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Nutrition Classes...

By PinkFish

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So I had my psych eval on Oct 6th and have had two one-on-one nutrition visits so far. I had my PFT done and my consult with the Sleep Lab. The sleep study will be done Nov. 15th and my Upper Endoscopy is next Friday, the 22nd.

I am wondering if my insurance company counts the initial nutrition seminar thing towards the 6 months of nutrition, I attended that in August and my first actualy visit in September. I have visits booked once a month until January. Hopefully I don't need to go into February as well, but I'm sure I will.

At my last nutrition visit, I hadn't lost any weight, only a couple ounces. The nutritionist said my food choices were great and my average calorie consumption was 1177. I am exercising a few times a week on the eliptical and doing 3 mile walks. Her and I are both stumped as to why I am not losing weight. Its frustrating. She told me that the next time I came in, if my food choices and calorie consumption were consistent with this previous visit, she would sign me off for surgery. Of course she was forgetting that I needed to have 6 months worth. What a tease.

So I'm looking at January or February for submission for approval from my insurance company. I'm really hoping its January and I can be banded by February. I'm so ready!

Maybe I shouldn't have done this, but the other day I was shopping at Deb and they had a huge clearance rack. There were bathing suits on there for $1 a piece! I grabbed a cute bikini style bottom and a tankini top. I thought that, hopefully, by next summer I will be confident enough to wear a bikini bottom and not shorts over my bathing suit! I hope I didn't jinx myself, haha.

I had a question for anyone that is reading this... My insurance company covers 90% of the surgery. The 10% I have to pay out of pocket.... is that typically due when the surgery is booked? Or do some places allow payment plans or billing after the surgery? I will check in when I go for my next visit on Nov 1st., but thought I'd ask!

Well, I'll stop boring you all! Just eager and impatient...

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    My drs office required that I pay my 20% up front, but I haven't yet been billed from the hospital for their 20%. I was banded 9-28. I will be able to pay on this each month. Incidentally, I'v lost 24 lbs. since I went on my preop diet, but of course the loss has slowed down quite a bit since I am eating again. But I am having no trouble doing this. I go to eat with my friends or husband, and I just eat a little off their plate which is all I want. I am able to eat more in the morning than the other meals. Good luck to you. It is a wonderful feeling to have hope after so many years of wishing I could do something when nothing worked for me.

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