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Hey, Cat, my advice is to take your surgery date with a grain of salt. I scheduled before insurance approval and ended up being denied 3 days before my surgery. I won my appeal and got another surgery date, but I was so devastated when I was denied. Might be a bit easier on the psyche to not get your hopes up before that approval!

I am also Aug. 6th.....One week from tomorrow! I only have two days of liqued diet, but I figured I'd go ahead and start on Aug. 1st.

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Hey all you August bandsters, we need to come up with a nickname like all those other groups.....Augest Rush? Augest something! Come on people.....let's do this!:rolleyes:

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I am scheduled for August 11th, as long as my insurance approves it. The paperwork was just submitted to the insurance last week, so I'm not sure how long it will take. I'm suppose to start my pre-op diet on Wednesday, I'm hoping that I will at least know by then! I've already been in the hospital 3x this year (heart problem), I'm not worried about the surgery, I'm just super excited to get this done with and lose the weight. I'm worried about being approved because my BMI is 35.8, but I have 3 co-morbidities. I'm hoping that they realize that this will help me get healthier and will save them money in the long run!

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Hi Lap2Fab,

I am very similar to you with my BMI at 36 but I also have co-morbidities with high blood pressure and Cardiomyopathy and Tendionitis in both feet due to being over weight. I need to loose 65-70lbs I am 5ft and almost 60yrs old. I hope my insurance will approve me. Good luck with your insurance aswell.:rolleyes:

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Hey all you August bandsters, we need to come up with a nickname like all those other groups.....Augest Rush? Augest something! Come on people.....let's do this!:rolleyes:

That sounds good..August rush to awesome!!!

Awesome August bandsters!!

August bandster bunch!! August bandster babes!!

Anymore?

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I am also Aug. 6th.....One week from tomorrow! I only have two days of liqued diet, but I figured I'd go ahead and start on Aug. 1st.

This sounds like a good idea too.

My date is 8/16 but I'm going to start my liquid diet on 8/2 .

I'm a little nervous because dealing with the aggravation of my Surgeons office and just being so overwhelmed with being so heavy now I was having a drink every night for over a month so I want to make sure my liver is cleaned out before my surgery.

I meet with the surgeon 8/3 and he hasn't said anything about the pre-op diet yet but I'm going to follow the advice I've read online and in my research.

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I am also Aug. 6th.....One week from tomorrow! I only have two days of liqued diet, but I figured I'd go ahead and start on Aug. 1st.

Yay, a buddy! We have similar weight loss goals too, it appears!

I agree, we need a cool name and signature. I love August Rush! How about August Rush to Revolution?

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That sounds good..August rush to awesome!!!

Awesome August bandsters!!

August bandster bunch!! August bandster babes!!

Anymore?

I'm thinking August Rush sounds good like we are in a rush to get this weight off!

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AUGUST RUSH 2010,SEEING THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO START A THREAD...DUH! ONE OF MY FELLOW RUSHERS WILL HAVE TO:lol:

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Looks like there are a lot of us 8/11 Bandsters here! Wednesday must be a good day for surgeons to get it done and then have a long weekend:) Happy it's finally coming! I finished the last of the paperwork and tests yesterday...counting down!

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AUGUST RUSH 2010,SEEING THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO START A THREAD...DUH! ONE OF MY FELLOW RUSHERS WILL HAVE TO:lol:

August Rush sounds good to me cause I know I'm in a rush to get this poundage off .

Watch somebody come in and tell us how it's not good to rush...we know, just a name folks.

Just go to pre-op forum and at the top left hand you'll see New thread click on that. You can start it there.

It may get lost though as there are already 2 August threads out there.

I'll go for it and see if we can stop posting in the other threads and just concentrate on August Rush.

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August bandster babes!!

i like this one!!!

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August bandster babes!!

i like this one!!!

I like that too but the originator of the idea suggested "August rush" and I see you've already adopted it come join us in the new thread.

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Hi Lap2Fab,

I am very similar to you with my BMI at 36 but I also have co-morbidities with high blood pressure and Cardiomyopathy and Tendionitis in both feet due to being over weight. I need to loose 65-70lbs I am 5ft and almost 60yrs old. I hope my insurance will approve me. Good luck with your insurance aswell.:rolleyes:

I'm approved...very thankful that they approved me! I hope your insurance makes it easy for you too! August 11th!!! Whoo hoo!!!

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I'm approved...very thankful that they approved me! I hope your insurance makes it easy for you too! August 11th!!! Whoo hoo!!!

August 11 is not that far off . did you already start the liquids yet. I will be looking for your post soon after you are up for it. good luck and wish you the best. I will be going for my second appointment and that is when I am fully commented to it I have to put 500 of my own money up front. My appointment is Tuesday morning with a nutrisonlist.

hope I spelled that correctly. Any pointer on what to say so insurance will approve me. I love this site. I just cant get enought of everyones comments.:rolleyes:

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August 11 is not that far off . did you already start the liquids yet. I will be looking for your post soon after you are up for it. good luck and wish you the best. I will be going for my second appointment and that is when I am fully commented to it I have to put 500 of my own money up front. My appointment is Tuesday morning with a nutrisonlist.

hope I spelled that correctly. Any pointer on what to say so insurance will approve me. I love this site. I just cant get enought of everyones comments.:rolleyes:

I think insurance varies from company to company and plan to plan. The doctor's office should be able to tell you if you qualify. My doctor basically said if I had X or Y insurance, I would probably not be approved, but since I had Anthem, she said she was almost certain that with my health issues, I would be approved. The only thing that annoyed me about the whole process was my meeting with the nutritionist! I was very honest with her, I tend to skip meals and don't pay too much attention to what I eat. I don't buy junk food, so I'd go without eating and then be starving later in the day and eat whatever I wanted because I thought I didn't eat...I could eat everything! She made me wait another month and document my eating. I also gained 1.3 lbs (which I had a heart surgery on Tuesday and was weighed by her on Friday so it could have just been water) and she made me lose that weight before she would let me go forward. The office has a policy of no weight gain, but for insurance, I couldn't lose either...it was hard! I would ask a lot of insurance questions when you go in! Good luck!

I'm not on a liquid diet, just a preop, I can have 2 frozen meals each day in addition to 3 shakes and all the veggies I want!

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