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Awesomeness! December is coming soon! It will be here b4 we know it! Sent from my iPad using VST

Congratulations to you! Keep us posted on news of your WLS date! Excited for you too! My date is 12/3! Sent from my iPad using VST

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We're up for surgery on the same day! I go in at7:30 a.m. Über excited, I am! Sent from my iPad using VST

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Awesome missmemymelissa! I am sure you are excited as we are too! Did you have a lengthy process meeting with dietitians, etc. to get to this point? Keep us updated when you get word of approval and select your date! Sent from my iPad using VST

My insurance is PreferredOne in Minneapolis, MN. My insurance has no "hoops" as long as the surgery is being done t a designated "Center of Excellence" ad only required a statement of medical necessity from that clinic; there is a website that lists all of the hospitals across the U.S. that are either fully, or partially accredited. If te hospital is not a designated COE, then that's where the hoops came in..... BMI 35 w/comorbidities or 40 w/no comorbidities. Sent from my iPad using VST

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Woot Woot!! We're gonna have to be pre-op diet and sleeve buds! I am actually nervous about starting and sticking to the liquid diet over the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday! Gotta get my meditation going so that I can get my mind right b/c I've got a whole lot to be thankful for including the insurance approval for the gift of Sleeve Sent from my iPad using VST

Congrats MaryDrew!! Will you be doing the pre-op diet as well?

Looks like we are going in on the same date! Will you be doing a 2-week pre-op liquid diet? Lets keep in touch!

Hi December VSG family: Got my confirmation that my surgery is set for 12/3 @7:30 a.m. Yippeee

G'mornin' AA VSGers: My WLS is for December 3, 2012 @ 7:30 a.m. is confirmed!!! That's just around the corner ya'll. WOOT WOOT I'm at my primary clinic this morning to do pre-op testing....and will begin pre-op liquid diet on 11/19/12 (over the Thanksgiving Holiday; ugghh). However, the excitement of being sleeved outweighs the ugghh! Peace & Blessings Dawn

Can't wait to hear more progress from you all who are scheduled for surgery today and in the days ahead!

Icon23 -- It sounds like you are going to self finance the surgery, but I wasn't sure if you have medical insurance that will (or will not) cover VSG allowing you to get it done in the area where you live? Either way, from your scenario posted above, I would say that you are the only one who can best determine a time frame that is most suitable and cost effective for you in addition to weighing in the factors that are equally as important (i.e. whether your bff can join you in Tiajuana, MX or whether you would allow her to redirect you to a location of her choosing).... Other questions you may want to double back on are: 1) Who are you doing the surgery for (yourself or your bff)? 2) Do you know any of the surgeons in the areas your friend is trying to redirect you to go to? 3) Are you willing to pay more for travel expenses to another location that your bff wants you to travel to? Wishing you peace of mind with whatever your decisions are. Blessings!!

Hey VSG Fam - - Minneapolis, Minnesota is on deck!! New to the site and to this forum, and so glad to have found you all! I've received my approval from my insurance company within 24 hours of the first submission for pre-auth. Clinic RN called on Friday (11/9) to share the great news and of course I was ecstatic because I was nervous as all get out!! There are so many posts that I have read about insurance denials on various forums, and I was worried that by having a lower BMI with none of the requisite comorbidities that I might be in the denial boat forced to consider a "plan B". I feel blessed to have been approved on the first try and definitely don't take it lightly. Today (11/12), I am awaiting a call back from the RN at my clinic to firm up/select an official surgery date as I had initially indicated December .... however, over the weekend, my family encouraged me to find out if there is an opening for the end of November and if so -- to pounce on it if the option exists! If the opportunity for surgery is available, I am prepared to begin the pre-op liquid diet now -- otherwise I will be content with a December date too. Look forward to traveling along the journey together VST - African American Forum -- Shout outs to my sisters and brothers in this SLEEVE universe!