Brandy~

I haven't received my date yet so I haven't went on a full pre op diet. But I do prefer the EAS from Costco over alot of the others I have tried.

WOW Congratulations! Won't be long till your ticker runs to the right :biggrin:

Which BC do you have?

Hmm thats a huge moral dilema.. I am a pretty moral person but I would probably gain 10 pounds. Might be bad advice but it's honest. Have you already went in for a consult?

All BCBS's are different. Mine is of Minnesota. They are very specific that you have to have a BMI over 40 or alot of health problems... How close are you to 40?

Mine requires me to go to their office once a month get a wegiht and talk to them about nutrition and how im doing with it. take about 15-20 minutes.

I hope I have this problem when I have to hit the liquid diet :smile2:

My doctor recommended the same thing.... I just sat through their post op diet classes since i am not banded yet so I remember this being stressed for energy.

:thumbup:Congrats to everyone who got their date :smile2: I can't wait to get the call then your whole life changes :tongue2:

I also have to do a 6 month regimen. I have bcbs of Minnesota. I am down to month 5 and have only lost 7 pounds. I havent really put in effort to lose much because I know im going on a liquid diet by my surgeon so I will lose more then... I plan on cranking it up tho this month and lose a few more. I don't think they will turn you down for losing 40 your BMI is too high to bring you down under the standard 40bmi I think. I would give the 6 months a valiant effort but I know what you mean that it will come back.. This time it wont tho because at the end of the 6 months you will be banded just think positive :biggrin:

My surgeon says if you are feeling well and they don't see any issues they will let you go home the same day... But if you want to stay over night he always requests that in his preauth so it is covered.

I have been a yo yo dieter all my life and I am very good at losing large amounts of weight. So I posed this very question to my surgeon and he said he uses the weight from the consulation.

Congrats thats a major accomplishment on the weight. I hope I can report that in the year or so to come :tongue2: Somedays I am just really tired so I am wondering if it is the snoring and this is an answer to yet another problem :smile:

Awesome and congratulations! I would love to quit snoring :smile:

I am not even banded yet but all that sounds so good right now.

It's really like anything else... If you fall down you get up and keep going. Just because you made bad choices this week doesn't mean it's all over. You're definately gonna have to account for that if the doctor asks. Being honest is going to keep you honest... I have to answer to a dietitian each month so I have learned if I know I have to tell I don't wanna eat it You're doing great. Don't let a slip up get you down!

I have heard alot about the different sized bands too. I just haven't had a chance to talk to the surgeon yet to see if they knew what they were using and what the difference was.

That sucks. We all have so many different insurances and requirements that it's really hard to compare stories of preop. I really don't like when the doctors push one surgery over the other :thumbup:

My doctor told me to lose all the weight I wanted that he was going to use the weight from my first appt for insurance.

I have had a long hard road on the way to insurance approval... Probably not as hard as some but we all have our issues. I have BCBS of Minnesota. I was required to: Have BMI over 40 (I am 43) Medically supervised diet for 6 months Letter of recomendation from my doctor Proof of overweight for 5 years or more The medically supervised diet is the worst thing in the world it's taking forever and I resist the urge to call insurance daily to confirm that I have to do it lol. I have been to 4 appts for the diet and my 5th one is in less than 2 weeks! But I am going insane :thumbup: I guess I am just venting because it's hard not to do a tour of foods!

Thanks Kat for the kind words. Sometimes you just have to blow off some steam! Congrats on your weight loss :thumbup:

My doctor has already warned me that he recommends 1-2 protein drinks for 2 weeks after surgery but within a month he said you should just get all your protein from foods.

My surgery isnt until April sometime and all he has said is lose 5-10.. I have gained 2 since so now it's 7-10 lol

Yeah I would love to see the results of what I scored haha But they said they were just gonna go with the newest results. I was asked tons of questions about: Would you hurt animals do you love your dad have you wanted to hurt a child do you eat wallpaper I mean the weirdest stuff.... If you truely failed the test I took you're way beyond mental help....

Ok I really don't think I am crazy but..... I went to my evaluation appt on Tuesday. The questions were seriously silly. Are you homicidal, suicidal, do you want to eat clay etc etc after 2 hours of this stuff I go home and have a message that says the test is inconclusive and now I have to go back and take it again. The sheer thought of sitting through that again is ridiculous. Anyone else dealing with this?