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Having my surgery on May 9th with a BMI of 32, and co mobidities

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SteveFletcher    0

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Best of luck to everyone I go in on May 6...start pre op diet tomorrow.

Fletchsa1

Hi,

I go in tomorrow 9th May, how did it go?

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Mike4140    1

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Hey Fletch!

Hope all goes well....tell me bout your pre op period - any trick up your sleeve on how you get thru it?

Will want to talk to you when you are banded...

Mike4140

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SteveFletcher    0

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'Fletchsa1' timestamp='1304843878' post='1610798']

Fletchsa1

Hi,

I go in tomorrow 9th May, how did it go?

Hi,

Sorry for the delay in replying, everything went well, I am 3 weeks pre op diet and two weeks post op. no problems at all - 22 lbs loss already.

A little sore around the port area if touched but I guess this is to be expected after stitching things into my body!!

The baby type food is a bore but I will get through it - only two weeks remaining and then the delight of mashed food instead of pureed food for a further two weeks.

How are you doing? ]

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broomt    1

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I have BMI of 31 with mild sleep apnea. My surgery date is June 30. My surgeon said he is very excited about how good I am going to do with this because of how motivated I am (I run half marathons now). I am kind of scared. He also said that I will be at my goal weight of 125-130 by the holidays. What if I am that one person in 100 that this thing doesn't work for?

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WEESIE    5

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I go for surgery on Wednesday, two days from now. I had a BMI of 36 when insurance approved me. I have lost 11 pounds on the preop diet and am now below 35 BMI, which would not qualify me for insurance approval. Fortunately I have been approved because of co morbidities. I am extremely nervous. My husband can't stay so this will be my first surgery to be alone. I am also going through all kinds of emotions which surprises me. I guess because it is entirely my choice to do this I am more nervous than a medical emergency type surgery. Have any of you ever felt guilty or inadequate because you couldn't do this without the band on your own? That is where I am now. If you had this feeling, how did you get over it?

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DrmBig4Evr    152

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I go for surgery on Wednesday, two days from now. I had a BMI of 36 when insurance approved me. I have lost 11 pounds on the preop diet and am now below 35 BMI, which would not qualify me for insurance approval. Fortunately I have been approved because of co morbidities. I am extremely nervous. My husband can't stay so this will be my first surgery to be alone. I am also going through all kinds of emotions which surprises me. I guess because it is entirely my choice to do this I am more nervous than a medical emergency type surgery. Have any of you ever felt guilty or inadequate because you couldn't do this without the band on your own? That is where I am now. If you had this feeling, how did you get over it?

That is great! I am right at 35 BMI and just now starting the process, I was worried that once I got apprvoed along with the co-morbidities and I dropped below the 35 that it would affect my insurance. How did the procedure go for you? I am under a time crunch so I am hoping to start the process with insurance this week and get banded by the end of June, is this timeframe ok?? Or is it more involved?

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WEESIE    5

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The surgery went fine. I was banded on May 25th. Apparently they don't resubmit your weights once you have been approved. I assume that if you wait too long after the approval it would have to be resubmitted, but I was in a hurry. I just posted about my insurance experience in another thread. I have United Healthcare but it is my employers policy that makes mine so good. The phone line at United Health Care told me that most of their policies aren't as easy to deal with. Good luck with getting your band done quickly.

That is great! I am right at 35 BMI and just now starting the process, I was worried that once I got apprvoed along with the co-morbidities and I dropped below the 35 that it would affect my insurance. How did the procedure go for you? I am under a time crunch so I am hoping to start the process with insurance this week and get banded by the end of June, is this timeframe ok?? Or is it more involved?

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