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and I am so excited, nervous and scared. I have been waiting so long for this day and it is finally here.

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wow! how exciting! great luck to you!!!! how long did the process of being approved from insurance and actually scheduling a date, take?

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I attended the seminar in October 2009, I didnt get to see the surgeon until Dec 9, 2009. After that I attended all the monthly meetings, saw the surgeon 4 times, saw the nutritionist 4 times, and had the mental health evaluation. I dont know what took so long because my insurance only required 3 months of supervised diet. As soon as they put in the paperwork to BCBS a week later I was approved...I was approved in June 2010 and that is when they called me to tell me my date was set for July 13.

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o wow! that's great. thanks :] best of luck to you please keep us posted!

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good luck tomorrow!

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Thank you both :thumbup:

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YAY!! Good luck to you, Nancy! I'm from MA also and having my surgery on Thursday of this week at Lahey. I hope I'm as excited as you in a couple of days, but my nerves are getting the better of me right now!

Keep us posted :thumbup:

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Good luck to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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and I am so excited, nervous and scared. I have been waiting so long for this day and it is finally here.

I have my first dr appt Monday the 19th. I have already done some of the required

stuff already. I hope I can get my surgery done before September. Good luck tomrrow

and keep us posted.

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Good luck, Nancy!! I'm only two weeks out so I remember quite well what you're going through!

You'll do great!!!!! :grouphug:

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Aweseome! Am sending you best wishes!! Be sure to get up and walk around as much as you can after the surgery (when your Dr says it's OK) b/c that will help with the pain from the gas they use. I was surprised by how easy the surgery was and hope you will be too.

Write down your measurements tonight & take some before pics if you haven't already!

Best wishes for an easy recovery and lots of success!

Catherine

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Sorry Im a little late. Hope everything went great.. Keep us posted on your progress. Im scheduled for 7:30 tomorrow morning..Its 11:30 pm drinking my last glass of sweet tea (Im a southern girl, sure gonna miss it).

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Hi everyone, thanks for all your replies. I had the surgery on July 13th and everything went well. The pain was not as bad as I thought it would be. The first 2 days I had the gas pains, but nothing the medication couldn't handle. I went back to work yesterday and I feel great. Started Mushies today and Oh do they taste so good.

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