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My surgeon is Dr. Louis Balsama, my insurance Horizon NJ Health
So my name is Loren and I am beginning my weight loss journey. On September 7th I went to a very small seminar at the surgeons office, and right after I had my first nutrition consult. I was told that I qualified and given a folder full of things that I could get started on if I wanted. September 8th I ran to get my blood work done. September 12th I went for my UG I and chest x-rays at 8:30 in the morning. Around 10:30 am the surgeons office called to go over my results. I found out I had pre diabetes, vitamin B and D deficient. The diabetes is not a problem the number was a 6.3 so it wasn't treated. The Vitamin D is being treated at 50,000 units once a week, and Vitamin B is just over the counter...no red flags. UG I and chest x-rays were perfect. September 14th I went to my primary to get clearance and my medical history. She was more than happy to do it for me. She told me this a great life changing opportunity. September 15th I went for my cardiac clearance ekg was fine so I was in and out in a flash. I scheduled my appointment with the surgeon and that appointment is coming up on the 28th of September. Yes, you read that correctly I've done all this running around and haven't had my first appointment with the surgeon yet. All that is left is my pulmonary visit on October 10th, the psych evaluation, a sleep study, two more nutrition visits, and pre op class. I don't know what to expect from the consult with the doctor...I wish I was able to get a date at this visit. Im really hoping for a November or December date at this point.
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Wow! That is fantastic!! I'm so happy for you! ❤️
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Aww thank you...everything is happening so fast.
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I know how you feel, the Dr that I was going through for my surgery got closed down by the health system she worked for, I was a few months away from surgery and had the date set. I ended up going to another Dr and explaining things to them and that is when they started fast tracking everything for me and my stuff moved about as fast as you are going now. Had my first appointment at the end of May and then was qualified before the end of June and they were trying to schedule surgery for July but it depended on my psych eval. She didn't have an appointment until mid June so the earliest that they could get me in was in August. I am not sure what advice I can give you to ask your surgeon but I can tell you to do your research and any questions that you may not ask him can be found on this or other sites or you can just call the office and I'm sure that they will be more than happy to answer any questions. You will fly through the process and look back and not believe how fast it all was!
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