*KelseyLeigh*

Who was your surgeon in st. louis? were they helpful with insurance coverage?

wow thank you so much for that! glad to see that you are happy

ok so i normally dont post much just read others responses but i am going through something that i dont think that my un banded friends can understand... a little background first, i was banded may of 2010 at the weight of 325 in january i was down to 225 and had to get an unfill because of sudden tightening, i have now been very slowly re filled and have maintained until now. back to the point, i have extra skin on my stomach and basically all over my body, im only 20 years old and sometimes it is hard explaining that i am insecure about my extra skin. i have started talking to this new guy who im interested in and we have gone on a couple dates, i just am nervous about what he will think when he sees my body. I also havent told him about the surgery yet. All of my friends know and i kept them totally in the loop when i got it, now that i am meeting new people i find it akward to bring up in conversation. any help would be awesome!!! thanks in advance for the support!!

i am on my one week all liquid pre op diet too and i am on day 5, i was shocked when i got on the scale this morning and lost 15 pounds... keep at it!!!

yay so many people on may 19th!! i am on may 19th too

OH MY! that is crazy.. i think im done for testing i haven't gotten the results of my labs back yet to see which vitamins i need to take more of

oh and i had to do a chest xray, ekg and breathing test.... fun!!!

Did I have a day yesterday or what!!?? So yesterday I had my preop class, i go to college about and 1.5 hours from my hometown (where my dr is and where i am having the surgery) so i drove home tuesday night to wake up at 5:45 AM! I know for some of you this is when you wake up for work and normally i dont have a problem waking up but i am used to my college schedule of not waking up earlier than 9. So anyways... I get to the class, sign in and sit in a room with both of my parents ( divorced most of my life so that wasnt a great situation) :tongue_smilie: They had a dietitian speak to us which was really helpful she had a lot of sneaky ways to get in 60 g of protein. Then i talked to the dr who told me i was a candidate for single incision laparoscopic surgery through my belly button (yay for no scars:w00t:) Then came the financing...dun dun daaaaa I was the only self pay patient at the seminar so i got pulled back into a room with my parents which is where they told me that there was no type of financing plans and that the cost that i would pay 10 days before surgery would be 19,000 dollars:crying: I had been told all along that i would be eligible for outpatient at a surgery center where the cost is 17,000 and there are financing options. Well apparently they changed their policy and they only treat people with a bmi under 50, i am at 51.4 I cant wait and try to lose it because i am on a pretty tight schedule for surgery and i would have to lose 20 pounds in like 3 weeks for that to work. Once the initial shock was over and we were done talking to the financing people the staff were much nicer and more understanding. my parents were still in shock considering they are paying for it and they have to come up with 19,000 in like 3 weeks. BUT.... after all of that drama I GOT MY SURGERY DATE it is (drumrolll) MAY 19th!!!!!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: Just thought i would update everyone!

Did I have a day yesterday or what!!?? So yesterday I had my preop class, i go to college about and 1.5 hours from my hometown (where my dr is and where i am having the surgery) so i drove home tuesday night to wake up at 5:45 AM! I know for some of you this is when you wake up for work and normally i dont have a problem waking up but i am used to my college schedule of not waking up earlier than 9. So anyways... I get to the class, sign in and sit in a room with both of my parents ( divorced most of my life so that wasnt a great situation) :w00t: They had a dietitian speak to us which was really helpful she had a lot of sneaky ways to get in 60 g of protein. Then i talked to the dr who told me i was a candidate for single incision laparoscopic surgery through my belly button (yay for no scars:w00t:) Then came the financing...dun dun daaaaa I was the only self pay patient at the seminar so i got pulled back into a room with my parents which is where they told me that there was no type of financing plans and that the cost that i would pay 10 days before surgery would be 19,000 dollars:crying: I had been told all along that i would be eligible for outpatient at a surgery center where the cost is 17,000 and there are financing options. Well apparently they changed their policy and they only treat people with a bmi under 50, i am at 51.4 I cant wait and try to lose it because i am on a pretty tight schedule for surgery and i would have to lose 20 pounds in like 3 weeks for that to work. Once the initial shock was over and we were done talking to the financing people the staff were much nicer and more understanding. my parents were still in shock considering they are paying for it and they have to come up with 19,000 in like 3 weeks. BUT.... after all of that drama I GOT MY SURGERY DATE it is (drumrolll) MAY 19th!!!!!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: Just thought i would update everyone!

hello all!! I went through all the ups and downs of insurance coverage and decided self pay would be the way to go for me. I go on april 14th to have a full day long pre op seminar and that will be the day i set my surgery date. hopefully the middle of may will work out perfectly I will keep you all posted! and we should create a group for everyone in may... if there is one i cant find it:thumbup: