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YAY! I'm glad yours went well also! So excited to watch the lbs drop- I gained 8 lbs in the hospital, hoping it's fluid. lol

I know what you mean! There were so many yummy looking commercials and fb posts leading up to my surgery date. Luckily I'm not hungry, so while they look good, after surgery I no longer feel compelled to go into the kitchen and find something as a consolation prize. Just remember, it's TOTALLY worth it!

I had surgery on Monday... everything went fine, I slept a lot the first 2 days, and really until about 1-2 on the 3rd day. It was like a switch flipped. I'm still in pain when moving, but not constant pain. Was sent home with Hycet, Zofran, and Pepcid. One thing I learned, do not trust a fart. TMI, I know... but seriously. Today things are going ok... kids are gone to their grandparents for Thanksgiving, so I'm just relaxing and will probably do that the rest of the day!

I had surgery on Monday... everything went fine, I slept a lot the first 2 days, and really until about 1-2 on the 3rd day. It was like a switch flipped. I'm still in pain when moving, but not constant pain. Was sent home with Hycet, Zofran, and Pepcid. One thing I learned, do not trust a fart. TMI, I know... but seriously. Today things are going ok... kids are gone to their grandparents for Thanksgiving, so I'm just relaxing and will probably do that the rest of the day!

Thanks! I'm so excited and nervous that I'm nauseous! Of course, that could be because of the 2 week liquid diet.... lol

I'm also tomorrow! I'm supposed to be at the hospital at 830am CST. I'm nervous too... and afraid of failure. I've failed at so many other attempts at losing weight... but we can do it!

When I first started this process in September of 2019, I was on the fence as far as if insurance would pay for it or not. My BMI was very close to the cut off of needing comorbidities, which I had none. So they told me not to lose weight. When my surgery was derailed due to covid, I gained 20 lbs. I didn't have a scale, so I didn't know this, until I went to my PCP for unrelated issues. I was shocked! I didn't change anything, but of course wasn't as active due to nothing to do. However, if I had tried to lose weight I was afraid that insurance wouldn't pay anymore.

That has been my worst fear! It happened to me in March... so in the interim, I was just kind of in a holding pattern. I didn't really make any changes, which was perhaps a poor decision. I spent my time with my kids, went on an amazing vacation, and just put it on the back burner. I finally got back in to see my doc in Oct, and surgery is on Monday. I've been hoping that they don't get cancelled again... and from a news release that the hospitals in my town put out, they aren't going to cancel currently scheduled surgeries, but alluded to the fact that they may not be scheduling any more, or soon will cancel them.

How are you feeling today? I have surgery on Monday!

Had COVID test today(NEGATIVE), phone pre-op, and found out my arrival time is 830am MONDAY!! OMG I can't believe it's almost here! The pre-op diet sucks... I haven't lost near as much as I thought I would, only about 10 lbs so far. My period started, but that shouldn't have much of an impact on it, or I wouldn't think so anyway. I've been so nervous that they would call it off for one reason or another. Now, the only reason I can see that they would call it off would be if they called off elective surgeries, but it doesn't sound like they will.

My insurance has denied my surgery twice. Once because there wasn't the PCP doctors letter in there, though they had it. So they resubmitted it. I'm not sure why it was denied this second time. I called them friday morning and they said my dr office could set up a peer to peer with thier medical director.... so my insurance called the doctor office and set it up. Anyone ever have problems like this? I mean my BMI is near 45... that alone should qualify me according to my work insurance!

Congrats! I'm Nov 23 also.. today is day 1 of surgery preop diet.

I talked to my doctors office's insurance lady today. She said she hates my insurance. lol Anyway, after the initial insurance paperwork didn't have the letter from my PCP, they resubmitted everything with the letter. They denied it because it wasn't in the initial one and is making them do a peer to peer. It's scheduled for tomorrow at 245 central time, and she told me that she would let me know as soon as she knows. Also, my surgery is still on schedule, which is fantastic news because day 1 of preop is today!

Right now, nothing really. I've bought some shakes and protein bars. sugar free jello and pudding. I don't start my preop diet until monday, and this weekend the kids and i are running away for the weekend, and I plan on relaxing and not worrrying about it! My doctor has you do protein shakes for week one, and one small meal, staying under 800 calories and like 70g of protein. then week 2 right before surgery is all liquid.

