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Almost done with the pre-reqs

madlily

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madlily    34

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I'm almost done with my prerequisites for surgery (psych appointment next week, last class beginning of march).

I'm curious how long it took for you to get your insurance approval and your visit where you schedule your surgery? Since my class is March 2nd, I'm hoping to have insurance approval within a week after that, and then hopefully be scheduled for the end of March/beginning of April. I'm just wondering how realistic this is, and what your experiences are. Thanks!

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J_Mkay    18

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I'm starting that process now. Just finished my psych evaluation. I have to get clearance from a cardiologist ( that appointment is in Feb), and I have the medically supervised diet. I hope to be scheduled by june. Good luck to you!

I have to have my lap-band removed. But once they submitted everything to insurance I heard back within a couple of weeks (I think it would have been faster but it was submitted around Christmas) I hope you hear something back quickly!

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madlily    34

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I'm starting that process now. Just finished my psych evaluation. I have to get clearance from a cardiologist ( that appointment is in Feb), and I have the medically supervised diet. I hope to be scheduled by june. Good luck to you!

I have to have my lap-band removed. But once they submitted everything to insurance I heard back within a couple of weeks (I think it would have been faster but it was submitted around Christmas) I hope you hear something back quickly!


Yeah, I'm definitely hoping before June. I don't have any time requirements for weight loss. Just to lose the 5% and I'm already half way through that. So I'm hoping the insurance approval won't take long (I have good insurance through the hospital I work at, which is where I'll have the surgery) so I didn't have too many requirements.

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J_Mkay    18

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3 minutes ago, madlily said:


Yeah, I'm definitely hoping before June. I don't have any time requirements for weight loss. Just to lose the 5% and I'm already half way through that. So I'm hoping the insurance approval won't take long (I have good insurance through the hospital I work at, which is where I'll have the surgery) so I didn't have too many requirements.

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That's really good. Then I'm sure you will hear back from them in no time!! I wish you the best of luck!!!

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madlily    34

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That's really good. Then I'm sure you will hear back from them in no time!! I wish you the best of luck!!!



Same to you!! My cousin had a revision from lap band to sleeve, and she feels so much better. She was sick for so long. Good luck to you!

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kitty1392    14

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I had BCBS of Texas and it took two weeks... I actually had to push back my surgery date because of it. However, my surgeons office told me my insurance company is their least favorite to work with because they always take the longest. Ironically, my insurance was also through the hospital I work at, and where I was having my surgery. You’d think they’d give me a break!


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abefroman329    704

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Insurance approval took about a month. That was late September. I think the earliest I could have had the surgery was late October or early November, but I opted for December 20th so that I didn’t have to go on the pre-op liquid diet over Thanksgiving and so that I could spend the weeks of Christmas and New Year’s recuperating.

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MoB6227    8

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i had to wait 3 months from when i was approved by insurance due to that was the next time that was available.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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