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Blog 87911

A blog by AggieAmy in General

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A weight loss surgery blog by AggieAmy on BariatricPal. 9 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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1st Post Op Appt tomorrow!

I'm having my first post-op appointment tomorrow. I think it's supposed a group appointment to see how everyone is doing. Sounds kinda crummy and like a great way to cram a lot of people with co-pays in at one time. No wonder this guy makes a killing, lol.   I'm down about 17 lbs now! And I'm really feeling almost back to normal, except eating of course. I can really finally breathe deeply again without any pain or struggling. The only things are that my shoulder hurts for some reason

5th day!

Good Afternoon!   My babysitter (haha) has gone home now. My fiance lives in Los Angeles and came here to take care of me after the surgery. He left about 30 minutes ago to head back to his temporary home. Hopefully he'll be moving by the end of the year. He has to sell his practice and property out there (because of the economic status of the area), before he can head this way. Very exciting!   So 5 days out now...   I've lost almost 15 lbs since the beginning of my liquid diet, so i

2 days Post-Op :)

So I am 2 days post-op and I feel pretty good!   I'll go ahead and describe my surgery date and yesterday... Although I do need to preface this by saying I had an issue with my car on the 27th (the night before my surgery), and it was undrivable for the 28th, which kind of through a monkey wrench into the whole thing, but it turned out ok.   July 28th, day of surgery-- Woke up around 7am to start getting ready, went ahead and took a shower (my doc's instructions said "a good shower with so

2 more days!

Actually, it's more like 1 1/2 more days. I finally got my surgery time--10am on July 28th! I'm getting more and more excited!   I was thinking about how I'm going to exercise after the band. I got to looking at P90X last night. I know lots of people who have been using it and they really love it! I'm going to look at the forum after I'm done with this entry to see if anyone else is doing it. I've read and heard reviews that it's great for beginners and advanced exercisers. The Insani

3 More Days!

Yay! Only 3 more days until I'm banded! I can't believe it's finally going to be here...   I'm getting nervous... Constantly questioning myself... I hope that's natural and normal. I have support from my fiance, stepfather, and sister-in-law, but I've had a hard time winning over my mom, brother, and dad. I find that a little strange that blood relatives are not so ok with this. Or I suppose the strange part is that my non-blood relatives (if I may call them that), are so keen on the id

Ugh...

Ok, I'm getting annoyed...   Called Aetna earlier today to see if there were any updates on whether or not they're covering my surgery. They informed me that Dr. Smith's office submitted a pre-determination instead of a pre-certification for coverage, and that the facility they use is out-of-network. Umm...wouldn't they have known that it was out-of-network all this time? It's not like Aetna is an uncommon insurance provider. And the office submitted the information on 3/19/2010. Shouldn'

Suspense!!

Ok, the suspense is already getting to me! It's only been one day! I want to know if I'm approved so badly! If anyone out there has Aetna for their insurance, let me know how long it took for them to provide you with an approval/denial.   I had an eye appointment today and they dilated my eyes so everything is reaaalllllyyy bright right now. My eyes have pretty much stayed the same though, which is good. Maybe after I lose weight I'll get Lasik, hehe. The doctor gave me new contacts, a

Final Steps

Ok, so I went to my last appointment before finding out whether or not my insurance will be covering my surgery. Doc said it'll take 2-3 weeks to submit the paperwork and find out yay or nay. Then the pre-op diet (which from what I've read on this site is liquid, strictly), and then surgery!   Keep your fingers crossed for me! :eek:

1st Post

I was advised to start a blog for this enormous change in my life to document all of the changes. What a daunting task!   I started this journey back in October, when I attended an seminar about the Lap-Band® with Dr. Adam Smith. I was extremely impressed and had actually spoken with some of his patients and heard great things, so I figured what the heck, let's do it.   Because I have my insurance with Aetna, there were requirements prior to having the surgery. I had to have 3 months/4

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