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surgery tomorrow

SO i have been following the boards for a bit but this is my first post. I am having the sleeve tomorrow 1/30. i am excited but also scared. was anyone else scared of complications during surgery....any advice post op would be great

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  • Hello, YES, I am scared. Mine is Jan 31, 2017. I'm on here to keep me occupied. lol I worry about pain, the intibation (sp?) which they say you wake up with and I hate stuff like that. They will take

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  • Best of luck to you! I had mine on Jan. 16th, and it was the easiest surgery I've ever had. No pain, and almost no downtime. They even found and fixed a hernia, which my surgeon said was not uncomm

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Yes you are pretty far for me but we can at least follow each other and see how each other is doing and help support each other

I have Kaiser insurance where they require you to do an orientation which I have next week and then after that you have to sign up for A 12 week class and from what I understand you have to lose 10% of your weight during that class and halfway through you start going and getting all Preop stuff done that way when you're done with the class you can go see the surgeon right away and set up a date

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I just have to six months pre authorization under the for the bariatric office that requires once-a-month nutritionist dietitian in a psych evaluation class

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I also have to have a sleep apnea test

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I have Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina insurance

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