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Seminar to Surgery?

Stacey Nicole

Seminar to Surgery?  

34 members have voted

  1. 1. How long after your seminar did you have your surgery?

    • 1 to 2 months
      7
    • 3 months
      9
    • 4 to 6 months
      14
    • More than 6 months
      4

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Stacey Nicole    40

Stacey Nicole
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Please take the poll above. I am wondering what the normal wait time for surgery is. I have BCBS insurance and the requirments are minimal to get approved. I have scheduled my consultation for the 26th of this month! I can't wait to begin my new life!

Any suggestions are appreciated!

Stacey :)

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To Be Thin 2011    80

To Be Thin 2011
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I have BCBS,,, I attended my first consult on 10/4/2010...had to have 2 minor test, pyhc consult (self pay BCBS did not pay for pyhc. consult) - Was approved sometime around the first week of December, the ealiest my doc could do the procedure was the 3rd week of December...

I opted to wait until January not only cause of the holidays but because I have $1,000. deductible.. that goes from Jan 1 - Dec 31.... why would I pay the deductible in Dec only to turn around and have to pay again in Jan if something medical was needed.

It made more sense to have surgery early January pay my deductible once, right off the bat in January, then be good for the rest of the year not having to pay anymore $$$$ on medical.. give it thought....

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Stacey Nicole    40

Stacey Nicole
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I have the BCBS PPO plan through work. I opted to pay more each week then to have a deductible but I completely understand your logic. I too am hoping or January right now. I have two kids and want to enjoy the holidays with them! I also need to schedule time off from work! Your weight loss is am inspiration! Congrats!

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FishingNurse    1,211

FishingNurse
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I had my seminar June 20th 2011 and my surgery Aug 9th 2011!!!

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Stacey Nicole    40

Stacey Nicole
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With my schedule, I believe I could get approved in 2 to 3 months - It's going to be getting the time off from work that is going to take longer.

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FlyGirl    18

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Please take the poll above. I am wondering what the normal wait time for surgery is. I have BCBS insurance and the requirments are minimal to get approved. I have scheduled my consultation for the 26th of this month! I can't wait to begin my new life!

Any suggestions are appreciated!

Stacey :)

Hi Stacey! I also have BCBS. I have all my dates of everything listed below. I set all of my appointments as soon as I knew what the next step was that I had to do. Just keep all of your information together and follow up on everything. After my info was sent to the insurance I called them everyday to check on the status... (I always got a different person, so I didn't feel like I was being too annoying, lol.) Read all the great info that you can find on this site. It's SO helpful because it seems that everyone has gone through basically the same situations. I love my sleeve and I'm sure you will love it too! It's definatly the best things I've ever done for myself. ;)

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sasicas    194

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I went to my seminar in September, got the call in December to start the official program. Spent the next few months doing nutrition classes, the shrink, etc. Met my surgeon and had my surgery at the end of February :)

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LeahG    16

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I had my inital seminar April 4th, but I had to wait until June for insurance reasons. So really, my journey began June 6th with the consultation and I was sleeved July 20th. I have BCBS of MI insurance and the only approval I needed was to have the hospital call the insurance company and "verify my benefits." I was instantly approved.

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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
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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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