WhitneyMc

Dr suggested three weeks.

My final consultation with my surgeon is today and I have a few questions but I was wondering if anybody else has anything that they're concerned about I could ask and the post later and response. Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

My surgery date is the 19th too! But I have 14 day pre op diet.

My boyfriend of 9 years broke up with me one month before my surgery. Wls is really hard on relationships because its a complete life change. But when I decided to have wls I did it for me. And I'm not going to let ANYONE stop me from being my best, ESPECIALLY someone who is supposed to love and support me. Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

9/19 is my date as well Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App My date is 9/19 Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

A few weeks ago I got the insurance approval from Cigna and my doctor said a surgery date for October 17th of this year was approximately is about 52 days from now... Yesterday, much to my surprise, I got a call from my doctor saying that there was a cancellation and that they were wondering if I wanted to move my surgery date up to September 19th of this year which is 23 days from now... I had a moment where I got really nervous and fearful and a little panicky going from 52 days to 23 days and 10 seconds is quite a lot to prepare yourself for dot dot dot worrying about my bills and the time off from work and this and that took me by surprise... And then I took a deep breath and I realize that in 23 days my life will be completely different... Little back story about me I grew up very active I played softball my whole life I went to state twice I went to college on a softball scholarship and have numerous trophies from weightlifting where I still currently hold the record and woman squats at 425 pounds and bench press @ 140 pounds at my high school... So to say that I was always very sick would be an understatement although I was still Baker I guess my goal weight is 135 140 whereas in high school I was around 1:55 160 but I was very strong I had a lot of muscle... And then I went to college and I just started gaining weight I still worked out I still was his ass if I just could not lose weight I didn't know what was going on I just thought it was a really bad case of the Freshman 15 then I started noticing that I wasn't having a menstrual cycle or it was very irregular and about three years of going through weight gain fluctuating and all that I went to the doctor... I was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome when I was 21 in 3 years I had gained 80 pounds and I went from 162 to 240 pounds... I had always been active I still was active I just couldn't go to sleep we tried various options of metformin and hormone supplements to try to treat all didn't work I didn't lose any way you could just got sick... I waited 5 years... 5 years to go back to the doctor because I was ashamed of myself I was afraid they were going to tell me that I was incredibly unhealthy and that I was doing something wrong finally after 3 years of not actually having a single menstrual cycle and went to the doctor... I told them that I have had a personal trainer for 12 months who also help me with nutrition and meal planning and in that 12 months I have lost 7 pounds that was it I work out 5 times a week for 90 minutes and all I lost was 7 pounds when I went to the doctor I went for a weight loss supplements... And that was when he weighed me and that my biggest I was 288 pounds with a BMI of 49.5... And that's when it hit me I went from a BMI of 9 249.5 in less than 10 years... He didn't hit me with some statistics on my family history and blood pressure and the fears of cancer for people with polycystic ovarian syndrome in my family history and then he hit me with the biggest statistic I've ever heard... Without bariatric surgery, my chances of conceiving a child was that a mere 8%... I can handle being big I can handle high blood pressure and maybe people staring at me and looking at me like I'm huge for people from high school not recognizing me but it was the thought of never having my own child that sent me over the edge that was when I decided that this was it something that I could delay any longer sure when I was 21 and the last thing on my mind was having a child that has a seizure at 26 it's a very real... So in April I decided that I was going to have bariatric surgery I did everything that my doctor asked and then some followed insurance policies and procedures and in the Five Short months I got approval now to some people this is a chance to look at it as Samantha a chance to fit into that little black dress that makes them feel sexy to have people's head turn and look at you and just say wow look at her but when I got the call saying that I got approval and my surgery date I cried because it was a group of individuals telling me that I get a chance to be a mom I am so happy... I'm so relieved that this is something that I did my life has not been easy I've had to fight tooth and nail for everything that I have and for once I feel like something's on my side I know this is going to be the hardest thing that I've ever had to do but hard things seem a little bit easier when you know that at the end of the line there's a happy ending... I know I can't have children for two years after that surgery and it's going to put you right at the right age when I want to... The surgery means so much more to me then just looking good... This is my happily ever after. this is my chance to be the me that I was supposed to be all along and to be one hell of a mother... Just wanted to share with everybody I might be going through the same thing that I am... Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

