Looking for people who are just starting the bariatric process

[Mudgy6 88]

My psych evaluation is on Monday. Kind of nervous cause I've never had one. Has anybody have theirs yet

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[BlueEyed4u 11]

Hello, I'm just near the end of my 1st mo of 6 supervised diet. My next appointment is on the 13th

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[BlueEyed4u 11]

I just had my phyc evaluation this past Wed., so as of right now all my pre test are complete.

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[BlueEyed4u 11]

My psych evaluation is on Monday. Kind of nervous cause I've never had one. Has anybody have theirs yet

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The eval is not that bad, you answer a true, false questions of about 370. You talk to the Dr and you're done.

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[RNY-Gal 40]

Hello, I'm just near the end of my 1st mo of 6 supervised diet. My next appointment is on the 13th

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I just finished my first month of 6. The 12th is my next weigh in. We will be pretty close to being surgery buddies. It's nice to see others be close in journeys as me. You get any of your testing done yet? I get most all mine done in April. (labs, sleep study, endoscope) GI X-ray and phy. Eval) pretty much days apart from each other. Time does seem like it's moving fast, but slow at the same time.

[BlueEyed4u 11]

Yes it does move fast at times and very slow at others. That's ok though, it's only getting us prepared for our day for the rest of our lifes. My eval was my last of all the pre op. I had most of all my testing done when I went in to see what was causing my reflux to get worse. Come to find out that I have a larg Hiurnal hurnia. So because of my hi bmi at that point was 44.9, the said they didn't like to do repair unless it was coupled with wls.

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It is nice to know others that are at the same time frame

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[applejenn 173]

Finished my requirements Feb 15. Just waiting for insurance approval

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[BlueEyed4u 11]

I still have till Aug to finish all my supervised

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[Mysticpink74 50]

I had my 6mo of dieting in with a diff doctor before I decided to go through with Route Y surgery!!

I did my initial meeting & had both of my required dietitian Appts....

all I really have left is to lose more 8lbs (my required 5% that I have to lose before surgery) & my Psychiatric appt for him to give the green light so they can get my insurance to cover surgery....

I've been doing the "Bariatric diet" for like 2mo now (meat, 1cup veggies, 1c fruit 3x times a day: no snacking in between...only Water, crystal light, & sugar free tropical Popsicles are accepted)

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[Twinkle Toes 29]

My psych evaluation is on Monday. Kind of nervous cause I've never had one. Has anybody have theirs yet

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I had my psych evaluation on Thursday --it was really nothing. The Dr asked me some questions for about 20 min, then I had to take the MMPI. It's a long weird True/False test. Just answer truthfully & you will be fine.

Good Luck!#

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[Mysticpink74 50]

Finished my requirements Feb 15. Just waiting for insurance approval

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Omg! 2/15 & you still don't have insurance approval I was hoping it would go faster...

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[Twinkle Toes 29]

It definitely depends on what insurance company you have. I have Priority & others have told me they were approved pretty quickly. (Of course I imagine the ones who were not approved are probably not on the boards? )

Good Luck with your approval! !

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[tiggerlillie 12]

Good luck those of you waiting for approval. I'm in Ontario so surgery is covered by our provincial health insurance. I have follow up with dietician and psych on April 11 and then hope to get surgeon appt. Since March 10 I have been off caffeine, no snacking, doing the Vitamin regime and trying to eat Breakfast and plan meals. I'm hoping it goes smoothly from here

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[GBaygurl 29]

I'm just starting mine as well but luckily there is no insurance weight requirement. My surgeon wants me to lose 20 lbs and then have an EGD then lose 20 more to be ready for surgery. I lost 11 lbs right away and was so close and then the holidays came and I gained it all back. At my checkup now and not excited to see what the doctor has to say about that

Edit: at my appointment today my doctor talked about a different procedure called SADI-S or single anastamosis duodenal switch. Anybody had that?

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[daizymom 62]

@@tiggerlillie I am also in Ontario.... I have my orientation at TWH on April 18th. I'm so anxious to get the process moving. I know how quickly a year goes by but I really just can't wait to be having my surgery.