...Denied! But that's okay because I am not giving up and neither is my surgical team. The nurse that I am working with is an amazing advocate and called and asked exactly what I needed to get approved and they said a 6 month, physician assisted diet was what they wanted. She said that they will accept notes from the two months that I have been going for doctor's appointments for this surgery so I have to do 4 months now...It fits my hopes for having it this year still so I am still excited and optimistic. Just made my first appointment today with my physician to begin the four month process. It'll be over before I know it and I am excited. I hope everybody is having a great day!

Good luck! Its true, 4 months will fly by. I'm in the midst of a 3 month diet now- should be having surgery in October. I know it sucks to wait but it will pass! My mom has always said the time will pass either way- this way it will be working towards a goal! Best of luck!

Good luck! Its true, 4 months will fly by. I'm in the midst of a 3 month diet now- should be having surgery in October. I know it sucks to wait but it will pass! My mom has always said the time will pass either way- this way it will be working towards a goal! Best of luck!

Thanks so much! It sounds like I may be able to do surgery in November-ish so we won't be too far apart!

The whole process took me a more than a year from the initial consultation to the surgery. I had to do a six month supervised diet, one chest x ray, two chest ct (doc wanted to make sure there were no infections[ I have asthma], stress test two times( the first one was over a year old). I also did the egd and found out I had H. Pylori so that had to cleared up. I did a two night sleep study. My pcp kept screwing up filling out the supervised diet form. Lastly, I was called a day before surgery and told that my date was changed from 5/14 to 5/15. Don't give up. Like other folks said, the time will fly by. You have to make sure you are mentally and physically prepared for this.

The whole process took me a more than a year from the initial consultation to the surgery. I had to do a six month supervised diet, one chest x ray, two chest ct (doc wanted to make sure there were no infections[ I have asthma], stress test two times( the first one was over a year old). I also did the egd and found out I had H. Pylori so that had to cleared up. I did a two night sleep study. My pcp kept screwing up filling out the supervised diet form. Lastly, I was called a day before surgery and told that my date was changed from 5/14 to 5/15. Don't give up. Like other folks said, the time will fly by. You have to make sure you are mentally and physically prepared for this.

HoneyBeeBK I noticed you are from NY most likely BK if I presume correct, me too. Anywho how long did it take your pylori to go away?