Caseyb

I finally have a surgery date Oct 29th... I am so excited... I to have a hernia... not sure if I am going to have it repaired when I have my band inserted. I keep forgetting to ask if that is at all possible. I will have to remember to ask at my preop on monday. I wonder if its gonna be another set of approvals and all that good stuff... So now I have to wait for my instructions on the pre op level. Congrats to all that have made it this far. We are all here for you!!!

I am going to start the Pre op diet on monday.. not looking forward to it but I am looking forward to the outcome. I just got a call at 9am this morning that I am approved. Now I am waiting for the nurse to call me back with a surgery date. Good thing we all have cell phones if I had to sit by a house phone and wait I would go nuts. Just this waiting is driving me nut... can anyone give me an idea of their pre op diet is.

Still waiting on my therapist to release me. According to my physch eval I need to have the skills and support for post op. Well I dont talk about anything but my boyfriends kid and my issues with him instead of what I need to talk about and that is how I am gonna be able to deal with any stress that may happen after my surgery. Well since I started seeing her. I got laid off and I have not gained weight or changed my eating habits. I am more active now that I was when I worked. I bought a house and that can be stressful in and of itself and I have not gained weight. What the hell do I need her for and why wont she clear me. I get more support from this web site then I get from her...

I am tentative oct 6th. I have to wait for my therapist to clear me. I have done everything else and this is the last thing I need to do. I am NOT a self pay but I did get laid of 9/8 and I just wanna get this done before I loose everything. I think I am going to try to pay for cobra to make sure I can get my fills. if needed...

I am a blue cross patient. I have to go thru weeks of therapy and she talks way to much about things that have nothing to do with the tools and skills I will need to have when I am complete with my surgery. I have to wait for her to clear me or I can have the surgery. I have seen her 4 times now and she said she would clear me after 5 visits... No such luck. I have had my Upper GI, my blood work, I have lost the weight required, I am chewing thoroughly, I wait 30 minutes to drink, now I have to have a sleep apnea test and I have recording myself sleeping and I know I dont stop breathing and they wont believe me. My man even said I dont stop breathing. But they said I have to have the test and if I have apnea then I have to be on the CPAP for 2 weeks. my luck I will have to have the dang machine. One hurdle after to another...

I was just told that I have to seek therapy and be cleared by that Therapist/Counselor before I can begin the next step to getting my LB. I have a BMI of 41 and I have been overweight for 13 years. I am feeling so discouraged that all I can do is cry. I think my main issue is that I have been thru so much in my life.. why discourage me now. 4 out of the nurses, dr's and whoever else I saw said I am a good candidate for LB now this. Any comments... I would love to hear anything:thumbdown:

I know that going in late with make a difference since they go to bed at 8:30pm and I will be gone at 9pm... I told them what I have to do and my man will be here and I am so thankful for that. I just want to make sure I can be here for my 10year to take her to school... I cant believe how much support I am getting from this web site.. Thank you to everyone and dont stop.. I love it and I need it.

I dont know that its an option to do the test at home. As far as I cam tell I have to go there at 9pm and I will be leaving there at 6:30 am. I have never slept away from my kids and I dont think I will have a problem but since I met the love of my life its really hard to think that I may have to sleep away from him.. But if only for one night to make sure I am healthy then I will do it. As far as faxing my PCP... well I tried and he still called me to come in to see him so that he can talk to me and then send the approval over to the clinic. Its good I guess. He has been my PCP for 5 years, he is hot anyway, I dont mind seeing him...My man went with me and met the man I have been dreaming about for 5 years... lol... he said he is not competition for a dr but he knows he is my best friend and I would never leave him... he says when I am thin he is gonna have a better trophy on his arm. So now I have to call the Sleep consult clinic make an appt. I have lost my initial weight the surgeon recommended, now all I have to do is finish my counseling... do my sleep test and I am on the way to keeping my surgery schedule of the first week in Oct...

I will have to see a counselor/therapist for as long as it takes for her to clear me. If it takes 10 visits then thats what it takes... That is not what frustrates me its now that I am getting the run around with the Sleep test. I dont have sleep apnea but now I have to spend a night away from my family to get tested. But before I can get this test I have to have my PCP send a request, so I spend $40 to see him for a minute then spend another $40 to see the sleep consultant. I guess if it was easy it wouldnt be worth it...

OMG, I never thought I would get this much support.. I went for my first appointment and it wasnt that bad, but she spent more time worrying about my boyfriends baby mama than what is going on with me. When I say ghosts I just mean, my childhood was not all that great. I was "adopted" by my best friends family and I still spend every holiday with them rather than my birth family. Anyway, so I have another appy tomorrow and I know it will be great. I have another discourageing test. I have to be tested for Sleep Apnea and I have a fear of sleeping without my kids and my man. I dont like it. I hated being in the hospital with my Hysterectomy. but I was drugged and could sleep thru the fear. How are my kids gonna get to school if I am in the hospital. My man works outta town and leaves really early. Anyway, I just dont think this nurse really likes to apporve for surgery. Then to top if off I have to pay $200 for classes (which I can take online) before I can even get a surg date. If I have sleep apnea then I have to be on the machine for 2 weeks before the surgery.. what more must I endure before I can get this much needed WLS.

Thank you so much for responding. I am just at my whits end. I waited a few stressful days to hear if I was approved or not approved. I think my problem right now is that I have ghosts and I dont want to talk about them. I did my psych eval and the test they had me take is what she is baseing her decisions. The psychologist said she doesnt think I will be able to handle the dicipline of the life change with out therapy. I disagree. Anyway the only way I can be cleared is with a private therapist.

I just got denied cuz of my pych eval. I need to see a counselour before I can have the LBS. I am so very discouraged. I hope yours went well