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hudjess    95

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I called my insurance today because I could not wait any longer and I was APPROVED!!! Now I have to wait for the letter unless the office calls and requests it to be faxed. I am going to call them once I go on lunch so that I can get this started (: YAYYYYYY!!!! And for anyone wanting to know.

I have Blue Shield of CA and was told that they have 5 days to process the authorization and the office sent it on Friday, insurance didn't get it until Monday and this morning it was approved.

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Dee~Dee    107

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I called my insurance today because I could not wait any longer and I was APPROVED!!! Now I have to wait for the letter unless the office calls and requests it to be faxed. I am going to call them once I go on lunch so that I can get this started (: YAYYYYYY!!!! And for anyone wanting to know.

I have Blue Shield of CA and was told that they have 5 days to process the authorization and the office sent it on Friday, insurance didn't get it until Monday and this morning it was approved.

Congratulations you must be tickled pink right now.. Yeahhhhhhh!!! I cant wait for mine to through... I have about 2 more weeks. Good luck to you.

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nennas_mommy    20

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How exciting!!! I also have BS of CA and I am on month 4 of 6. How was the process for you? Where are you having your surgery?

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Steph6981    51

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Good for you!! Have you called your surgeons office? They will probably call you and set a date up. I'm in California and have Cal Viva. I too called my insurance and found out I was approved and an hour or so after I found out my patient coordinator called me to set up appointments. I am 4 months out and don't go back til December 5th to the surgeons office for a follow up. I'm down 72lbs. You will be glad you made this decision to get healthy!!

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Steph6981    51

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How exciting!!! I also have BS of CA and I am on month 4 of 6. How was the process for you? Where are you having your surgery?

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Where are you having surgery at in California? I've met people on social media who live in Cali can go through ALSA (Advanced Laproscopic Surgery Associates) in Fresno, CA. Anyways I'm 4 months out and doing well.

You will do well!

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hudjess    95

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I called my insurance today because I could not wait any longer and I was APPROVED!!! Now I have to wait for the letter unless the office calls and requests it to be faxed. I am going to call them once I go on lunch so that I can get this started (: YAYYYYYY!!!! And for anyone wanting to know.

I have Blue Shield of CA and was told that they have 5 days to process the authorization and the office sent it on Friday, insurance didn't get it until Monday and this morning it was approved.

Congratulations you must be tickled pink right now.. Yeahhhhhhh!!! I cant wait for mine to through... I have about 2 more weeks. Good luck to you.

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Thank you (:

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hudjess    95

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How exciting!!! I also have BS of CA and I am on month 4 of 6. How was the process for you? Where are you having your surgery?

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I live in Iowa unfortunately lol but the process was long, I went through hoops and jumps but I feel like if everyone was on the same page then it wouldn't have been like that. The insurance as been wonderful and always answered my questions and now to be approved and they sent my doctors office the approval fax on Wednesday so I was actually approved on Wednesday. Good luck to you.

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hudjess    95

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Good for you!! Have you called your surgeons office? They will probably call you and set a date up. I'm in California and have Cal Viva. I too called my insurance and found out I was approved and an hour or so after I found out my patient coordinator called me to set up appointments. I am 4 months out and don't go back til December 5th to the surgeons office for a follow up. I'm down 72lbs. You will be glad you made this decision to get healthy!!

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Thank you, congrats to you! The office called and told me to be expecting a call today from the nurse to set up my appointment. I'm anxiously waiting. How long did they take to approve you? Did you get the soonest date that was available for surgery? Sorry I'm asking so many questions

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Steph6981    51

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Good for you!! Have you called your surgeons office? They will probably call you and set a date up. I'm in California and have Cal Viva. I too called my insurance and found out I was approved and an hour or so after I found out my patient coordinator called me to set up appointments. I am 4 months out and don't go back til December 5th to the surgeons office for a follow up. I'm down 72lbs. You will be glad you made this decision to get healthy!!

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Thank you, congrats to you! The office called and told me to be expecting a call today from the nurse to set up my appointment. I'm anxiously waiting. How long did they take to approve you? Did you get the soonest date that was available for surgery? Sorry I'm asking so many questions

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When I called my insurance they told me the request was sent to them on May 11th (my birthday) and I was approved May 20th. I was going to have the surgery May 31st but with it was best I waited til the kids were out of school. So I had my pre op appointment June 8th and had surgery June 14th. I was only in the hospital overnight. My surgery took longer to do because when I was a very little baby I had surgery to repair my diaphragm. I also had a feeding tube incision. The sleeve was started at 11 am and I got into a room by 4 pm. I believe I was in recovery for one hour. The doctors that were in the OR told me it took twice as long to do. But I didn't get the nausea or vomiting. I had lots of gas pain. But of course I started walking within a hour or so of getting into a room. I did good. There was requirements I had to do before I was discharged. For instance I had to drink a certain amount of Water. Oh, the ride home on the freeway was horrible because of all the bumps. But recovery wasn't too bad. Now, I still have a umbilical hernia. They told me that they were not fixing it during surgery until I have lost the weight because it could come back. So sometime I will have that fixed. Anyways, if you have questions please feel free to message me!

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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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