Hi! I just started my journey and I am looking forward to chatting with those of you who are on a similar time-frame as myself. My insurance is Cigna so they require a 3 month supervised diet, psych eval and sign off from my primary (which I am worried about, I haven't seen him in 5 years so what if he wont sign off? should I find someone new? suggestions?)

I am aiming for an early September surgery date, my Dr. said it is doable! I am excited and nervous.

I have learned so much already from reading about everyone else's experience it has really helped to calm me down.

I feel like I am obsessed with this and it's all I can think about. I have probably watched 200 youtube videos so far. LOL

Any tips, tricks or advice is welcome and appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Apparently it takes months once you see the surgeon for my insurance. Looks like I won't be Sept or Oct. Sigh. So disappointing.

Baby steps!! You will get it

Surgery date of September 8th! Excited and terrified all at once!

I'm September 8th, too… 4 weeks from today!!

You can do this! We have come so fat already...

So after being a spectator on this site for 6 months while waiting to meet the requirements of my insurance, I now feel like more "part of the in crowd" with my surgery scheduled on September 8th. My first feeble post was like dipping my toes in the water; that I was scheduled and feeling excited and terrified all at the same time. The six months flew by...seriously, I thought it would be the opposite, that the wait would be tortuous....but alas, I'm literally counting the days and now my brain is drawing a panicked blank. I'm having nightmares that I wake up and the surgery "didn't take." After all, it's awfully hard to absorb the concept of how the surgery will limit my eating. Right? I'm right, aren't I? Surely others feel the same way? When it comes to food, I am driven by two gears: hungry and stuffed. And, despite the fact that I have previously been very successful at losing weight and equally successful at gaining weight, it's still a hard concept to grasp. So I'm sure it's quite normal to have difficulty believing that eventually, 1/4 a cup of food will fill me up. It seems so unreal. Sigh...I guess it's part of that emotional roller coaster of understanding and conceptualizing the gravity of surgery. I'm optimistic that my brain will catch up by time that date rolls around in a couple of weeks...

I saw the dietitian today for my pre-surgery consultation and clearance. She gave me my pre-op diet instructions and went over the phases of the post-op diet with me. One more step checked off the list...

Just got my surgery date of September 14th!

I got my official date of 9/16! I start my 2 week liquid diet on sept 2. ????????????

Great news ladies! Almost to the end of mine too. 3 more weeks til I get a date. Good luck!

I just realized that I posted my surgery date three times one here! Hahaha! Sorry, guys, just really excited.

As a reminder there is still a standing open invitation for anyone who wants to join our "secret" Facebook group, please ether post your email here or message it to me and I will add you!

Just got my date today. Sept 3rd is the lucky day for my surgery! Start my pre-op diet on 8/20..Had a band removed 6 years ago and this will be very exciting to see how different this is from that band. I was so miserable with my band. From what I've been reading the Sleeve sounds like a great fit for me. So proud of everyone on this journey to take their health seriously. Hooray!

Just got my date today. Sept 3rd is the lucky day for my surgery! Start my pre-op diet on 8/20..Had a band removed 6 years ago and this will be very exciting to see how different this is from that band. I was so miserable with my band. From what I've been reading the Sleeve sounds like a great fit for me. So proud of everyone on this journey to take their health seriously. Hooray!

the 3rd is my date too! Welcome!!!

I am scheduled for sleeve surgery on September 16th. It only took BCBS one week to approve which made me happy!

My tentative date is September 18th. I have a final weigh in at my surgeon's office next week, and then it will be all set!

Great news ladies! Almost to the end of mine too. 3 more weeks til I get a date. Good luck!

I too still have one more appointment.. At this rate I'll be looking at the end of September or early October ;(