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Am so happy!! After 3 years of fighting tooth and nail to get surgery, I would have to wait another six months just to send to insurance!! :((

I have decided to just self pay, my health is more important to me than waiting around another six months!! Now the date is set and I'm sper excited!

I am happy that I have found this site! Everyone seems so encouraging and supportive!

If anyone can give me any tips I would appreciate it!

My dr says I may not even need to do the liver shrink liquid diet before! That is exciting!

I have been overweight my entire life! Right now I am 306 and my goal is 160. I'm smiling as I type that, it seems so unattainable but I know I'll get there! I'm excited to be the person on the outside that I have always been on the inside!!

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Insurance company can be a pain sorry to hear you have to pay your self but your on your way to better healt. Good luck

Surgery Anniversary 7/30/12

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Are you sure you don't want to wait just a little longer. This surgery is expensive with out insurance.

Wishing you luck you will be a success.

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I know, it is expensive but I am to the point where my health matters more. My hospital has. Cash pay price of $18,000.00 so it's cheaper but still expensive. I'd rather be healthy than buy a new car this year ;).

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I know' date=' it is expensive but I am to the point where my health matters more. My hospital has. Cash pay price of 18,000.00 so it's cheaper but still expensive. I'd rather be healthy than buy a new car this year ;).[/quote']

Agree with you :) your health is more important. I wish I had money for plastic surgery. Trying to save but too many bills at the moment.

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We all have to do what we have to do

Health is higher up the list of stuff i need. Though I would look real good on a new 3 wheel Harley. Maybe next year right

Surgery Anniversary 7/30/12

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So true so true!!! I will be happy to actually ride my Harley without feeling like everyone is staring at me!!! Lol ;)

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I hear you about being impatient and wanting to do this right away. I, too, was impatient and didn't want to wait, but had to for insurance reasons. However, the six month period of time really FLEW by and was also beneficial to me in preparing for this. Let me give you a few examples. During the six month period, I:

  • Learned as much as I could about the surgery and how to be successful
  • Prepared myself mentally for the lifestyle changes that would be required
  • Cut sugar from my diet to help ready myself
  • Reduced my caffeine intake
  • Gained new habits like not looking for the closest parking space, but taking a distant one in order to get in more walking.
  • Set expectations and context for family members
  • Established my support mechanisms
  • And more!

Whatever you choose to do, the best of luck to you!

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Support is everything.

This will be the hardest thing you will ever do and having support will help.

Everyone on this Fourm are here to support you on your Journy.

Good luck

Surgery Anniversary 7/30/12

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My last appointment is October 23rd then it will be the waiting on insurance approval part. So knowing I have to be on a one week pre op liquid diet I am looking at November as the earliest time for surgery

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      1. LeighaTR

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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