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nikki2001    0

nikki2001
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But man it seems like such a long ways away (3/27/08) I started this process with my insurance way back in 1/2007!! (long story) I'm just happy I finally got a surgery date. :clap2:

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Big As Life    0

Big As Life
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Hooray For The Surgery Date...the Time Will Fly By...you Will Be On The Band Wagon Before You Know It...that Is Awesome....congrats...i Know You Must Be So Happy....hope All Goes Well For You...

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Atleast you know you going to have surgery then having to play cat and dogs with the insurance company on getting approved.

You can always start your pre-op diet and then let the surgeon know that you have already started and that you are available whenever someone cancel appointment. Alot of people seem to get cold feet and appointment are always opening up.... look at the monthly for Dec, we have alot people surgery changing from one date to another.

Anyways good luck and congrats on your approval.

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TINABOBINA
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But man it seems like such a long ways away (3/27/08) I started this process with my insurance way back in 1/2007!! (long story) I'm just happy I finally got a surgery date. :clap2:

Congrats on your date, mine is 2/11/08 so I know what u mean. But u know time flies when ur having fun thinking about it-:biggrin1:

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I'm scheduled for 3/27/08 too!!!! But I am looking for someone in my network who can do it sooner. Since I have choice access the procedure and everything is approved, and I can go with who I choose in the network. So I found a doc who may be able to get me banded in January.

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nikki2001    0

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I'm scheduled for 3/27/08 too!!!! But I am looking for someone in my network who can do it sooner. Since I have choice access the procedure and everything is approved, and I can go with who I choose in the network. So I found a doc who may be able to get me banded in January.

Hey angel we are in the same city and state, who is your surgeon?? I would like mines sooner but my insurance states for it to be covered they have to do it at certains hospitals and my surgeon is the only one that does it at the hospital covered by my insurance!

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I wonder if it is even a plus having choice access with this. So few doctors doing it here in Kansas city who accept it. I have even found that the surgeon may be covered but where he performs the surgery is not/ How crazy is that? So if we don't have the cash to just cover it. we are stuck waiting. But it will be worth the wait.

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nikki2001    0

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Exactly but when I first started this lap band surgery thats exactly what they said to me so I had to find a doctor that performs it at a HCA hospital. The other doctor was covered under my insurance, but the hospital he performed it at was not!!!

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nikki2001    0

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Girl this is so funny it was Dr. Stanley Hoehn. Im wondering do we have the same insurance, it sems like we have been on the same road together all along!

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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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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      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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      1. summerseeker

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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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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