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Hi. I was sleeved 11/24. Have been a fairly slow loser. Start weight 239, surgery weight 233. Today's weight 215.... Same place it's been for 2 weeks. Trying to embrace the stall but so frustrating. Have trouble getting all of my water/ fluids in, and my vitamins nauseate me! See my NUT in a couple of weeks... Maybe she will have some helpful hints for me that don't include protein shakes! :-)

Well.. A quick review about the protein they use does not bode well. It's collagen protein, not easily absorbed. Looks like it may not be the answer. Interested to see what others think.

Hmmm. I have no answer for you but interested in responses... I had my surgery 11/22 and have hardly lost any weight and am also having a hard time getting my protein in and feel this may be part of it. I am getting 50-60 grams a day consistently from food but the protein shakes make me want to puke... Which is funny because I drank them pre-op just fine. If these get a good review they may be that answer!

One thing that I never thought of but my NUT recommended and I use everyday is a mug warmer. I bought a little coffee mate one for $10 and it keeps my food/ broth warm while I eat it since it takes forever to get everything down.

I started purée yesterday, and thank goodness for that! I was going to puke if I had to choke down another protein shake! I have had a scrambled egg puréed with a couple tbs of milk and low fat laughing cow cheese. I had baked chic 1 oz and 2 tbs dressing (was in the freezer from thanksgiving since I had to miss it) puréed with some broth and ate it with jellied cranberry. My other meal for the day was cottage cheese (small curd) with a teaspoon of crushed pineapple. Last meal so far is an oz of taco meat with LF sour cream and salsa puréed - had to add a couple of Tbs of broth.. With a small sprinkle of low fat cheddar cheese. Hope this helps!

I am only 1 day post and every time I take a tiny sip my stomach cramps from esophagus ( had a hiatal hernia repair) down to my colon. Is this normal? I had a dilaudid PCA pump until a few hours ago so I am wondering if maybe it haas always doing this but I missed because of the meds?

Thanks for the support. Will post when it's over!

Approved at the peer to peer!!! Surgery on Tuesday! OMG! Can not believe this is happening. Now I am kind of panicking!

Well... I am sorry you guys are suffering the 2 year weight history drama I am. My peer to peer is tomorrow because they denied me for a BMI of 34.98!!! Here's hoping it goes well tomorrow morning. My husband also put it perspective tho... I would just have to wait until this fall and I would have two years... But just seems ridiculous.

Fair life for sure! Its at Walmart and Target. It was funny, my NUT had never heard of it so googled it while I was in her office... she was amazed. :-)

I was just denied for having s BMI that fell to 34.98.... Not kidding. I am 40 now. They were supposed to call my surgeon yesterday for a peer to peer but they didn't so now the next call isn't until 11/18. I was supposed to have surgery on the 24th of this month, but now they may give my surgery date to someone with approval and my surgeon is taking several weeks off in December... So I would have to wait until next year. Completely bummed. I am also fep blue basic option. Co morbidities of GERD, joint pain and hyperlipemia. Hope it works out better for you.

Yes, they still denied me. My doc is doing a peer to peer later this week and I am going to bring in proof of many years of 35 and above to see if that helps. Will let you know how it turns out.

I was just denied for my surgery based on my 2 year weight history because one BMI was 34.5...????. Needless to say I am going to appeal but just so disappointed. Hope yours goes smoother.

Ok... Maybe I don't love federal bcbs after all... Was denied yesterday. So incredibly sad right now. ???? It took a bit of prodding to even get them to tell me why, but evidently they are very strict on the 2 year weight requirement. My first BMI of the 2 year requirement was 34.5. I was doing cross fit 4 days a week, roller derby 3 days per week and eating strict Paleo and finally lost some weight... Then I broke my ankle.. And gained it all back. So for a very short time I barely got under 35. Because I didn't get weighed for about 6 months after that (and that was a June weight... I would be looking at having to put my surgery off for a year in order to meet the requirements. Maybe this isn't the right thread for this... But has anyone else had this occur and won in appeal? Thanks.

Yes. As long as you are admitted "in patient". Make sure that is how they classify you. If you go for an outpatient procedure and end up staying over for "observation", that is when you end up with that 30%... Which adds up quick. Had an incident of this a year and a half ago with a broken ankle. Luckily it got resolved, changed to "in patient" and all I had was my $125 co pay. I am currently awaiting my insurance approval and I expect to pay $125 co pay for hospital stay and I then I will have separate co pay for surgeon (can't remember for sure but I think $100). Anesthesia should not be a separate co pay tho- it's included with surgery cost. As far as I can tell (of course I may change my mind if they don't approve me) fep bcbs basic is about the best insurance to have for bariatric surgery. Good luck!

Are you basic or standard? I have that same statement in regards to procedures for out patient services but fep blue (in Washington anyway) requires bariatric surgery be in patient . With basic that means a $125 per day co pay. Hope that helps.