Hi I’m Mandy! I’m just starting this whole journey. I’ve been thinking about it for a while now, but am finally ready to take the steps. I’m currently waiting for a consultation appointment, since my insurance requires referrals and such. Any advice on good questions to ask during a consultation?

Did you get your surgery?

I was required to have 4 nutrition visits, along with everything else that was required, my last visit on Feb 3rd is going to be the pre op nutrition visit and hopefully surgery scheduling after that. I think my surgeons office is scheduling out to April right now.

There's been a few headaches, I never even got my appointment, as the hospital system in my town stopped negotiations with the health insurance provider I had. I was fortunate enough to be able to change to a different provider, and have appointments rescheduled, but the whole situation set me back about 6-8 months.