BypassTheBS

May 17th! ?

My surgeons scheduling nurse was a little too ambitious today and had me excited for nothing She let me know my insurance was approved (YAY!) and to set my surgery day for 5/19 along with my post-op visits too But then..... On top of an already f*cked day, hours into my excitement, she calls back to tell me the doctor denied that day for me. The nurse hadn't even confirmed all of that before calling me to schedule. My whole thing is, she should know people are most anxious and excited for this step in the process. These dates and things need to be set in stone at least with the office before even thinking about calling the patient. Now I'm annoyed and a projected date can't even be confirmed or denied now....back to waiting....

Thank you! Good luck to you as well!

Had the Endoscopy done and everything checks out good. I still want bypass instead of sleeve. We talked very loosely about dates and its a tentative May 17th which is 1 week before when I wanted but it'll still be good. The sooner the better I guess.

I do still have a few "when i lose this weight" items I've had in the back of the closet that were suppose to be my motivation ?

Though I don't have a surgery date, yet exceedingly excited without content for where this journey is about to take me... I'm already browsing clothes I've had my pockets waiting for since forever (if ever). Boutiques that only sell small, medium, large. Reminding me of how retailer 5-7-9 in the movie Mean Girls got its name. A shop that focused its collection on three sizes 5, 7 and 9.

Thank you! They have not given me a date yet. Hopefully we can discuss it at weigh-in #11 after the endoscopy

A1C levels are 5.6. Right at the edge of pre-diabetic 5.7...oh boy?

oh and blood work needs to be done

9 out of 12 supervised weight loss visits done sleep study done Abdominal ultrasound done H. Pylori test done nutrition class done nutrition class follow up done Now I have 3 more weigh ins and an endoscopy left to do. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my insurance will approve this swiftly & I can get the May date I want.

For folks who had to return to an office setting (non-WFH)... Did you take your food scale to work with you or were you dedicated to meal prepping?

With having no current gallbladder issues & taking the Ursodiol for hopefully only 6 months will greatly decrease complications

My abdominal ultrasound test results are in! The gallbladder is unremarkable. No gallstones or sludge identified. I don't have any history with gallstones and I don't want to take the risk of gallstones developing after surgery because of the rapid weight loss. Should the gallbladder stay or go? Has anyone been in the same predicament or similar?

I agree with surgeons preferring to VSG because it may be an easier surgery for them. I'm on pre op appointment 7 of 12 when I brought up the change from sleeve to RNY and her tone also changed

I do experience a mild acid reflux occasionally and had an whole episode a few years back. Sounds like silent reflux to me. My goal is to definitely avoid the possibility of it getting worse

Wow what a battle. I'm glad to hear you're pulling through all that's going on and truly wish you the best! Did you have acid reflux before surgery? Some research says after sleeve it develops or worsens.

As I begin to get my mind right for post op life I've started following parent life bloggers on IG They vlog their toddlers meals and I absolutely think it will help us Bari's tremendously ? The cute little sectioned plates, small portions & recipes just seem so right vs trying to stomach actual baby food. I will most definitely be following more pages like so

Its been awhile since my last post so I just wanted to mention progress so far Still in the very early insurance approval process. I'm just hitting the 40 BMI qualification so I'm just trying to maintain while also taking my doctors dieting advice. I had a few tests done already: Sleep apnea = negative, H Pylori = negative. I have the Abdominal Ultrasound coming up. While doing some research and talking to a few people who have been post op for years I've learned the sleeve can cause pretty bad GERD and need the possibility of revision to RNY. Because I want to avoid revision surgery, GERD, and long-term/indefinite PPI use I talked to my doctor about RNY instead and right now she's against it but suggested adding the endoscopy to the test list. If all checks out with the endoscopy I still want to change to RNY instead ? So moving right along ?

I also have Aetna and have been trying to find others experience with them so thank you for this comment! My surgeons office did not inform me to call the insurance company for any reason but I plan to just to make sure everything is understood. My surgeons office says I have: 12 dietary appointments (no specific time frame) Gallbladder ultrasound hpylori test sleep study psych eval 1 nutrition class & 1 nutritionist follow up Do you mind explaining what "the list on clearances" is?

It is long about 20 questions (sorry, i don't have it in front of me at the moment) and all short answer but on paper

I wish it was a range of responses. The questions per my bariatric program are all short answer. It may even take 2 sessions to get through them all

I have the option of using my own therapist for the psych eval. My surgeons office sent me a list of eval questions to give to my therapist. What format did your therapist use to answer and submit your eval? Ex. Question-answer, summary, etc?

I’m very new here and I’m so ready get sleeved! My insurance (AETNA) requires 12 visits to my surgeon on a medically supervised diet program. The 12 visits can be scheduled however I see fit so I’m choosing weekly. My surgeon is pushing for me to spread out the appointments so I can instill new eating habits and see some weight loss before surgery. I want this so bad, I’m sticking to weekly appointments while really trying to put what I learn in this program into practice such as reading labels, journaling, following the surgeons’ calculated macros. I think I can make weekly progress if I really turn on the tunnel vision.