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Missprdiva    0

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My surgery date is supposed to me 8-8-08.. BUT I am still waiting for my insurance to approve... and this is driving me crazy. Just venting.

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I went to the doctors on Wed... she submitted the info then... She told me that Anthem Blue Cross is fast to approve... So I am stressing.. LOL.. I alreay took time off to have the surgery.. etc.. I want it soooo bad... LOL It took me forever to finally decide this is something I want... and now.. its.. AHHHH

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I am almost in the same position but I have one more visit for my PCP that I have to attend. Once that is done it goes to the approval process. I already have my pre-op and surgery date scheduled so at this point I am more anxious.

good luck

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I totally understand and sympathize. I am waiting for approval also but my doctor's office won't schedule surgery date until approval is received which really sucks since they also told me they are currently scheduling for OCTOBER! UGH!!!! With a surgery date that far out I just don't understand why they can't go ahead and schedule me. It's not like there isn't time for approval and an appeal or two if necessary. I am just sooo frustrated right now. Thanks for letting me vent on your thread. I hope you hear from your insurance soon and best of luck on your weight loss journey. I am sure you will do wonderful.

BTW your pic looks like you don't even need surgery. Very pretty girl.

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Hey Cindy!

We are in the same boat! LOL... I am playing the waiting game.. grrr... anyways I will keep trying to stay positive... Thank you for the compliament... but I am a BIG girl.. in that pic I was 255... I was working out 2 times a day and no carbs... CRAZY. I had no life but the gym.. and thats just not natrual

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for the encouragement. I was feeling pretty down and almost didn't even feel like getting online because I was sooo jealous of all these "I'm banded" or "Surgery in 2 days" kinda messages. I was so sure they would go ahead and schedule me for sometime in August since there would be plenty of time for approval but noooo they won't even tentatively schedule me in October. The nurse says they can't schedule until they get approval notice. Uggghhhhh! LOL

But I am starting to do better now. LOL I have even started to get more "aware" of how and what I am eating and am going to start going to the pool in the evenings to start some sort of exercise. I am back to logging on at least a couple times a day to be encouraging and get encouragement from this site. I realize a lot of people have had to go through even more frustrations and hoops than I have but it sure would have been nice to walk into my family's holiday party weighing alot less. LOL

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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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