My surgery is on September 26th and I'm extremely nervous.

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On ‎9‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 1:43 PM, CRD1981 said:

My surgery is on September 26th and I'm extremely nervous.

Good luck!

Good luck![emoji4]

Good luck to you too

Got my time for the surgery, I have to be at the hospital at 6am and my procedure starts at 7:30. This will all take place on the 26th. I am ready for the surgery part of this to be over. The liquid part of it has not been all that bad. I am doing well. I have managed to get off of all of my shots for my diabetes.

Got my time for the surgery, I have to be at the hospital at 6am and my procedure starts at 7:30. This will all take place on the 26th. I am ready for the surgery part of this to be over. The liquid part of it has not been all that bad. I am doing well. I have managed to get off of all of my shots for my diabetes.

I have to be at the hospital at 5 a.m. and my surgery starts at 7:30 as well. I'm just feeling all the emotions

I have what seems like an unusual concern. I'm all ready to set my date for VSG and I have a great doctor, just waiting for my insurance authorization, which I hope will come soon. Then I am going to tell my work that I need the time off. I work for a small start up, we just hired an HR person! I'm more worried about getting the time off, and I don't want to disclose what surgery I am having, than anything else. We only get 3 weeks PTO a year and I have taken one. I really hope it will be no big deal, but now I wish I worked for a more normal, large corporation.

Edited September 22, 20187 yr by JessLess
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Have you been there more then a year? Family Medical Leave may be an option. However you might have to disclose the type of surgery you are having

12 minutes ago, iattcom said:

Have you been there more then a year? Family Medical Leave may be an option. However you might have to disclose the type of surgery you are having

No, but I am in sales and my sales numbers are quite high, which leads me to believe (hope?) they will want to keep me. If not, I have savings and am prepared to get fired or laid off, get COBRA, and get a new job. I have a couple of standing offers to do sales at other tech companies near me.

They do know I have debilitating back pain (I have a standing desk, etc.) and that is one of the main reasons I am getting the surgery. I (and my doctors) think getting the weight off will really help my back.

At least worrying about this has me totally fearless about the surgery itself!

Edited September 22, 20187 yr by JessLess

No, but I am in sales and my sales numbers are quite high, which leads me to believe (hope?) they will want to keep me. If not, I have savings and am prepared to get fired or laid off, get COBRA, and get a new job. I have a couple of standing offers to do sales at other tech companies near me.
They do know I have debilitating back pain (I have a standing desk, etc.) and that is one of the main reasons I am getting the surgery. I (and my doctors) think getting the weight off will really help my back.
At least worrying about this has me totally fearless about the surgery itself! [emoji4]

If it's medical you're safe, as long as you have the surgeon's office send your job a letter. The letter that was sent to my job did not inform what type of surgery I was having only that I'll be out for a short amount of time because I'm having surgery. And as of September 26th I'll be out on medical leave for my job.

Unfortunately, I don't know that to be true for a company smaller than 50 people. I believe the prevailing law is "work at will" which means they can let anyone go for any reason. Is there something legally I don't know about?

Are there any other support groups online?

My surgery is scheduled for 10/29/2018. it took 5 months to get all of the testing done (EKG, endoscope, colonoscopy, ultrasound, psyc approval). The insurance company gave the OK last Friday. I haven't felt nervous, just excited. I am ready to stop the yoyo diet lifestyle. I have tried all of the regular, and some not so regular, weight loss plans. I would lose well, and then gain it all back, plus few extra pounds. I am ready to leave that in the past as I start this new part of my life.

My surgery is scheduled for 10/29/2018. it took 5 months to get all of the testing done (EKG, endoscope, colonoscopy, ultrasound, psyc approval). The insurance company gave the OK last Friday. I haven't felt nervous, just excited. I am ready to stop the yoyo diet lifestyle. I have tried all of the regular, and some not so regular, weight loss plans. I would lose well, and then gain it all back, plus few extra pounds. I am ready to leave that in the past as I start this new part of my life.

Let's do this!!!!

My surgery is scheduled for 10/29/2018. it took 5 months to get all of the testing done (EKG, endoscope, colonoscopy, ultrasound, psyc approval). The insurance company gave the OK last Friday. I haven't felt nervous, just excited. I am ready to stop the yoyo diet lifestyle. I have tried all of the regular, and some not so regular, weight loss plans. I would lose well, and then gain it all back, plus few extra pounds. I am ready to leave that in the past as I start this new part of my life.

Thanks for the encouragement!