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And if your insurance pays they will work with you

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Hopefully Tuesday I will have some good news. I have to go in talk with my doctor again and see if he will do me a referral to Dr.Miles even though he is in my insurance network they said I would still have to get a referral from my primary dr yes I qualify for the surgery bc I am 5'8 and 400+ lbs with high blood pressure, diabetic and I think sleep apnea. So hopefully Monday he will approve it for me and I can start my process

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Awesome..Good luck and if you need anything let me know. I am 6 weeks out

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I'm in AL. Surgery date was 9/7/15. My insurance wouldn't pay anything on it so I went to Tijuana, Mexico. Best decision I ever made for myself!

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My insurance didn't pay either. I went to guntersville..I loved my Dr.

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Northport, AL here. Currently seeing Dr Schmitt at AWLS. I am having pain from my lap band that was placed in 2007 and will be having VSG.

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I had the sleeve done almost four weeks ago as an emergency surgery when my lapband slipped

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How did you know your band had slipped and who did your sleeve. I am having problems with my band and lots of pain.

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I had the sleeve done almost four weeks ago as an emergency surgery when my lapband slipped

How did you know your band had slipped and who did your sleeve. I am having problems with my band and lots of pain.

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hi! also in alabama. im in Oxford (halfway between Bham and ATL) and i am having the sleeve done with Dr Schmitt on Jan 27th! i go in for my NUT class and last appt before surgery on the 20th and that is also when i start my pre-op diet. I am lower BMI (33) and am self pay. I am getting my loan through prosper as well!

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I live in muscle shoals, ,I had surgery Oct 6,2015

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What part of Alabama? Im in Winfield

muscle shoals

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Update: Having great success with my sleeve down 54lbs as of today!!!!! Having problems getting my Water in and also my Vitamins. Ugh the multi Vitamin does not sit well with my stomach. I take on a full stomach but I need to find another one besides the bariatric Multi-Vitamin. I feel great and cant wait to reach my goal. How is everyone else doing?

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Mobile alabama

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I'm from Ms but had my sleeve done in Mobile infirmary due to my insurance being there. Great hospital staff everyone is soooo supportive and dr ring old did and amazing job I'm not 4 days post op and feeling great

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    • Alisa_S

      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. LeighaTR

        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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