WELCOME ABOARD!!!

Just found out a few days a go that 6 October is my surgery date. I thought I would get this topic rolling.

I have been down this road before. Last year I started the 3 months of losing weight for the insurance folks and even got a surgery date of 22 February. Then I went to my Pysch appointment and she said no to me having the surgery. I was not in a good place mentally and so we have worked on getting me to a better place. I started out at 396 and I had lost the 35 pounds the doc wanted me to lose but once the surgery was cancelled I went off what I was doing and now I am even heavier. 403 is my current weight. My sleep apnea has gotten a lot worse and I am having other issues I did not have before. So I am starting the process again. I have my first appointment 19 August so we will see what happens then.

Edited July 22, 201511 yr by 395Ron

I am good! Pending insurance approval it was submitted 9/11. So it looks like I will not be a Fair Oaks with you, probably will be there the following week. I am really ready to meet with my surgeon to discuss some of my concerns since this is a revision. I really need to write them down so I don't forget a thing!

In that case I will be your tester to ensure the facilities are up to standards.

Yeah I work best when I write out my concerns. Then once I have them written down it's funny because another will pop up and I will add it to the list.

@@395Ron your surgery is at fair oaks?

@@sweettooth2015 yes it is at Fair Oaks hospital in Fairfax VA. I will arrive at the hospital by 12:45 and my surgery will be at 2:45. This Wednesday is my pre-op appointment with the surgeon. I may have more information then. Right now I am feeling nervous, anxious, and scared.

Awesome.... I will definitely be following you and wishing you all the best

@@sweettooth2015 are you having surgery at Fair Oaks 13 days after I do? Mine is on the 6th. Is yours the 19th?

@@395Ron yes I am...

Hi everyone! I thought I would be having surgery in November, but they were able to schedule me for October! My RNY is scheduled for 10/12/15, with Dr. Shadle at Sutter Roseville. I start my pre-op next week!

I was approved, my surgery is 10/21. I have preop tomorrow. BCBS approved a 7 day stay which has me freaked out a bit.

@ that sounds like the insurance is looking out for you and approving it now in case you need it. That is a very good insurance that is thinking that far ahead.

It made me nervous being that I am a revision patient! I was thinking does my dr think I am gonna need 7 days!!! Lol

How's preop going?

@ I can certainly understand thinking WTH my doctor hasn't said anything about a 7 day stay yet he went to the insurance company and requested that long a stay. What is going on that I don't know about?

Just finished my pre-op yesterday. Everything is running smoothly so far. I had 2 pages of questions for the doc and 2 more for the NUT.

After hearing people talk about how confusing it is to figure out which Vitamins to buy and having enough stress already, I decided to purchase the vitamins from the docs office. If I want to find cheaper ones I can now take my time.

They were pleased with my current weight loss and we discussed what my initial weight loss goal would be. My first weight loss goal will be losing 100 pounds.

I thought that if everything was still on track after this visit I would calm down some but I actually think I am even more nervous and worried now that everything is still on. I know I am weird but that is how I feel.

See how nervous I was I wrote your name wrong! Thanks for the response.

I have heard the Vitamin situation is hard in the beginning. What to take when, when to drink, no Iron with Calcium (I think) it is all so confusing. My dr's office makes you by a vitamin pack from them initially. I have my preop today with tons of questions! I don't have my next NUT appt until the 10th.

I can understand the nervousness and excitement.

From start (seminar) to surgery I've spent about eight months. My insurance required six months of nutrition visits and five years of documented weights from my primary care physician. It's been a long several months of jumping through the hoops, but I have my pre-op testing on the 8th and my surgery is scheduled for 10/26/15! I'm so excited, and so very hopeful, that this might finally help me get down to a healthy weight.

I'm very lucky, I don't have any formally diagnosed comorbidities...yet. I feel like it would only be a matter of time, and I can see my blood pressure creeping up towards hypertension. Fairly extensive family history of cardiac issues, I'd really like to avoid some of those problems if I can!

@Mogwaicat many of our Ocober group has switched over to thses two groups :0)

http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/350150-anyone-having-surgery-in-oct/

and

http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/351882-october-list-of-surgerys/