and I am so excited, nervous and scared. I have been waiting so long for this day and it is finally here.

wow! how exciting! great luck to you!!!! how long did the process of being approved from insurance and actually scheduling a date, take?

I attended the seminar in October 2009, I didnt get to see the surgeon until Dec 9, 2009. After that I attended all the monthly meetings, saw the surgeon 4 times, saw the nutritionist 4 times, and had the mental health evaluation. I dont know what took so long because my insurance only required 3 months of supervised diet. As soon as they put in the paperwork to BCBS a week later I was approved...I was approved in June 2010 and that is when they called me to tell me my date was set for July 13.

o wow! that's great. thanks :] best of luck to you please keep us posted!

good luck tomorrow!

Thank you both :thumbup:

Good Luck to you!!

YAY!! Good luck to you, Nancy! I'm from MA also and having my surgery on Thursday of this week at Lahey. I hope I'm as excited as you in a couple of days, but my nerves are getting the better of me right now!

Keep us posted :thumbup:

Good luck to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and I am so excited, nervous and scared. I have been waiting so long for this day and it is finally here.

I have my first dr appt Monday the 19th. I have already done some of the required

stuff already. I hope I can get my surgery done before September. Good luck tomrrow

and keep us posted.

Good luck, Nancy!! I'm only two weeks out so I remember quite well what you're going through!

You'll do great!!!!! :grouphug:

Aweseome! Am sending you best wishes!! Be sure to get up and walk around as much as you can after the surgery (when your Dr says it's OK) b/c that will help with the pain from the gas they use. I was surprised by how easy the surgery was and hope you will be too.

Write down your measurements tonight & take some before pics if you haven't already!

Best wishes for an easy recovery and lots of success!

Catherine

Sorry Im a little late. Hope everything went great.. Keep us posted on your progress. Im scheduled for 7:30 tomorrow morning..Its 11:30 pm drinking my last glass of sweet tea (Im a southern girl, sure gonna miss it).

Hi everyone, thanks for all your replies. I had the surgery on July 13th and everything went well. The pain was not as bad as I thought it would be. The first 2 days I had the gas pains, but nothing the medication couldn't handle. I went back to work yesterday and I feel great. Started Mushies today and Oh do they taste so good.