Ana7722

Wow! That's great! I'm so glad that they have you such a soon surgery date. Sent from my XT1080 using the BariatricPal App
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I agree! Have they called you to set up your Cardiac Eval yet? They called me last week and I have mine on July 11th. I'm so anxious to get this all completed, lol.

I see that many people told you the time goes fast, it really does until your paperwork is submitted and you get your date! For me things are really "crawling" now . I also have BCBS I'm in TX and I had similar requirements but I was able to get everything done in just four short months, have my paperwork submitted , and an approval 10 days following. Honestly it goes fast, I'm just ready to get started on the good foot
DSLdiversity

Yes! I was there from 3pm until around 4:30ish. I don't remember seeing you though. I was so preoccupied going over the long list of things that I need to do before surgery.. I do like Dr. Miles. I really liked how blunt and honest he was.

I'm having my surgery in Birmingham too! Dr Pennington at Grandview Medical Center. Sorry, I haven't seen anyone else on here near me.....I got excited !
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I didn't hear that about the PCOS. Wow, that makes me nervous, too. Though, I'm sure we will be fine. I know of someone who had it done, who also had PCOS, and she lost 80 pounds in 4 months. Hopefully, we have her luck, lol!
I live in Helena, but I frequent Birmingham. They're both over an hour away from you. It'd be nice if we could be each others support system. I'm still ecstatic that we both are starting at the same time, while using the same doctor, lol!

That's awesome! I really hope you can have it asap! I have heard that it will be harder to lose weight because of our PCOS. Have you heard that? Kinda makes me nervous..
I have a few appointments set up and I'm excited about going ahead and getting all of my requirements done so that I can move ahead with my surgery as well.
Do you mind telling me what city you're in? I live in Millbrook, and it would be nice to see if you're close by so I can get some recommendations for the required appointments.

Haha! Me too! He's so sweet. He's setting up a conference with BCBS to see if they'll go ahead and approve my surgery since I have pseudotumor cerebri. He seems very worried. I hope we get through this! I'm so anxious to get this done!

Yes! I was there from 3pm until around 4:30ish. I don't remember seeing you though. I was so preoccupied going over the long list of things that I need to do before surgery.. I do like Dr. Miles. I really liked how blunt and honest he was.

I don't really have any advice, but I saw that your surgeon is Dr. Miles. I'm using him as well and June 28th was my first appointment. It's so neat to run across someone using the same surgeon and starting their journey around the same time as I am. I also have PCOS, and I really hope that the WLS can help clear some of the symptoms of that up. I wish you a speedy process and hopefully you'll be able to have your WLS asap!

That is too cool! Did you have your appointment sometime in the afternoon? I walked into the office on the 28th to get a work excuse during the meeting with other patients. I was the short brunette in the red Alabama shirt, lol. I'm so excited to see that someone is starting their process at the same time as me! What do you think of Dr. Miles? I think he's so funny!

I don't really have any advice, but I saw that your surgeon is Dr. Miles. I'm using him as well and June 28th was my first appointment. It's so neat to run across someone using the same surgeon and starting their journey around the same time as I am. I also have PCOS, and I really hope that the WLS can help clear some of the symptoms of that up. I wish you a speedy process and hopefully you'll be able to have your WLS asap!