Klisa

My surgery is tomorrow too! I figure tomorrow will be fairly easy to get through because I'll be groggy from the anesthesia, but I hope the rest of the days the first week go well. I've been doing the 'liquid' thing yesterday and today in preparation and have been thinking 'oh it's no problem getting in that protein' but right now I'm doing a couple of good sized shakes and after the surgery it'll be hard to fit both those shakes in if I can only kinda sip it...We'll see how it goes...Good luck to you Nicole!

I have Anthem BCBS. I was told you need to have a BMI of 40 or a BMI of < 40 but with other issues such as high BP, high chol, diabetes, etc. I had to select one of BCBS's 'centers of excellence' facilities. I live in So Ca, about an hour from LA, so I selected Cedars Sinia. I have a BMI of 39 and high BP, high chol, high trigs so I was able to get my approval OK without receiving any initial denials...