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I love Indian food so this is very exciting for me!!!

I had to try a lot of different masks before I found one that didn't freak me out. I use nasal pillows. Also,for a while I had to take anxiety or sleep meds to help me get over the initial anxiety and also to knock me out enough to not take the mask off when our was asleep, which I did all the time. It sucked to get used to, but after using it religiously since November 2012, I have so much more energy and I'm sure my husband and heart appreciate it.

My surgery is tomorrow and I had this exact same question...my husband thought I was crazy...I was like, you don't bleed like crazy down there...they are going to put a catheter in...I went as far as to call my gynecologist and ask if I could be put on a med that would take my period away for a month (I can't use tampons otherwise it wouldn't be an issue) and she did prescribe something but my surgeon flipped out on me because it increases my chance of blood clots and luckily I had only taken one. I threw them away and funny thing...my period all but done.

My surgery is tomorrow and I had this exact same question...my husband thought I was crazy...I was like, you don't bleed like crazy down there...they are going to put a catheter in...I went as far as to call my gynecologist and ask if I could be put on a med that would take my period away for a month (I can't use tampons otherwise it wouldn't be an issue) and she did prescribe something but my surgeon flipped out on me because it increases my chance of blood clots and luckily I had only taken one. I threw them away and funny thing...my period all but done.

So just checking in to follow up...I jumped through all of their hoops and now they have approved my surgery and I will be having it on Monday morning! Yay!

I don't even know what to think...I gave up a job opportunity at freakin Etsy for this!! I'm filing a grievance with my insurance and the state's health care plan..but that won't do much..others have it much worse and I will hopefully still get my surgery.

Well I took the nicotine test this morning and even though I can go to Wal-Mart and buy one that will tell them I'm nicotine free in five minutes, they insist on the 48 hour one and refuse to approve the surgery until they get the results. Since the results won't technically be available until Monday, my surgery that was all scheduled for tomorrow morning at 7:30am has been postponed to whenever the check they feel like stop discriminating against me. :/

Oh yeah it gets better. Insurance finally decides to take my surgeon's word for it that I wasn't admitting to current alcohol use during the program...but now, today...Wednesday, dat one of the clear liquid diet...two days before my surgery, my insurance informs me that they want me to do a urine nicotine test that takes two days to process. I learned this 20 mins before the lab closes so I have to do it tomorrow morning. This is utterly ridiculous. Why would they go as far as to pay for all of these procedures, including the IVC filter last week, to pull all this just days before the surgery. I live in Southern Oregon. 2 hours south of the hospital. So if I don't get the all clear by 5pm tomorrow, I'm guessing my surgery is off for now.. just the way they want it.

This similar thing happened to me. I was laid off in early Feb, which gave me much more time to actually get much butt in gear and lose the final 10 (plus an extra 9) lbs to be eligible for the surgery. The day I found out, I had an interview for an amazing company with a good friend and I was pretty much sure I had the job but I felt obligated to tell her that the surgery would be within 3 weeks and the recovery time would be at least a week or two. She told me to absolutely focus on the surgery, duh..but it sucks because we are broke. But I'm close..and then I can get a job.

I appreciate your responses... I still have not heard from my insurance..surprise surprise.. my surgeon's team says that my insurance only says I can't abuse alcohols or drink regularly. So they want to fight it on that. I'm just in shock and can't believe they waited until 3 freaking days before, to tell me they have an issue. How do I find out if I have a or who my state insurance representative is? Like an advocate? I have a case worker but they never let me talk to the. I don't even know who it is. Very small town, plus, I'm the first person in my area to get bariatric surgery on state insurance. So I should have seen this coming.

So I'm THREE days away from my surgery...more than a year into this program.my surgery is covered by my state insurance and I have complied to every criteria they have laid out. 6 months of nutrition classes, endoscopy, psych testing, quit smoking, don't do druids, don't drink, gave up coffee, lost 49 lbs, got the IVC filter...and 4 days before the surgery, they decide because I mentioned once in one of my many doctor visits in the past 6 months that I drink occasionally, that I did not follow the criteria for my state to cover the surgery. The thing is. I haven't had a drink, but I have consumed alcohol at random points in my life...weddings...party...once in a blue moon. I had to practically beg the lady at my state insurance co to believe me and I got an "I'll email the decision team and we will let you know." For real? Can this be before I start the Clear liquids diet on Wednesday and are you trying to test me??? Ugh. Thanks for letting me vent.

I'm in southern Oregon. I just got my date last week...Friday, March 21st..but there seems to be a very last last minute hiccup and I'm freaking out. My surgery is to be in Eugene.