I would love to make some surgery buddies now so we can go through all the pre-op requirements together and stick through surgery and beyond. Anyone else already know their surgery will occur this summer?

My surgery is going to fall in the July or August time frame. Most of this is dependent upon checking all my surgeon's boxes, the rest is dependent upon my financing since I'm self-pay. I'll be getting the sleeve.

I love my surgeon and feel really lucky to have found him. So far the pre-op stuff has gone smoothly, but I am just at the beginning stages. I've scheduled all my evals and classes and attended my first weight loss class last week. I found it to be mildly helpful. It was certainly geared more toward those that hadn't already read through the surgery binder and/or those that had no clue what healthy eating consisted of. I'm hoping future classes focus more on the post-op eating.

My first visit with my PCP about this surgery is next week as that's the soonest I could get in to see her. I'm hoping she'll be supportive as my surgeon knew of her when I told him that's who I see. But if I have to find another PCP so be it.

My first dietician appt is next week and psych eval is the week after that. I only have to get these three meetings out of the way to schedule my surgery. So I'm anxious to get that done!

I'm excited to hear from others along the same timeline as me!

40 minutes ago, Frustr8 said:

Everybody break out the paper streamers, the confetti, the toy plastic horns. Frust8 passed her psych reevaluation, going for the gold metal and the 5 little tummy slits and to become,a kangaroo+(cause kangaroos have pouches) maybe-ish June? ???

Congratulations!

Everybody break out the paper streamers, the confetti, the toy plastic horns. Frust8 passed her psych reevaluation, going for the gold metal and the 5 little tummy slits and to become,a kangaroo+(cause kangaroos have pouches) maybe-ish June? [emoji13][emoji106][emoji13]

Congrats!!!

I had my monthly check in today and hit my goal weight! They also said that I just need the pulmonary letter and cardiologist letter and I’m set! And I’ve done the sleep study and recently had cardiological exams so those should be coming soon! They said to start thinking about dates... ahhhhhh!!!!!!

Tah rah rah boom de Ay- We all got good news today!???

Everybody break out the paper streamers, the confetti, the toy plastic horns. Frust8 passed her psych reevaluation, going for the gold metal and the 5 little tummy slits and to become,a kangaroo+(cause kangaroos have pouches) maybe-ish June? [emoji13][emoji106][emoji13]

Congratulations!! [emoji322][emoji322]

1 hour ago, Frustr8 said:

Everybody break out the paper streamers, the confetti, the toy plastic horns. Frust8 passed her psych reevaluation, going for the gold metal and the 5 little tummy slits and to become,a kangaroo+(cause kangaroos have pouches) maybe-ish June? ???

Congrats!

I am joining in too. I have my last weigh in on 5/8, I have my pre op group meeting tomorrow, I have a sleep study on 5/2 and cardio clearance on 5/4. After that everything should be sent to my insurance. My urgeon told me I should be looking at a late May or early June surgery date.

Ill be having surgery around the end july early august as well i go for my egd the 8th and have 3 more weigh ins till they can send it through the insurance. Im super excited but also nervous as it gets closer to the end of this beginning journey.

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36 minutes ago, Tinainjax said:

I am joining in too. I have my last weigh in on 5/8, I have my pre op group meeting tomorrow, I have a sleep study on 5/2 and cardio clearance on 5/4. After that everything should be sent to my insurance. My urgeon told me I should be looking at a late May or early June surgery date.

Welcome Tinajax, you are getting so close!

10 minutes ago, kekevsg1122 said:

Ill be having surgery around the end july early august as well i go for my egd the 8th and have 3 more weigh ins till they can send it through the insurance. Im super excited but also nervous as it gets closer to the end of this beginning journey.

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Hi kekev, welcome!I'm hoping for late August or early Sept.

I'm really hoping for early September but who knows. I did my seminar online way earlier this month. Then scheduled my consultation with the surgeon that's not until May 23. My insurance does not require me to do any program (3months or 6months) however the place I am going to requires 3 months with a nutritionist (once a month).

On 4/25/2018 at 1:40 PM, Frustr8 said:

Everybody break out the paper streamers, the confetti, the toy plastic horns. Frust8 passed her psych reevaluation, going for the gold metal and the 5 little tummy slits and to become,a kangaroo+(cause kangaroos have pouches) maybe-ish June? ???

23 hours ago, insta_adventurer said:

Congrats!!!

I had my monthly check in today and hit my goal weight! They also said that I just need the pulmonary letter and cardiologist letter and I’m set! And I’ve done the sleep study and recently had cardiological exams so those should be coming soon! They said to start thinking about dates... ahhhhhh!!!!!!

Wooo Hooo - Excited for you both!!!

19 hours ago, Tinainjax said:

I am joining in too. I have my last weigh in on 5/8, I have my pre op group meeting tomorrow, I have a sleep study on 5/2 and cardio clearance on 5/4. After that everything should be sent to my insurance. My urgeon told me I should be looking at a late May or early June surgery date.

Awesome - you could have your date any day now!!

18 hours ago, kekevsg1122 said:

Ill be having surgery around the end july early august as well i go for my egd the 8th and have 3 more weigh ins till they can send it through the insurance. Im super excited but also nervous as it gets closer to the end of this beginning journey.

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We could be surgery twins - this is the same time frame I'm looking at!

17 hours ago, Brittbrat said:

I'm really hoping for early September but who knows. I did my seminar online way earlier this month. Then scheduled my consultation with the surgeon that's not until May 23. My insurance does not require me to do any program (3months or 6months) however the place I am going to requires 3 months with a nutritionist (once a month).

That waiting for the first meeting with the surgeon is brutal. Spend a lot of time here to keep your mind of the time.

I've been busy this week so here are my updates.

Psych eval was easy. We chatted for awhile, she asked about the support I have, what I've done in the past to lose weight, what my plans are for post-surgery in terms of healthy habits. Had a quick discussion about my health history and that was it. She didn't tell me at the end if I passed or not but I can't imagine I didn't. I plan on checking in with my surgeon next week to see if they've received the green light from her.

This morning I had my annual visit with my PCP. My surgeon had already sent over the info to her about the surgery so that was nice to not have to re-explain everything to her. I wouldn't call her supportive, but she didn't try to dissuade me in any way. It was more of just her glossing over it and confirming the tests I needed done for the surgery. She did my blood work and an EKG (which was the quickest EKG in history).

Next step is my dietician appt in 2 weeks. That's the last major hurdle to get over so I can start discussing dates for the surgery.

On 4/22/2018 at 7:34 AM, crystal649 said:

I had my first Dr. Visit in October. I immediately finished all the pre op appointments ie psych evaluation, meeting the nutritionist. I just finished my 6 month supervised diet last Monday and now I’m just waiting to hear back from insurance so I can schedule my surgery. My Dr. Is shooting for June and I’m having gastric bypass.

I think I missed welcoming you to the group, so welcome!!

My last diet appointment is on May 18th. I will be getting (hopefully) insurance approval soon after that. So, I should be having my surgery this summer.