I had my second appointment at the surgeon's office today, and it went very well! I had gained a little weight (Flo's a comin') and ordinarily I would have been labeled "non compliant" but my BMI is borderline for insurance coverage so they were OK with it.

Next step is an endoscopy and the gall bladder ultrasound, and I have a psych appointment on 7/25 (hopefully they won't put me in a padded room). The coordinator said that if I line all my ducks in a row that there is a possibility that I could have the surgery in August!

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was he ever able to have the surgery?

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No, my husband never did have the surgery. We met just a few months later actually. I'm glad he did not. He has spoken here and there of wanting to go through the process again but I'm hoping he doesn't.

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@@Christinamo7

No, my husband never did have the surgery. We met just a few months later actually. I'm glad he did not. He has spoken here and there of wanting to go through the process again but I'm hoping he doesn't.

oh then - you must feel his health is good and weight is good and all that? why does he speak occasionally of wanting it?

The psych is the one that I worry about the most. Other than hoping insurance will approve the surgery. My DH, who is retired military tried for the surgery a few months before we met and a shrink labeled him with PTSD. It was the only step he had left. He was livid.

He told me to just speak when spoken to. They will try to trip you up. Hopefully his advice works well. Haha.

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I hope they also provided treatment for his PTSD? If that was the only thing keeping him from surgery it seems like rather than turning him down they would provide treatment and then reevaluate.