Hi all, I went for my testing yesterday...here in St. Louis they have it set up to do it all in one morning....I went from one through to five tests in 2 hours...very organized!!!! The tests I did were, Psch eval, NUT appt, EKG, Stress test, chest exray. The psch eval was nothing! Only ten minutes and basic questions, I guess I had the idea they would ask,'why are you a chubby person???HUM???" I guess not...yea! Also I was nervous about the stress test, not a big deal at all.....took about 10mins tops! The goal was to get my heart rate upto between 145 and 175....they kept moving up the incline and it was quick! I don't thing I need to do any thing else until the blood tests close to surgery....now I wait until approval from INS....we have Cigna...any ideas how long? So I'm figuring Jan for surgery...I have two young daughters and want the holidays out of the way!!!! Yippee...thanks for all the info here!!!! Tracy

Yay! good job getting through those tests quickly -- I went through them quickly too and was very surprised that nothing bad came out of them (my family has a history of heart problems) -- so hooray!! Sorry, have no idea about the insurance, but at least you're done with the testing

Thanks Julie! Onward and Upward!!!! Tracy