emily111

I have bcbs of MN and I gained weight on my 6 month diet. I was approved in 2 days :confused_smile: dont worry just make sure your dr is taking the notes correctly :smile2:

Well to day is a happy day.. today is monday I will be banded on wednesday.. I have worked so hard to this point just to be approved the emotional stress was more sometimes then I thought I could bare but I did and I made it... I made it through the liquid diet and the apointments the 1 1/2 hour drive sometimes 3 times a month the putting my life on hold for the past 6 months. I am ready now to have a healthy life. Ready for it to change :thumbup: Now I will get back to the post about my liquid diet. As I posted yesterday I ate something so I was not suprised when I woke up this morning and had not lost a pound but I still average a pound a day because the first day I lost 2 pounds so I am still down 9 pounds.. but today I will only do clear liquids I was supposed to start tomorrow but since I cheated by a very little bit yesterday today I will punish myself I had a 10 cal jello cup this morning sugar free and I will try some chicken broth later. I also got an excersize machine and did 15 mins this morning :tt2: wooohooo lapband here i come

Well to day is a happy day.. today is monday I will be banded on wednesday.. I have worked so hard to this point just to be approved the emotional stress was more sometimes then I thought I could bare but I did and I made it... I made it through the liquid diet and the apointments the 1 1/2 hour drive sometimes 3 times a month the putting my life on hold for the past 6 months. I am ready now to have a healthy life. Ready for it to change :biggrin: Now I will get back to the post about my liquid diet. As I posted yesterday I ate something so I was not suprised when I woke up this morning and had not lost a pound but I still average a pound a day because the first day I lost 2 pounds so I am still down 9 pounds.. but today I will only do clear liquids I was supposed to start tomorrow but since I cheated by a very little bit yesterday today I will punish myself I had a 10 cal jello cup this morning sugar free and I will try some chicken broth later. I also got an excersize machine and did 15 mins this morning wooohooo lapband here i come

well I started my process in Dec 07 it took so long because my ins required the 6 month diet. If you dont need a 6 month diet you can get everything done in a week. I had all my test ran on the 9th. I am soooo excited about my surgery!!!

OK 9 pounds gone!!! Thats a very nice thing to see!!! So it hasnt been that bad I am making it. I did post a question yesterday about my stomach I dont know what the deal is really but I do feel better today. :biggrin: So its sunday my surgery is on wenesday so on tue wen thur and fri I will be on clear liquids only... So this is what I did (something bad) I ate something today :mellow:yes I did. I decided to eat one thing since I will not see food again for 5 weeks and so far I dont feel sick. I am sooo excited about my surgery in a few days!!!

OK 9 pounds gone!!! Thats a very nice thing to see!!! So it hasnt been that bad I am making it. I did post a question yesterday about my stomach I dont know what the deal is really but I do feel better today. :thumbup: So its sunday my surgery is on wenesday so on tue wen thur and fri I will be on clear liquids only... So this is what I did (something bad) I ate something today :mellow:yes I did. I decided to eat one thing since I will not see food again for 5 weeks and so far I dont feel sick. I am sooo excited about my surgery in a few days!!!

well I dont know whats going on... on the ninth I had all my testing so I am fine 100 % its just very strange and I really dont want to call my surgery center because I dont want to have my surgery pushed off I just really was curious if anyone else had the same problem. I will see on monday how I feel. :biggrin: But I know I am not consipated because I have not eaten in 7 days. I am drinking protein water and atkins honestly I dont like much else so I thought maybe because I am consuming so little I was having the pain. I dont know.

ok i have bcbs of mn so I can share my experience with them :biggrin: I was approved in 2 days :mad: I hear this alot from bcbs fast approvals. So do your six month diet make sure your doctor documents why your there what your doing to loose weight and excersize every month I ended up seeing a nutristionist and my pcp for the 6 month diet because mye drs notes were not detailed enough. Also during the 6 months use that time to meet all the other requirements the phyc eval. the classes if the surgeon reqires them. Have your doctor write a letter you write a letter just have anyone write a letter lol I was approved in 2 days then my surgery was scheduled for 2 weeks latter. But no one called me I only knew from me called the ins and then calling the dr.

well I will tell you this... if it wasnt for my ins wanting the 6 month diet it all would have been fast with my center in lafayette because I had my last 6 month apt gave the center the paper work that monday the 23rd they sent it in that friday and I was approved that monday on the 30th and the surgery was scheduled 2 weeks later on the 16th BUT when I was in the pre op class the others had to wait 6 weeks for there pre op apt and to schedule the surgery... this is what I did... I call call call but not in an aggrivating way or to bother them I call when I have a problem I explain Im stressed out I just want to know this and that and I get to the person I need to talk to I believe thats the only reason mine moved so fast because I was persistant :biggrin: I called the ins everyday (even though it was only 2 days to approve) and I called the center the moment i found out i was approved and asked to schedule the surgery. Sooo be persistant because if your not they will put whoever is before you. :mad: lol now I said my rant oh mine is at southwest medical center in lafayette

im having it in lafayette where are you having yours?

