1badassbiggurl

I am it isn’t so bad

Day 6: physically I feel fine..surprised because I thought this liquid diet was going to be the worst but it isn’t! I’m surviving! It’s weird because I thought I would be starving by this point but here I am, not even drinking all three of my allowed shakes!

Just checking up on you! U ok?

Happy Halloween are u okay!?

I would wait a week then call the insurance company and drs office

On my last visit with my surgeon he told me they would be submitting all my paperwork over to the insurance company.

Has your surgeons office submitted your paperwork for approval?

I’m trying to be patient lol!

I will definitely keep you updated

Thanks so much dear oh I really hope so!

As soon as me and my doctor started discussing the possibility of having bariatric surgery I knew my family would be dead set against it! Although I knew they wouldn’t agree I also knew it would be impossible to keep it from my husband. So, I told him and my best friend. I explained to them why I didn’t want to tell my parents, sisters and kids and swore them to secrecy. Now, I’m am two weeks away from surgery so the idea of telling the rest of my family has become a huge burden. But I’m okay. Some may see it as a cowards way out, but last weekend i took the time to write each of them a letter; I wrote one to my parents, my sisters then my children, which I forwarded to my best friend and on the day of surgery as I’m going into the OR she will send them out. Imagine your family is filled with some very strong willed and opinionated folks like mine LOL! I can understand why you wouldn’t want to share with them but I think you should find at least one person I found a lot of support from a coworker (she’s even doing the liquid diet with me, she’s the best) - u need that someone in your corner because this process is very stressful and having someone there alongside you will be very beneficial.

Thanks

Like you I was struggling to lose the weight my doc required me to lose, then I tried Keto ...dropped 30lbs and kept it off til my appointment with surgeon last week & got my surgery date today! You can do this! Keep me updated!

Ever heard of Keto!? That’s what I did and it helped me loose all my pre op weight! Some of my family and friends even tried it with similar success stories

Got my surgery date today ...November 7th

I have a date for November 7th ...congratulations to you ...we made it!

I’m super excited that I got my surgery date today! Saw my surgeon last week on Wednesday the 18th, at that time he submitted my paperwork to the insurance company for approval. I was anxious all weekend and expected to hear something by Tuesday, so when I got up and made some phone calls this morning. My first call was to the insurance company and was delighted to find out that they had approved me and had already sent the approval over to my doc. So, immediately I got back on the phone and called over to the Drs office and they set me up with a date for November 7th. It just seems so surreal!!

Yes, I’m from Philly! Having my surgery @ Temple Hospital with Dr Edwards. Very excited just got my date (November 7th) today!!!

Congrats!