Hello everyone! My name is Natasha. I'm new to here and looking to have the gastric sleeve done. I been going back and forth with it since 2015 and had my pcp refer me last year and am finally going for it. I went to the seminar and have my first appointment scheduled with Dr Georgescu Sept 15th. Has anyone here had him as a surgeon? Where are my CO people? Anyone have to go through the medicaid stuff here in Colorado? How was it? Any recommendations?

Tips.... patience definitely. The pureed stage seemed to last forever and was a really boring diet, but then it's over and things are so muvh better! One thing that helped me was dry milk powder. I bought unflavored protein powder (it does have a flavor really) and didnt like it. Did much better mixing dry milk powder into things like cream soup. Made them creamier and didnt add a nasty taste. Much cheaper too.

Water goes down fine for me, but hot herb tea goes down even easier. I swear by herb tea every morning with 2 tsps of benefiber dissolved in it - to avoid some of the other postop woes

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I just had my 5th weight class for Medicaid. Any tips on how to get Medicaid to approve after the 6th visit to get a surgery date?

6 hours ago, Miss Topaz said:

Tips.... patience definitely. The pureed stage seemed to last forever and was a really boring diet, but then it's over and things are so muvh better! One thing that helped me was dry milk powder. I bought unflavored Protein Powder (it does have a flavor really) and didnt like it. Did much better mixing dry milk powder into things like cream Soup. Made them creamier and didnt add a nasty taste. Much cheaper too.

Water goes down fine for me, but hot herb tea goes down even easier. I swear by herb tea every morning with 2 tsps of benefiber dissolved in it - to avoid some of the other postop woes

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Thank you! Yeah I heard about the powder milk but the sugar content scared me. Thank you so much for all your tips. I'll definitely be using some of these.

11 minutes ago, Azure said:

I just had my 5th weight class for Medicaid. Any tips on how to get Medicaid to approve after the 6th visit to get a surgery date?

Just work with your Drs and do everything they ask. Did you already meet with the surgeon, dietician, do the psychiatric eval and all your labs and GI scope? Mine was approved after my 6th in exactly 6 months because I did everything the Dr and program required. It seriously took a week after they submitted my paperwork to get my approval. Where are you at with everything?

I have finished psych eval and Rose’s required class. I haven’t heard anything about scheduling the labs and GI, but will ask about that. I am just so ready to feel better! My 6th is April 27th. So hoping I can get this done in May!

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Every surgeon is a little different but I was approved fairly easy after the submit. Hopefully you will too.