Hopefulin2021

Wow we’re all very close in surgery dates lets make sure to keep each other posted!

That is great! That’s a week before mine be sure to keep me updated!

Congrats are you super excited!

1 hour ago, Pdub8112 said:

How long did it take for your doctors office to receive your approval? My insurance called on 1/20 to say I was approved but my doctor office says they haven’t received anything.

Girl make sure you make the doctors office check. I called my insurance and they said they sent the approval. Soon after I got off the phone with them I called my doctors office and she was like no we haven’t received anything. I was like ummm can you double check because the insurance company said they sent the approval over in the morning. She was like I don’t think so but I’ll check again and low and behold it was there! She was like oh I just didn’t see the email right away. So glad I called and made her check so call and make them check!!

8 hours ago, DenverGirl88 said:

Thanks and special shout-out to the squatty potty in the picture ahahahah 😂 love that thing now!!

Gorgeous definitely a big motivation for me I go in on 3/17!

Yes it is extremely frustrating but you’ll be approved soon.

I have BCBS my paperwork was sent in on 12/23 I got my approval on 1/5 it was the hardest few days of my life lol

It is really easy and it takes about 30 minutes . I had to get 2 because they found a small benign mass in my stomach which will get removed during my surgery.

I feel your pain . It does seem like it takes forever but once you get your surgery date your like it really didn’t take that long. My paperwork was sent in on 12/23 I was approved on 1/5 but I called them almost every day after the first week.

They really do ! I cant wait to show my before and after pics lol

21 minutes ago, ms.sss said:

2 weeks pre-op vs. today (2+ years post wls)

You look amazing

Beautiful!

11 hours ago, EllaKop said:

photo on the left was at my heaviest.

photo on the right was last week (pardon the mess in my room lol)

my rny was september 25, 2020 - down 63 lbs so far. still have about a 100 to go but feeling great! i have way more energy and recently started swimming at the Y.

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR SURGERY! Best decision I ever made.

Amazing !

14 hours ago, Recidivist said:

Okay, I'll play along! I don't have a "before" pic that really represents how big I was, because I generally avoided being photographed back then. My before is from a chorus concert I did--and I will admit that I was wearing a "man girdle" at the time. (Cringe.)

I went from 250 to a low of 132 before bouncing back up to 142.

You look great!!

48 minutes ago, WishMeSmaller said:

This is more of a before and during, as I am not quite to goal. First pics were right before starting my pre-op diet in late June and the last pic is two days ago. Size 20-22 down to an 8 in less than seven months. Loving all of the energy I have now!

You look amazing congrats!!!

I wonder how it feel after being overweight all these years to finally be at a “normal” size again. I was pretty slim all the way until my mid 20’s then I just put on like 70 lbs over a course of 15 years and I didn’t really notice until about 5 years ago and been trying to lose ever since. I lost 20 lbs here and 30 lbs there but always put back more so I finally made the decision to have wls. Idk how I’m going to feel to be back to my normal weight it’s exciting and a little scary at the same time! How is it for you guys?

6 hours ago, Arabesque said:

Everyone looks so great. Congrats on your success.

I lost 31kg in 6 months which was my goal & a further 11kg in the last 13 months. The first pxt was about 6 months before surgery - can’t believe I was that big. The second was last week.

It’s a big decision to change how your body functions so your worries are understandable. Having surgery was the best decision I ever made. My journey was pretty smooth. A couple of little hiccups (low blood pressure, a little hyperglycaemia) all manageable & all things I’d experienced in the past when I had been slim. Certainly nothing that makes me regret my decision.

Good luck on your journey.

 

Beautiful!

7 hours ago, KesselRunnerU12P said:

I'm a guy but hope this helps. This came up as one of those "memories" timeline photos - MAY 2019 vs MAY 2020 on the same day. Surgery is a helpful tool, but you have to put in work as well! (VSG not bypass - but same concept)

Wow you look great and you are absolutely right about putting work in!

7 hours ago, catwoman7 said:

first picture was me before I started my six-month supervised diet (2014). I think I was at my highest weight ever. Second picture (from 2017) is of me when I was two years out of surgery (this was before I had my skin removal surgery, though...I had that in Aug 2018 and March 2019). Last one was of me on my 60th birthday (last year). I've put on some weight since the 2017 picture - but excess skin is gone!

You look amazing!!

8 minutes ago, Deemar007 said:

You look totally amazing! How much have you lost and in what time period?

On 1/3/2021 at 10:54 AM, TreeTrunks said:

Absolutely surreal to be posting this as I have read so many of these threads! I didn’t think the day would ever come! Excited and petrified. My date is 2/22/21!!

Any February 2021 bypassers out there? I would love to connect and share prep plans and how things go after surgery.

My surgery date is March 17th! I am so excited lol

Hey all you beautifully people! I have my surgery scheduled for March 17th and I am kinda nervous now lol idk why this is what I wanted so badly now I keep thinking about everything that can go wrong. I would love to see before and after pics to help me calm my anxiety!

Keep on top of them. I called every day just to get a status. So glad I did call they told me they approved me, I called my doctors office just to confirm they had the approval, the nurse said not yet, I was like ummm my insurance company said you did and she was like oh really let me check, and oh wow it was there she must have “missed” the email. I was scheduled right away so I am happy I stayed on their asses!

Hello my doctor submitted my paperwork on December 23rd and I was approved by January 5th my surgery date is March 17th. Everything went pretty fast. Good luck and I’m sure you’ll be hearing from them in no time!

1 hour ago, holmesan36 said:

I'm getting mine done March 21st!

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Wow congrats we’re really close in dates I will definitely keep you posted and you do the same!