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Rwhit I had looked into the salem hospital program also, I work in healthcare and have friends that did each program but I just preferred lahey and didn't want to travel into Boston

Lahey Burlington is where I am currently in process with an April surgery date so far i am completely happy with my choice

An another thing, may be TMI but I can't wait to lose my "side boob"! Lol

Bunny and Mel I can relate to those moments too! I used to always ask for a booth and now I prefer tables, also hate the fat that my belly sticks out farther than my boobs and I'm a size F!

...that it was time to do something about weightloss... Mine was when I wait 1hr in line to go on the superman roller coaster and I couldn't strap all the way in and had to do the walk of shame off the ride leaving my boyfriend on and felt like EVERYONE watched, and then having him feel like consoling me after when all I wanted to do is hide in a closet, that was last time I went to amusement park 2yrs ago

Surgery date is now April 26th, met with surgeon and did sleep study, which should be called no sleep study lol, so now I diet and wait till next appt in march , where along is everyone else in progress?

Just scheduled surgery! Feels so real now!

How close to surgery are people getting approved?

After reading all about copays etc I realized u hadn't check w my insurance to see how much my surgery would cost , just hung up and because I choose a hospital in my group only $250 for copay hallelujah ! I was so worried !

I work in a medical office and let me just say the insurance approvals suck, I hate when we get things delayed/ denied!

I too always hated saying I was on a diet, I always felt people then watched everything I put in my mouth causing more pressure, so I can relate

I don't have a date yet, I just scheduled my sleep artist this Monday but the surgeon is saying April just in time for my birthday! Lol

Just wondering if there were any other people locally and wonder where you had/ or will have your surgery done? I'm from the north shore and am currently go through Lahey in Burlington .

I do try to keep it to myself, but workmates( I work in hospital) know and can be judgemental , but my core group, my home life totally support which is soooooo important luckily! I just never want to hear " you have such a pretty face, if you could only lose some weight !" Again! Gotta love it lol

Anyone else get those looks or reaction when you tell people you are having surgery the " can't you just diet regularly" . I get so frustrated, I really feel like just saying" yeah I'm gonna take the easy way out instead because I don't want to diet" . Seriously this is one of those times you want to tell them walk in my shoes! I've always been heavy, fought all my life with yo-yo dieting and I finally decided to take action that requires actually MORE work than regular dieting! Sorry had to vent!

Just started my journey 4 wks ago. Had my upper GI today blah! And consultation with my surgeon and found out I'm down 10 lbs already! Yeah. So now I have to get a sleep study to rule out apnea and lose another 15 and is looking like April will be my month for surgery if all goes accordingly , hopefully no probably with my insurance, Harvard pilgrim and I am having my procedure at lahey Burlington mass.