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Today I had my surgeon appointment at my new Hospital, he explained to me that with my insurance I have a prerequisite of 6 months supervised diet. THEN my doctor asked if I had seen my PCP last month, I told him I've seen my PCP monthly since January and he told me that those months of seeing my PCP count as weigh-it's for the 6 month requirement, now I only have to do 3 months of a Pre-Op Weightloss group. He suggested I attend one this month so that by June, for our next appointment (June 13th), he can schedule me for surgery. It is definitely nerve wrecking because I believed I had 6 months to prepare myself. Although, I am excited.

I also did my blood work today in which all my lAbs came back normal, they scheduled me for an upper GI along with my other apps (Nutrition group class, Nutrition one on one, Nutrition follow up, Psych Eval). I'll be set with all my appointments by the end of May. I'd only have my upper GI & surgeon apt for June 13th to tend to (which would be the date I find out my surgery date) ah. I'm so excited to start this process. Even though my surgeon didn't tell me to lose any weight, I have lost 6lbs in 2 weeks by changing my eating habits. Not much but it's definitely something to me.

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Congrats on losing weight and getting your surgery moved up. I'm hoping for early August (as long as all testing goes smoothly).

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That's great. 6# is wonderful. I say go for it, you're going to be just as nervous waiting six mos but you can always ask them to schedule you a mos or so later if you feel you need longer to mentally prepare.



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Congrats on losing weight and getting your surgery moved up. I'm hoping for early August (as long as all testing goes smoothly).


Likewise! Thank you, I'm also hoping for July/aug, I've finally settled in with the idea. And have tried to change my eating habits. Although I've been very unsuccessful lately.


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That's great. 6# is wonderful. I say go for it, you're going to be just as nervous waiting six mos but you can always ask them to schedule you a mos or so later if you feel you need longer to mentally prepare.









Thank you! I've finally settled with the idea of having surgery sooner than expected. I have a nutrition support class tomorrow which I'm hoping will definitely help with changing my lifestyle prior to surgery. So I can have successful weight loss.


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