Couples getting VSG?

[SamIAm3791 22]

hello all!

any couples out there who have gotten or are getting vsg together? my wife and i got married in september 2012 and are both in the process of getting sleeved this fall. my bmi is 62 (ugh) and hers is 57. have you had any issues with insurance companies that woudnt take both claims or any snags in the process we should be aware of? thanks so much! i love the info we are getting from this site!

sam & rita

[newat52 1,613]

Hey there!

There is a guy around here, goes by the name of BigDaddyJoe and he was sleeved in March and his wife was 6 weeks behind. He is on my Facebook support group. I will let him know someone is asking.

[SamIAm3791 22]

thanks! that would be great!

[dgoerlitz 96]

My husband had the bypass at the end of September and I had the sleeve at the beginning of December. He is doing amazing...down 80ish pounds and off of nearly all his diabetes meds. I am down 74 pounds. It was...and still is...SO much easier for us to do this together! He went first, so he was a tremendous help the first few days when I was trying to figure out Protein Drinks and stuff like that. We had no problems with our insurance. It really helps us stay accountable too, since we are in this for the long haul and doing it together. At the same time, we are sharing very similar NSVs and really enjoying finding new things we can do together, and being able to do some of the things we used to do together again that we had stopped doing because of our weight.

[SamIAm3791 22]

My husband had the bypass at the end of September and I had the sleeve at the beginning of December. He is doing amazing...down 80ish pounds and off of nearly all his diabetes meds. I am down 74 pounds. It was...and still is...SO much easier for us to do this together! He went first, so he was a tremendous help the first few days when I was trying to figure out Protein drinks and stuff like that. We had no problems with our insurance. It really helps us stay accountable too, since we are in this for the long haul and doing it together. At the same time, we are sharing very similar NSVs and really enjoying finding new things we can do together, and being able to do some of the things we used to do together again that we had stopped doing because of our weight.

very cool! glad to hear youre both doing so good! she had visions of us getting the surgery the same day but i told her maybe we should stagger things by a month or so as to be able to take care of one another.

[Julie G T 209]

hello all!

any couples out there who have gotten or are getting vsg together? my wife and i got married in september 2012 and are both in the process of getting sleeved this fall. my bmi is 62 (ugh) and hers is 57. have you had any issues with insurance companies that woudnt take both claims or any snags in the process we should be aware of? thanks so much! i love the info we are getting from this site!

sam & rita

My husband and I both are! I just had mine on May 13th and his is May 22nd! His insurance Aetna approve both of us since we met all the qualifications.We submitted ours at the same time too. Good luck to both of you

[SamIAm3791 22]

My husband and I both are! I just had mine on May 13th and his is May 22nd! His insurance Aetna approve both of us since we met all the qualifications.We submitted ours at the same time too. Good luck to both of you

good stuff! so its been a week, how are yea feeling?

[Julie G T 209]

good stuff! so its been a week' date=' how are yea feeling?[/quote']

I'm feeling pretty good now. The first 5 days to me were the hardest. Making sure I'm getting all my liquids down can be difficult at times. So far I've lost 23 pounds pre op and 9 pounds post op

[SamIAm3791 22]

I'm feeling pretty good now. The first 5 days to me were the hardest. Making sure I'm getting all my liquids down can be difficult at times. So far I've lost 23 pounds pre op and 9 pounds post op

very cool! looking forward to it all here, well most of it. any pain i can do without but its a good temporary tradeoff im sure

[JProx 161]

My wife April 16,I was May 2 it is wonderful to be able to support each other.

[Sleevin'It 57]

My husband and I got sleeved on 4/12, I went first. It has been a bonding experience to do it together! We have been going through exactly the same things at the same time. I had a little postop issues, so he's progressed a little faster than me, but it's nice taking each step together. We don't have any small children in the house, so we asked my mom to come over to help us for the first few days. She was pretty bored, because we helped each other get around from the get go.

As far as insurance, we did not have any issues getting our approvals. They came quickly and we were pleasantly surprised how easy it was.

Good luck!

[SamIAm3791 22]

wow! i guess maybe it is more common than we thought?

[BigDaddyJoe 246]

Hi there, my wife and I were both sleeved, exactly 6 weeks apart. We wanted to do it closer, but she had problems getting off from work, so had to do it later. We submitted to insurance at the same time, and had no issues, were approved very quickly. I was sleeved on March 8, and am now down 60 lbs. I only had 84 to lose, so now only have about 25 more to get to goal. I was taken off my blood pressure medication yesterday (yay!). My wife was sleeved April 19, and is down 27 lbs now, I believe. She also had about 80 to lose.

[SamIAm3791 22]

Hi there, my wife and I were both sleeved, exactly 6 weeks apart. We wanted to do it closer, but she had problems getting off from work, so had to do it later. We submitted to insurance at the same time, and had no issues, were approved very quickly. I was sleeved on March 8, and am now down 60 lbs. I only had 84 to lose, so now only have about 25 more to get to goal. I was taken off my blood pressure medication yesterday (yay!). My wife was sleeved April 19, and is down 27 lbs now, I believe. She also had about 80 to lose.

very cool! congrats on everything. we are looking forward to doing this together but decided its best to stagger our surgeries by atleast 3-4 weeks.

[BigDaddyJoe 246]

very cool! congrats on everything. we are looking forward to doing this together but decided its best to stagger our surgeries by atleast 3-4 weeks.

It's great that you'll both have each other for support and understanding.