I met my surgeon for the first time today. My husband and I both really like him. He asked which procedure I was interested in and I told him I was leaning towards the sleeve and he agreed that this was a good choice for me. He spent all the time we needed answering questions and explaining things. His office will contact me tomorrow to set up an appointment for an EGD.

My patient advocate came in and talked to us after the surgeon left. I have to finish up my 5 month medically supervised weight loss (next week is visit #4 and visit #5 is October 16) and then they will submit to insurance for approval! PA said that my insurance company takes about a week to approve. After approval they will call me to set up a surgery date, which could be within the next 1-2 weeks (as I won't have to do do a pre-op diet). So conceivably I could be having my surgery by October 6!

This has been a good day Hope everyone else out there is doing well today!

Summer

What a small world! Today was my 1st surgeon visit too. I really like him. He spent an hour and half with me and I never felt rushed. It was like talking to an old friend. I felt so comfortable. We talked about why so many folks are getting obese. What our bodies are hard wired to do and how this surgery will help overcome some of that. He almost exclusively does the sleeve because his experience with lap band, by pass, roux-en-y are not as positive as with the sleeve. He wants me to be checked for sleep apnea even though I've not had any problems. So I guess a sleep study is in my future.



I had to watch a sleeve surgery and while part of it was interesting, there was a lot of Ewww too. I know what the surgery entails and I'm pretty sure I could have gone my whole life not seeing that video. It's like finding out how beef goes from Mooo to my plate. There are just some things I really don't want to know.



I've got my psych visit done. Nut is schedule for the 26th. I have about 2 months left on my 90 day supervised diet. I feel so much better after finally meeting him.

It's getting very real and exciting, isn't it? Good luck on the rest of your appointments. Surgery day will be here before we know it!

Summer