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Oh i'm still planning to have the surgery, that's why i'm doing the six month supervised diet so that my insurance will approve the surgery. It was just a nice thought. I'm only on day 2 and it's going to be a long six months..

not to have the surgery? I started mine yesterday and I was just dreaming last night of how awesome it would be if I could actually make this a lifestyle change and avoid the surgery completely. I wondered if anyone else had done it.

Good luck to you on Monday! It will be great to see your progress.

I'm in the very early stages and only 4 people know. My Gynecologist, because I asked her opinion at my last appointment, two good friends of mine because I value their opinions and my husband. I'm not planning to tell anyone else, especially my mother. She has been very vocal as recent as 2 weeks ago what a bad idea WLS is, and frankly, I don't need the stress. If my insurance doesn't cover it and I end up going to Mexico, we are just going to tell her we are going on vacation, which is very common for us. If I end up having it an hour away from our house, we will hire someone else to watch our dogs. After the surgery and I start losing weight, i will take it on a person by person basis as to whether I tell them or not.

So you do have to wait the six months? I have Wellmark of IA and when I had researched the surgery last year they had everything pretty marked out on their website. Now I can't find anything. I go to my seminar next week and i'm about 95% sure I want to have the surgery. Will I have to go on a supervised diet for the 6 months? I've been going to the gym for over a year and can get records from them.. will that suffice?

I'm going to an information seminar next week at a Center that does Bariatric Surgeries. You are required to go to one of the seminar's to get the process started.. For those that have gone to similar, what should I expect?