chrispat123

Sounds very similar to me. I started at 233 now at 189. I stall for weeks and wooosh, 5 lbs comes off. I have gotten a little too lazy with tracking my calories and water intake. Working on getting back on track. I have been getting a little more active but its time to start kicking it up a notch. My hair loss seems to have stopped. Going to keep the short hair cut even if the thickness comes back. I have my checkup with the surgeon tomorrow. Glad to hear you are doing well.

24 days out, I have hit the stall! Only down .2lbs in 4 days! Looking forward to the wooosh.

I am 16 days and 14 lbs too! I started at 233. I think we are in the middle as far as weight loss goes. I've seen people lose more and less. I am happy with the 14 lbs as long as it continues! When you think about it, its almost 1 lbs a day, kinda crazy.

Same here. I have been lazy on tracking and I think I have been over estimating the amount of fluids I am drinking a day. Working on that today. I was sleeved on the 14th, I can try puree tomorrow. Not sure how that's going to go.

Had my surgery on Wednesday. Had a hard time with vomiting after and it lasted until Thursday afternoon. Most likely a reaction to the anesthesia. Once that subsided it hasn't been too bad. I stayed an extra night in the hospital since I couldn't keep anything down. Today I feel fine just incision site pain. Not sleeping great since I can't sleep on my side. I am able to keep liquids down fine and was able to drink 1 protein shake yesterday. It gets easier every day.

I hear ya! I am on protein shakes and 2 egg whites a day. The first 3 days were the worst. I ended up taking off one day because I felt so tired. I am on day 6 now and feel much better. I run out of energy by the evening but during the day I feel pretty good.

Good Luck! The waiting is the worst! Fingers crossed for a quick approval!!!

Preop appointment tomorrow. What should I expect? The surgeons office did not give me any details.

October 14th Just realized this thread was for last October, lol

No issues! Approved right away!

October 14th here!

I switched to Aetna starting 9/1/20 since I was denied by IBX (after they said it would be covered). I got the call this morning that I am approved already! My surgeons office submitted the paperwork on Friday. I did Optifast for the dietician appointments so I could get the 12 appointments in 3 months instead of 6 months. My surgery date is October 14! 7 months later than expected but finally happening!

Anyone have any experience with switching insurance during the process? I have IBX, went through the whole process and found out I was not covered when it came to surgery time. I am switching to Aetna, which starts Sept 1st. I am currently doing Optifast and meeting with a dietitian to hit the 12 dietitian meeting requirement. I have a few concerns... 1. When Aetna kicks in I will have all the requirements done (Aetnas requirements). Do you think they will make me do them again? 2. I could be below the 40 bmi by then, will they take my initial weight from last year when I started the process or my current weight. (I have no other health issues) Just feel like something is going to go wrong. I just want the surgery to be done! Anyone have any experience with switching insurance companies?

It turned out my employers plan specifically excluded the surgery. When I called IBX to check if I had coverage, they said yes. So I wasted a lot of $ in copays and time for a procedure I was not covered for. I appealed 3 times, lost each time. Just switched to my husbands insurance. That starts in September. Fingers crossed I don't get screwed again!

Denied again. Now I have to do a members appeal, 30-45 days. They are still saying I don't have coverage even though every time I call to talk to customer service they say I do.