Hello everyone, I've decided to have the gastric sleeve, my first consultant was August 22, after talking with the surgeon these are my requirement: blood work,psych eval, one visit with a dietitian,online teaching class, I ask the surgeon how will I know if I'm approved, he said that I will be approve, and I'm thinking WOW so where do I go from here?????? Well I had my blood work done the same day,,, my 2nd visit with my surgeon is Sept 18,,,my guess will be that he will be ready to schedule my surgery????

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Hello Allsmiles45,

I was in the same boat as you just 2 months ago, but now I'm on my way. I'm not sure where your getting your procedure done at, but I will be getting mine done at Naval Hospital Jacksonville through Tricare Prime. It seems like your almost there

Thanks I sure hope so

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I too am very excited about starting this procedure as well. I have met with the surgeon,done the psych eval, met with nurse and on Sept 10th have an appointment with the dietician. The surgeon told me to try and lose 20 - 25 pounds prior to surgery and that is where I am now. I just started this Monday and the first day was so hard. I was hungry. But now on day 4, it seems to be going pretty good and the hunger is not there. I am following everything they said to do and I just pray that I lose some weight.

I know I made the right decision. I am so excited!! Best of luck to you all. I hope we can stay in touch.

Congratulations on your decision! It's a whirlwind - exciting and crazy. If you're going through insurance I would advise calling your insurance too, if you haven't already. Just to make sure there are no requirements that they require that your doctor's office does not. Most of the time the offices are pretty good about communicating the correct requirements to patients, but I've heard of cases where they have missed something - and it's better to put in one call now than to realize later that you didn't finish requirements and be set back for a couple months. Sit back and enjoy the ride =) You will be at your surgical date in no time!

My surgeon is Dr. Balder of Mississippi. Whyweight.com

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Dr Balder is my Dr too. Hopefully in early October.