Summer 2018 Surgery Buddies Check In Here!

[ALFxRNY 540]

On 07/11/2018 at 20:33, nisha10 said:

My surgery is scheduled for Tuesday. I’m nervous and excited at the same time. My goal is to lose 100lbs

Congrats! I’m hoping to lose that (and a little extra). You’ve got this 😉

[Bellasoo 45]

Today is my day. I’m a bundle of nerves. Surgery is at 9:45. Wish me luck!

[sentaric 54]

@Bellasoo....you got this!!!! Good luck keep us posted on your recovery

[sentaric 54]

@J san...you got this, keep us posted

[ALFxRNY 540]

On 07/12/2018 at 06:33, Bellasoo said:

Today is my day. I’m a bundle of nerves. Surgery is at 9:45. Wish me luck!

Best wishes! See you on the post op side! Keep us posted!

[piacovetto@gmail.com 25]

You will be just fine 👍🎚. Yes, please keep everyone posted!

[greensmoothie 25]

Well just got call from hospital. Have to be there 830am not 10am. I guess I got bumped up a bit. Good sooner the better.

I just got my call as well and was moved up. I have to be at the hospital at 9:15 tomorrow. I am both excited and nervous. Ready to start this new chapter.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Camme 11]

Congratulations.. I'm scheduled for July 19th. I'm scared and nervous to.

[CTGirl08 10]

Just need to vent for a second. I’m so frustrated.

My bariatric group requires 6 months of nutrition, psych evaluation and an exercise class. It won’t schedule surgery until after you’ve completed everything. As an attorney, it’s really hard to book things on my calendar with no real idea when the surgery would be. But I was told that surgery is often 4-6 weeks after the last nutrition appt. Mine was 6/25, so I was thinking late July to early August.

I finish the last NUT and she tells me they’ll submit it to insurance. But then they come back and say, oh there’s all this blood work you need to do too. I was frustrated because I could’ve already done that if they’d told me I needed to. Especially since some stuff they test for, like H-Pylori, takes time to treat.

I took the tests and thankfully everything was great...except my white blood cell count was high. Turns out I was diagnosed with a sinus infection the day after I went for the blood work. I just finished the antibiotics today, but the doc said I should be fine to be retested over this past weekend. I waited till Tuesday for good measure and it turns out it went up (only slightly), not down. My WBC was totally normal just in March, so it’s not that I “run high” as some say.

I’m sure it’s just that I’m still somewhat fighting the infection and it’ll go down soon but it’s surprising it hadn’t gone down at all. And it’s so frustrating that I now have to get tested again. But I don’t want to go too soon and risk it still being too high. So how long do I wait?

And I still don’t understand why I can’t get a date. Obviously if the WBC doesn’t come down, it’d have to get cancelled. But it’s totally screwing with my job and the people I work with to have no idea when this is happening.

Thanks for letting me vent.

[Chrisb428 626]

@CTGirl08 I finally get to submit for approval Monday and I'm frustrated about tests as well. I don't know if it's my surgeon or my insurance who dictates the order of things. I don't get any labs, tests, endoscopy any of that until after I've gotten my approval, date and begin my pre op diet. I find that odd, why begin diet and set a date if the tests determine if it's going to happen. I totally understand and with your schedule that's just an added stress in the mix! Good luck, I hope it works out for you and fits in your timeline!

Edited July 12, 2018 by Chrisb428

[pumpkinlocks 37]

@Chrisb428 I am in PA also what part are you in?

[pumpkinlocks 37]

7 hours ago, Bellasoo said:

Today is my day. I’m a bundle of nerves. Surgery is at 9:45. Wish me luck!

Good Luck!!

[Camme 11]

Good Luck!!! Mines is scheduled for July 19th

[Chrisb428 626]

57 minutes ago, pumpkinlocks said:

@Chrisb428 I am in PA also what part are you in?

I am in Bedford County, you?

[pumpkinlocks 37]

Stewartstown PA