Lab work tomorrow

[hotmessmom 12]

Tomorrow I go for my lab work and to get my letter of medical necessity. Super nervous about the whole process, my weight has creeped up to 289 and I am 5’6..... currently I do not have any diagnosis outside of being overweight. However I am confident I am borderline hypertensive because for years my blood pressure has teetered around needing medication! My egd is Monday and my psych evaluation is Wednesday next week.... this is all happening so quickly and I have no clue how long before the next step will be...... I feel like the doctors office for sure has everything rolling in the right direction, but I think I’m just anxious to see what’s next......

How early on did you have all these test compared to when you had your surgery?

[aNYCdb 310]

Co-morbidities only really matter for insurance purposes if your BMI is under 40, so you don't really have to worry about having other diagnoses. That said if you haven't had labs recently they may uncover other things that aren't readily known (high cholesterol, diabetes, liver test may indicate further testing for Non-alcholic fatty liver disease).

It's hard to know how long you have to wait for surgery, without knowing are if there are other things you need to complete (some people have to do 3-7 months of "classes" which are usually what makes the process longer. If you don't have to do that and don't need any other testing (like a sleep study) I would assume it all comes down to the doctors schedualing which tends to be 2 weeks to 8 weeks from when you have completed everything else.

Congratulations on Getting this far in the process.

[hotmessmom 12]

Co-morbidities only really matter for insurance purposes if your BMI is under 40, so you don't really have to worry about having other diagnoses. That said if you haven't had labs recently they may uncover other things that aren't readily known (high cholesterol, diabetes, liver test may indicate further testing for Non-alcholic fatty liver disease).
It's hard to know how long you have to wait for surgery, without knowing are if there are other things you need to complete (some people have to do 3-7 months of "classes" which are usually what makes the process longer. If you don't have to do that and don't need any other testing (like a sleep study) I would assume it all comes down to the doctors schedualing which tends to be 2 weeks to 8 weeks from when you have completed everything else.
Congratulations on Getting this far in the process.

Thank you so much, I am like a sponge right now reading as much as I can.