Alright my fellow February sleevers! There does not seem to be too many of us currently, but I know more will come along! Please join the February 2013 Sleevers group so that we can keep up with each other!!!

Happy Holidays,

-Liz

Hi! I'm 28 living in a north west suburb of Chicago. I am scheduled to be sleeved on Feb 25th. I feel as if I have been on a diet my entire life. I've spent thousands on diets, personal trainers, devices you name it. My deductible for the surgery is only $275, could have saved so much money if I wasn't so hesitiant in the past. I am nervous and excitied all at the same time.

To the one that was dimissed by their primary, I was dismissed by my psychologist for cancelling an appointment 22 hours in advance. I missed the 24 hour cut off by two hours. She is charaging me a $65 fee, pretty much the amount my insurance would have paid for the visit. I'm very hurt by this because I felt a connection and like I ws making progress. They aer supposed to be a christian based non-profit organization, but wont show compassion! I'm at a disadvantage now because having a psychologist was a tool in place for me to help with emotional, stress and over eating both pre and post-op. Now I have to tell my life story to another doctor, lol.

My primary doctor has no clue that I'm having surgery. I guess I will let her know.

What are you all doing to prepare for pre and post-op? Have any of you found and good books/guides.cookbooks for life after weightloss surgery?

I'm excitied for all of us!!

Hey everyone

Just wondering had anyone gotten their FMLA paperwork done for their surgery? Are you using any short term disability insurance? I just got done with all my paperwork and only taking 2 weeks off.

Hi! I'm 28 living in a north west suburb of Chicago. I am scheduled to be sleeved on Feb 25th. I feel as if I have been on a diet my entire life. I've spent thousands on diets' date=' personal trainers, devices you name it. My deductible for the surgery is only 275, could have saved so much money if I wasn't so hesitiant in the past. I am nervous and excitied all at the same time.

To the one that was dimissed by their primary, I was dismissed by my psychologist for cancelling an appointment 22 hours in advance. I missed the 24 hour cut off by two hours. She is charaging me a 65 fee, pretty much the amount my insurance would have paid for the visit. I'm very hurt by this because I felt a connection and like I ws making progress. They aer supposed to be a christian based non-profit organization, but wont show compassion! I'm at a disadvantage now because having a psychologist was a tool in place for me to help with emotional, stress and over eating both pre and post-op. Now I have to tell my life story to another doctor, lol.

My primary doctor has no clue that I'm having surgery. I guess I will let her know.

What are you all doing to prepare for pre and post-op? Have any of you found and good books/guides.cookbooks for life after weightloss surgery?

I'm excitied for all of us!![/quote']

I am having my surgery on the 25 as well!! I was on a 6 month diet and spoke with a dietician once a month. Worked out really well for me too.

i have short term .. but i havent been on my job for 12 months .. for fmla i work for a good company thats ok with time off

Hi! I'm 28 living in a north west suburb of Chicago. I am scheduled to be sleeved on Feb 25th. I feel as if I have been on a diet my entire life. I've spent thousands on diets, personal trainers, devices you name it. My deductible for the surgery is only $275, could have saved so much money if I wasn't so hesitiant in the past. I am nervous and excitied all at the same time.

To the one that was dimissed by their primary, I was dismissed by my psychologist for cancelling an appointment 22 hours in advance. I missed the 24 hour cut off by two hours. She is charaging me a $65 fee, pretty much the amount my insurance would have paid for the visit. I'm very hurt by this because I felt a connection and like I ws making progress. They aer supposed to be a christian based non-profit organization, but wont show compassion! I'm at a disadvantage now because having a psychologist was a tool in place for me to help with emotional, stress and over eating both pre and post-op. Now I have to tell my life story to another doctor, lol.

My primary doctor has no clue that I'm having surgery. I guess I will let her know.

What are you all doing to prepare for pre and post-op? Have any of you found and good books/guides.cookbooks for life after weightloss surgery?

I'm excitied for all of us!!.. you shuld tell your dr.

Hey guys! This is my first time posting but I have been stalking this forum for months....sooooo much great info here. I was just approved today!!! I have a surgery date of 2/21 at 10am. I am nervous, scared and excited all wrapped into one. Ready to begin this lifelong journey and get to a new me. I look forward to all of us doing this journey together. Good luck to all of the February sleevers and I hope we all see each other on the Loser's Bench!

good luck to u ,,, im all scared and ready

Hi everyone I am a feb 6th sleever with Dr Schawb in Louisiana!

Just got news that my upper GI came back abnormal;(---- the PA said probably not a big deal, but I now need to see a specialist. They said issue was,"Mild esophageal dysmotility and distal tertiary contractions". I'm trying to find out more and if anyone has had this issue... But not much success on my search. I still have my surgery date, so at least that wasn't cancelled yet;). Yikes--- I just feel bummed that I've come so far!! Also, this doesn't help motivate me to start pre-op diet!!!

So glad to see that we are getting more February Sleevers!! Make sure you all join the February 2013 Sleevers group!!

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How do we join the group?

Hey everyone

Just wondering had anyone gotten their FMLA paperwork done for their surgery? Are you using any short term disability insurance? I just got done with all my paperwork and only taking 2 weeks off.

Yes, I work in HR so I was ALL over it. I'm taking only 8 days but working 1/2 days for a while. If it's too much I'll request more.

Congrats to everyone....fingers crossed and prayers said! we are all entering a new phase of our lives and have to be there for each other!!

Sent in my payments today. 28 more days. Woohoo!

Hey everyone

Just wondering had anyone gotten their FMLA paperwork done for their surgery? Are you using any short term disability insurance? I just got done with all my paperwork and only taking 2 weeks off.

I submitted FMLA paperwork to my doctor who is supposed to complete the paper work and fax it to the HR dept at my job. Not sure how long that will take. I'm also taking off 2 weeks.

Yes' date=' I work in HR so I was ALL over it. I'm taking only 8 days but working 1/2 days for a while. If it's too much I'll request more.[/quote']

Do we need to do fmla paper work to be off for surgery