Newbie!

[michelle4873 113]

Just started my journey 4 wks ago. Had my upper GI today blah! And consultation with my surgeon and found out I'm down 10 lbs already! Yeah. So now I have to get a sleep study to rule out apnea and lose another 15 and is looking like April will be my month for surgery if all goes accordingly , hopefully no probably with my insurance, Harvard pilgrim and I am having my procedure at lahey Burlington mass.

[kittenkate 186]

Sounds like everything is following course smoothly. That's great! Now is the time to start mentally wrapping your mind around the lifestyle change. Keep us posted! Congrats!

[sroan05 27]

Lucky you! It sounds like the process is going by quickly for you. Due to insurance, I've had to wait 6 months--I'm 4 months in now. I just had my upper GI and abdominal ultrasound last week. Didn't need a sleep study because I had one last year. All that's left is my EKG on the 26th...and 2 more dietary visits. I'm also looking at April to have surgery. I'm hoping I don't run into any bumps in the road...for I've gained weight since my initial consultation...not a lot though. Good luck to you on your journey and keep us posted!

[michelle4873 113]

I work in a medical office and let me just say the insurance approvals suck, I hate when we get things delayed/ denied!

[sroan05 27]

My program has an excellent insurance coordinator....she's really ontop of things. I've actually read a few posts on here that said they heard back from my same insurance provider the same day they sumbitted the paperwork. I know not to get my hopes up though. I think it all really depends on your insurance coordinator and how good they do their job in making sure everything is in place and all documents are received before sumbitting. Im hopeful everything will go smoothly.