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saygrace

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saygrace    122

saygrace
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tomorrow (4/3) i’m having my endoscopy and my second appointment with the team. so after this appointment what’s next? like when does the planning and insurance and scheduling process begin?

i have BCBS MA and am getting my surgery done and Newton-Wellesley hospital [emoji5]

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shelleycakes    2

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Once you finish your surgeons required testing then they will submit to insurance. They may have you do or you may have already done blood work, psych eval, esophageal test & an ekg. Authorization from insurance can take as little as a week on up to 30 days depending on you insurance.

Everyones journey is a little different. The hardest part of this process is being patient. Just stay the course and hopefully before you know it you'll be counting down the days til surgery.

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saygrace    122

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so as it turns out i’m NOT getting an endoscopy. getting a barium swallow test. and it got rescheduled tomorrow which is kind of a pain in the neck.


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tomorrow (4/3) i’m having my endoscopy and my second appointment with the team. so after this appointment what’s next? like when does the planning and insurance and scheduling process begin?
i have BCBS MA and am getting my surgery done and Newton-Wellesley hospital [emoji5]


Hello! I am in MA too, but going through Mount Auburn in Waltham. Did you call your insurance and find out what their stipulations were?


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saygrace    122

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Hello! I am in MA too, but going through Mount Auburn in Waltham. Did you call your insurance and find out what their stipulations were?



Nice, I’m actually from Waltham! I did not call insurance. I kind of just assumed given my weight/age/history I would be a shoe-in


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saygrace    122

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You would at least been asleep for the EGD, with the barium swallow you're gonna be right present and there. Bummer![emoji10]

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definite bummer!! and it’s not until 245 in the afternoon so i have to start fasting at 845am.... apparently my program does not require an endo


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Really looks good, I would say that's a very good sign things are moving along. So happy there is nothing bad at all. You've got,a little scoliosis, perfectly normal. I have it, as do many girls and some boys. Mine and that of my daughter were bad enough both boys had to have Xrays,too. This is one place in life where unremarkable is to be desired. Please keep me updated on your progress, we're going through this journey together, it's a lot less scary when you have someone to walk it with you. God Bless.

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saygrace    122

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Really looks good, I would say that's a very good sign things are moving along. So happy there is nothing bad at all. You've got,a little scoliosis, perfectly normal. I have it, as do many girls and some boys. Mine and that of my daughter were bad enough both boys had to have Xrays,too. This is one place in life where unremarkable is to be desired. Please keep me updated on your progress, we're going through this journey together, it's a lot less scary when you have someone to walk it with you. God Bless.

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yes i definitely don’t mind being unremarkable in this regard lol!! i’ve had scoliosis probably since i was like 8, so no surprise there. and i knew i had a little bit of reflux (as in if i eat spicy/acidic food i get reflux) so i wasn’t surprised by any of the findings. My next step is to attend a young adult meeting on april 26 and in the mean time cut down on my coffee/alcohol/weed intake (the coffee and alcohol have been fairly easy to cut down on)

definitely easier to go through the process with others, i will keep updating as things move along! best of luck to you as well!!!


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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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        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.

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