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I've been approved!!!!

eastindyguy

By eastindyguy, in Insurance & Financing

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eastindyguy    10

eastindyguy
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Just got the call that I have been approved by my insurance company. Originally they had said that I was going to need to do six months of supervised weight loss to get approved, but they approved me after 2-1/2 or 3 months (forget the exact date we started). I've given them a set of dates that fits into my work schedule, and I should hopefully have my date later today or tomorrow.

The only bummer is that my wife hasn't been approved yet. The insurance coordinator at our surgeons office is still working on her case and said that it may be one of those situations where one spouse is approved early and the other has to do the full six months (sounds odd to me but she said that is more common than I'd think).

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southernqt    236

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Wonder why it's like that? Anyways congrats your gonna love it! It's so nice to be able to control yourself on portions and sometimes you forget to eat and have to make yourself eat something :-) keep us updated on you and your wife!

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The Icy One    518

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Congratulations! Insurance companies probably do that hoping that one spouse will see what the other goes through and will decide to back out and save the company some money. Sneaky buggers. Anything to save a buck, you know. But even if your wife has to go the full six, she should still get her approval, too and you can be bandsters, together. :D

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Congratulations. If you end up doing yours before your wife, at least you will be fully recovered and "experienced" to help her begin her journey!

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eastindyguy    10

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Got the date for my surgery late yesterday. I'll be banded on 10/24. Having a date I great and exciting, but makes it a bit scary. Does that make sense to anyone?

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kshannon    69

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Got the date for my surgery late yesterday. I'll be banded on 10/24. Having a date I great and exciting' date=' but makes it a bit scary. Does that make sense to anyone?[/quote']

Makes perfect sense!! Congrats!!!

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Bandista    7,466

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That's great! I hope I am right behind you (waiting, waiting). It's great that you and your wife are doing this together. Even if the timing isn't matched at the very beginning, you'll be able to really help each other adapt to the new healthy new lifestyle and stick with it. Being male you are probably going to drop a lot faster than your wife -- it's just the way our bodies are. And you'll have this head start -- so she is going to need extra support and reassurance that she's on track. Gift certificates for facials come to mind.

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rose6850    29

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Got the date for my surgery late yesterday. I'll be banded on 10/24. Having a date I great and exciting' date=' but makes it a bit scary. Does that make sense to anyone?[/quote']

Congrats!! I got my 10/22 date today and I have a mix of butterflies and rocks in my tummy. Pre-op diet starts tomorrow. Yikes!!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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