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OMG! Are you my sister in disguise? LMAO!!! This is my fave too!!! And I would always order Jack shots for my friends and they'd HATE me b/c it would knock them on their butts for the evening! :confused1:

Thanks! I didn't want to give up happy hour w/the girls for good. lol I can handle one drink very slowly... well, maybe. HAHA

I hit my deductible this year too which is why i want to have my by year's end. ugh... hate the waiting game. Good luck to you!

I'm sorry to hear they dropped the ball in picking you up. I'd feel exactly the same way too! It sounds like you're moving along as expected tho and I wish you a quick healing to make up for a lousy start. :thumbup1:

OMG! I used to LOVE looking at all the plush organs..and was even considering getting my dad the intestine one when he had to get a colostomy! LOL Plush Organs : I Heart Guts, Love Your Insides

Hello, My name is April and I stumbled upon this site after hearing about someone who had the VSG. I honestly never thought about WLS as an option for me (I have always hovered around a BMI between 30-35) , but the reality hit when i was recently diagnosed with moderate obstructive sleep apnea. Suddenly the list of comorbidities started piling up and I figured enough's enough. I have been heavy my whole life despite being active, who am I kidding? I need something beyond my own willpower to help me lose the weight once and for all. I am a nursing student...and even moreso I want the weight gone. How embarrassing to preach 'health' when i'm fat. I've been lurking for awhile, reading everyone's stories... and it inspires me to move forward. I will try the insurance route first, but have my Mx back-ups. I will not let this beat me! I'm excited to chat with you all more! april

Thanks everyone! I sat my husband down and spoke w/him last night. I was so scared and i think it made him nervous because he thought something was seriously WRONG with me. It went way better than expected. He is not too concerned about the surgery per se as much as I thought he would be. He almost looked as though he wanted to cry, and i think it was out of sadness that i was feeling I had to 'go this route.' He understood everything and said he's more than willing to go to the dr appts, etc.. whatever i needed. He was so supportive and made me feel more loved than ever... esp since i have put up a wall since gaining all this weight. He said he wants me to be 'me again' which is what I SOOO want. I always felt that after i gained all this weight (I was 115 on our wedding day) that he got the short end of the stick. Thanks to everyone for your support here! I feel so much better being able to open up here and with my husband now about this that I can 'move forward' with confidence! :thumbup:

I can relate to your interest. I want them to tape my surgery so i can watch it when i'm healed. If they video the stomach after it's removed, i'd be content with seeing it that way. It's customary in certain cultures to keep some body parts, and when i had my kids, my OB asked if I needed to take home the placenta as she would 'mysteriously' make it disappear if that was the case (and no i didn't need it, but did inspect it myself first). I'm a student nurse who wants to work in the OR, so naturally I am fascinated by this stuff too. lol

Before starting out on the 6mo journey just to find out you're NOT approved, is there anything that happens early on to indicate that you will/will not be approved if you complete all the required hoop-jumping? If i end up being denied after all the appts and such, i'd have to go the route of self-pay... maybe i should skip the process and self-pay now and be on my timeline. kwim? I've been in the queue w/my Dr all morning so i haven't been able to get this question answered... Thanks for any input! :001_cool: april

Hi mini-me! Lightweight. hehe. only in a weight loss forum, huh? LOL I'm in Vancouver so have been looking both here and in Portland. I am leaning toward Legacy in Portland (Dr Halpin). Yes, i'm looking for my 2nd life. I'm tired of waiting around for the 'when I lose weight...' stories. I'm not getting any younger as they say.. Crossing fingers I can move rather quickly in this Quest.. I'm on a time-frame w/school and don't want to wait too long for it to be done. i hate waiting! haha

LOL! I know i'll need to put some tape on his mouth so i can explain everything out first before he starts spouting off stuff. haha

Aetna. So i'm gearing up for hoop jumping. lol

Congrats! WIsh i was having mine in 2 weeks too! :confused: Good luck and wishing an 'uneventful' surgery.

Holy cow! Some ppl just don't know when to keep their lips zipped. I hope you recover soon and are able to figure out what's the culprit. :001_tongue:

Good idea! Thanks! :biggrin0:

Thanks guys for the support! My husband get home tonight from a trip and since he's been gone all this came about. He'll never leave me for a week again...who knows what other things i come up with while he's not around. hehe it's been a week for me to get used to the thought of WLS... i'll need to figure out a way to broach the subject with him (he's never been fat and thinks i just need to exercise more to keep it off. simple for a man who just skips dinner 3 nights and can lose 10 lbs). ugh.. I'm glad i found this board!

i have sleep apnea b/c i got fat.. was never like this before (husband said i never snored, snorted or gasped for air before).. Funny thing is I was diagnosed 3 weeks ago and THAT'S the reason i have looked into WLS. Because I don't want to be on the CPAP machine forever (my sister has been for the last 5 years). If i don't think my weight already killed the romance in the bedroom, the stupid machine WILL. I'm secretly glad tho that i have it so hopefully (fingers crossed) I can get approved for the sleeve. God please help me! lol

Is it possible to have a website set up where you can refer inquiries to (like a journey blog) once it becomes NOTICEABLE that you're losing weight rather quickly? Just a thought since I'm not one to 'jump the gun' until I'm confident things are going as planned. lol Welcome to the board. I just joined as well. april

If I have my druthers, I'd get the surgery on Dec 9th, 2 days after I'm out of finals. I return to school on Jan 3rd, and was wondering if you think that's adequate time to heal, granted it's an uncomplicated procedure (VSG). It's nursing school, so pretty stressful. What do you think? :lol0:

Thanks. I just hope it works out b/c I don't want to wait til June... argh! I'm such an impatient person when i make my mind up. haha

Gotcha. Thanks! :thumbup:

I couldn't seem to find it anywhere... what happens to the staples left in your stomach? Do they go away at some time? Stay forever? :thumbup:

OH! How long is a soft diet recommended?

Yippee! Thank You.... calling bright and early Mon am! :thumbup:

Hello, I have Aetna as well. When i went to the general Aetna site, it says it covers RNY and lapband, but not VSG. Am i wrong?? I have Aetna PPO.