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Poking for a support system. Initial consultation January.

Hello MathBoo, I'm from Madison, Ms. I was in Oxford this past week. Are you having your surgery at North Ms Medical Center? Good luck on your first consultation. I am scheduled for Feb 11 in Jackson. Good luck to you.

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Thanks. My internist recommended the sleeve in November. Last year he tried me on Adipex, Victoza, and Byydureon. They all ended up making me sick. I have a friend who did the sleeve in Oxford and has lost 95 lbs since March 2013. She has encouraged me profusely.

I talked to my insurance company on December 19th and they feel like it can be speedy because of the things tried in the last year. My job now is my initial consult and I am waiting for bariatric coordinator to schedule it. Hopefully, it will be speedy although I will not get my hopes up. Dr. King is who I have chosen based on recommendations. Baptist Memorial is where it happens. I am praying to have it a few days before spring break but it depends on the insurance. Since it was recommended the insurance coordinator seemed to think it would move faster.

Good luck. I want all the details. ????

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Mathboo, I hope it will be a speedy process for you. We could very well be having surgery at approximately the same time period if they are able to rush you through. You will have to do the psyche evaluation, nutrition visits, cardio visit, gastro, and sleep study so you should be able to get all of that done in January. Do you have two weeks for spring break? That would give you a good start on your healing process. I will definitely keep you apprised of everything. My surgery date is still tentative since we're still waiting insurance approval. I have federal BCBS and when I talked with them they said it would not be a problem if I completed all of the preliminary stuff. It seemed so far out but the time is going very quickly. I can't wait to get it over and start the losing process. :)

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