Silke

Congratulations. I remember the day i got my date. Super excited, and just a little scared...lol good luck

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Congratulations!!!

Yes! My date is December 12th.

Jacie63

Congrats on your date! It’s an incredible journey... you’ll do amazing!

Hello Group,

I finally got my surgery date.......On December 21st I will make my way to the loosersbench!!! OMG I can't wait. Do I have any surgery twins in this group?

Congrats!

Congratulations! I wish you all the best ?

Hello Group,

I finally got my surgery date.......On December 21st I will make my way to the loosersbench!!! OMG I can't wait. Do I have any surgery twins in this group?

Thanks for all the advice. Missouri-Lee, I have pain in my knee that came out of nowhere and it is not getting any better. It is pain under and on the side of my kneecaps as well as behind my knee. I can not walk normal or stretch my leg without pain.
RapidFirePickle and Frustr8, you all made great points, thank you.

Is it possible that the insurance denies surgery because of a new knee injury? Somehow I injured my knee and I am a little hesitant to go to the orthopedic out of concern surgery could get denied. Maybe the insurance would say I could not excercise enough and so forth. Maybe I am overthinking this, would not be the first time ?

A colleague of mine had gastric sleeve in February because she had bad knees and could not have knee replacements until she lost the weight. She could barely walk at the time. I don't think they will deny you; you can stil do upper body exercise and some physical activity like walking with proper care for your you knee (brace, walker, crutches, etc).

We can tell them, can't we? I've told you about my bad ankle too, but did I tell you I walked 2 weeks plus on a broken,leg? Yeah lower leg, no way I could have walked with a broken femur, doubt anyone could, that is an exquisitely,painful injury, most people pass out , the others merely pray they could!

Get your knee checked out. Don't think twice. I have a chronic ankle injury that I walked around on for over a year before getting treatment. It's affected my life horribly. For ten plus years. I've lost my mobility. I have to take morphine for the pain. It's not worth risking. If you qualify for WLS it can wait until your knee heals, if your doctor thinks you need to wait for it to heal. Do you think it's a serious injury? You didn't describe your injury except to mention that it was your knee.
An insurance company can't "cancel" your WLS for the reason you mentioned. That's a doctor's call. If your bariatric surgeon or your orthopedic surgeon thinks it's okay for you to proceed, then that's enough. What kind of insurance do you have? An H.M.O.? You seem to assign your insurance company a lot more power than they actually have.
I've had two full knee replacements pre-surgery. I had my gallbladder removed pre-surgery. My insurance company had no say in whether those conditions precluded me from having my weight-loss surgery.
Kindly describe your situation a bit more. (And, yes, I kinda think you're overthinking this. We all overthink things at times. )

That makes sense. Every insurance is different. I think I will call my surgeon and see if there is anything else to do for me. Thankfully my insurance does not require a months long diet.

It probably depends on what your insurance and surgeon require. Did your surgeons office give you a list of requirements to be done before setting a date? All of them seem to have different requirements, so yours may not be the same as mine, but I had to do several nutritionist visits and educational classes, three visits with my surgeon, psych eval, EGD, EKG, and blood work for the surgeons program. My insurance required 6 months of supervised diet plan.

Hello everyone,
I have all my pre op tests done and do not know what is next. What can I expect from this point on? I am so ready for this and cannot wait for my surgery date.
Please let me know what your experience was/is?

Thanks to all