besquared1426

Hoping all is well now--complications gone--and you are on the road to recovery.

Congrats and good luck!

Wow! Four weeks pre-op! Your doctor is tough. At least it will move you closer to your goal weight. Good luck!

Good luck on Monday. I'm sure you'll do just fine.

Welcome. Take care of yourself and "talk" often!

Good luck to you. Hope all goes well.

That's great news! I assume you were close to your OOP maximum for it to be so low?

That's a great NSV. I look forward to the day when I can wear mine again, too.

I am in the middle of my three-month Nut visits. I don't have a date yet. Just wondering how quickly the center submits to insurance once you meet the insurance reqmnts. I assume that I have to complete three full months or four visits. Anyone have any experience?

I am in the middle of my 3-month nut visits, 2 appt is 10 May, which means I will finish my 3 full months on 5 July. I am assuming that my doctor's office won't submit the paperwork for insurance approval until after that. Like you, Kiki, I will either be early August or late July, depending upon how fast insurance approves and the office will schedule the surgery. Good luck to you.

Does the problem apply to iPhone also?

I'm interested if you still have them. You can email me your info -- my email is besquared1426@verizon.net

Thanks a lot! No date yet. Surgeon waits for me to complete three month nut schedule first. My second month starts next week. Just keep that seat warm. I'll be on it as soon as I can.

1-1/2 hours to complete over a 1000 questions plus an hour actually with the psychologist and I am approved! Woo-hoo! Labs came back yesterday - all numbers look good. Second woo-hoo! Have my second of three consults with the nut next week. Hope to have every thing done and ready for a late July surgery. Just keeping my fingers crossed.

Yes, I did three weeks ago. It is a small book but very thorough. It was great for my spouse, who read it cover to cover complete with yellow marker highlights! (He can be very anal, sometimes.) You can pay for it using paypal so ordering is safe and secure. I got it via regular mail within a week of ordering. I definitely recommend it as it helped allay concerns my husband had regarding WLS in general.

My doctor used a 38F. He says he has learned this size is best to avoid strictures but still keep the new tummy small as possible.

Thanks queenofcrop for your great blog this week. It really hit the spot!

If you mean for vsg, you are not too old. My doctor sail at the WLS seminar that he did WLS on a 71-year old just recently! Most will do up to age 65 with no real concerns but it is dependent upon the person.

No burping! Now that I will miss. Thanks for the post. And for the laugh, too. Very funny.

Just completed all my tests today. The radiologist said I have a hiatal hernia. Does this mean that the doctor will automatically repair it during vsg surgery?

I just came from my initial consult. The insurance coordinator said no actual weight loss is required by BCBS Only the three months of nutritional counseling. And my copayment will be approx 450 dollars! Yay!

36f to 40f is a good safe size. The lowest most will go is 32f but you run a greater risk of stricture at that size. Do you trust your dr? If yes then go with that size. If not, then maybe you need a different doc.

Your questions are similar to mine. I, too, have BCBS Fep. I have my initial consult this Thursday. I will also meet with the insurance manager to talk about these same issues. Check with your drs office. Someone is likely to be their insurance go-to person. I'll let you know what I hear come Thursday. From what I've heard so far, BCBS Fep is very fast.