Missmarbe

I just called my VSG coordinator. I have been holding off calling her but when I did, I was a nervous wreck. She told me to calm down several times. I had so many questions. I have to get an IVC filter and It hadn't been scheduled & also my paperwork has not been submitted to the insurance. I want this done NOW!!!!! I am afraid the insurance will deny me, thus moving my appointments/surgery further into the future. I'm a little calmer now but I still want this stuff done ASAP. On the bright side, I only have to do a 1 week pre-op diet!! ** Excuse my rant. If I could rant about my upcoming nursing boards to someone here, I would do that too!!!!*

Thanks for the comment!! 1st of all I believe you will do great in Nursing school!! It is a commitment as is the sleeve so I believe I will suceed also.

Thanks for the comment!! I really don't mind the appointmets. i work in the medical field so I know how it is to be missing one thing and a test or procedure is denied. The coordinator was going to wait until to next week to send the paperwork to insurance but I would feel better if it wasn't rushed. I know I should sit back and let her do her job but this is my FIRST time having any surgery or hospital stay!!!

Thanks!! I'm trying my best.

They are giving me the option of keeping it if I want to. i am leaning towards letting it stay in.

I'm so excited for you!!!!! Everything will turn out GREAT!!!

As I look on the board, I find that I have a lot more weight to lose than most people. I have 250 lbs to lose. I am 440lbs and have a BMI of 69. That's a lot on my 5'7" frame. I am just curious if anyone else out there, especially post op VSGers have a lot to lose like me.

Thanks!

Thanks. I am somewhat nervous about it. I keep thinking, "How will they get to my jugular because I have a fat neck!! LOL

My surgeon gave me a goal weight of 190. I was aiming for 200 so he and I were in the same range which made the consultation a lot easier.

Thanks for the replies. My doctor hasn't required me to lose any additional weight. I thought he might so I was holding out on having surgery until April. When I met with him on 1/26, he just did the consult, I had NUT consult and I was on my way. I then received a call 2 weeks later asking me to pick a surgery date. I picked 3/21! I have to do a pre- op diet so I will probably shed some pounds then. I also have to get an IVC filter a week & a half before surgery. I'm nervous and excited.

Thanks for posting. I am also feeling the same way. Everybody who knows I am having surgery wants to talk about that. Actualy I am more nervous about taking my nursing boards, which are a week before my surgery. ** Everybody calls my surgery the gastric bypass and I always correct them. I feel the same way you do about the Band and the bypass.

Thanks for this topic!!!! I currently have a Mirena and I do use it for birth control. My surgeon said it doesn't need to be removed prior to VSG, like other BCPs have to be stopped. He told me that I will be fertile after surgery but I don't want the Mirena to stall my weight loss because I have lot of weight to lose (250lbs!!).

Thanks for the post!! We are in this together!!

She sounds CRAZY!!!!!!! If I were you, I would complain and potentially get another NUT appointment (free of charge).

I am glad I don't have a 2nd visit!! This visit was 1 hour & a half. he basically cleared me pending my results. hopefully I get my letter befire the 1st and I can share.

Thanks for sharing!! i wish that 5 years ago when I was 26, i would have had the guts to do what you did. Good luck!

I had my Psych eval today. It was a little more extensitive than yours. I completed a lot of paperwork, talked to the Psych about mental history and so forth, then completed yet more paper wor ( a mental health/personality test). I guess if you were not satisfied, you should let your doctor know. Maybe you didn't have any signs of having a mental illness so he didn't go into detail.

I am glad that you are feeling/ doing better. Praying that you have no more issues and a wonderful recovery!!!!!!

I told some people at work that I am having VSG. Was that a mistake??? I see a lot of people say they didn't tell their co-workers or employers what they were having. I only told a select few but gossip in my office spreads like wild fire!!!! I started not to tell anyone but I am really close with some co-workers and some others over heard. I ended up telling my manager because she was expecting me to leave my job at the end of March due to me completing nursing school, but since I have insurance now, I am holding off seeking a nursing position. My job is in the medical field and I have had a few co-workers who had weight loss surgery so no one really looks at having surgery as a "bad thing" and they are not judgmental, not to my face anyway.