Larae

I am definitely interested in taking over. If someone else steps up that you would prefer to take over I will understand. Just let me know.

What would I have to do if I took over?

How are you doing? I hope things are going well. Remember to stay hydrated. Do you see Sharon Zarabi as well when you go to the office?

I am definitely interested in meeting everyone. Just tell me when and where. I will out of town August 1st - August 11th. Those are the only days I won't be available.

Congratulations! I was sleeved last year, July 25th also by Dr. Mitchell Roslin at Lenox Hill Hospital. We must be kindred spirits because I also used to live in the same are you live in on Albert Einsteins Campus. I am going to see Dr. Roslin next week Friday. You have found a great place here for support and if you ever want to meet in person as a support system for each other I am more than happy to do so.

Hi, I am also in Washington Heights. I had my surgery at Lenox HIll Hospital. I also needed that 6 month paperwork before my insurance would approve me. My doctor filled out the paperwork without making me wait the 6 months. I was approved within a week.

I felt the same way. I swear people would walk past me and they would look like turkey sandwiches. Once I started eating "normal" food it stopped. Congrats on being Sleeved!

I have no regrets at all except I wish I had done it sooner. My main problem was back pain. I have 2 herniated disks, 2 enlarged disks, and my lower spine is twisted to the left. There were days I could barely walk. I would be in a wheel chair now if I didn't have the surgery. Now I have no back pain at all, I have so much energy. I only lost 5 pounds before surgery. Dr. Roslin didn't put me on a special diet or make me lose weight before. Relearning how to eat hasn't been easy and there are still days when I eat to fast but it was all worth it.

Congrats! Dr. Roslin at Lenox Hill? He was my surgeon and he is an excellent surgeon. I just saw him on Wednesday. He is very happy with my progress so far. I have one suggestion for you and anyone who is going to be Sleeved. After surgery some people have gas pains, mainly in your back. No painkiller will take this away. You will have a morphine drip at Lenox Hill but it did nothing for my gas pain. My night nurse put hot compresses on my back and she had to reheat them every hour all night but that was the only thing that gave me relief and by the morning the gas pain was gone. If anyone gets gas pain ask for heat pacs and tell them not to heat them for more than 1.5 minutes otherwise it will burn your skin. I know!

Congratulations on being Sleeved! Take it slow and sip slowly. Everything you have described is perfectly normal and you are on your way to recovery.

That I don't know. I guess that would depend on the BMI and the insurance company. They may see it as being so high that it would be better to pay for the surgery instead of future health complications.

Having an extremely high BMI, high blood pressure, arthritis, herniated disks, constant joint pain was enough for me to be approved.

When I called my insurance I was told by the rep that my policy covered it but to make sure I was approved to make sure my PCP put on the forms why it was medically necessary for me to have the surgery. My PCP had other patients that had the surgery so she knows how to fill out those forms. Just make sure your doctor does, have a talk with him/her to make sure everything is on the forms that the insurance needs to approve it.

I had already been doing dr assisted weight loss for over a year so that wasn't an issue for me. If I had not done it already and if my PCP wasn't willing to just say I did then I would have had to wait 6 months. You can call and ask to speak to the coordinator or the person that handles all the paperwork in the office and that person should be able to tell you something. You can even call your insurance and ask a rep. I did that before I went to see the surgeon to make sure my policy included Bariatric surgery.

I don't have Health Plus, I have Empire BC/BS ***. There should be a coordinator at the office that handles all the paper work and they know how long each insurance takes to approve and any special requirements the insurances have before they approve you. Empire requires 6 months of doctor supervised weight loss before they approve you. My PCP had to fill out 6 forms, one for each month, stating my weight and what we did to lose weight. Once they had that I was approved in a week.