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I had HORRIBLE sleeping issues post-op for a month and a half after surgery. I was getting all of my Protein in and Water. My surgeon said that it wasn't related to the surgery but I found so many people on blogs that have had the same issue. I don't have any thyroid issues and I was never a light sleeper. I was waking up multiple times throughout the night and was an extremely light sleeper. I recently went on sleeping medication after trying melatonin and all of the other over the counter sleep aides out there. I would try melatonin or another related sleep aid--getting sleep is so important to this process! Good luck and you are definitely not alone.

@@mrz.mott I had a huge issue with my insurance company when I applied for approval, and my surgeon's office genuinely did not know that the insurance company's policy changed. My insurance is funded through my employer, and I have one insurance type for primary care and another for hospitalization. My primary care insurance and hospitalization conflicted on their bariatric policy, and the hospitalization policy ended up controlling with a longer pre-op period. My hospitalization insurance's policy changed on bariatric surgery recently. I would definitely look up the policy online for your insurance company and call to confirm what the requirements are. On the off chance your surgeon's office is wrong about anything you'll end up getting denied. While I was doing my research on the insurance company and figuring out the requirements I made the appointments a month apart for the 6-month evaluation anyway to cover my bases. I know this is an extremely frustrating experience to get approval, but hang in there! It's 100% worth it.

@@mrsmissa93 Congratulations! I hope your surgery went well I also have Empire BCBS--would you mind telling me the start and end date of your 6 months' supervision? I will have 6 actual weigh-ins next month but I've heard that they might require 7. My weigh-ins are around the middle to end of each month. I already got denied once so I'm really trying to get things approved correctly this time--any advice would be much appreciated!