downhomechik

Get to know you poll Where are you from? Upstate NY When is your surgery? July 5th - day after tomorrow! What excites you most about the surgery? Finally getting a tool to help me in my lifelong quest for a healthier me! Saying goodbye to fat girl stores! What scares you the most? Something going drastically wrong in surgery, the learning curve as to what foods I can tolerate and what I can't - the emotional divorce between me & food

How are you doing???

I met with surgeon & pa and did the pre-op physical today. My insurance has not yet approved the band...so I called them & the hospital never sent over my packet. I have surgery scheduled for a week from tomorrow so it will probably get delayed due to this oversight. Just a word of warning-if you are waiting on insurance approval-be sure to call them to make sure they received the paperwork! They faxed mine to insurance today but due to the short time frame surgery date cannot be guaranteed. I'm so disappointed since everyone at work scheduled their vacations around my surgery to help me out...now I feel like I put everyone out!

Visit with your doctor and tell him what you want to do~ they can help move you in the right direction to get started. BCBS in NY is covering my surgery as well. There is HOPE... I am so looking forward to less medical issues! Even losing the pre-surgery weight has been such an enlightenment~have benefited by being able to move more, more energy less back pain and knee pain! Have faith and make that first call...you don't know unless you try & good luck!!!

Good luck! Can't wait to hear how it goes. I'm getting banded on Thursday!!!

I JUST GOT THE APPROVAL FROM INSURANCE!!! THEY JUST CALLED... I cried - tears of joy!!! I'm so happy!

Today is July 3- no approval yet. Its under clinical review and they talk to noone but the doctors. If we don't hear by end of day then surgery will be cancelled. I wish this wasn't the case. There is no way to be prepared for this let down. It's a major upset as I've been working towards this goal since Dec 2011. I've not missed an appt and I've not cheated yet sometimes even doing everything right~things still go wrong.

Still no approval. Insurance is suppose to contact us today. It's July 2. My surgery is scheduled for July 5. I'm on pins/needles & sick to my stomach.

Good Luck Letty. I have my pre-admissions physical tommorow, meeting with surgeon & they give me cleanser to scrub up for 3 days prior to surgery. It's getting closer and I'm definitely more nervous! I'm excited but can feel the anxious feeling - almost like one gets if you have to talk in front of a whole group of people...anticipating the unkown.

congrats. i'm scheduled to be banded on July 5th. Just got off the phone with pre-surgery admissions!

congrats!!!!! its surreal to finally get a date isn't it!!! july 5 for me!

My date is July 5th too!!!! They are calling me on July 2nd to give me the time...to be there

I have to stay one day - the network requires it just to observe and make sure all is well. I think the worst part is I don't yet have the insurance approval--have the date, everything else scheduled and I'm anxious about the approval.

thanks so much for sharing!!! loved hearing about your experience!

I'm due for surgery July 5th and I feel the same way. I'm so excited but also the knowledge and tiny fear about adjustments physically and emotionally...but the reasons to have it far outweigh my fears...but acknowledging them is a good thing I think?

congrats!!! I am going july 5th!!! i'm sooo excited!!!

I think the best part is that I learned to eat alot healthier and learned alot more about portion control but at times I've wanted to give up...but I haven't so hooray for me!

Thanks so much for sharing D! I'm due for surgery July 5 and I only have a week off so I'm really hoping I can get moving around and back to work by day7!

This is why I don't agree with pre-op liquid diets. I watched my friend go through it and he was miserable for two weeks... Our health network makes us lose 10% of our weight and take however long you need to...prolongs your approval until you meet it to give you incentive and time to decide whether you are up to changing your healthy eating habits. I won't say I liked it and I won't say its been easy (it hasn't) but I think I'm definitely now able to make good choices which will set me up to being more successful post surgery. However I do know alot of people dropped out because they just couldn't make weight.

I'm most happy I do not have to do a pre-op diet however I had to lose 10% before I qualified for surgery and must maintain that weight loss...two weeks prior to surgery I get weighed again. I got approved on April 9 and my surgery date is July 5 so I've had to maintain that loss almost 3 months....hasn't been easy mostly due to rigid diet and hungry alot.

My date is July 5th. I don't have a pre-op diet. My health network doesn't do this. We have to lose 10% as a pre-requirement to surgery. Hello July Buddies!!!!!

DeAna N -- I understand as I was also jealous when everyone kept writing I got my surgery date! I'm still in shock a bit - a bit anxious until I see the approval from insurance. I'm so excited and hopeful.