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My surgery is April 26th. My grandson's birthday. I started the liquid diet on the 12th. It is ok. Some of those flavors are really sweet. I am not a big sweet fan.

I sent you a friend request on facebook. My name is Bernice Hughes. I would love to be a part of your "secret" facebook group. I do not plan to tell more that 3 or 4 people that I am having surgery. So any support would be appreciated. Thanks, Bernice

At my psych eval the doctor asked mostly about my understanding of my surgery and if I was depressed or had ever been depressed to the point of needing medication. He made sure that I had family support. I was told that the appt was going to take close to an hour but I was out of there in less than 20 minutes. It was quick and easy.

My first appointment with my surgeon was 02-17-16. I had my psy & nutritional consults done by 03-10-16. My surgeon's office sent in the request for approval after the nutritional consult was done. They got the approval 03-17-16. My surgeon requires his patients to have an EGD, which I had done on 03-23-16. I am scheduled for surgery on 04-26-16. I could have been scheduled for 04-19-16, but that was not a good day for me. My insurance company required a psy & nutritional consult plus documentation that I had trying to lose weight for at least six month within the last two years. I have been a member of WW for a long time, so I had the documentation showing the attempts at weight loss. If I had not been in WW or had documentation of trying to lose weight in the last two years, I would have had to be on a supervised weight loss program for the next six months before I could be approved. Different insurance companies require different things.

Hi everyone. I am scheduled for 04-26-16. I start my liquid pre-op diet on 04-12-16. Not necessary looking forward to the pre-op diet, but I am excited about my surgery.