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breprih    96

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Good Morning!

I wanted to give you an update on my appointments yesterday. I first met with the nurse practitioner, the one I’ve known for about 10 years now. She said with the mild sleep apnea and BMI of 35 I have a very strong case for approval now, yay! She said what they do is pick an arbitrary surgery date and send it to insurance for approval. They know insurance will say “no you need to do x-y-z first before we approve”. She said it’s their way of having insurance lay out 100% what is needed before approval. So, we fully expect them to come back and say I have a 90 day waiting period and that I need to see my PCP for the “OK” for surgery. I started this whole process Sept. 15th so my 90 day waiting period expires mid-December. That all means I could have the surgery this year but she said that most of the doctors take the end of year off so I’m not hopeful. I think I’m looking at early January instead which is fine since it’s such a small difference. The only benefit to having the surgery in 2017 is I’ve already hit my deductible for the year.

Then I went to meet with the dietitian; that was stressful. I’ve barely eaten “food” the last couple of years. Like I’ve said previously I had 4 years of infertility that consumed me and that is also around the time my major food intolerance showed up. I basically drank my calories and consumed slider foods to gain all this weight back. So right now she wants me to focus on eating 3 meals a day and finding sometime in my day, even if its 15 minutes to work out. I’m pretty sure I can make it work but it’s going to be hard with my little one. He’s both a terror and a delight LOL! I can’t just put him in the pack and play and walk on the treadmill; he’d scream the whole time. The child needs his freedom haha. He does go to bed by 6PM though so instead of sitting on the couch I am going to hop on the treadmill. I use to walk 3 miles a day 6 days a week but that was pre baby and I think it’ll be years before I can do that again. Baby steps. :) I go back to see the dietitian on 11/27 and I’m going to try my best to make big changes between now and then.

I see the psychologist today and I’ll come and update you after the appointment!

Oh and confession………….I’m up to 215lbs, ugh. I hate that I had to GAIN weight to get my BMI to 35 to qualify! Good news is the nurse practitioner said I can lose all the weight I want and it will not affect my approval!

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Klynngetsfit    42

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2 hours ago, breprih said:

That all means I could have the surgery this year but she said that most of the doctors take the end of year off so I’m not hopeful. I think I’m looking at early January instead which is fine since it’s such a small difference. The only benefit to having the surgery in 2017 is I’ve already hit my deductible for the year.

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keeping my fingers crossed for you!!!!

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breprih    96

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Just now, Klynngetsfit said:

keeping my fingers crossed for you!!!!

Thank you! Don't forget to keep me posted on your sleep test results!

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Klynngetsfit    42

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Well today is two weeks. I called them.....they need to have someone call me back. I am quickly losing faith in this facility LOL.

They should know when people are tired they are cranky

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breprih    96

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1 minute ago, Klynngetsfit said:

Well today is two weeks. I called them.....they need to have someone call me back. I am quickly losing faith in this facility LOL.

They should know when people are tired they are cranky

I think that is good! I called 2 days before my 2 weeks and they said the results were not released yet. Then I called 2 weeks exactly and they said someone would call me back. A call back is good! I think it means the results are in! FX for you!

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On 13/09/2017 at 1:37 AM, breprih said:

2017 - around 200lbs give or take 5lbs

You have a very pleasant personable look about you at any weight ... but you added 'visually stunning' when you appeared in this picture.

Be very proud of your ground-breaking self-improvement. WLS has given you access to a better life and a comfortable body.

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breprih    96

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12 hours ago, Rainbow_Warrior said:

You have a very pleasant personable look about you at any weight ... but you added 'visually stunning' when you appeared in this picture.

Be very proud of your ground-breaking self-improvement. WLS has given you access to a better life and a comfortable body.

Well, aren't you just the sweetest! Thank you so much for your kind words. What a wonderful way to start my day!

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breprih    96

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42 minutes ago, Klynngetsfit said:

Got a call last night regarding the sleep study, apparently someone was at a conference and they're behind.......Dr is going to try and put my file on the top. Hopefully I'll have some answers soon!

I'm glad they gave you the courtesy of a phone call even if they didn't have the results for you yet! Can't wait to hear, fx!

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breprih    96

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The psych appointment went well yesterday afternoon. She asked me many questions basically just trying to gage my habits, reasons for over eating, figure out if I had an eating disorder ect ect. She (like the others) encouraged me to work out more but to set small attainable goals. It was actually a really nice appointment. When I went through this the first time with the band there were these series of 4 classes I had to take (everyone did) and the psych said I didn't need to this time so I really lucked out!

Facebook sent me a lovely reminder of something I posted 5 years ago today.....my before and after. It was nice to see but kind of sad for me too. Oh how I can't wait to get back there.

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breprih    96

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Hey all just letting you know that I'm on Instagram now! @going_vertical

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Klynngetsfit    42

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@breprih called and spoke to the manager in the office....SURPRISE my results were ACTUALLY in this whole time LOL

so I have sleep apnea, have to get a cpap.

Also my Instagram is the same as my name on here :-D if anyone else wants to follow......i think its nice to have the support on IG as well.

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breprih    96

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14 hours ago, Klynngetsfit said:

@breprih called and spoke to the manager in the office....SURPRISE my results were ACTUALLY in this whole time LOL

so I have sleep apnea, have to get a cpap.

Also my Instagram is the same as my name on here :-D if anyone else wants to follow......i think its nice to have the support on IG as well.

Congratulations on sleep apnea, I think lol!

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