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My first appointment was 12/10. They scheduled everything to be done 2/14. I expected a lot of appointments .. but the 4th nutrition appoinment is really throwing my schedule off. I was hoping to be submitting 2/14 and now they probably won't submit til after March. I'm hoping they will submit and schedule anyway. I need to call them to see if they have a patient coordinator. I haven't been able to get past the front desk yet though.

Thanks guys!

Psych is done. Can I do this please? Lol. My insurance is good til 4/30. I’m stressing. I want to be recovering in April please.

Lol. There better be no surprises. I do have to do a 2 week diet too. Their food. $224 based on my BMI.

My consult went well.. they made all my appointments and I am due to go back for my second appointment 2/14. I went to pulmonology. PFT was good. I just dont take deep breaths.. so now I have to go for a sleep study (should be at home thankfully) even though my numbers are in range. I was told I'll be cleared no matter the result of the sleep study. I just may need to go on a sleep apnea machine until surgery. I went to Nutrition last week.. then again this week. Nutrition yesterday said she isn't going to count last week because I didn't get all my information from the first lady so I need a 4th nutrition which will end up happening after my 2nd appointment. Great. Looks like surgery won't be scheduled for the beginning of March now after all I'm assuming. I went to cardiology today. EKG looked great but my father has a history of heart problems. He's 450 pounds, chain smokes, and was exposed to agent orange, has diabetes and any other health condition you can think of.. but because he does, I need to go for a stress test and an echocardiogram. Luckily those will both be done by early February before my appointment. What's funny is the appointment that I stressed about the most, psych (because I'm bipolar) was 30 minutes and they sent me away saying cleared. I wonder what will happen at the endoscopy on Thursday. My son has Eosinophilic Esophagitis. I haven't been told I have any issues with food or reflux or anything so hopefully that will be clear and I'll just continue on. What do you think will happen next? I'm getting tired of these appointments. I've had 2-3 a week for the past 3 weeks and there's no end in sight. My friend using a different hospital has not had to have any of these appointments. No pulmonology.. no cardiology.. 3 nutrition, 3 life skills, endoscopy, done.

I went back to my second nutrition appointment yesterday and asked a bunch of questions. I was told I can lose weight which is opposite of what the front desk at my drs office told me. So I will start working on that but not in excess. I was also told that she feels I should have a 4th appointment as I didn't gain much from my first appointment. crap. So I'll have to schedule that. I went to cardiology today and was told my ekg looked good.. slightly elevated blood pressure (I just started bp meds) and I told him of my fathers heart history. Now I have to go for an echocardiogram and a stress test. For crying out loud .. so what I thought would be my one and only cardiology appointment is now the first of 4. My next appointment is endoscopy on Thursday. I swear if they find something wrong I'm cancelling this whole thing. I'm getting really frustrated. I like to think, aside from being fat and slightly elevated blood pressure (144/88 today) that I'm healthy. My father (450 pounds, COPD, bovine heart valve, smoking, drinking, factor 5, diabetes, etc.. ) is not. I'm trying not to be him. I'm down from 315 nekkid to 274 (277.6 clothed at the drs) .. if they keep making me wait and lose weight I'm worried I won't be approved. I was 282.8 at my first appointment. They had my height wrong at my initial appointment and I think it might finally be fixed but I don't want it to look like I gained weight either if my bmi is reported wrong. I'm really getting nervous with all these additional hoops.. am I really not in good health or do I just have people being overly cautious. I still need to set up my sleep study, too.

Yesterday was my first nutrition appointment. I got info on what's coming up, a calorie and Protein goal until surgery, and info about baritastic which I had downloaded but not tried to use yet. Yesterday I logged all my food. I met my calorie goal but not my protein goal. I should have had a Premier Protein shake. I'll have one today. I have some in the fridge here at work but not sure if they are expired or not. I'll have to look at that. If they are, I'll pick some up at bjs this weekend. I go back to nutrition on Monday to meet with Fran. (I had Amy yesterday) and she said to talk to Fran about what CHRIAS told me about not losing weight. Amy said that is really strange. I told Amy that to keep my weight where it was I'm eating cheeseburgers and fries. Its not what I usually eat but I'm usually on a diet. LOL For like the last 25 years I've been on a diet.. not that it's gotten me anywhere. Today I'm doing the best I can with my protein. At lunch time I will have had 890 calories and 57 grams of protein. That's not bad on a 1600 calorie diet. Not sure what I will have for dinner. I know I still need to add a shake and that will get me the protein I need for the day.. but I'll be under calories if I stop there. I need to start planning better.

