Surgery is scheduled for 10/29. I call my insurance daily. I'm thankful bariatric surgery is in my plan. The requirements are still daunting. What requirements did people find helpful and/or unnecessary?

7 hours ago, 1BigHeart said:

Surgery is scheduled for 10/29. I call my insurance daily. I'm thankful bariatric surgery is in my plan. The requirements are still daunting. What requirements did people find helpful and/or unnecessary?

The Psy eval is pretty critical, post surgery is a very crazy maelstrom of emotions and changes, being ready for it is pretty important. I don't think any of the pre-op testing was unnecessary. My pre-op processing including the required classes covered pretty much everything I needed to know. I do see however that some folks don't get as much attention pre-op, and I feel that more classes and information would be better for those groups.

I found everything necessary for the pre-op portion, I took nutrition classes, psych eval, and the pre-op class. I can't tell you how many times I've referred to the paperwork given to my in my pre-op class because most of the time, the questions I had were right in front of me.

No one can fully prepare you for the life change you are about to embark on, but having as much information as possible a head of time is priceless. I had all my paperwork saved in a 3-ring binder with notes, stickies and what not reminding me of things that could come up.

My post-op appointments have been great as well, I walk in with a list of questions and if they don't address something on my list I go right through them with me.

The more well versed you are the better prepared you are, but until the surgery happens, you still have no idea what you're in for. I am so thankful for the prep I received prior to surgery and the research I did on my own. I think my mindset and knowledge helped me stay focused and not go through some of the emotional roller coasters that others faced post surgery.