OhSoNique

Good luck!!

Good luck

Congrats!!!! How long u waited?

. Oh wow, well since u submitted on the 7th. I would have your doctor office call UHC this week the sooner the better and see if they can get an answer. Start the liquid diet preparation this week. Majority includes substituting meals with Protein shakes. Goal is to lose some weight to help shrink your liver. I can email you my pre op packet. So if u are pressed for time you would be ahead of the game. I understand the job part. I work in a bank at a big branch that isn't fully staffed right now. Some1 just got fired n another got transfer so, the manager does the schedule a month in advance so I would need a date set by the beginning of sept for October bc I can't over lap with another employee. I plan on using a vacation week. I told my manager I need my gallbladder out n it might be in oct lol so she has a heads up.

. After you get your approval from the insurance the surgeon would have to set a date for your surgery which might not be till like sometime in Sept. Once you get a date then you will know when to start your two week diet and do your testing. You might get your approval before the 28th. I was told I need a few clearances right be4 surgery. I know I can't get clearance from my hematologist dr till before I go for surgery and it's SOOOO hard to get an appt with him. So that's gonna make me press for time.

Thank you!! Been watching YouTube videos this weekend and reading posts on here has me super excited and anxious to get a date!

I'm in NY too, where you getting your surgery done at?

I have United healthcare too and just submitted the paperwork on Friday!! So I'm waiting too, they told me 15 days hopefully sooner!! Good luck!

I just submitted my papers on Friday 8/15. United healthcare said 15 business days... I'm hoping sooner!! I'm gonna be crossing down the days on my calendar lol. Good luck with getting ur approval! Hopefully this week!!

That's a cute dress!!

Looking good!! Good luck on your journey !!

Congrats!!!

I had my gallbladder removed about 6 years ago the laser way so hoping they can use the same spots for the sleeve so less scars. Reading peoples responses about after WLS reminds me of that surgery. It wasn't too bad. Best of luck! Hopefully the dr changes his mind and does it together

Finally the case manager at the doctor office faxed me over the completed paper work! Only waited 10 months smh.... I rushed n faxed it over to my insurance company n surgeon office. My insurance company said 15 business days to get a answer! Hopefully it will be sooner.. Gonna be staring at the calendar now lol. Wish me luck. Hopefully to have a October date!

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Good luck!!! I'm from westchester too, hoping my day would be in Oct. I want to enjoy my Costa Rica trip in sept lol

Awww good luck!! I was really anemia before had about 4-5 blood transfusions and had to get a shot every week, hopefully my levels don't drop again when I start to prepare for surgery

Congrats!!!

Congrats on your road to success!!! You look fabulous!!!

I started looking into weight loss surgery last year. I joined this site awhile back and got really encouraged. I started weight watchers June 2013 and did good for a little while but then fell off, stop going in Jan 14. My old manager had great success with Weight Watchers she lost over 60 pounds and she went from a size like 18 To a 4, in like a year with Zumba and everything. Was a great inspiration but then I got a promotion and got transferred to a new branch and she just recently moved to Arizona to my support team dwindled. I have United healthcare and their requirements is a six-month diet plan you can go back up to five years and if you enroll in the bariatric program and do the surgery at one of their center of excellence they give you a $1,000 in your MRA account. I enrolled last august and my case manager called once and I kept calling her back and just voice mail n no calls back so I went to New York Presbyterian Hospital and got the ball rolling last sept. I did the seminar and paid for the nutrient visits and that seminar also. Got my meal plan papers for pre op and post op and the dos and donts. I was set on the lap band till just the other day. It was less invasive and can be reverse. I already got enough wrong with me( I have a mass in front of my heart and had a pulmonary embolism three yrs back and I'm on lovenox injections for ever cuz they don't know why I got it in the first place and what this mass is. I'm a medically mystery lol ) I just got a new case manager nurse( who just my luck left the company last Friday). After our talk I decided to rethink the sleeve and now have made up my mind to go for this one. I'm so excited to start my new journey. Now my real setback is my dr office. I gave the packet to one of the case managers there who said she will help me, did the psychiatrist evaluation in Oct and just need a few months left for the weight watcher programs(I could use six months of stamps). It's AUGUST and the papers r still not submitted. Partly my fault cuz I didn't follow up enough. I got a promotion back on November to a way bigger branch and it has been crazy, was short staff for awhile. So my focus was on new promotion and staying sane. But time for me now, just turned 29 and I'm ready to start my journey. I'm tired of being fat lol. I need that strict restriction from all the good foods. One big concern is post op and working with my schedule, making sure I focus on eating and drinking enough. It's hard in between dealing fraud and opening accounts and business accounts and all the complex banking services. I know it's will be worth it in the end. I'm just so frustrated with my dr office. My dr is nice but the workers smh, it's sooooo true if you want something done you need to do it yourself!! I'm going Thursday and I'm going to be like just give me my stuff and I will fax it myself. Just fill out the sheet. Sucky part is that my weight watcher book got wet and washed out most of the stamps. I emailed them and they sent me all my weight ins, so I'm PRAYING its good enough! I'm hoping to get everything submitted and get a date in Oct. I'm going to Costa Rica in sept so I want to wait till after. This site and all your stories have really encouraged me so much!! Thank you!! Wish me luck!!! Sorry for the long post!

You look fantastic!!

You look great!!

Congrats!! You in NY too! Im doing mines at NY Presbyterian, b/c my insurance is going to give me $1,000 if I do it at one their centers. I went for my 1st visit 9/5 and today met with the dietitian and went over my pre op diet plans. So now just have to get my psych evaluation and have 2 more months of dieting to do and then i get my surgery date! I'm so excited and can't wait. Glad I went on my Jamaica trip this month, I just got back and omgosh I wouldn't have went if I just was banded. So much food and drinks. Now I'm ready to start, have to do a trial run of Protein shakes the lady said to see what I like and don't. Start separating my food and drinks. Have to wait at least 30 mins after eating to drink. Good Luck with everything!!!