Got a surgery date! Sept 6th!

[loli_lotus 64]

I'm still very excited! It just seems a little far considering people are getting July dates, but I guess my program is very busy this summer!!!

It's almost a month before my birthday (Oct 7th), looks like I'll be having a pureed birthday dinner lol.

[summerseeker 2,249]

Congratulations on your date. Have a pre birthday celebration before your pre op diet. The puree stage was not my favourite. Good luck

[ShoppGirl 5,024]

Congratulations on your surgery date.

[loli_lotus 64]

@summerseeker and @ShoppGirl thank you!!!

[Bluemoon29 0]

On 6/17/2022 at 3:43 PM, loli_lotus said:

I'm still very excited! It just seems a little far considering people are getting July dates, but I guess my program is very busy this summer!!!

It's almost a month before my birthday (Oct 7th), looks like I'll be having a pureed birthday dinner lol.

Congratulations! When did you start the process?

[doobie31 178]

First time I got a date it was about 3 months out. When that cancelled because I got Covid, my replacement date was a little more than 3 months out. Both flew by!

[loli_lotus 64]

18 minutes ago, Bluemoon29 said:

Congratulations! When did you start the process?

I got my referral and had my first consult in April!

[Bluemoon29 0]

@loli_lotus I’m very new to this. Just began researching. That’s a pretty quick turn around. My mom had gastric bypass, and she had to go through multiple appointments for 6 months before they’d even schedule that surgery.

[loli_lotus 64]

5 minutes ago, doobie31 said:

First time I got a date it was about 3 months out. When that cancelled because I got Covid, my replacement date was a little more than 3 months out. Both flew by!

Sorry you got covid, but I'm glad time passed fast! My June has gone by pretty quick so I'm hoping the rest of the summer does too, as funny as that may sound haha.

[loli_lotus 64]

5 minutes ago, Bluemoon29 said:

@loli_lotus I’m very new to this. Just began researching. That’s a pretty quick turn around. My mom had gastric bypass, and she had to go through multiple appointments for 6 months before they’d even schedule that surgery.

I was surprised it was so fast, I only had to do one intro zoom seminar, a zoom nutrition seminar, a psych eval, and some paperwork before they submitted it to my insurance. There was optional support group meetings, but the times were all when I was at work so I couldn't attend. Then it was about 3 weeks from the time I got approved to when they called to schedule my surgery. My theory is that I have a history of dieting and working with a dietitian on my medical records, so they didn't have me take 6 months of classes. I don't know if that's the reason but it's the only thing I can think of. I also did call them to bother them a few times.

[sabrinathunderthighs 1]

Surgery twins! I'm also scheduled for the 9/6. Good luck to the both of us!

[loli_lotus 64]

2 hours ago, sabrinathunderthighs said:

Surgery twins! I'm also scheduled for the 9/6. Good luck to the both of us!

Omg! Yes! We're gonna do great!