*** September 2018 Sleevers ***

[Christabelle 54]

Prayers needed guys. I just found out I have an infected wisdom tooth. I have to have it removed and get a letter that I've healed before my 9/5 VSG or it has to be rescheduled.

My flight is already booked to have the VSG. I have a very active child with autism who WILL not be gentle with me, so I purposely scheduled 2 weeks recovery in TX with my parents while DH and in-laws take care of my son.

I know it'll work out, but I'm freaking out right now.

[macadamia 591]

20 hours ago, Christabelle said:

Yeah, you're dealing with special circumstances so self-pay would not be the wisest option.

Holy moly those injections are expensive. You have really good insurance it seems. Yes, I take umbrage with the term of "Affordable" in the ACA. Our deductible went from $4,000 to $12,000 over the course of 2-3 years. We meet our family deductible early in the year because of my son's autism therapy, but still pay a lot afterward. My husband's company said we have one of the top insurance plans in the state, and yet when I got my CPAP, we still owed $700 just for the machine. When I tried to explore seeing a psychologist as part of nutritional counseling and such, we would still have to pay over $300 for each one hour session. Definitely not something I could do for the recommended 6-8 sessions.

Yeah, thanks Obama! but I digress...

Medical bills suck and without insurance, I'd probably be dead. It sucks that you are paying so much for those things. When I first got my C-Pap machine a couple of years ago I had not met my deductible, so I had to pay for the entire machine. Luckily, I also take advantage of the flexible spending account, so I paid for it with that money.

[Christabelle 54]

Update, my patient advocate was awesome and pulled some strings, so my surgery will now be 9/13 and I don't have to try to change my flights.

[reb101568 9]

Congrats mine is scheduled for September 5th as well...

[BetterLife2018 7]

Congrats everyone! Mine is September 6th!

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[macadamia 591]

1 hour ago, Christabelle said:

Update, my patient advocate was awesome and pulled some strings, so my surgery will now be 9/13 and I don't have to try to change my flights.

That's awesome! It's amazing what can be done when it is necessary to have something changed. Sweet!

[macadamia 591]

33 minutes ago, reb101568 said:

Congrats mine is scheduled for September 5th as well...

Awesome! Good luck with your pre-op phase!

[macadamia 591]

10 minutes ago, BetterLife2018 said:

Congrats everyone! Mine is September 6th!

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Same as me! That's awesome! and good luck with the pre-op phase too! I've been having a few setbacks so far, but overall, I'm doing pretty well. Just over two weeks out!

[TX4everLinds 115]

Is this the sept 2018 group? I’m scheduled for sept 5 also! Just found out yesterday that I was approved and got the date. Looks like there are quite a few scheduled for September 5! I start preop 8 days prior.

[macadamia 591]

1 hour ago, TX4everLinds said:

Is this the sept 2018 group? I’m scheduled for sept 5 also! Just found out yesterday that I was approved and got the date. Looks like there are quite a few scheduled for September 5! I start preop 8 days prior.

Yes, this is one of the September 2018 groups. I created this one specifically for sleeve gastrectomy patients, but everyone is welcome! There are a couple of others.

Welcome and good luck with your journey. Only eight days for pre-op? You are very lucky! I've been struggling with my pre-op diet now for almost a month, and I have two weeks left! We'll get through this and be better off after, to be sure!

Which surgery are you having?

[KatallacStrong 49]

On 08/21/2018 at 12:11, Christabelle said:

Update, my patient advocate was awesome and pulled some strings, so my surgery will now be 9/13 and I don't have to try to change my flights.

That’s awesome girl! Mine is 9/10! I created a group on fb for September sleevers if you’d care to join 😊

https://m.facebook.com/groups/2157638997846802

[KatallacStrong 49]

On 08/22/2018 at 11:18, TX4everLinds said:

Is this the sept 2018 group? I’m scheduled for sept 5 also! Just found out yesterday that I was approved and got the date. Looks like there are quite a few scheduled for September 5! I start preop 8 days prior.

I know there are some here on BP but I created one on FB if you’d care to join 😊

https://m.facebook.com/groups/2157638997846802

[H2neal 40]

Got my date today. Mine will be sept 26th.

[macadamia 591]

48 minutes ago, H2neal said:

Got my date today. Mine will be sept 26th.

That's awesome that you have your date! Good luck!

[Spellbound 48]

Congrats everyone on achieving this major milestone.

I was approved on August 16th for September 19th. I will start the liver shrinking diet on Wednesday or Thursday of next week - I have a move planned on 8/31 so I’m thinking I’ll be too busy to think about what I’m missing.

I’m concerned about the social implications of weight loss and nosey people (I’m a private person but body changes are not private)!!!

But for now I’m proud of 6 months of preparation and getting to this step.