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it all depends on where you live, and what insurance you have? Your best option is to talk to your primary doctor, and see if they can refer you to a surgeon that specializes in these surgeries, also there is a link on this website that if you put in where you live you can find different surgeon's in your area. I would suggest also goggling bariatric surgeon's in the area you live and look at their credentials cause you want to find a good surgeon that does this on a regular basis. Then make the appointment with the surgeon that you decide on and they should refer you to the following doctors and people you need to see before you can be approved by your insurance. Some places and insurances ask for different things, so you need to get all the stuff your insurance requires done before your surgeon can submit it to the insurance company to do your surgery. Another big suggestion is to stay on this page and read and follow people and talk to people that have gotten it done and are getting it done, you can get a lot of information from people on this site, it is a fantastic tool for helping you through it and staying on track after the surgery is done!!! Good luck!!!

Congrats Scorpio, you can do this, I bet the chewing part is crazy!!! Shannon your hair is your booty thats a good one, i like that!!! Well if you ever want to try it out, check it out!!!

yeah they are great products and i plan to add them to my post surgery use. I know it's going to be hard to get all my Vitamins in during the day due to the amount I will be able to eat so i figure this will be the best way and as for the other products I fully plan to use the wraps as I lose the weight it will help tighten the extra skin and then also some of the other products. I know a friend of mine that used the hair skin and nails and in 2 weeks her hair grew like 2 inches. its amazing that is why I plan to use it cause I just cut my hair really short and I like it but really miss my long hair so I am going to let it grow out and so I figure if I use that then it will help, I have used Biotin in the past and it didn't help that much? So we will see!!!

Hey Shannon, you want something that is even better for your hair? I am a distributor for itworks global, and my website is www.tightenwithtinapolley.myitworks.com and there is a product on there that is amazing for your hair but also your skin and nails it's called Hair skin and nails. I also have other products on there that are great for other things like there is body wraps so when your losing the weight you can use these to help tighten and tone your skin so you don't have so much loose skin, they have an energy drink that helps you get all your vegetables for a day in one 8 oz glass of Water. Thing with all these products is that they are all natural too. Check out my website and if you have any questions email me, I will help in anything I can. Thanks and good luck!!!

Hey longroad34, thanks for the help, and I would love to be able to talk to someone, its also cool you live in ma as your the first person I have talked to that does and knows what this winter has been like for us massachusetts people. I as well struggle with depression have for a long time. I take meds for it now and it makes me feel so much better, but during the winter I struggle a little more because I love the sun and the heat and the snow just depresses me more and I just deal with it cause it's where I live and it's where I grew up, and all my family is. I would love to move somewhere warm all year round, but all my family and my kids I just don't want them to miss growing up with their cousins and family? So I may change my mind someday but we will see??? So if you want inbox me your email and we can chat and keep close to help each other through this journey. I know it's not going to be easy but this is my last option to loose the weight and get healthy. I need knee surgery and this is the only way that the orthopedic surgeon will do the surgery if loose the weight and get down to a healthy weight that I want to stay at so I can be fitted to a knee brace that i can wear when I play sports. So that is my ultimate, cause some days I can't even walk up my stairs to use the bathroom cause my knees hurt so bad, and they dislocate if I step wrong? So this is my last chance!!!

I am so psyced cause mine only took like 2 months cause I had previously had the lapband and I didn't have to do all the stuff i had to do for the first surgery. I am so totally ready. I have cleaned my house and started buying everything for post surgery. I start my liquid diet this Wednesday and then the 19th I have my surgery. I can't wait to be post op.

