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I am going to my my presurgery appointment this Thursday to find out when I'm schedule for my rny. But I'm so nervous because I started this journey at 292lbs ... I am now 300 pounds give or take a pound. I just feel like my insurance is going to deny me even though my Dr. has assured me otherwise. Did anyone else experience this and if so what happened?

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I gained almost 10 lbs between visits 1 and 6. I was approved in just a couple of days. Surgery was nearly 3 weeks ago. If you don't trust your doctor, maybe you need to go with a different one.

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I think the biggest concern would be that if there is weight gain prior to surgery the doctors may be concerned about your commitment to the whole process. Eating habits must change and the surgery alone will not fix weight issues. It's not a magic bullet, we must reform our entire relationship with food for long term success.

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I gained like ten lbs before my pre op diet. My surgeon wanted me under 300 before I got a surgery date but I attended the support group and suddenly he let me schedule...he did have me do a seven day liquid diet vs a five day which is there normal request and I lost 20lbs I was close but not under 300 at my surgery but he was very pleased

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My process took a real long time. I know I gained weight from the time I first started until I finish the prereqs. I didnt gain (but didnt lose) from the time I finished the prereqs until the preop diet.

HW 385 SW 359 CW 335 (50lbs down!) Sleeved 10/5/16

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It took me 15 months to go from initial visit to surgery. I gained maybe 5 pounds, but my BMI was right at 40 so had to be careful about not losing weight (sounds awful, huh?) - got denied the first time for not having over 3 years of morbidly obese history but my surgeon sent them an appeal letter and I was approved.

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I have aetna my last appointment is in 2 days and I have gained 9 pounds in sacred I won't get approved as well

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