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Susie1226    138

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I am just now getting started with BMI. Met with Dr. D FEB. 21' date='2013.

Mar. 14, 2013 1st visit with dietician.

Could anyone tell me how many visits to dietician they require?

How many WLS support groups required?

I am on Medicare and they require full 3 months. Got kinda confused about insurance coverage, but visit was hectic with seeing 2 others and dr. I know a lot will be clarified when I go see Jodi. Did y'all get A lot from your appts. With her?

I am totally committed to do whatever I need to do .... Thanks to anyone who answers my questions?

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I didn't so it with them. But I got sleeved on 2/19 with Dr. Gonzalez at the the Texas Center for surgical weight loss. It's at NE Baptist but my actual surgery was at Foundations hospital off of Huebner. I had 3 months of medically supervised weightloss as required by my insurance BCBS. The NUT just told me a few things to do such as drink more Water and add Protein drinks. But it wasn't anything major. I met with my NUT on the same day as my doctor. I did a visit every month. Hope this helps.

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Ibelieveinsteve    5

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My understanding is that the number of nutrition visits is often dictated by the insurance companies. Mine is Humana PPO and they are requiring 6 visits. The doctors and staff at BMI of Texas have been fantastic with me. I'm looking at a December date if everything goes well. Good luck!

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KeRrAZeE    5

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I am getting sleeved by Dr. Seger on Dec. 18, 2013. I am more than nervous! I wish it would hurry up and be here and over with...so I can stop feeling anxious! I am a self pay so I saw the NUT one time and nothing very major...didn't get into much details about stuff. BUT if I have questions about anything I email her and she replies quickly. So the experience there is good so far. I hope the surgery goes well too!

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Ibelieveinsteve    5

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That's great KeRrAZeE!! I'm very happy with the results thus far. The office has been very accommodating whenever I have had questions. I hope your surgery goes well. Mine is going to be at Methodist S&T. Dr. Seger seems to be a great doctor along with his partner. So I would be happy with either of them. Good luck!!

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lmdx0sleeved    14

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Getting sleeved by dr Duperier in February *fingers crossrd*

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Just got sleeved by Dr Duperier on Jan 28 and he was great. He discussed the procedure afterwards. Mine operation was a little more difficult he said because my stomach was higher in my abdominal cavity. This caused a few geometry problems getting to the stomach with the tools. That's why you want someone with a lot of experience and not someone who is doing his training on you.

Dr. D is the very good.

The staff at Methodist Specialty and Transplant was great also. Dr SHankar Sanka was the MD calling the shots on meds for my bloood presssure, blood sugar, etc. He was great also. Very down-to-earth, not condescending, just a great guy!

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lmdx0sleeved    14

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Just got sleeved by Dr Duperier on Jan 28 and he was great. He discussed the procedure afterwards. Mine operation was a little more difficult he said because my stomach was higher in my abdominal cavity. This caused a few geometry problems getting to the stomach with the tools. That's why you want someone with a lot of experience and not someone who is doing his training on you. Dr. D is the very good. The staff at Methodist Specialty and Transplant was great also. Dr SHankar Sanka was the MD calling the shots on meds for my bloood presssure, blood sugar, etc. He was great also. Very down-to-earth, not condescending, just a great guy!

Good to hear !!!! Keep me updated on your journey I'm sure you'll do great!

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StaceyVSG    47

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Just got sleeved by Dr Duperier on Jan 28 and he was great. He discussed the procedure afterwards. Mine operation was a little more difficult he said because my stomach was higher in my abdominal cavity. This caused a few geometry problems getting to the stomach with the tools. That's why you want someone with a lot of experience and not someone who is doing his training on you.

Dr. D is the very good.

The staff at Methodist Specialty and Transplant was great also. Dr SHankar Sanka was the MD calling the shots on meds for my bloood presssure, blood sugar, etc. He was great also. Very down-to-earth, not condescending, just a great guy!

I was sleeved by Dr. D on the 27th!!! I had a great experience! :-)

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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