I have attended the seminar and have had my psych eval done. Have my first visit with the nurse at Transformations in Flowood, MS next week. I go from being scared to death to excited and back to scared again. Anyone want to share how they got over the roller coaster of emotions?

Crispy it doesn't matter what order they have you go in as long as you complete everything but its great you got the ball rolling.

Thanks I'm so SLOW!! lol... yeah the bariatric center had me do all three the same day NUT, psych eval and nurse.

. That's great you have completed so much in a short time, I wish mine could have all been on the same day.

Gosh - sometimes i am so jealous of those of you that have your surgery quick! The center that I belong to is very very strict (which I appreciate and all), but one does not even have an appt w/ the surgeon until you meet SEVERAL requirements AND lose 8% of your body fat. I have been trying VERY hard and DRASTICALLY changed my eating habits and have only lost 7 pounds! Just very frustrated today!

Gosh - sometimes i am so jealous of those of you that have your surgery quick! The center that I belong to is very very strict (which I appreciate and all), but one does not even have an appt w/ the surgeon until you meet SEVERAL requirements AND lose 8% of your body fat. I have been trying VERY hard and DRASTICALLY changed my eating habits and have only lost 7 pounds! Just very frustrated today!

My insurance just started covering WLS this year. As a state employee, of course, there was a list of hoops to jump through, or participate with Active Health Management for 6 months. So I jumped right in in January. The coaches at AHM assured me that going through them would make things easier. Funny, about the only thing I have not been worried about is getting approved! I wish it could be as simple for everyone. If you needed heart surgery, insurance would not make you wait 6 months, right?

My insurance requires either a 3 mth or a 6 mth pre surgery program at a center of excellence. I chose the three month program to get the surgery quicker. I wish that I would have chosen the six month program. So that I could have more time to adjust to this new lifestyle.