MissTiffany203

Congrats! You are on the way

Congratulations!!!!! I'm way happy for you. My surgery is in the morning. Excited and nervous!!

It took me about 10 days for approval, my insurance cover it minus the co-pay.

medicaid pays for the entire surgery if you have medical conditions , if your over weight dont stress have faith and you'll have to do a bunch of test that can run for weeks so have patience

So excited for you! I got my approval back in 6 business days! Good luck!

Sooo wicked excited for you!!!!! Mine hopefully!!! is Dec 26..then I'll know if I get approved for a surgery date!! Hope all goes well!!

Lets be friends!! Lol! Tiffany...you are Def not alone!! This is my second attempt!!! I will tell you this is truly a life change and you HAVE TO BE PREPARE!!! This is your personal choice!! I have not included any one other than 2 of my bestfreinds and my hubby. People will always have something to say about your choices...but this is a LIFE MATTER...You will be healthy and that's all that matters...you will have this forum to be your support group!!! It SCARY AS HELL!!!! But it will be worth it!!! I went under 6 months ago!!! and they had to pull out of the surgery!!! I lost 15lb and yet my liver was to FAT!! That set me back in DEPRESSION MOOD!!! So learn from my experience!!! Eat less so that you wont do this a SECOND TIME AROUND!!! I hope I get a surgery Date in Jan or Feb!!
God Bless!!

Not sure if your surgeon requires a preop diet but I had to do one for two LONNNNGGG weeks! LOL It was the hardest two weeks of my life. I lost 15 pounds just on the pre op. I'm 5 months out and have lost 78 pounds to date. You will do fine and be so happy you did this. I won't lie, the first few months aren't easy but as the weeks go by. It gets easier. Good luck to you.

You will feel so much better if you get plenty of good sleep. I had a CPAP machine when I weighed 268. I stopped using it at around 200 and have just gone back to it because I was tired all the time. It feels great to be getting enough good sleep!

I would love to be your friend, I am still pre-surgery, have been seeing a doctor about my weight since March of 2012, only down 9 pounds, I have increased my excercise and am eating healthy, cut out drinking, I feel alot better than I did, also feel like I have lost more than 9 pounds, but the scale just doesn't show it. I have had my phych, dietician, sleep-eval, blood work, etc., I have my consultation Nov. 5th, and we will see what else they need me to do. Hopefully I am about ready to submit for surgery. It seems like I have been working on this forever. Keep me updated on your journey.

I gained weight before my surgery too. I struggled also with my pre-op diet. I remember feeling very down on myself too. But life before surgery and after will be very different. I can promise you that!!!! I'll be your friend too. I know what this is like. I am SO excited for you. This is going to be one of the best things you have ever done for yourself!!!!
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I feel ya to, My husband is also not supportive, although he thinks he is because he went with me to see the surgeon. He asked the Dr. if he ever had anyone die on the table, that was it. I am tentatively scheduled for 12/19 awaiting approval. All my tests have been done and I know I qualify. I just hope my insurance doesn't decide to be asses about it and require more than what their policy says they do. Anyway, you have to do what is best for you, especially if it's to improve your overall health. They'll either deal with it, or they won't. Life goes on! Best of luck to you and hope you have a smooth recovery.

I feel for you. I too am pre-op. I have to have a sleep study in 2 weeks, then maybe 2 mos on an apnea machine before they will give me a surgery date. I am discouraged. My husband is also not the supportive type. But we will overcome!

If anyone needs any suggestions or help, i can offer some insight. i will be 1 year post op in 2 weeks. ask away!.

I'll be your friend ! I hopefully have my surgery on the 9th of November...getting a bit nervous.

