Well, I just got back from my doc appt. It went very well! He is very pleased by my progress and he actually smiled...twice. WOW! I have a stoic, soft spoken doc but he is one heck of a surgeon. Zero complications aside from acid. He is calling in an rx for Prevacid. I sure hope it works! Other than that he told me that I far exceeded his expectations and he expects me to reach my ideal body weight of 140. I also have to get labs drawn to check my Vitamin levels.

This is food for thought:

At the end of the appt he told me that the insurance company is keeping a close eye on my progress and that they keep records on all patients who have had the sleeve to monitor whether or not they should continue to approve the procedure in the future. I have UHC *** and I jumped through hoops to get approved but they finally came correct. I do know they are one of the first insurance companies to cover the sleeve. Some still only cover LapBand and Gastric Bypass.

So! Needless to say I am going to do my best to make sure that I stay on track. The thought of somebody not being approved for this in the future is something I do not want to be even partially responsible for. I feel like I was given a gift and a second chance at life. I am so happy I chose the sleeve!

Now that is really exciting! To be part of a group of select individuals to influence whether or not the sleeve will be approved in the future. I'm sure it will be approved considering all the Lap Band people who had a significant amount of complications that cost the insurance company a lot of money. You are already a success! Take it in, and please give yourself a lot of credit for your hard work. KEEP ROCKIN THAT SLEEVE!

CONGRATS!!!!

Do u mined me asking how much u lost n 3 mo. to get to 140 goal & how tall u r?

Jjen, on Wed I will be 3 months out and I will have lost 36.8lbs post op. I was required to lose 15lbs pre op so total is 51.8 lbs as of now roughly.

I am not at 140 yet but the doctor expects me to be there by my one year anniversary. I am 5'3" and at my first consult I weighed 234lbs. My current weight is about 174-175 (I did not get on the scale today )

I honestly thought I was a slow loser but if the doctor is pleased then so am I! I am now even more determined to get to 140 since I know they are "watching" me