I just received the call that the surgery has been approved!!!! I am so excited. My surgery date is July 16th. I am looking forward to starting my new life as a healthier and thinner me.:thumbup:

Congratulations!!

Congrats!!!!

CONGRATS!

I am so flippin' jealous of those of you who have been approved and have surgery dates! Happy for you too, though :thumbup:

Awesome... and you can get the surgery and recover before returning back to work...oh will your co workers wonder!!!LOL:biggrin:

YAH!!!!!!!! Congrats. I know how excited I was when I got approved. My surgery date is July 28th and it can't get here fast enough!!!!! Jennifer

congrats.. i also just found out today that i got approved.. i jsut called my insurance directly.. yayyyyyyyyyyy..i am having surgery on the same date in new york with Dr. Pomp.. so nervous, but mostly excited :thumbdown:

Nancy

I am so excited for us. I are taking our lives back in a big way!!!

Iris, I know there will be a lot of heads turning and questions asked when I return to work in August.:thumbdown:

Shh~~~ it's our little secret. LOL

Congrats on the approval...time will surely fly by till your surgery date...I know mine did

Congrats! :cursing: on being approved. Surgery time will be here before you know it.:tongue2:

Congrats...I know how excited you are. I was just approved yesterday and am having surgery on July 14th. We are on our way...happy early birthday!!!

Is this really happening???? I am so excited and counting down the days. I have my pre op appointment tomorrow. Oh my, will they put me on a liquid diet??? Well, I'm ready to do this!

I'm glad to have found this site so we can encourage each other as we strive to reach our goal.:thumbup:

Congrats....I have been approved also waiting on the call to set a date for surgery.

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!

I am also a teacher and hope to be a bit smaller before going back in August!!! My surgery is July 13th. Good luck to all of us:=) You'll do great!!

WTG! I am a teacher also, and I am really excited about having a July date. Be sure to check out the July 2009 forum.

I just received the call that the surgery has been approved!!!! I am so excited. My surgery date is July 16th. I am looking forward to starting my new life as a healthier and thinner me.:redface:

Congrats!!! Im banding on 7/7 - i'm so excited! Its nice to have other July folks to go through this with huh? I'll be so happy to hear everyones success stories!