Hello everyone, I'm just getting started on my surgery journey. I went to the doctor on Friday and met with the surgeon, nutritionist, had blood drawn, was given a meal plan, was given the info for the psychiatrist talked insurance reqs and had an EGD scheduled. I didn't know what to expect but I was impressed. I am waiting for them to call me about classes sometime this week. I have to complete 3 months of classes/wt loss attempt prior to approval for surgery for insurance. I'm excited about this and wondering if anyone has any tips? Thanks in advance!!!

Congratulations.

You have nothing but good things ahead. A year from now you will be well on your way to meeting your goal. Wishing you the best!

Thank you! It's been something that I have been thinking about for a long time. I actually went to a consultation a few years back and chickened out. I never got as far as scheduling any other appts. I guess I got sick and tired of being sick and tired.

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Congrats- I'm in the middle of the process myself. My insurance requires 6months supervised diet which seems like forever. I have had pretty much everything else on my checklist completed other than the diet. My last visit to the nutritionist will be Sept. and I hope to be approved for surgery and have surgery the following month(fingers crossed). I wish you the best.

I wish you the best! My last insurance provider required 6 months which does feels like forever. I'm glad this one is only three. They called me yesterday to say all my labs were good except my Vit D which was low so now I'm on a supplement for a couple months. My surgery is looking like late October- early November. Keep me posted on your progress!!!

I most certainly will keep you posted. I was low on Vit D also and was on some supplements for 8 weeks.