Just curious. I see a lot of people from the West coast and up north like Jersey and PA...

Hi @@laurenella82,

I am in the Washington DC area. I am going through the Providence Bariatric Center, Dr.

How far are you in your journey?

I am in DC. Had my surgery June 18th.

Awesome!! Where was your surgery?

This Thursday will be the last of my six months of nutrition classes, and then my paperwork will be submitted for approval. However, back in October I found out after my endoscopic test that I have the bacteria that causes ulcers in my stomach. I was put on an antibiotic cocktail (not the zpack that includes penicilin because I'm allergic) and two weeks ago after completing the meds, I had to blow into two bags to see if my stomach still contained the bacteria.

Feeling defeated! ????

Well I found out a few minutes ago that the results were positive. Now the doc has to find another cocktail as powerful as penicilin since the other one didn't work.

I'm worried this is going to delay the submission of my paperwork and ultimately delay me receiving a surgery date in the near future(like late December early January).

I am in Silver Spring, Maryland... I have my surgery on December 12th at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. My doctor is Tuesday Cook.

I have UHC, which covers everything 100% with no co-pays. However I did have to pay a $500 program fee which covered by psych eval, my Nut visit, and 10 exercise classes at the hospital's gym. I had to have 2 exercise classes before my paperwork was submitted, and I can use the other 8 anytime I want to after surgery.

My insurance approval took less than 48 hours.

@GreenEyes604...

Wow, 48 hours. I have UHC choice plus. It's amazing how UHC has various requirements. I just needed the 6 months nutrition classes along with the Psych Evaluation, Sleep Test, Endoscopic test and Cardiologist Evaluation.

I had my surgery at Providence Hospital. Dr. Marc Rickford was the surgeon.

Awesome!! Where was your surgery?

@@laurenella82 iam in Baltimore MD

Close enough @@Eharmon5 ???? have you already had your surgery?

@@laurenella82 yes I have,,,,have you?

I have not. I'm finishing up all the requirements for insurance approval this week. Praying for a January date.

I am in Maryland ..................

I am in Maryland ..................

Hey neighbor! What part of MD?

@@laurenella82 are you scared?

Not even a little bit! At least not right now. I probably won't be nervous until the day of.