Luckyinlove, I know what you mean about this winter man its been awful!!! I live in Massachusetts and its been nasty here looking at another foot or more this Sunday its so depressing!!! I just want it over!!! As for insurance I have BCBS and it took a week and a half to get approved??? Call your insurance company and ask them if they have any info on your case!!! I did!!!

i suffer from chronic depression and am one of those that the meds only take the edge off. but this time of year it creeps up on my like a dark shadow. I have found that the only thing that works is either riding it through or upping meds for 3 months....I can't stand feeling off like this...since i tend to be kinda off anyway..lol Sorry you suffer the same fate....Not nice eh! RJ, I went to a therapist and she diagnosed me with Major Depression, and that is why I am on meds too, so I know what its like and I hope that someday I can figure out how not to be depressed but for now I just go along with the swing of things? I know right now is my bad time too, but of course I live in new england and it is freezing here and we have had sooooo much snow this year and I really hate the snow and the cold and so it makes it that much worse??? I feel off most days too and trust me I am not all here anyway, lol but being more off is just that much worse? I know it will pass, but I suffer from depression all year and it doesn't get a whole lot better? I sometimes wonder if my weight and my health has a role in it cause I hate my body and the way I look? So anyway I hope you feel better soon!!! You deserve to!!!

Man I wish I could only do 48 hours!!! Mine is the same thing High Protein, low fat and carb, and I have to buy it from for $230.00 for 2 week supply? He gives you 2 jugs of Protein powder, a little container of Fiber, and some chewable Vitamins. I don't know if its the same as the last time I had it, but the fiber is nasty!!!

Wow only 48 hours? man I have to do 2 weeks? Well I will definitely let you know!!!

Jess that is awesome news!!! Same day as me!!! Well do you have to do a 2 week diet? I do, so I have to start next wednesday!!! Well thats great, I am happy for you!!!

No totally not weird. I am big on teeth too, I can't date someone who has horrible nasty teeth specially if they are missing some where you can see?

Agreed, specially when he takes his shirt off!!! He is a beautiful man!!! lol

No never heard of it, but I will check it out. I love that show!!! I record it and watch it, cause I love watching it!!!

Wow! What is so special about those drinks? He must have stock in them... Lol lol, I don't know???? Its really expensive though and I am really considering asking him if I can just use the whey protein?

Hey RJ, I know how you feel, cause I have been saying the same thing about being depressed. I am scheduled to have my surgery in 2-1/2 weeks and I have been so anxious it's stressing me out, but then the depression from the weather here is awful. No Sun, all white, snow everywhere, and more coming. I hate it. I need to move out of Massachusetts to somewhere warm, but all my family and friends are here, and my job and my kids father everything is here so I don't go? I don't do anything just get up and do the same thing everyday go to work and suffer through it. I do take depression meds on a regular but I don't up them. It's also not an everyday feeling it's maybe a couple days a week and if I am lucky it's only once a week, but I just hate feeling down? I just want to crawl in bed and cry all day???? So please cheer up and hope everything gets better!!!

Yeah I am not too happy about it, but what can I do??? I have to do what he tells me right?

I am anxious, a little nervous, but not really, I have to start my 2 week diet next Wednesday and I have been looking up Protein alternative drinks in case I can't drink milk but other than that I am just doing the same old thing everyday. I just wish I could push a button to fast forward the next 2 weeks?

Oh man your so lucky to not have to do the 2 week diet, I am not looking forward to it, plus it's so expensive??? My doctor requires us to do the metagenics Protein shakes and it's $230 for 2 weeks???? I don't spend that a month on regular food??? lol

so you go into the persons page that you want to add my clicking on their name and then up in the right corner are a couple tabs to push one is add me as friend, and you click that. I will add you to mine.

I feel like since I got my date time is going slower, My surgery is the 19th of march and I am so anxious to be on the post op side too that its driving me crazy waiting. I start my 2 week liquid tomorrow, but I am still going nuts just waiting??? Ugh does that seem to be the case with you?

LOL, I got my date the end of last week and I am going nuts cause it's 2-1/2 weeks away and I am now anxious and it feels like everyday goes by so slow and I want the day to come quicker??? It's hard waiting but knowing my date is there and just waiting for that day is harder for me i guess cause I want this so bad? Well Good luck hope the insurance approves it quick for you!!!

ajustice, ThanksI I plan on it plus my man will tell me all the time, cause he is so supportive in all this he is so happy that I am finally doing something for myself, and getting healthy!!! I will absolutely measure my journey by my own success and by lots and lots of Pictures!!! LOL Thanks again for everything!!!