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Journey To VSG (NYC Edition)

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curlygirlgetsfit    33

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Hello! I’m Simone and I’m 24 years old. Just like the majority of everyone else, I tried every diet under the sun. I loss 30 pounds by myself & gained it all back plus more. Last year I tried the Keto diet, loss 10 pounds my first month and gained it all back plus more as well. It gets discouraging to lose weight and gain it all back.

I recently started my journey to VSG. 5-28 I had my first consultation with the surgeon at Mt. Sinai in NYC. So far, I have everything scheduled that I needed to schedule myself. The only thing that isn’t scheduled is the sleep study which they’ll call me for. I’m pretty excited for this journey & my new lifestyle that’s to come. I also have to lose 15 pounds by July 30th (when I see my surgeon again). I’m currently down 3.7lbs from June 1st. Today I have my Cardiology Clearance. It had to get rescheduled from yesterday due to them scheduling me on a day the cardiologist doesn’t come in. It was pretty annoying having to go all the way there just to find that out. But it is what it is.

I’ve been using Instagram to post my journey so if anyone wants to follow each other, leave a comment with you IG username or you can follow me @CurlyGirl_GetsFit .

Any Fellow New Yorkers Here?

Age: 24
Height: 5’4
HW: 321.7
CW: 318
GW: 175

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SusieQ2019    567

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Congratulations on your journey. I had my surgery at Mt. Sinai on April 29th and I can't say enough about my positive experience.

Wishing you good luck and hope you attend the next bariatric meeting on July 8th.

Susie

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curlygirlgetsfit    33

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On 06/06/2019 at 09:05, SusieQ2019 said:



Congratulations on your journey. I had my surgery at Mt. Sinai on April 29th and I can't say enough about my positive experience.




Wishing you good luck and hope you attend the next bariatric meeting on July 8th.




Susie


I see the support group date of the 9th! I shall attend that one. Hope to see you there. ☺️

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SusieQ2019    567

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It's on Monday the 8th.

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curlygirlgetsfit    33

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It’s showing every Tuesday for me. Are we at the same location?

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curlygirlgetsfit    33

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On 06/06/2019 at 09:05, SusieQ2019 said:



Congratulations on your journey. I had my surgery at Mt. Sinai on April 29th and I can't say enough about my positive experience.




Wishing you good luck and hope you attend the next bariatric meeting on July 8th.




Susie


It’s showing every Tuesday for me on the paper I have. Are we at the same Mt.Sinai location? (I posted the photo). I’m going to call that Monday as well just to double check.

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SusieQ2019    567

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My location is uptown Madison Avenue.

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curlygirlgetsfit    33

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On 06/25/2019 at 09:07, SusieQ2019 said:



My location is uptown Madison Avenue.


Ohh at the one on Amsterdam.

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Repeatingthoughts    77

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good luck! i am also from nyc, debating between NYP/Columbia and Lenox Hill. I am doing all my preops in a few weeks. Endoscopy, cardio; stomach scan (gall bladder). I have a psych in a few days.

i have Emblemhealth, requirements change, 6 months supervised weight loss is not longer needed! what insurance do you all have?

best wishes with everything!

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curlygirlgetsfit    33

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On 06/25/2019 at 12:34, Repeatingthoughts said:



good luck! i am also from nyc, debating between NYP/Columbia and Lenox Hill. I am doing all my preops in a few weeks. Endoscopy, cardio; stomach scan (gall bladder). I have a psych in a few days.








i have Emblemhealth, requirements change, 6 months supervised weight loss is not longer needed! what insurance do you all have?








best wishes with everything!


Good luck to you as well! I have MetroPlus. I just had my 2nd weigh in today (literally walked in my house from it) and my 1st Support Group this evening. The only thing left on my list is Psych Eval on Friday, 1 more support group in July, Upper Gi, & 2nd Visit with my surgeon & also my 3rd weigh in. I’m currently waiting on the results from my sleep study to see if I need to do anything extra with that.

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great job curly!! you are almost there!!. I hear good things about metro plus and their process. I have emblem health through my job and the doctors are not up to date with the new requirements.

https://www.emblemhealth.com/~/media/Files/PDF/_med_guidelines/MG_Bariatric_SX_c.pdf

here is the link if anyone has emblem health and would like to see the new medical policies.

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