MustangKitten

Hi everyone, My name is Melissa. I am 33 yrs old and I live in Rockledge, FL. This is my first post. I have one more appointment with my doctor for my diet history and then I will be able to submit to insurance for approval. I am scared, excited, nervous, anxious and every other emotion rolled into one. I am hoping that the insurance approval is quick so I can have the surgery as soon as possible. I am tenatively scheduled for surgery on Nov 15th. I am looking forward to meeting others on the same journey or who have been down the road already because I need all the support I can get. I don't have all the support I need over here so it will be nice to make friends. Please feel free to message me or whatever. I am looking forward to my healthy new life.

My after surgery fees are $3700.00 for the program. This covers a year of aftercare, fills, gym membership with personal trainer, as well as a nutritionist, 24-hour on call nurse/counselor, etc. My insurance will cover the surgery but not the program fees.

I have to get a 2 year weight history from my primary as well. I do not have to start the liquid pre-op diet until 3 days before my surgery. I think though I will start earlier just to have a better chance at reducing my liver size. I am also researching a lot of forums for some recipes to have a little variety so I might be able to stick to the liquid diet. One post I read somewhere suggested adding just a drop of buffalo hot sauce to chicken broth or a drop of A-1 to beef broth and it apparently tasted great. I have it on my list of things to try.

I had my first appointment on Aug 26th butI had to do a 3 month diet history for insurance approval. I haven't been approved yet until I go to my last appointment on Oct 14th. My surgery is tenatively scheduled for Nov 15th. That is my timeline though based on what my insurance requires. I had all my psych, nutritionist and all other appointments finished within 2 weeks from my first appointment. Good luck!