Got My Surgery Date! 1/12/09! Any Other January 09's out there?

[bklyn1984 0]

I have BCBS federal basic and I'm not being made to do much at all.. just produce 5 years of medical history showing my weight. Even the liquid diet stuff everyone is talking about..? I'm only having to have liquids the day before.

I'm delighted... if slightly wary as to why I'm not being made to go thru what everyone else is apparently going thru.:biggrin:

My surgeon told me that the pre-op liquid diet is to help shrink my liver. I am not sure why your surgeon requires less of you. My two weeks begins on the 26th and my surgery is on January 9th. I also see my surgeon for one more visit on the 6th.

With BCBS Federal if your BMI is 40 or > you do not have to do a six month diet and while you are not required to provide 5 years worth of history either the more documentation the better is what a BCBS Federal Bariatric person told me.

This is going to be the longest month of my life. I plan to keep myself so busy I have no time to think about it. My cousin and sister were so excited when I told them I was approved. I celebrated with my cousin and a good friend on Saturday at a great vegetarian restaurant in NYC and then we went to see the tree and it started to snow when we got there what perfect timing.

[TaraBell 0]

January 16th for me!!

[liz09 0]

hi lizardgirl! I had my consultation with my dr. today and he told me that I'll only have to do 2-3 days of liquid diet prior to surgery, so I guess they have a couple of different ways of doing things! I'm going to take that as an extra blessing of making things easier for me and I'm confident in my doctor because of the research and recommendations I went through.

Anyway, I have my pre-op nutritional talk with a nutritionist on wednesday the 10th, gastro meeting the 11th, and endoscopy the 12th, friday morning. next week i'm going to get my exact surgery date - some lucky day in January - I CAN'T WAIT!!!

best luck to all of you january bandsters out there! Can't wait to cheer you on!! :wink_smile:

[newlifebegins2017 25]

January 20th for me. I'm self-pay and I'm going to Mexico to get it done. It will be the best thing I've ever done with my life. Well, except for marrying my best friend.