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Good going cmeless. I hope you thoroughly enjoyed the dinner with your wife. The next dinner will be in liquid form. LOL If I could scrape the money together I would follow in your footsteps. Unfortunately, I'm retired, living on a fixed income & Medicare doesn't offer a lot of solutions for weight loss surgery. Now if they only had a payment plan....

Congratulations on your surgery & what sounds like a great recovery. It's all in the attitude. Thanks for sharing. I visit my doctor early tomorrow morning for my initial consultation. Just came from my primary care physician's office where I picked up her referral letter. So far, so good. Keep us posted on your progress. God bless.

God bless & watch over you. Please let us know how things go.

Congratulations on a great move. I, like you, decided enough is enough. I want to get back my high school weight. Well, that may be pushing it a bit, but I'm certainly tired of all this extra baggage I've been carrying around for to long. I get to meet my doctor & his team at Swedish Hospital tomorrow.

51-lbs. in 28-days! WOW, that must be some kind of record. Good going. Checking in with my doctor & his team this Thursday. I've already been approved by Medicare/Aetna. Keep us informed as to your progress & I'll do likewise.

Congratulations on your procedure. Hope all works out for you. Hang in there.

Good luck & you'll be in my prayers. Let us know the outcome.

Kristi, tell your Dad, congratulations from me. Good for him. I wish him the best of luck & I'll say a prayer for him. My initial consultation is this Thursday & I'm already nervous just thinking about it.

Hi there Knee2010. Is that an Electra Glide or read King in your avi? If you & your significant other ride Harleys, you're on my A-list already. That's all I ride. Been riding 'em for years.

Welcome to Vertical Sleeve. Nice to have someone on the west coast, and in the same time zone. By the time I break out my tablet to respond to comments/questions, the east coasters are going to sleep. I have my initial meeting with my doctor this coming Thursday. I'very already been approved for weight loss surgery by Medicare/Aetna.

Furby036, don't think about the pain & such. That only puts negative vibes into your system. Be positive and think if all the great things that lay in front of you: shopping for new clothes, and what girl doesn't want t go shopping for new clothes? Say a prayer & ask the good Lord to help you through this. He will.

I'm hoping to get an appointment as early as possible (within the next month or so?). When I go home too Hawaii & visit all my old police buddies, they're going to be shocked! I'll say an extra prayer for you on June 4th. You'll do just fine.

You should've taken the appointment in May. That way you'd be ready for any 4th. of July BBQ's. Just joking. LOL. Best of luck to you. You're on your way!

Congratulations on the great news. Hopefully, everything will go well for you. I don't see my doctor until Thursday. In my conversation with one of the nurses last week, she said my surgery was approved. I think the referral letter my primary care physician submitted on my behalf had a lot to do with it.

I may have to withdraw from this website as I may not be able to get sleeve surgery. I'll find out more on Thursday.

Welcome to Vertical Sleeve. Nice to have someone on the west coast, and in the same time zone. By the time I break out my tablet to respond to comments/questions, the east coasters are going to sleep. I have my initial meeting with my doctor this coming Thursday. I'very already been approved for weight loss surgery by Medicare/Aetna.

Hi roriep. I think they are looking as to if you are in control of your facilities, if you know what I mean. If you aren't stable (mentally), they may decide you don't qualify. Don't go into the testing/questioning with any pre-conceived answers. Just be honest with yourself.

Congratulations on your surgery date, and good luck & God speed. I'm getting a little closer to my date in as much as I have my initial meeting with the surgeon on May 17. Good move on purchasing some of your post-op food now so you can give 'em a try .

The more support we have, the better. I too am taking the journey along side you in combating my weight. I started looking at weight loss surgery last year, but thought that was the easy way out. Sound familiar? At my last visit to my primary care physician, she added Glipizide to my list of medications (Metformin & now Glipizide for Type-II diabetes). I said to myself, "That's it"! I'm not going to continue on like this. I've had several friends of mine who had diabetes and the disease got to the point of amputation (foot then leg) and soon thereafter, they passed away. Now if death doesn't scare you, what will? I started researching weight loss surgery in earnest. After hours, days, weeks & months searching the web, reading library material, etc., I've come to the conclusion that the best type of surgery for weight loss is the vertical sleeve, where about 80-90% or your stomach is actually removed. I've yet to see very many horror stories (on YouTube, email, blogs, etc.) about this type of surgery. Seems to be about the simplest, easiest & it works. Go on YouTube if you want to see bad post-op videos about the Lap-Band. On top of that, there are so many stories about esophagus ruptures & polyps & the band itself moving out of position. The RNY surgery moves a lot of things around inside your system and you're doomed to continually take Vitamin & nutritional supplements for the rest of your life. That's almost as bad as having to take my other medications. The latest news from Medicare is that vertical band surgery is NOT covered (at this time). At least that's how it is here in the state of Washington. But, I plan on pushing the issue when I go in for my initial consultation on May 17th. Perhaps I can volunteer to participate in a select study group so Medicare can garner the statistics it wants/needs.

Good luck & God speed. I'll say an extra prayer for you. Please keep us informed as to your progress.

@tonia, that's what I'm afraid of (lap band slippage) & currently only the lap ban or RNY are the only two alternatives recognized by Medicare/Aetna. I'm hoping that all changes soon. I've got my first counseling session (pre-op) with my doctor & medical team on the 17th. of May. I plan on bringing up stories like yours in requesting the vertical sleeve procedure. If I have to wait, oh well

Good luck with your next step. I have my initial meeting with my doctor and his team on the 17th. of May. That's when I'm going to bring up the vertical sleeve question. As of now, Medicare/Aetna doesn't have the procedure on their list, but I'm hoping that will change soon. Remember, when you go to Mexico, don't drink the water! LOL

Congratulations VST Addict. Great news. Keep up the good work and input into the VST site. Good news is always welcome.

Good luck & all my prayers go out to you. Please keep us up-to-date as to your progress.