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Hi Fellow Sleevers! I got my surgery date! I am so happy and a little nervous all at once, My paperwork was submitted this morning and by this afternoon I was on the phone with the surgeon’s office hearing the nurse tell me that my surgery has been approved and I need to schedule my surgery. I think I am still in shock that it was this quick, I had prepared myself to wait patiently for the 2 weeks that it could take, never imagining that it would be a few hours. This totally makes up for all of the sleep study hoo-hah that I went thru last week.. for sure! I was hoping for a November date and my wish was granted, my life changes for the good on 11/21. My preadmin date is 11/6 and then I get to start my 2 week diet on 11/7. I am so ready for this, I am sitting here with the biggest smile on my face, just knowing that the surgery got approved, I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off of my chest! I just had to share with someone other than my wonderful supporting husband. Since I have not told anybody else about my decision to have WLS. I was waiting for the approval to come in. Now I get to tell who I want, only positive thoughts are going to be accepted by this girl :wub: Thanks for listening and good luck to everyone waiting for that approval phone call!!! ~Heather

Enjoy the state fair and getting those steps in!

I was not given anything! Besides myself my husband seems to be the only one concerned about the severe sleep apnea ???? Up until Wednesday I thought I was sleeping just fine lol. The coordinator was surprised that I was not told I had it. My hubby is going to call on Monday to see what needs to be done. Believe me I'm in no hurry to wear the mask but if I have to wear it to get back on the road to setting up my surgery I will!

Hi Everyone! I am definitely in sleep study hell….need some happy thoughts please… I have met with my doctor back in August, got all of the required tests that the doctor wanted me to get (xray, bloodwork and ekg) saw the nutritionist and nut and everything was going great...until I finally called and asked the nurse what else I needed to still do, oh the sleep study is the only thing left for you to do.... THE SLEEP STUDY!! What??? Sleep study... oh I had that done back on 9/20, in fact I had to do a "at home" sleep study due to my insurance denying the study to be done in a sleep center. You do not have the info on the study??? Hmmmm…. Round 2…So after many phone calls to the doctor, (I even had to enlist my hubby to make phone calls) the sleep center and the office who supplied the sleep study monitor, not even one person could tell me what was faxed, when it was faxed and if it was complete! So frustrating, I just wanted to scream.... round 3 ---- yay the faxed info was finally found and now they cannot find the doctor who approved the sleep data... yea I'm feeling confident with that info... NOT! My coordinator finally found out the doctor's name and that he won’t be in until Friday morning, then she will get the info and then will be able to submit everything! Yay awesome feeling finally getting somewhere and I am so ready for this surgery and to get my life back.......and then boom... the words that I never wanted to hear... You have severe sleep apnea... what?? I did not even know I had sleep apnea… not one phone call telling me …so now I have to wait for everyone to get on the same page and the sleep doctor to get his head out of his butt and pass the info over to my doctor……now I am back to the waiting game L So what does one do with this information? Has this happened to anyone? My husband is losing sleep watching me sleep ever since they told me I have severe sleep apnea. Thanks!

Great job!

You look Fabulous! Great job!!!

Hi Everyone! My name is Heather and I'm new to this wonderful site! Hope it is OK to do the 100 mile challenge this month with everyone since I do not have a surgery date yet. I am still waiting for everything to be reviewed by the doctor and then the waiting begins for the "approval" ! I figured this is an awesome way to get the ball rolling...