I have surgery on the 16th and I started the diet on the 5th Dont worry the doctor will tell you when to start :thumbup: and if he doesnt then start it 14 days before your surgery date

loool thats me... Im on the pre op liquid diet day 7 and itss beeeeen verrrry hard!!! I love food. lol but I am following it exactly how I am supposed to because I dont want complications in the surgery. At night is the hardest for me when I could just eat anything anything at all lol.. I also feel soooo weak but Im making it and so will you :thumbup:

Sooooo I lost 8 pounds now.. still starving lol... I did find relief with atkins slim fast type drink it actualy helped my hungery :biggrin: What I think is so odd though is that I loose exactly 1 pound a day to the T its so weird. Well the first day I lost 2 pounds. So during the day I am fine but at night is when I just want to eat its soooo hard in the evenings. What I dont understand is I read all these things about people not doing the pre liquid diet and ppl going for one last meal before the surgery.. So how can you do this .. will it mess up the surgery? I am soo scared I just only have water protein water and the atkins protein drink. Oh and one more thing its been a life saver.. shwans chocolate popscicles 50 cals no added sugar so it has i think 2 sugars and 4 sorbital no fat. I love them!! Surgery on the 16th!!! its getting close happy happy happy:thumbup:

Sooooo I lost 8 pounds now.. still starving lol... I did find relief with atkins slim fast type drink it actualy helped my hungery :thumbup: What I think is so odd though is that I loose exactly 1 pound a day to the T its so weird. Well the first day I lost 2 pounds. So during the day I am fine but at night is when I just want to eat its soooo hard in the evenings. What I dont understand is I read all these things about people not doing the pre liquid diet and ppl going for one last meal before the surgery.. So how can you do this .. will it mess up the surgery? I am soo scared I just only have water protein water and the atkins protein drink. Oh and one more thing its been a life saver.. shwans chocolate popscicles 50 cals no added sugar so it has i think 2 sugars and 4 sorbital no fat. I love them!! Surgery on the 16th!!! its getting close happy happy happy:thumbup:

I lost 5 pounds and im starving but I am stuck on my diet of nothing lol I went and had all my pre op stuff done.. very fun!! it was horrible glad its over :shades_smile: So hmm I think by the time the 6 weeks of liquids are done i will be at my goal weight hmm yummy food it would be nice but oh well i will just sit here and starve lol

hmm well I am not banded yet but I know what they told me in the group meetings.. after a fill its liquids for 2 days then mushies for 2 days then soft food for 2. Also they told me that if I am having problems that its probably because I am not chewing good enough or Im taking too big of bites. So I dont know from experience but this is what I am being told at my pre op meetings :thumbs_down:

right now I am on my pre surgery liquid diet day 5 and 6 pounds gone :thumbup: Also I was in a meeting for 2 1/2 hrs yesterday with my nutritionist and I went to the store and bought new products.. the atkins protein drink .. the first thing that made me fill full with no surgar and no carbs also I found out that the protein water by special K in the bottle has 6 grams of sugar and the one in the packet has none. :tt2:

I did I really thought I would be denied.. but very happy I was approved :redface:

Im on the 16th also!!! :redface:

I lost 5 pounds and im starving but I am stuck on my diet of nothing lol I went and had all my pre op stuff done.. very fun!! it was horrible glad its over :thumbup: So hmm I think by the time the 6 weeks of liquids are done i will be at my goal weight hmm yummy food it would be nice but oh well i will just sit here and starve lol

mine is on july 16th also in lafayette :redface:

like i said you cant give what you dont have... only thing you can do is write a really good letter. In my case I wrote that letter documenting everything from age 12 till now and had about 10 family members sign it. I am sure this is why I got approved because my pcp wrote a letter only saying I think my patient needs this surgery call me with questions lol ugh I did all the pre op testing today that was horrible!!! :smile: but very happy to have my surgery and I already lost 5 pounds in 3 days on the liquid diet woohooo :scared2:

my plan with bcbs of mn are required to give an answer within 10 days they gave me mine in 2 days.. so check your books or call and ask.. 30 days!!! thats horrible I hope it all works out :wink2:

I dont know why they want it but I didnt have a weight history at all.. I did everything they asked and I wrote my own weight history from 12 on up and I was approved in 2 days !!! :wink2: bcbs!! dont worry i am sure you will be approved.. I thought I would be denied and I already had an appeal letter lol

thats crazy they are treating you like that I did the 6 month diet and one of the notes my dr did not write wat she was supposeed to. But I also had 5 months with the nutritionist. I would suggest you get the name of the person working on your case and send them a letter certified.. then I would also ask your PCP to do a peer to peer. I hope it all works out :biggrin: