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I just scheduled my surgery for December 15th! It's been a long journey but it's finally going to happen! I have been looking into weight-loss surgery for 6 years now. I never thought I would ever be able to go through with it. My insurance always had an exclusion and I could never afford to pay cash. However, I went back to school and started a new career in the medical field. I was so excited to find out that my new insurance would pay for the procedure however I would need to have 24mo's over coverage and then 6mo of nutritional visits.

It's all behind me now and December 15th is my day!

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Great news! Good luck as you continue your journey!

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Yay congrats! My surgery is December 16th! But unfortunately I'm selfpay because I had just switched insurances before I started this journey and guess what my old insurance would of covered it but of course my new one doesn't!

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That's awesome! However that sucks about the self pay but it will be worth it!!! Do you have to do a 2 week pre op diet?

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Yes it will be! And yes I do I have to start December 2nd! Not looking forward to that either

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