I'm also Nov 23!!!

I had my first and last appointment with my surgeon today. He is really cool, I feel like if we weren't doctor-patient we would move in the same circle. I scheduled surgery and paid my first payment ($1,050) and won't pay anything else until Feb of 2021, not sure what that amount will be. lol Just depends on how the insurance covers it all. But I'm soooo excited! It works out to where I will start the 2 week preop the day the kids and I return from our fall break so won't have to worry about dieting while I'm out of town. Unfortunately I will not be able to eat thanksgiving dinner, but in reality that's ok. My son is leaving for college Oct 26 so we are doing thanksgiving the week before he leaves. Anyone else have surgery around Nov 23?

Yeah, I'm doing Thanksgiving Oct 24 so that my son will be here for it. If my family is still doing their thanksgiving (not sure with covid) then I will go, but won't be eating anything. My dr said I would be ok to drive as long as I wasn't on narcotics. It's an hour and 15 min drive

My surgery is Nov 23!!!

before surgery that is! I had to take a pause and wait for covid and changing insurance to go through.. anyway, Oct 13 I will meet the surgeon, go to surgery scheduling, and go over benefits! Sounds like my surgery won't be until November, but it will be SOON!! I'm sooo excited!

Hey everyone! It's been a crazy year! I was supposed to have surgery in March, however, in February I changed jobs and got different insurance. When this happened, I could no longer have surgery at my chosen surgery clinic (only one my previous insurance covered). Turns out, they lost medicaid/medicare capabilities, and went under shortly after! They're completely closed, which blows me away. Anyway, I have struggled getting my info in front of the bariatric coordinator at the new location. I finally did last week! She had gotten everything from the previous clinic before the closed (thank god!!) so I don't have to go through everything all over again! I did have to get the psych to send my results to her so she could send it to her psych. That finally happened last night. Now, I'm looking at surgery VERY soon... like within a couple weeks. WOW! I'm so afraid to get my hopes up, because this hasn't gone well so far lol I'm glad it has taken a detour. I've started back to school, spent an amazing summer with my kids going on vacation. But now I'm ready to get it done. Also, my previous plan was gastric sleeve, but in the additional time, I have chosen gastric bypass. So I guess stay tuned!

I have all my clearances done! Bloodwork, letter of necessity and clearance from pcp, ekg, pulmonology clearance (I passed my sleep study, and since my sleep apnea is mild, i don't need a cpap or another sleep study), and just did the psychologist evaluation. I'm pretty sure I passed it, the tests I had to take were all common sense. The only thing I have to do is get a chest xray that I'm holding off on because I have a cold, and 3 more appointments with the bariatric center. Its getting so close! Looking at actually having surgery in march, hopefully!

So some of my friends have started going to a few different places locally that do herbalife shakes and teas. I like them. I've never found a protein shake that i like. But they're pricey. Has anyone found something similar? I just don't have the money to spend a crazy amount on them.

We are the same size! I just had my 2nd appt of 6 prior to surgery.

So, today I had my appointment with my PCP to get medical necessity/clearance letter. It was a great conversation. My PCP has been my PCP for probably 10 years. I love him for many reasons- he is our local school nurses medical director and he has put together some great stuff for our nurses, his kids and my kids are in school together and we're both always there cheering our kids on, I was blessed to be able to take care of him when he was fighting for his life due to leukemia, but most of all, I love him because he's never addressed my weight issues. So I was nervous with how he would react. Turns out he is 100% behind me on it. He actually used to be the doctor overseeing the nurse practitioner at the clinic where all of my appointments are at. So he's done this before many times, including everything but the actual surgery. He agrees that the gastric sleeve is the best option for me, and gave me tips to make it easier now. He also said to let him know if there's anything he can do to help as far as running tests or stuff that may be cheaper with him than with them. He's excited for me. He took some concerns off my shoulders as far as wondering if it was something that I should do with this clinic or not, and if I was choosing the right surgery. He had me schedule an appointment for April so he can see me again before I go and answer any questions I might have at that point. Also, scheduled the appointment for my psych evaluation. Its not until Dec 13... but it's scheduled!

Oh good @billy Bob! I'm glad they're looking into what's going on for you so you can move forward!