mama59

It is quite common not to talk to anesthesia until the morning of surgery. You can't usually call them up either. Most don't have an office. They go to work at surgery, they are there all day and they go home from there. Usually they have a billing office. The nurse you spoke to for your pre-op interview should have answered most questions about the anesthesia. The morning of surgery the Anesthesiologist will come in and introduce themselves to you. You will have a general anesthetic which means you will get medicine thru your IV to relax you and then they give you other meds to put you to sleep. Once you are asleep they intubate you with a breathing tube. You have monitors for your heart, blood pressure, Oxy gen level, temperature etc. They do the surgery and you wake up in recovery. Hope that helps a little. mama59:smile:

I am scheduled for surgery on April 22nd. I think about it alot and wonder if I am doing the right thing. I have been going thru this process since June of last year. I want it bad....but this pre-op diet has been a real test for me and I hope I am strong enough to follow the rules. I am not backing out but I am nervous about it and it is on my mind alot. I hope you do well. Keep us posted....mama59

Hello everyone, I too had to do the 6 month supervised diet. I didn't lose but 4 pounds during this time and I was really worried that they would not approve me because of that. I called the Surgeons office today to see why I hadn't heard anything. She called me a couple of hours later and said that they hadn't received any of the things that the office had faxed and that there had been a change in my coverage that excluded weight loss surgery. I was very very sad and disappointed. I did call the insurance company and ask if we had had a coverage change and they didn't know of one. I was then feeling better but still worried that it once again wouldn't happen. Then the phone rang and it was the surgeons office telling me that they received word that I was approved and when did I want to schedule. Talk about a roller coaster of emotions......whew!!!!!:biggrin2:

Hello, I am waiting on insurance. They (United Healthcare) denied me and I had to do the 6 month Physician supervised diet. I am now waiting to see if I get approved. I am wondering. I have heard that your hair gets very thin after the surgery and I have very thin hair now. Does anyone know if that is true? Also I worry about the PB as everyone refers to. If you happen to be out to eat or with people and have to excuse yourself for this PB it is hard for me to grasp this.... thanks Julie:confused2: Sounds like it is going well for you and that you are happy with the band.

I have United Healthcare also. Do you think they will cover it. The surgeons office were skeptical that they would. I will be interested to know if you get coverage.