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Read more about .. game on?

.. game on?

Well, I thought my last entry would be it.. or it for a long time. I spent a couple days mourning what I thought was the end of the road (or major speed bump). It was a little bitter on Monday as I tried not to think about that being the day that my 2 week countdown (and liquid diet) would have started. Then Wednesday I receive a letter from my insurance.. now saying that my surgery date (which I was positive was gone) was now approved for April 1st-April 3rd. It's been a bit of a roller coa

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• Andi
• March 21, 201313 yr

Read more about As Genesis sings, "That's all"

As Genesis sings, "That's all"

Just as I thought it was going alright, I found out I'm wrong when I thought I was right, always the same, its just a shame, that's all   As I was on my merry way to do my hospital preadmissions the phone rang. Insurance decided to throw a curve ball 3 weeks prior to surgery. Now they want 6 months of documented medical weight loss, which wouldn't be so bad if my insurance wasn't going to be up before then. My insurance is linked to unemployment, which I am not most likely not going to have

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• Andi
• March 11, 201313 yr

Read more about Post Op info class

Post Op info class

Tonight I had an appointment at Lahey, well I thought I had 2, but it turned out into being a class with a few other ladies there. It hosted by the other bariatric nurse & nutritionist (we get assigned a team, but I've met the other "team" during these group meetings). It was an overall good presentation with some good to know info. It started off with the nurse giving an us an idea what to expect on the day of surgery & how to best prepare. The 2nd portion was the nutritionist going

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• Andi
• March 8, 201313 yr

Read more about An introduction of sorts

An introduction of sorts

My journey into WLS-land officially began in December of 2012. It's hard to write this without 15 paragraphs of backstory, but maybe that will fill in with time.   I was told that I would probably not be on any fast track to getting to into surgery. I hadn't been to the doctor in about 3 years & my diabetes and blood pressure had since been running out of control. Still, when they said it would probably be 4-6 months before I'd be up for the surgery I thought to myself that I could han

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• Andi
• March 4, 201313 yr