessity.

I'm in the USA. That article is scary.

this is me prob at my recent highest 280 I believe during Christmas 2014. I can't tell if it's the angle or I look that big ????. But according to the scale I was 270 and the day before lol 276. I guess pooping really does help ????

You look amazing! I guess my biggest fear with VSG is in not gonna lose the amount of weight I need to ie 100+ lbs. how much was ur starting weight? I'm 5'6 and they weighed me at 270, but my weight fluctuates a couple of pounds a lot. I'm now starting the no bread, pasta, sweets. And starches diet. I ate a cliff bar that had dark choc chips and a touch of rice and wheat flour. It was 8g of protein and low glycemic and 190 calories for breakfast. I hope that's not too bad, bc I have to bring my food journal to each visit and when I see my dietician ????????

I've always wondered if you had problems or whatever. Who does your post op care once your home?

I'm in summerville, sc and I'm doing my process with Dr Mcdevitt