hello everyone, i'm new to this forum.

right now i'm going thru all my appts that are required by true results and my insurance (bcbs).

i'm very excited! hopefully it won't be too long and i will be able to have surgery...:thumbdown:

any advice or tips or anything you can think of, i would love to hear from you.

thanks,

freeville

hello everyone, i'm new to this forum.

right now i'm going thru all my appts that are required by true results and my insurance (bcbs).

i'm very excited! hopefully it won't be too long and i will be able to have surgery...:thumbdown:

any advice or tips or anything you can think of, i would love to hear from you.

thanks,

freeville

Hi Freeville!!

I too am going through TrueResults (in Phoenix, AZ) and also have BCBS. Are you in AZ?? I hope so - it would be great to have an online buddy close by.

I just saw my primary physician on Friday and he is ordering all the tests here for me this week. Once I have the results in hand, I'm heading back to Phoenix to complete the application process. I've already spoken to BCBS and because I have a PPO, the surgeon is covered @ 100% and the hospital is covered @ 100% after a $50 copay!!! However, TrueResults requires a $1000 application fee - same for you??

Looking forward to hearing from you -

hi!

i am in az, going to the true results in scottsdale...

i do have bcbs and its a ppo but i'm responsible for 20%....oo youre lucky only 50$!!! i did have to pay tr $1000...i guess they just started that.

the www.trueresults.com forums are REAL helpful, can't begin to tell how helpful they are!!!

i'm SO excited!! this tuesday i have a nutrition and psych appts, and wednesday morning i have to get an upper gi (heartburn check) and a colonoscopy (due to family history) so, if all goes well i will be scheduled for surgery hopefully very soon.

:0)

my bmi is 41, tr told me i dont have to do the preopt liquid diet but they told me if i did that it would really help the surgeon and speed up my recovery time

Hey!!

Right after I replied your profile changed to your location - whoo hooo - you're in Scottsdale!!! I'm gonna send you a private message with my personal email addy. Lets keep in touch, ok??

would love that!

Hello,

I completed my consultation 3 weeks ago, that cost $300 up front and then my insurance will reimburse me. I have cariten. My insurance requires that I do a 6 month doctor approve diet which I am doing now. With my consult he did blood work, and a breathing test that checks for H-pylori which is a bacteria that if you have can cause stomach problems and is detected thru your breathing, go figure.

I was negetive, but if you are positive you will be started on meds.

lisa,

is that h-pylori test done thru a breathing tube while awake or when they do an overnight sleep apnea study?

just curious....didnt have to do any of these tests...

The test was done in the docotrs office while I was awake. They had me to drink a solution that tasted like really strong lemonade and put a clothes pen on my nose and then I breathed into a tube for so many minutes. It was not to hard, but I am a mouth breather so it was kind of hard for me.

SOOOO, how did all the tests go?? Any news yet??