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@morganlosing on instagram. She’s amazing. Real. She struggles and has bad days where she isn’t perfectly on plan, and she admits it, which makes everything relatable.

I am a baker to the core. I LOVE to bake, especially if I get to try new recipes that are outside the norm. For Christmas, I made a cranberry curd tart with a gingersnap crust and I've been experimenting baking with lavender and tea lately. I'm nearly a year post op. The difference between my pre-surgery baking and now is that I give almost all of what I bake away. I take it to work or to social gatherings, or give it to my parents. I'll have one TINY piece of whatever I've made, and I savor it knowing that it's all I'll have. Before surgery I would have inhaled it and kept it all to myself.

Hopefully your surgeon is back and has answered this already. But just in case, I think I only waited like two weeks to go to my chiropractor. I just made sure that he knew I'd recently had surgery and what kind, and he made sure to avoid that area of my back.

I totally understand wanting to have the surgery asap, I felt the same way during my 6 month wait. But honestly, it went by so quickly. When I finally got to surgery day, I felt like it all happened so fast. And I'm so glad that they made me wait. This surgery is a tool, like others have said, not a magic fix. It takes hard work and dedication and, for me at least, the six months was really invaluable to getting myself in the right headspace and giving myself time to develop some good habits. There's a mental component to this surgery that I think a lot of people don't realize, and giving yourself that time to prepare is really helpful. If your insurance will cover the surgery, my advice is to wait and go through insurance. I think Mexico should fine from a safety standpoint, and I'm so glad that it's an option for people whose insurance doesn't cover the surgery, but in it case I would suggest not using that route. I know it sucks and it's frustrating, but I think you'll be glad for it in the end.

I think it depends, honestly. My doctor's office required you to meet your deductible before surgery. If you hadn't met it by your final pre-surgery appointment, you had to pay the rest of it that day (they gave you the number beforehand, so it wasn't a huge shock or anything).

So I've been working really hard to get all my Water in, and most days I meet my goal, but....drinking so much water means I have to pee ALL THE TIME. Pre-surgery I drank a lot of liquid (not a ton of water though, mostly coffee, tea, or coke with some water mixed in) and it was never like this. Vets, does this get better as your body gets used to the water intake?

I'm not worried about meeting my goals, I'm able to do that more often than not, I'm worried (well not worried, but exasperated) about how often I have to go to the restroom these days after drinking so much water.

I had to meet my $2000 deductible before surgery. So after going through the process, whatever it took to meet that deductible is what I paid the day I had my pre-surgery appointment (they told me the amount ahead of time, it was like $700). After that I got a $400 bill that they hadn't submitted until after I met my deductible. My max out of pocket is $4000.

I'm from GR too, and my date is 2/20! Who's your surgeon??

I got them both today!!! I was so nervous, but approval only took a week, thank goodness! Now I just have to find a way to keep myself occupied until my February 20th surgery date! I'm so excited!

I did have to do the 6 month supervised diet, yes. And actually, it's been several months longer than that. I started the process about 10 months ago. I was living on the other side of the state, and after 4 months I got a new job and had to move. With the insurance switch, etc, I ended up having to skip a month, which meant I had to start all over! It seems like I've been doing this forever, but at the same time it's gone quickly.

I think it depends on your insurance company, the time of year, etc, etc. The PA I saw for my last 6-month diet appointment told me this time of year is really busy and it usually takes insurance companies longer to get back. However, they submitted to my insurance last Thursday, and I got the approval this morning! So it seems that sometimes there is no rhyme or reason to the time frame.

I'm only planning to take a week off. My Dad had the surgery a year ago and was back to work in a week, and my surgeon says I can go back whenever I'm ready. I work a mostly sedentary job, so it shouldn't be a huge deal.

I just got insurance approval and my surgery date today...February 20th!! I was hoping for earlier, but that was the first available date my surgeon had. SO EXCITED!!!

I started with one surgeon, and his office required that all patients have one. Then I moved (before having it done) and my new surgeon never said anything about getting one.