I'm planning to have my surgery in late January if approved by insurance. I live in Federal Way, WA.

Currently scheduled for Feb 20 in Mexico

Blkbell, glad to hear you are recovering well! I hate the liquid diet thing. Did folks have to do a liquid diet prior to surgery? If so, for how long? I'm on this diet where I have to go 10 days liquid then 7 days low carb and back and forth then 10 days liquid before surgery. Is this common?

I'm planning to have my surgery in late January if approved by insurance. I live in Federal Way, WA.

Hi! I live in Federal Way and am also planning on having the same surgery if approved by the insurance.

Hi everyone! I'm local Seattle area!

I'm almost one year post Vsg. ( Jan 9,2015.) Just wanted to reach out and let you all know I'd love to answer any questions you may have about the process, etc! It's been an amazing year of change!

I'm healthy, well under surgeons goal weight and just loving life! There's still work to do in the skin dept but I couldn't be happier with my results! It's a journey and total life overhaul ... There's tough moments but the successes totally outweigh them. Just keep yourself committed to the process. Cheers to you all!

I'm planning to have my surgery in late January if approved by insurance. I live in Federal Way, WA.

Hi! I live in Federal Way and am also planning on having the same surgery if approved by the insurance.

Hi erossano, which surgeon are you having the surgery with?

Hello everyone! I live in Graham, WA. I have my first appointment with Dr Houseworth at Federal Way St Francis on January 20th. I'm so excited and ready to do this! I've already had my insurance contacted and they cover the surgery, so now I want to get this process started. I was so excited when I found out my insurance covered the surgery and the appointment was the first thing I set up after it became active. I'm just sad that I have to wait until almost the end of January to go but its one step in the right direction for me! I would love to find people locally for additional support and understanding through this process. Good luck to everyone out there and Happy New Years!

Hello everyone! I live in Graham, WA. I have my first appointment with Dr Houseworth at Federal Way St Francis on January 20th. I'm so excited and ready to do this! I've already had my insurance contacted and they cover the surgery, so now I want to get this process started. I was so excited when I found out my insurance covered the surgery and the appointment was the first thing I set up after it became active. I'm just sad that I have to wait until almost the end of January to go but its one step in the right direction for me! I would love to find people locally for additional support and understanding through this process. Good luck to everyone out there and Happy New Years!

Hi!! I also have Dr. Houseworth. He's really nice. He is doing my surgery on January 14th!! So exciting. Welcome to the journey.

I was sleeved back in July at Rockwood in Spokane (lived on the Palouse at the time). Rawlings preformed my surgery and Spitz my husbands. Learned early on to keep in contact with my case manager to make sure everything was progressing. Both of us had the 5am check in for the first surgeries of the day. Poor DH sat in recovery for like 4 hours before a recovery room came available. Thank goodness for puzzles and my iPad, lol.

Hi everyone! I'm local Seattle area!

I'm almost one year post Vsg. ( Jan 9,2015.) Just wanted to reach out and let you all know I'd love to answer any questions you may have about the process, etc! It's been an amazing year of change!

I'm healthy, well under surgeons goal weight and just loving life! There's still work to do in the skin dept but I couldn't be happier with my results! It's a journey and total life overhaul ... There's tough moments but the successes totally outweigh them. Just keep yourself committed to the process. Cheers to you all!

Hi, thanks for posting! May I ask what your pre-surgery weight was and how much you have lost?

Hi everyone! I'm local Seattle area!

I'm almost one year post Vsg. ( Jan 9,2015.) Just wanted to reach out and let you all know I'd love to answer any questions you may have about the process, etc! It's been an amazing year of change!

I'm healthy, well under surgeons goal weight and just loving life! There's still work to do in the skin dept but I couldn't be happier with my results! It's a journey and total life overhaul ... There's tough moments but the successes totally outweigh them. Just keep yourself committed to the process. Cheers to you all!

Hi, thanks for posting! May I ask what your pre-surgery weight was and how much you have lost?

Sure!

I was 240 pre surgery

220 day of surgery

My surgeons goal was 160

Currently 147

I'm 5'7"

93 lbs total loss.

Hi everyone! I'm local Seattle area!

I'm almost one year post Vsg. ( Jan 9,2015.) Just wanted to reach out and let you all know I'd love to answer any questions you may have about the process, etc! It's been an amazing year of change!

I'm healthy, well under surgeons goal weight and just loving life! There's still work to do in the skin dept but I couldn't be happier with my results! It's a journey and total life overhaul ... There's tough moments but the successes totally outweigh them. Just keep yourself committed to the process. Cheers to you all!

Hi, thanks for posting! May I ask what your pre-surgery weight was and how much you have lost?

Sure!

I was 240 pre surgery

220 day of surgery

My surgeons goal was 160

Currently 147

I'm 5'7"

93 lbs total loss.

Thanks! Your stats are congruent with mine post surgery. I hope to achieve your results post surgery!

I'm in Washington but just beginning the process

To the ladies with Dr Houseworth. I'm using dr Anwar from the same office in federal way. My insurance covers but with stipulations. I have to do 6 nutrition consults plus one group meeting & a psych eval. Then pending insurance approval then we can schedule surgery date. My first nutrition apt in on Jan 4th. I've already had my consult with Dr Anwar he has approved me as a Candidate for surgery. Can any one help me with this process like what I'm looking forward to learning what to expect etc.

To the ladies with Dr Houseworth. I'm using dr Anwar from the same office in federal way. My insurance covers but with stipulations. I have to do 6 nutrition consults plus one group meeting & a psych eval. Then pending insurance approval then we can schedule surgery date. My first nutrition apt in on Jan 4th. I've already had my consult with Dr Anwar he has approved me as a Candidate for surgery. Can any one help me with this process like what I'm looking forward to learning what to expect etc.

Hello 1Irene,

My insurance is probably a little different. But they too required a 6 month nutrition program before insurance approval. This equated to 1 consult a month. During the 6 months I did my psych evaluation, EGD, abdominal xray and all the other tests and clearances including cardiac clearance for surgery. After the 6 months the office sent all my info to insurance. I called abt every 2 days and was approved in abt 9 days. After that I called the office to schedule surgery. They also scheduled me for the pre op nutrition class and preoperative surgery class as well as a final appointment with the Doc before surgery. And of course my surgery date. They did not give me a check in time as I won't get that until my final appointment. They scheduled surgery about 6 weeks out from when I called to schedule so unfortunately I couldn't get in before the end of the year. But that's been my journey!

Thank you that was extremely helpful. I guess I'm so ecstatic about the classes & the opportunity to change my life for the better I just didn't want to get upset in the end with insurance not allowing the procedure. But seems to me this is all just preparation for the patient to learn a new lifestyle