Tomorrow is my first consultation appointment with the surgeon. I'm going to IU Health North in Carmel Indiana. I'm pretty sure I want the Bypass, but I was wondering what to expect at this appointment and what questions I should ask. I want to be prepared!

How did your consultation go?

It went great. For my insurance, I have to do the 6 month supervised diet, one visit with the dietitian per month, and they counted yesterday's as the first appointment. I met the surgeon, and he was really nice. I got information on dieting, they want me to lose at least 15 pounds before surgery, and do the high Protein, no carb diet to shrink my liver, and go ahead and start Vitamins.

the appointment made me feel better about my prospects of getting approved, but I'm still nervous. I hate that I have to go through the six months and then ask for approval from the insurance company. i wish that we could get approval first, and be told that as long as we comply with the 6 month program we will have the surgery. I just have the healthy indiana plan and it makes me nervous because I've been told that its hard to get approval with them, even though they told me yesterday that I qualify according to my insurance requirements.