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Congratulations

Congrats you are on your way to a new healthier you!, watch how fast the days will get here good luck!

Congratulations!

Congrats Jetson!!! Your almost there!

I just got the call! Insurance has Approved my Surgery! Surgery is in nine days, on August 8th!

I just got the call! Insurance has Approved my Surgery! Surgery is in nine days, on August 8th!

I just got the call! Insurance has Approved my Surgery! Surgery is in nine days, on August 8th!

I just got the call! Insurance has Approved my Surgery! Surgery is in nine days, on August 8th!

Hi Karebear..
My surgery is in 9 days assuming all the moving parts line up (insurance approval etc.). I haven't had a chance to worry much about the surgery because of all the other crap worries. Just think positive and go for it! I hope you have a good experience! Get ready to start your new life!

Keep a positive mind, you have already mentally prepared yourself along the way..you will be fine..this is the beginning of your new life...
in a blink of an eye you will be on your way to a healthier you, congrats and good luck!

Hello everyone!!!! Im pretty excited! My surgery is just 2 days away!!! Im glad that i found this app. Ill keep you guys posted. ????

Hello everyone my surgery is on the 3 rd August am nervous is anyone having theirs in August

It is frustrating to be sure. We have all had some sort of hoop to jump thru... Try not to let it get you down. The end result is worth it!!

I had to see my cardiologist and primary with letters also before. Was nervous when I found out from surgeon that the cardiologist hadn't faxed the release to have surgery because fax number had changed , they said. well comes to find out that the bariatric clinic had already submitted my paper work and had already received an ok from insurance so my nervousness and anxiety was for nothing. What others don't realize is that this is an end of one life and a start of a new one and when you do what your supposed to you expect the doctors to do what they are. saying this to say when you surgeon's office submits you should be fine. don't worry you should be fine.

So… my surgery date is set for August 8th. Still there are some moving parts that have to come together for the surgery to happen. One of the requirements is for my family physician to write the letter of medical necessity. I was feeling uneasy so I telephoned my physician to make sure there were no issues. Holy Crap… he just hadn’t bothered to tell me I have to have a Pre-op Physical before he will write the letter and the earliest they can do that is August 5th. Realize I have seen him 8 times in the last 12 months! So I telephoned the surgeon’s scheduler and she said not to worry that she would submit to insurance this week anyway even though we are missing his endorsement. She doesn’t think it will be a problem. This is the first time she had run into this issue, after all I have had virtually every type exam known to medicine during the previous year! What disturbs me is the lack of information on what is required. The surgeon gave me a checklist but my family doctor left me flapping in the wind with his requirements. What a stressful process!

6 years ago this month I had my life; as I knew it, change for the best! Dr. Wade Barker in Dallas, Texas helped send me on this journey when he performed my gastric bypass surgery! I am soon to be 57 years old....I feel great, have never never had any problems and have become that normal person that was lurking inside; but, couldn't get out until Dr. Barker opened that door! (Can you tell that I sing his praises? Ha!) As an anniversary present, my daughter just had her GBP surgery yesterday! Now I can watch her get healthy, too! I have kept off over 100 pcs, and I certainly do Not feel deprived in my food choices. There is almost nothing that I have found that I can not eat....only now I eat to nourish myself, with an occasional treat! I wish all the very best on your journey!

I'm from Pittsburgh, Pa.

Near Kittanning PA

Hey Good Luck PittGuy!!!