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I live in San Diego County and am scheduled for surgery April 9th. I should get my insurance approval early next week. I am nervous since I am going from band to sleeve, so it's not a slam dunk like my first WLS approval. However, I have pretty great insurance and I am staying positive that I will have surgery in 3 weeks time. dde0a

I'm In sd too. What hospital?

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My Surgery is Scheduled for April 16th. Im nervous excited anxious. I have been in and out of the Kaiser program for over four years now and this is the first time I scheduled a date. I wish I would have just gone through with it then. I cant imagine how the last four years woudl have been. Now is the right time though. We are going to do great!!! :)

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I am scheduled for gastric sleeve 4/10. This is my second weightloss surgery. In 3/06 I had lapband and now having complications so I am converting to the gastric sleeve. I am super excited and nervous at the same time. I paid cash for the first procedure but insurance has approved me this time. I used to work for rhe surgeon who did and is doing my procedure. I went to work for him about 6 months after my lapband because I was very sucessful. I went from 312 to 165 now back up to 270 :angry:

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I just got my date!!!! I officially belong to this thread! April 21st is my date!! I am so happy and my stomach is doing flips right now!! Geez is this really happening??

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Sboulie77 - April 21st is my surgery day as well. I'm so excited

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Yay gettinbacktome!! I'm freaking out about it!

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I met with surgeon today and it is official I am good to be sleeved.. Sounds like April is going to be a great month for us all.. !

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Sboulie77 - hubby not happy you are having the surgery?

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Hi live in Texas and my surgery date is April 9th, I don't seem to be feeling much at this point. I had to do a lot of test to get ready. Reading all the post from everyone make feel confident in knowing everything is going to be alright. Good luck to all the April sleeved......I am excited through..yea...

Mytime, I live in Texas too! Small town of Winnsboro in northeast Texas. My surgeon is in the Dallas area. Where are you?

i am being sleeved in April also in Dallas at Forest Park

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So just found out my white blood cell count is up.....have a bit of the crud going around.....have to be retested next week....on day 2 of pre op diet and hoping no change to my April 1st surgery date....sooo close!

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No, he is not a happy camper at all. I'm gonna be out of commission and the fighting makes it hard to be excited.

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You have my sympathies @@shelly:)

I had a band for 10 years and got to maintaining a healthy normal right. It was fantastic! I felt normal. I got on with my life :)

Then the band failed mechanically and I had to have it removed. In one year I have regained the weight back to being obese again :\ :( so unhappy with this. It feels like my normal life has vanished from under my nose.

I am converting to a gastric sleeve. I have a possible surgery date in April, but need to complete all my preop checks, so am not letting myself believe it yet.

I am scheduled for gastric sleeve 4/10. This is my second weightloss surgery. In 3/06 I had lapband and now having complications so I am converting to the gastric sleeve. I am super excited and nervous at the same time. I paid cash for the first procedure but insurance has approved me this time. I used to work for rhe surgeon who did and is doing my procedure. I went to work for him about 6 months after my lapband because I was very sucessful. I went from 312 to 165 now back up to 270 :angry:

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I'm In sd too. What hospital?

Scripps La Jolla with Dr. Bhoyrul. You?

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Hi my name is Jackie from Miami fl! My surgery is scheduled April 2 and I am super nervous! I hope I get the approval from the insurance... My fiancé doesn't talk about my surgery at all unless I mention something about it. In definitely looking for others to talk to about my journey.

Hi Jackie! GL with your WLS journey! I'm in Fort Lauderdale, FL surg date April 30. My hubby is supportive but a little hesitant about it sometimes. We just have to remind ourselves this is the beginning to a new healthy you!

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Guess I won't be joining you guys yet. My hubby has a real problem with me doing this surgery. I think I need to postpone. So I'm crying and really upset about this. My emotions are really getting the best of me that I want to stuff my face. What should I do???

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