I finally got my surgery approved by Insurance. This has been a long process from having H Pylori on my EGD with two rounds of treatment to getting my family to support my decision. But I'm almost there with getting the time off from work to have my surgery on 3/16/2017. Reading all the post on here and seeing all the pictures make me want to hit my goal hard and stay in check. I feel like a little kid waiting for Christmas morning.

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What was your process like?

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I had to have a sleep study, an EGD, see psych for clearance. Of course seeing a nutrition specialist 3 times. My EGD showed that I had a H Pylori and have been treated with two different course of medicine. Which are no fun.

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How long did you have to be monitored before the go ahead?

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I started the process in September. Mainly it's been the H Pylori that kept postponing the surgery.

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You sound like me. I had to have similar stuff done and started this Journey in December. I just had a endoscopy a couple days ago and have a hernia in my stomach and irritation so now am on two meds. One more appointment with the doc and hopefully will get a date for surgery soon.


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Just got the results finally this past Friday. I'm cleared to go. Surgery 3/14