Hi all

Been lurking while I went through all my prereqs for surgery inc 6 mths under doc supervised diet. I should have long had my surgery by now but first my patient rep couldnt find my dr's approval letter (sent in early April) then it took a while to get it according to her. After that, the insurance company said they never got the request from my doc (early May) Honestly, I am not so sure that happened but either way, with my pushing back to patient rep, insurance did finally receive everythign and approved within 2 days (UHC PPO+). Now I am finally ready to schedule surgery and patient rep wont schedule until formal notice comes in mail from insurance company which should happen this week.

ANYWAY - on to my actual question - with family activities and wife going out of town in late June - How much assistance did you really need when you got home? I want to get this done asap as even though I am severely overweight I still enjoy playing tennis and softball and new seasons begin in Aug and know that I need 6 weeks before I can really get back out there. I am hoping if I schedule this just before my wife leaves, maybe a couple of days with my mom here can cover. She cant do much other than bring me stuff if needed

I was fine having someone there to support me by bringing things and tracking my medications the first few days.

I'm not sure how much you have to lose, but that may impact your healing. Have you talked to your surgeon about recovery and his recommendations?

People really are amazed at how fast they recover. The people who have the most trouble are the ones who hate the liquid Protein and have trouble with the post op diet.

As long as they don't get dehydrated, most people's healing goes very quickly.

I was back to work in less than a week, but I have a desk job and I didn't have very much weight to lose.

If you read the posts, there are a lot of people who are amazed at how much better they feel in a week.

I didn't really "need" anybody although my husband was there. You'll do fine even if you are alone. :thumbup:

I'd say I was good to go around day 4. I went on to weight bearing activities I'd say around week 2. I think you'll be fine to do it just before wifey goes away! Good luck!

thanks for the responses!