I posted an update on my process in another thread, but I also wanted to do a new thread because I have even more news!

In the other thread, I posted this:

Just got a voicemail from the pulmonologist's office. They have appointments available next week, which is a LOT sooner than I thought I could get one. I thought this would take the longest, since I just found out about the requirement right before Thanksgiving and had to get a referral from my PCP.

So now, all I am hoping for is that my insurance will take my Phentermine program. I was on it for an entire year, ending last December. Usually, my insurance requires people to have been on a three-month-long MD supervised diet program that ended within 6 months of applying for surgery. I am hoping against hope that they will decide that my year-long program shows that I am serious about this and not doing it on a whim. If not, my surgery will have to be put off until May, since I won't have time to have it during the college semester.

Well, I just checked my email, and the coordinator from the surgery center said that she thinks my phentermine program will be fine. So now, I get to schedule my surgeon's consultation, psych eval, and nutritionist's eval. Hopefully, I can get all that done as soon as possible, along with the pulmonology thing, and have everything sent to insurance within a week or so.:biggrin1:

This is all happening so fast all of a sudden. It seemed like it was dragging along, and now it is like whoosh!:faint:

YAY thats great laurend!

Fantastic...

that is wonderful progress!!!

What a nice Christmas present. woot!

So you might be able to do it between semsters?

That would be awesome!!!!!!!!!!

So you might be able to do it between semsters?

That's what I am hoping for. I REALLY want to try to get it done before the end of the year, but I know that's a long shot. It all depends on insurance, I guess, if I can have all my appointments soon.

Wow. That is great. I should have waited for the semester to be over with, but I am not patient. I also was thinking about if I walked across the stage on Dec 16, I would be down a few pounds if I went ahead with it. lol But I have decided (again) not to walk this time. I will probably walk when I complete my master's degree. We will see.

Good luck to you. I hope it all works out nice, fast and smooth.

Lauren, that is great news. I remember when my insurance finally approved me how exciting that was. I'm excited for you. Hopefully you can have surgery before the end of the year. Good luck.