I disagree lol I weigh 288 and I look great naked... I think we have to remember the big picture, this isn't about looking "great" that's something you have to figure out yourself, its about getting healthy... At 300 pounds or 140, I will love myself just the same. My self worth is not defined by a number on a scale. Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

*sigh* got the approval from my insurance today and I started crying had somebody asked me what was wrong and I replied with everything is right I need the surgery isn't just a chance for me to be thin and healthy it's a chance for me to be a mom someday this wasn't just an approval from insurance for weight loss surgery this was my future this is my life single most happiest day of my life. 62 more days that's it... Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

Call medicare Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

Any October sleevers.. 10/17 is my date. Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

My e kg came back abnormal I've never had any problems with my heart you can bet it's because of the size that I am or what I guess I have to have a cardiovascular specialist to pay me for surgery other than that I've completed all of my preoperative things and submitting to insurance today fingers crossed looking at a surgery date in mid to late September early October Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

Anyone have Cigna health insurance and knows how long you had to wait for surgery. Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

As I type this I'm sitting in the hospital awaiting my EKG, ultra sound, and lab work for all the pre-op requisites needed for my surgery, wondering if I will ever get over the loathing I have for these places. Ever since watching my mom go through brain cancer, I cannot stand hospitals. The smell, the lights just everything about them represent the worst time of my life. This has to be, thus far, the worst part of this while thing. I am hoping to replace the wrost time of my life with the time I took back control of it. Fingers crossed.. Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

Yesterday I had my first meeting with my surgeon to discuss what surgery to get we both agreed that the gastric sleeve would be the best fit scheduled my sonogram and the scope next week. Still have to schedule my psychiatric evaluation. 54 days left in my 90-day medically managed weight loss program final day of that is July 27th hopefully before then I'll have all my pre-surgery guidelines completed and we can submit documentation to my insurance and get a surgery date this is all happening very fast I feel like but still so far away I'm just ready to be the me that I was supposed to be. Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

For me I think my defining moment was when I was sitting there looking at my softball pictures and my cheerleading pictures and all the pictures that I had when I was in high school and I realized I'm twice the woman that I was and not in a good way I originally went to my doctor to talk about being put on Phentermine just see if that paired up with my metformin and Provera to treat my polycystic ovarian syndrome would help me lose weight and he very calmly graciously and respectfully suggested an alternative of until that moment I had never even thought about periodic surgery I never believed that I was almost 300 pounds and as unhealthy as I am and when he said that I realize that I was forcing myself to see the woman that I was so I didn't feel guilty and regretful for the woman that I became so I guess my defining moment is when I realized that if I ever wanted to be her again I needed wanted needed to make a drastic change and so here I am going through all my preoperative jump through hoops praying that my insurance accepts sitting here at 49.2% body fat wondering how the hell I went from 12 to 49.2 in 10 years Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

Anyone else fantasize about what they'll look like skinny. I can't wait to get rid of my chins. Lol Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

I need that coke machine lol Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

I've suffered from depression for many years. Im concerned that i wont pass the Eval. Can someone tell me what it consists of. Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

Yeah Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App Im just not a crazy open person and talking to a stranger just seems unsettling to me. Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

I mean i set up an appointment to rake about the recent loss on my brother but i think i can handle it. I just dont like the idea of medication (my brother over dosed) and it causes nervousness thinking about taking addictive medication. Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

I havent gone to the first one yet. Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

I have an appointment this wednesday but worried that if Im diagnosed with depression Im not going to pass my eval. Should i not go? Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

Oh so far im happy with Dr. Opie. But i will keep that in mind. Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

Anyone around the kc area, I am going in for my consultation with dr. Opie on the 3rd of June and I would like to discuss some things with anybody who is in the area or has had the doctor just what to expect and things of that nature thank you in advance Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

Im in the olathe area. Go in for my consultation on the 3rd of June. Im having the sleeve done. I have dr. Opie Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App