Found out today that my surgery is on April 18th, not April 25th like I thought. I start my pre-op diet (5 meal replacement shakes a day for 2 weeks) on Monday. Now I just have to hope and pray my FMLA is approved, which isn't my biggest worry. My biggest worry is the amount of money they are going to ask me to pay up front the day of surgery (my insurance co-pay). I hope it's an amount that I can handle...all these new prescriptions, vitamins, shake mix, calcium chews, etc. are all so expensive. I hope I'm not doing it all for nothing just to find out I can't afford the surgery itself. I need this so bad...hopefully it all works out.

Edited April 1, 201610 yr by tiffanymarie6997

Best of luck with your surgery. Keep us posted on how you are doing.

I wish someone had told me about the Premier Protein Shakes before I bought the nasty and expensive powder mix from doctor's office. The Premier Shakes tasted so much better to me. Still drink them today and I am 16 mos post-op and down 110 lbs. Also I get my calcium chews and Probiotic from Costco - much cheaper. The Bariatric vitamins were not much cheaper online unfortunately. Best of Luck, hope it all works out.