Hi Tiffany , don't ge down on your self we have all been through that with our weight , just try to watch what you eat . At this point I think that you should just try not to gain any weight or lose to much weight because I heard that it may affect you with your surgery. If you gain to much it shows that you have no control and if you lose , it shows that maybe you can do it on your own..
As for me , I started seeing my nutriionist in April , time has gone so quick. I was schedualed to get sleeved Oct 3 , then they pushed it to Oct 12 , then 3 days before my surgery they called and cancled me because of an issue with my insurance and Ironically today they told me that I am scheduled for Nov 13 , so I have to start my pre op liquid diet on Oct 30 th. I am not looking forward to that again.
what state are you from?

I too need friends. I have a date for surgery Nov 28. After 5 months it is getting close. I have no support in my life. My husband just ignores the subject and the only thing he said was what about me. What am I going to eat? I think he hopes I just don't do it. I have been a recluse for awhile so not many friends left. My sons are around but then again they are sons. I have serious medical issues and that is why I am having the surgery in hopes of getting my life back.
Hope you get a date soon and best of luck.

That is great, I hope everything will go well. I hope to be you in a few months are so. Haven't begin my process yet.

I had my surgery November 9th of last year. I am down 154 pounds since surgery 204 pounds overall. Best decision of my life. good luck!

Thats so exciting...I hope all works out for you!!!

Took me about 6 weeks to get approval. I started the process and august of 2011 and was sleeved on November 9th 2011. I had 2 insurance plans , one was my mine through work and my other was through my mother. My work insurance has a WLS as an exclusion so the denial was within days. After my primary insurance was denied it was submitted to my mothers insurance, which they approved the surgery. i knew my insurance was going to deny the claim ,but before it could be submitted to my secondary insurance it has to go through the primary first. My mothers insurance is BCBS FEP

hey tiffany,
I am 4 weeks post op today, and i am soooooooooo happy that i got the sleeve. I too haven't heard very many good things about the lap band, and i did a lot of research before i got my surgery.
I don't want to try and sway you either way because it really needs to be your decision, but personally I just don't think the lap bad is a good idea. I guess to me adding a foreign object into your body just doesn't seem right to me, and the risk for it just didn't compare to the pros of the surgery in my view and it seriously didn't match up to the weight loss that people expected.
with all the literature that i read thru, with the sleeve you can lose almost the same amount of weight as you would with gastric bypass, without all the complications.. Dont get me wrong there are a lot of risks with any surgery, it just seemed that this had the least amount when done correctly and had the greatest benefits.
I personally love my sleeve. Im 5'7" started at 238.1 day of surgery and 4 weeks out im 216.8 as of this morning. Im not quite sure how much you have to lose, but in my situation i also started with a lot of muscle and since ive been an athlete all my life i know how to push myself in the gym. the higher BMI you have the faster you will lose the weight.. and although i weigh a lot my BMI was around 35 to start so its a little bit lower than a lot of peoples, but i still have to work my butt off.. and as long as i do that my sleeve will work its butt off too.. lol.
Good luck in either adventure that you take, but know that everyone here is really supportive no matter what you choose!

I've been scouring every inch of this forum since December 6th, and I have not heard ONE good thing about the lap band until Anderson right above me here. Use the search bar above and put in lap band and start reading. This may give you another look at the lap band vs. sleeve. Many, many, many band to sleeve conversions on here. All are soooo happy with it. Just fyi. I don't personally know much about the band. This forum is a good resource for real life experience.

Welcome Tiffany.......I had the lapband 2 years ago and I had about 170 pouds to lose. i lost around 90 with the band and then I hit a wall that would not move and my band was at full fill. I wanted to have the sleeve but my insurance said no so I went to Mexico and on Dec 11 I have the band removed and a sleeve done. I would do it again in a heartbeat. I have lost 29 pounds in 4 weeks and I am on cloud 9. My first question for you is how much weight do you need to lose? The band is fine and reversable but you still have problems as you do with the sleeve. I wish that I had done the sleeve in the first place 2 years ago and I would have been where I want to be a long time ago. I would be glad to chat anytime and answer any more questions that you have.