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Just got my date today! July 23rd!

July 23. I have been waiting not so patiently since mid April to be cleared due to problem with my labs. All of today was spent waiting in Dr. Office. Sent to lab to reorder blood work. More waiting but finally cleared for surgery.

New_Me 2019

I FINALLY got my date of July 22nd for RNY....after 14 months of working towards it

Thanks! I finally caught up with the scheduler today! I’m scheduled for 07/24! So excited!!

Hey guys! This is my first post here! I just wanted to share that I’ve been approved by my insurance for VSG!! I have Cigna insurance, and I only had to have one nutrition recommendation, one psych recommendation, a letter recommending me for surgery from a doctor who isn’t the surgeon (my PCP provided this), and a letter from the surgeon recommending me for surgery. The whole process took a couple of weeks because of my schedule, but I got the green light! I DID NOT complete a 3 month or 6 month (or any months, for that matter) physician supervised diet. The letter from my PCP was very general and just listed that they had been monitoring my weight and all of the things I had tried at home (Atkins, Weight Watchers, etc...). Next is getting with the scheduled to get a date!! Good luck to everyone!

VSG July 24th!

My insurance just called to tell me that I have been APPROVED for rny on July 3!!!
My pre-OP class is on June 18.
This thing just got really real! 😊

July 2 here! Super excited, little nervous! Preop appt scheduled for next Friday the 21rst! It’s getting real!

I receive my sleeve on July 30th. I have to lose 5 pounds before then.

VSG July 24th!

VSG July 24th!

VSG July 24th!

Nursing student here! If you have known issues with your kidneys, this could be an expected result. Your kidneys secrete HCO3 which is a base. It helps maintain the acid-base balance in your body. In this result, the pCO2 is more basic to compensate for the fact that the kidneys are not secreting enough HCO3 (bicarbonate). If you don’t have kidney problems, I’m not by any means telling you that you do. I’m just saying that for whatever reason, your bicarbonate was low, so your PCO2 being more basic (less than 35) is a compensatory mechanism. Honestly, I’d think a PCO2 on the higher side would be a problem for surgery. That means you’d have a problem with ventilation (45+ is more acidic) and were retaining CO2 which would be a problem for anesthesia. I don’t think you have anything to worry about!

VSG July 24th!

Nursing student here! If you have known issues with your kidneys, this could be an expected result. Your kidneys secrete HCO3 which is a base. It helps maintain the acid-base balance in your body. In this result, the pCO2 is more basic to compensate for the fact that the kidneys are not secreting enough HCO3 (bicarbonate). If you don’t have kidney problems, I’m not by any means telling you that you do. I’m just saying that for whatever reason, your bicarbonate was low, so your PCO2 being more basic (less than 35) is a compensatory mechanism. Honestly, I’d think a PCO2 on the higher side would be a problem for surgery. That means you’d have a problem with ventilation (45+ is more acidic) and were retaining CO2 which would be a problem for anesthesia. I don’t think you have anything to worry about!

I was approved by CIGNA today! ONLY One GI nutrition counsel, PCP clear for surgery, Nut talked about the surgery and how is my support system in place, Pulm doc [I will be ok because I have asthma and need to talk with anesthetist], GI doc and his GI Physician Assistance (2 letters) recommended be for surgery and I have 4 co mobility (Asthma, GERD, fatty Liver dis and high chlo)
Sug is in Aug 2019 Boom Baby

Hey guys! This is my first post here! I just wanted to share that I’ve been approved by my insurance for VSG!! I have Cigna insurance, and I only had to have one nutrition recommendation, one psych recommendation, a letter recommending me for surgery from a doctor who isn’t the surgeon (my PCP provided this), and a letter from the surgeon recommending me for surgery. The whole process took a couple of weeks because of my schedule, but I got the green light! I DID NOT complete a 3 month or 6 month (or any months, for that matter) physician supervised diet. The letter from my PCP was very general and just listed that they had been monitoring my weight and all of the things I had tried at home (Atkins, Weight Watchers, etc...). Next is getting with the scheduled to get a date!! Good luck to everyone!

I set 3 goals. Only two were weight related.

#1 was to be off all medication and my c-pap. I hit that goal at month 9.

#2 was my realistic weight goal which was to be the same weight I was when I was at the peak of my physical fitness as a college football player — that was 310 lbs. I hit thar goal at month 7-ish.

#3 was my vanity goal that I doubted I would hit. I wanted to weight 265 and finally be a normal BMI. I hit that goal in month 13.

Thanks! I finally caught up with the scheduler today! I’m scheduled for 07/24! So excited!!

Thanks! I finally caught up with the scheduler today! I’m scheduled for 07/24! So excited!!

Hey guys! This is my first post here! I just wanted to share that I’ve been approved by my insurance for VSG!! I have Cigna insurance, and I only had to have one nutrition recommendation, one psych recommendation, a letter recommending me for surgery from a doctor who isn’t the surgeon (my PCP provided this), and a letter from the surgeon recommending me for surgery. The whole process took a couple of weeks because of my schedule, but I got the green light! I DID NOT complete a 3 month or 6 month (or any months, for that matter) physician supervised diet. The letter from my PCP was very general and just listed that they had been monitoring my weight and all of the things I had tried at home (Atkins, Weight Watchers, etc...). Next is getting with the scheduled to get a date!! Good luck to everyone!

That's great news. Good luck on your WLS journey.

that's great I have cigna toand I did not have to do the 6 month process I did everything but my pcp visit caus I just recently found out my old pcp dropped me hopefully I can find a new one and get all my testing done and that she can write me a letter of neccesity

I didn’t do a medically supervised diet either! Cigna doesn’t require one, and my surgeon only requires what the insurance requires. My PCP just wrote in her letter all of the things that I did try. That seemed to work just fine! Try not to count yourself out! I know you want the DS, but is there any way you could just do the VSG or RnY and go with Dr. Henke? His office is great!

I feel like these offices are telling you this because the office is low-key requiring it to make sure you get approved. When Cigna approves you (or denies you) they send out a letter that details the exact requirements for approval. Nowhere in there is there mention of a diet. This is weird.