bring

Me too! 9/9 and 10/5. Then the painful waiting for the insurance approval. Good luck!

I have one more weight in on Setember 18h with my Primary care doctor and then hopefully paperwork will be submitted so I can get a date. Fingers crossed by the end of October. This 6 months has been dragging.

I have just a few more appointment left then I should have a day for my surgery I can't wait

My I insurance didnt require much.. One dietician appointment pysch eval Egd no supervised diet. started process in june 2015 looking to be sleeved middle or late sept.

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I had to attend an information session where I filled out a 7 page packet on my weight and diet history. During that session I had to pick the track I was going to attend. I had a body analysis after that (they weighed me and took my picture). The classes were 12 weeks long. During that time, I had to have a psych evaluation, blood sample/stool work, keep daily food logs of everything I ate, meet with the lead bariatric doctor, and lose 10% of my body weight. After the class was over, I had another body analysis and I met with the surgeon where a date was set. I first asked my doctor about bariatric surgery at the end of January and I had the actually surgery the first part of July.

For my insurance it's a pretty lengthy process as well....
1) attend a Bariatric class
2) get blood work done for endocrinologist
3) attend appointments with behavioral health and nutritionist ( they determine how many appts I'll need but generally it's 4-6 for each)
4) both the behavioral health and nutritionist will send letters to the endocrinologist stating I'm cleared for surgery
5) set up an appointment with the surgeon for preop evaluation
6) schedule surgery
I took the Bariatric class back in Feb but I wasn't able to schedule appointments with behavioral health and nutritionist until end of May and early June respectively. I've been cleared by behavioral health and should be cleared by nutritionist at the end of September.
Hope that's helpful

I just had to be referred to my surgeon cardio, upper gi, sleep study, endocrinologist, psych eval, and 2 trips to the nutritionist/dietician. Started in February and finished everything in June. Scheduled for my surgery on August 10th

thanks I am trying

@@bring Keep the hope alive, that's the key to success. I have faith you're going to have a positive outcome. We all deserve a chance at a healthy life! ????

I just hope that everything works out after I'm done they said they have to resend my request and hope my insurance will approve the surgery

We are discussing this very subject here: http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/344935-exercise-for-the-sake-of-exercise/page-7#entry3890654
Here were my thoughts:
My initial thought was this is the wrong site for this question. We are good at things baritric, but not people with mobility issues, so I googled: exercise for those with disabilities

http://www.disableds...okwkaAgIL8P8HAQ

http://www.disabled-...tness/exercise/

These forums may be great resources for you.

What are your leg pains from? Are you seeing a doctor for them?
Part of what prompted me to start Water aerobics year ago was leg pain. I had arthritis in my knees and at the time my feet and legs would swell due to bad eating habits. Yes walking was painful. I set small goals. After I changed my diet and got rid of all processed foods, I would walk daily in small burst. Once I joined water aerobics, my goal was 2 days a week. I needed the other days to recover. After a month, I added one more day. Again I maintained that for a month. I would sometimes have to come home and prop my legs up. It took nearly a year to work up to 4 times a week. On days when I was tired I would just go and walk in the pool. I had to rebuild that strength and it was often a painful process.
Now if you have some other issue, there are loads of videos out there for people with limited mobility. Youtube had videos for exercises to do while seated and you can also order DVDs if you search.

Has he done the injections or will insurance not cover them? Like sciatica? My sister has the same thing. She had to get injections as an outpatient. She has both upper neck/disc issues which were resolved with 2 mths of intense therapy and lower spine/disc issues.
She says the injections have made all the difference. She can now walk without pain and that's after only 2 sessions. The injections are a series of 3, space one month apart. If the injections had not worked, she would have needed surgery. Unfortunately you need medical intervention, exercise along will not change things. They can help after treatment, exercise along won't stop the pain.