Thank you. I am just starting out but I can’t wait to see how it goes. Best of luck to you on your journey also. :)

Hi. I'm Sherry.. 41 single mom of a 20 year old, high functioning autistic son with a myriad of health issues.. I work 2 jobs.. about 70 hours a week now that Christmas is over and my second job settled down and there isn't another trial at my day job until July. Needless to say I don't focus on me much. I don't have time but I'm making time now. I had to have female surgery back in October and in doing so hit my out of pocket max (except for $300) until the end of the fiscal year April 30. I found out my insurance covers bariatric surgery and with my max met, it would be covered 100% so here I am. I've always been a little chunky. 12 -14 in high school. 219 pounds when I found out I was pregnant at 20. 235 when I gave birth. I managed to stay in the low 200's until I hit my 30's and I got put on seroquel for my bipolar. I then ... blossomed??? up to 315 pounds. Everything became hard... sitting in the movies with my mom and she'd tell me.. not in a whisper either.. to quit breathing so hard.. are you ok? I started back to weight watchers several times.. I went to the gym.. I did diet bets. (I love them). I did MyFitnessPal. I would lose a little weight.. burn out.. and gain it back. I got back up to 297 this time when I stated weight watchers AGAIN. I lost down to 280 then had my surgery and now it hasn't moved in 2 months. I am currently 276.8 nekkid on my home scale. The Dr. scale has me at 282.8 with shoes and my apple watch on. I went in for my consult 12/10/18 on my son's 20th birthday. Since then it's been a whirlwind. They scheduled all my appointments that day. Cardiologist, pulmonologist, nutritionist, endoscopy, and psych. So far I've been cleared at psychiatry.. how that happened I have no idea since I'm a fruitcake. My bipolar is stable and I had good reasons. 30 minute appointment cleared. NEXT! I went to my second pulmonology appointment today. I was told my lung function is good but I have to have a sleep study done to rule out or treat apnea. It can be done at home. They will call me in a week to pick up the machine. I was worried about that one. I work 5 nights a week at the store and didn't know how I would get a night off. My next appointment is Nutrition on Thursday .. then next week (Monday) I have my second nutrition appointment, cardiology on Tuesday and my endoscopy on Thursday. I'm curious about the endoscopy... my son has eosinophilic esophagitis. Im curious to see how my scope compares to his.

Good news. She said she’s clearing me! She said my bipolar seems stable. I have all the right reasons. She’s happy. Next appointment pulmonology.

I just got to the psych appointment. Here’s to hoping she doesn’t think I’m too messed up in the head to have this done. Lol. My normal therapist offered to write a letter but I normally see a prescriber not a doctor so I came here.

I met with dr Ibrahim. I’ve done one pulmonology appt and I have psych 1/5. Second pulmonologist appt 1/8 then two nutrition and cardiology the following week and my primary. One last nutrition in feb and then back to chrias. Busy girl.

I know I have to do 2 weeks of Protein Drinks and bars before. Not sure what’s in store after.

I’m about 41 BMI

2 minutes ago, AJP said:

And you'll lose 5-10 lbs most likely

They told me don't lose between now and my 2/14 appointment although they said with the nutrition it would be hard not to but try. My nutrition is fasts tracked I have an appointment 1/10, 1/14 and 2/11. I was told I need 3 appointments but they don't have to be a month apart for my insurance (Independence BC).

Thanks for the heads up on the Soups. I'll stick to the bars and puddings. I'm not too much of a Soup girl except creams... I'll do broth if I have to though.

1 minute ago, AJP said:

If it's with chrias you do Robards for 2 weeks. They told me outpatient as well. Mine was done at 1pm. Went home next day.

Yes, it is Chrias... so if it's outpatient then why did you stay overnight? I'm so confused. My tubal, my FDP repair, etc was all outpatient. I was in and out in 4-5 hours. I called them this morning but they didn't call back (I didn't really expect it on a Friday before a holiday). I'll try them Wednesday. Thanks.

I have to do two weeks of something called a Robard Diet. shakes and Meal Replacement bars and Soups, I believe. I know I have to buy it from them.

I went to my consult about 2 weeks ago and made all my appointments. I go back on 2/14 to follow up. I called the other day and asked what amount of weight was expected for me to lose before I go back and I was told not to lose any. Insurance wants to see that I can't lose. I can go up or down 5 pounds but to try to stay the same. I was also told at my consult that it will be an outpatient procedure and sent home the same day. Is this normal? Thanks.

Thank you. I’m super excited.

Delaware here too. Chrias. Dr. Ibrahaim. I just started the process. I'm hoping for a February date. Im planning sleeve. I live in Wilmington suburbs