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I have started the pre-op journey and am hoping for a surgery date sometime in April. I would love to buddy up with someone having surgery around the same time?

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Hi. My name is Deborah Myers. My surgery is April 18. Next week i get to learn how to do some of the food. I have to see the dietician for six weeks due to insurance. Insurance will either decide to support or not support two weeks prior...

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My surgery date is April 1, 2016! I am so excited it is really all that I can think about. I would love to meet more people with an April date so that we can support one another.

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Yay! April sleevers. I won't be able to get a date until after my third MWM class which is in the middle of march. I would love for my date to be April 1st!! I am going to find out if that's possible at my next appointment. I'm so excited and so scared at the same time. Where are you ladies from? I'm from Philadelphia.

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I'm from California but currently live in Oregon.

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My final appointment with my surgeon for my insurance mandated 6 month pre-surg program will be March 17. Presumably I'll be scheduled for sometime in April once I get final approval from the insurance. My name's Courtney, and I'm in Texas. :). Glad to see so many people about to go through the same thing at the same time!

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If I understand the procedure with my insurance, I have to have 6 visits with a nutrition counselor for 6 months. I must lose and keep off at least 15lbs of which I am down 25lbs. Plus, bmi needs to be a certain measurement which I had a bmi of 59 when I started.

Now I have to wait for a meeting with the surgeon 2 weeks prior to the surgery date. As I understand, insurance approval will occur then.

I plan on calling insurance to see when approval will occur as this late date has me concerned.

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Hey April 2016 sleevers! I have a "secret" group on Facebook for folks getting sleeved during (or around) April - if you'd like to join friend me & I'll add you - Alea Birbeck (pic = me smiling) <3

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I will be having my surgery around the middle of April, I don't have the exact date yet but I will post when I see my surgeon for clearance next month.

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