I have terrible pain in my knees due to severe arthritis and trauma to both knees, but I excel at the gym with weight training, since I went back to the gym I have made tremendous strides, I sleep better and my back pain is gone, I don't know what to say except you may need to have some more surgery, my wife has a bulging disc in her neck and the pain can get very bad so I understand, good luck

You may need surgery. If that's not an option, I would request physical therapy. Spinal issues cannot be exercised away. You risk further injury.

Hi...My insurance requires 3 month supervised visits, psych eval, upper gi, chest x ray, abdomen ultrasound, sleep study, medical clearance from pcp, and attend 1 support group...I started my journey last month and will be done in September so I'm looking at an October date...it's seems like a lot to do but Im hopeful it will be worth it in the end ????

Wow, I didn't have near as much. I had 3 months of supervised visits, a psych eval, a stress test, 1 support group visit, 2 nutrition classes, and routine blood work. It wasn't bad at all.

PCP appointment to request referral, Weight loss management seminar, Intro to bariatric surgery seminar, Pre program labs, One on one consult with head of bariatric program for approval to enter Options program, Completion of 24 weekly Options classes (6 months), 24 weekly weigh in's and food logs (6 months), plus requirement to lose 10% of excess weight (lost more than that), Fitness test, Pre Op Labs, Surgical group seminar, Support group, Psych evaluation, Internist clearance, Surgical consult, Prep appt. day before surgery, and finally, surgery (coming up on 07/29). ????
With the waiting in between steps, it took an entire year to complete.

I'm in the Austin area and hoping to get scheduled for the end of the month!

Hey guys!!! So I've been debating on this post for weeks now and I'm finally just going to do it. I've seen a lot of "attackers" on this site and have become extremely sick of reading their comments. I started out at 398 on June 1. On June 24th I had VSG surgery and was 370. Today (July 17) I am down to 353. I have followed the eating plan to a T and have been walking 2-3 miles a day since 3 days post op. No complications at all, one dumping incidident and I hate cottage cheese now but used to love it. Anyways my point of this post is to express my frustration with those who say "you need to follow this diet to a T for the rest of your life. Don't cheat, don't eat more than you should, keep your sugar low or non existent and make sure your carbs and sodium remain small. I didn't put my body through surgery to be on a DIET for the rest of my life. I will obviously continue to eat Protein first and then veggies and then fruit for the majority of my week but if I want to eat something a little less healthy when I'm cleared for all foods, I will do as I please. I'm sick of others sitting there telling others who feel the same that they are ruining their chance at success, that they followed the rules and still do and they reached goal blah blah blah. Stop goal shaming others, you were once a fat mess like the rest of us so it doesnt make you any better. I really love coming here to get advice and support but I'm about ready to quit this site and never look back do to some of these snarky high horse commenters.

Realising my waist measurement is exactly twice what it was when I got married.

My body ate my thyroid up in 1993 and for the past 22 years I have been overweight and adding every year. When my last son was born (he weighed 13llbs) I swore I would lose weight as he was going to be the last child (I have four sons) - I was NEVER going to go through that again lol. Anyway, I would lose weight, put it back on, lose weight and put it back on blah blah. My knees hurt, my back hurts and I can’t paint my own toenails
Like @@ShrinkingPeach, I remarried nearly 4 years ago after being with my first hubby 25 years. My husband is totally different than my first, he’s very supportive and encouraging and watched me lose 85llbs in 2013 to only slowly put it all back on. I want to be around with him for a very long time and to be able to do the things he loves to do too, which my weight (and mind) has always hindered me from doing. So in 5 days I am being sleeved
Autumn of 2016 we will be flying to Canada and having 3 weeks traveling Alberta and BC, on a Harley.
Kate

My body waging an all out war on me the very moment I turned 50! Pain, unfortunately, is a great motivator. But if that's what it took to get me started on the path to surgery then my body - please take a bow! ????????

I am 5'0" (60 inches). I was taking my measurements and my hips were 60" and I thought "oh my God I'm square." Decided I would go on one last weight loss journey.