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Well you would get charged the same as cash pay because being in the hospital that long at 5k a night is just that expensive when you add in multiple CT's, a 2nd surgery.... Also I'm the first leak my surgeon has ever had.

Well let me just say if you have a leak 20k of complications insurance is NOTHING, I've been in the Hopsital 15 days, had an additional surgery & the bills from my "complications" will be well over 100k. I would never ever ever ever have this surgery if you couldn't be sure complications were covered because YOU NEVER KNOW. I had zero co-morbs, passed my 24 leak test, and still have a leak.

If you have a co morb insurance will cover it, why waste money that insurance you already pay for could shell out instead of you? The time on your supervised diet will fly by faster than you think. Even if I wouldn't have had insurance hoops to jump through it still would have taken 3-4 months to do the testing my surgeon required.

They required 90 days supervised diet and 2 years of weight history.

For some reason I just developed a small leak near where my esophagus meets my staple line.

Actually it is treated by a drain being placed, I'm NPO and it has to heal on its own, though I am in the hospital being very closely monitored they aren't doing anything to help it heal, other than having me NPO.

I had VSG on July 1st, and upon a trip to the ER on the 5th due to EXTREME pain it was discovered I have a leak. I was taken back into surgery that night and a drain was placed, my surgeon also attempted to repair the leak with glue but it did not hold. I had a PICC placed the 6th and have been NPO since the 5th. It's really a waiting game trying to get my body to heal and my white blood cell count under control so I can go home. This is horrible, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

If either of you would like to join the FB group let me know, I'll un secret it for a day or so.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/257387267730615/ ok try one more time!

Hey everyone! Let's try to get together! I started another thread but it seems most didn't see it! Anyway, I have a group on FB, maybe most of you can join? It might be easier to set something up. I will make the group "closed" so you can all request to join then once everyone has I will change it back to secret. Sound good? https://www.facebook.com/groups/257387267730615/ Let me know if that works or not please!

How did it go?

Is there anyway to just not list BCBS at all? And just have everything submitted direct to Aetna?

I alos have Aetna! I live in the Phoenix area. I can't fall asleep without my husband and also have a breastfeeding baby who usually wakes up 3+ times a night so I am going to have to wake up & pump at those times & I am worried it's going to count against me but it's just not something I can help.

It sounds like we are about on the same timeline! My 2nd of 4 appts is the 14th! & my sleep study is the 20th. Good luck at your sleep study, I am so nervous for mine.

My surgeon said he will remove 85%.

Nope! we seem to be about in the same spot! I will be having surgery in May at Banner Gateway. There is a support group up in Peoria once a month that would be close to you also! JPS & I attend.

Ok! SO! I am in Arizona, finally, & I think we should get this little "support group" we discussed together as there aren't really any in the Avondale/Goodyear area. We had discussed friendship park before, I believe, I'm not sure how busy that would be but there is also a park in my community & one in JSP's also I am sure, that may work better just due to the amount of others around. Input there? Second thing when. I'm a stay at home mom so my schedule tends to be a little more flexible than others (though sometimes it means I am dragging along two children) I think we should aim for next month. Would every prefer a weekend or a week day? What time of day works better for everyone? Once it heats up do we have a solution? How often would we like to do it? Anyway I'd love to hear all feedback/opinions!

That is awesome! I need one.

You have to sleep on your back??? I'm never going to be able to sleep!

I think it shows you need the surgery more, you OBVIOUSLY tried to lose weight and got no where since you are back up to 40. I think you should try see how it goes then move from there.

I love reading your blog! I agree the community here for blogging isn't the best, I use Xanga for my normal blog.

I always bid in rooms using Priceline, I've gotten $250-300 a night hotels for $75-100 before!

Fishy didn't sugar coat things, people here got pissed and he was banned by the admin (which you are one of apparently), that being said I agree.

LLL and Kellymom are both in favor of feeding as soon as you can hold the baby because of the very very short half life. I guess I opened myself up to crappy advice eh? Lol

I cannot pump, my body does not respond to the pump at all and my son will not take a bottle. Being EBF is perfectly healthy, they do not NEED more than breastmilk till well after one actually, and we do solids once a day he just much prefers the breast. He's not my first baby, I know what feeding schedule I want him on, my question was simply if anyone had kept BFing after.