byrdr1

SIPer here Dr Tyner

Glad you got hat all worked out. I had SIPS back in early August. My insurance had a time approving the SIPS. and then they wanted a 125/175mm small intestine. the dr was POed. cost me another 3 weeks of waiting to get the insurance to revise the procedure. Then the day of surgery the DRs notes had sleeve and then SIPS, he was like I thought we were doing SIPS and he had to go ask my wife what was up. The wife said SIPS and he was OK I thought so but with two different notes he was confused. I guess that happens a lot??? I started this journey a 355 at my highest weight, In March of 2015 I was 325. I weighted 210 Monday morning, MY goal was 200 or below. the DR said 195. My endocrinologist said 192-195 he would be happy too. So with all said and done I am one happy person. MY sugar is gone, my high BP is gone. I am eating so much better and I am the healthiest I have been in 30 plus years maybe maybe 40 years. I was married 33 years ago and weighted 230 but was heavy looking. NOW I just look normal.. GYM 3-4 times a week, walking 1-2 miles daily and lifting weights on those 3-4 times. You can do this and I am pulling for you. it gets easier each day .. blessings randy

Surgeon visit at 11am Wednesday July 1st. Shooting for mid July, the week of the 20th for SIPS surgery. Been a long 2 years to get here. 2 years of BSing around putting it off. then first of this year I said lets do this then I waited another 2 months first week in March before going to the surgeon. I have attended so many information meetings over the 2 years. Then I was ready and did it. BUT I have Diabetes and it was not under good control so I had a 4 weeks delay with going to an Endo Dr to get all that straightened out, then a 2 week wait on the insurance approval. NOW Wednesday is the go date with surgeon. I have been excited, POed, now i am very nervous. Just a whole new life style . I will update with what goes down tomorrow. I am not working at my job these next two day i am working another location so I may not have access to my websites over the next few days.

Thank you for the updates on SIPS. I am supposed to be at insurance right now. United Healthcare so if all goes well I should here something next week. I am a patient of Dr Tyner out of Cary working in my hometown. This has been a 2 year process to get to this point. Took me two years of meeting seminars and finally going to the clinic for what I thought was a research trip. BUT ended up being lets do this thing. So here we are right at 3 months later and so ready to go. I got buggered up with some off lab readings and spent the last month trying get those right with an Endo Dr. Once we had them right it took 2 weeks for a release letter to get from one dr to the other. Talk about POed... i was about to give up and got the call last week all was ready for insurance. So know I am waiting again and dieting too. Trying to get below 300 before surgery with a goal weight of >200lbs post surgery. So thanks for the post and forums. If i can get some of those cool tracking apps/add ins let me know.