I have taken the first steps in my journey and now i am awaiting the approval from my insurance company. I would love to at least chat with others in my local area. Are any of you great people from South Florida?

I'm from the west palm beach area just starting my journey. Gotta wait 6 months.

I'm from the west palm beach area just starting my journey. Gotta wait 6 months.

Oh no. I am sorry to hear that. but at the end of those 6 months, everything will happen so quickly. I am actually in the Ft Lauderdale area. I went to the seminar in march and I am now scheduled for surgery on July 28th! Next week I begin all my pre op testing. I am excited and nervous at the same time!

I moved to the Orlando area (from South Florida) but I'm still down there in spirit! I began the process in January and my surgery date is 27 June...just 9 days away. I'm excited and terrified but currently just excited. I'm on the phase II diet, which I thought would be terrible drinking only Protein shakes, 3 times a day, with fat free yogurt (green label publix brand is really good if you like greek yogurt), with some sugar free Jello if I need it and a small green salad each day with lite vinagrette dressing. I could have raw veggies, but they're not on my list of foods that I like .

While I'm not down in South Florida it does seem like the three of us are around the same starting weight with similar goals so we should keep in touch during the entire process. I do travel down there an awful lot -with family still in Palm Beach and Hollywood so you never know -maybe one day after we are all used to our new eating habits we could meet up and share stories! Or maybe the two of you could come up here -visit Disney...I may or may not work for one of the areas within.

I am north of you in Jupiter. Surgery date planned for Aug. 25. Self pay so I don't have to go through the 6 months nightmare.

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I'm glad I didn't have to do a six month diet- my insurance required 90 days and that was log enough.

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Miami here, had sleeve almost 10 months ago. I've lost 138lbs so far. I'm here if you guys have any questions. Good luck!!

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Wow, great job!!!

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I'm also in South Florida! I started my journey in February and just got my surgery date yesterday! August 17th!

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I moved to the Orlando area (from South Florida) but I'm still down there in spirit! I began the process in January and my surgery date is 27 June...just 9 days away. I'm excited and terrified but currently just excited. I'm on the phase II diet, which I thought would be terrible drinking only Protein shakes, 3 times a day, with fat free yogurt (green label publix brand is really good if you like greek yogurt), with some sugar free Jello if I need it and a small green salad each day with lite vinagrette dressing. I could have raw veggies, but they're not on my list of foods that I like .

While I'm not down in South Florida it does seem like the three of us are around the same starting weight with similar goals so we should keep in touch during the entire process. I do travel down there an awful lot -with family still in Palm Beach and Hollywood so you never know -maybe one day after we are all used to our new eating habits we could meet up and share stories! Or maybe the two of you could come up here -visit Disney...I may or may not work for one of the areas within.

I am from kissimmee, and I am just starting my journey, I have my fist appointment with my doctor on 7/19

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Hey everyone! Do you guys mind me asking what type of insurance you have that covers the surgery? I am moving to Florida soon and have so far been unsuccessful in locating a plan that covers bariatric services. Any pointers would be helpful. Thanks :-)

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Candicane- yay I think we were meant to meet on here. I had a Pekingese born on Christmas and her name was candy cane! Good luck with everything as you start the process. Are you going to Dr Kim at Celebration hospital? He and his entire team is amazing! I love them all and love the passion he truly has for helping us become thinner and healthier. His support groups are great too- lots to learn.

I am now 4 days postop and feeling good. I'm getting my fluids in and the only thing that bothers me is seeing somebody drinking a Diet Coke! Haha!

The process feels long but believe me, once I had my cardiac, psych evaluation, and 3-month supervised diet (I used dr Kim's nutritionist) my patient advocate got Cigna clearance in under 3 days. Then the time flew by! If you ever have questions or need to talk just let me know

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Hey everyone! Do you guys mind me asking what type of insurance you have that covers the surgery? I am moving to Florida soon and have so far been unsuccessful in locating a plan that covers bariatric services. Any pointers would be helpful. Thanks :-)

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I have Cigna through work

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Candicane- yay I think we were meant to meet on here. I had a Pekingese born on Christmas and her name was candy cane! Good luck with everything as you start the process. Are you going to Dr Kim at Celebration hospital? He and his entire team is amazing! I love them all and love the passion he truly has for helping us become thinner and healthier. His support groups are great too- lots to learn.

I am now 4 days postop and feeling good. I'm getting my fluids in and the only thing that bothers me is seeing somebody drinking a Diet Coke! Haha!

The process feels long but believe me, once I had my cardiac, psych evaluation, and 3-month supervised diet (I used dr Kim's nutritionist) my patient advocate got Cigna clearance in under 3 days. Then the time flew by! If you ever have questions or need to talk just let me know

Yah that's my nickname all my friends call me. And no I am not going to Kim he don't take my insurance, I'm going to dr parra-davila, but his office is across the street from celebration hospital. My first appointment is on the 19th. I am glad you feel good.

How long does it take from the first appointment, I been looking at the post and it looks like it takes 6 months. That seems so long.