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Hello everyone,

I have all my pre op tests done and do not know what is next. What can I expect from this point on? I am so ready for this and cannot wait for my surgery date.

Please let me know what your experience was/is?

Thanks to all

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It probably depends on what your insurance and surgeon require. Did your surgeons office give you a list of requirements to be done before setting a date? All of them seem to have different requirements, so yours may not be the same as mine, but I had to do several nutritionist visits and educational classes, three visits with my surgeon, psych eval, EGD, EKG, and blood work for the surgeons program. My insurance required 6 months of supervised diet plan.

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That makes sense. Every insurance is different. I think I will call my surgeon and see if there is anything else to do for me. Thankfully my insurance does not require a months long diet.

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And I hope you get the answers you want, get a date to firm up your plans. If you find you will need to go on a liver-shrink ing,diet,you will have a,lot sharing that dietary Purgatory, and it seems every doctor seems to feel he or she had a personal revelation from God as to the,proper length it should be, 1 week,, 2 week, 3 week, 4 week, like me, just the day,before and a FEW lucky dogs who don't have to do any. So when you do HAVE a date, please share with us. We can celebrate📢 with you, and if necessary we can crank the old🙏 Prayer Machine up if necessary. You're always among friends here!😛

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