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Could you drop me an email about it? If so it's swannee_tippett@yahoo.com

Thanks!

What kind of wraps are you speaking of? Ice not heard about this.

Thanks. Good luck tomorrow!

He is the surgeon I picked. Anyone had any good or bad experience with him?

How about this...is there a test to see if your allergic to anesthesia?

Can someone describe their experience from the time they arrived at the hospital to the time they left? I'm approved sorta....I am waiting to see a new surgeon because I'm switching from getting a bypass to a sleeve and reality is setting in and I'm starting to freak. I've never been "put under".

Excellent! I'm glad you made it through just fine. Keep us posted on how your doing.

I initially wanted the DS but my surgeon didn't think my insurance would cover it due to my BMI not being high enough so I researched the sleeve. My insurance ended up approving the DS' date=' so I just called the surgeon's office and they had it switched to the VSG.....had no problems. Good luck![/quote']

Wow, I figured I would have to go through the approval process again. That's great to hear. Thanks!

I was approved for bypass this week and have a tentative date of January 8th. It took a long time to get my approval and during that time did a lot of additional research and now feel the sleeve is the right choice. Has anyone been approved for one type of surgery then after insurance approval decided on the sleeve? I'm not sure what to do. My current surgeon doesn't do the sleeve so I will have to find a new surgeon too.

I just got my approval for a bypass, now I guess I need to find a sleeve surgeon and see what I need to do to switch to a sleeve with insurance company. Any tips on switching to a different surgery?

Congrats on the 34lbs! That's wonderful????. I want to do this to get better control of my diabetes. I saw a surgeon but he only does bypass and lapband. I'm currently going through insurance approval for the bypass but I want to switch to the sleeve. Sounds great as far as being on less insulin. How have your blood sugars been post op? I'm scared that my sugar will get low and I'll have trouble correcting it...any issues there? I've been type 1 for 25 yrs. I've got about 60-70 lbs to lose.

Thank you!

Wow, I hope that is not the case! I don't want a bypass! Any type 1 diabetics out here?

Any type 1 diabetics on here that have had the sleeve? I'm curious about any sugar issues during recovery? Anything different than surgery and recovery for a non type 1 diabetic?