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Hi Everyone!!! I just got approved!!!

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kwright    0

kwright
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I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Kim and I will be banded on August 17th.

I can't believe that it only took 2 days for the approval since my BMI is 37 and the only co-morbidity is that I'm pre-diabetic, slight hypertension and acid reflux. I was sure that I would have to fight the insurance company and had to do a double take when I got the call today.

If anyone has some tips for the liquid pre-op diet, please let me know.

Kim:thumbup:

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Hi Kim. Welcome and congratulations on your approval. This is going to be an exciting change for you.

I have absolutely no liquid diet tips other than to just do it and keep your mind on the prize!

Keep us posted.

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Congrats!! I just recently got approval also and will be banded on July 27th! Keep us posted on your progress and I will do the same1

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I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Kim and I will be banded on August 17th.

I can't believe that it only took 2 days for the approval since my BMI is 37 and the only co-morbidity is that I'm pre-diabetic, slight hypertension and acid reflux. I was sure that I would have to fight the insurance company and had to do a double take when I got the call today.

If anyone has some tips for the liquid pre-op diet, please let me know.

Kim:thumbup:

Hi Kim,

You should have gotten Protein mix from your surgeon to mix with Water. If not, I've seen ads for powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury (I use what I got from my surgeon). You will want to drink one for Breakfast and one for lunch and then a Protein such as chicken or fish and a veggie for dinner. Just the instructions from my surgeon, I don't know what other people may have done but there is lots of info on the posts on this site so you may want to read some of them to get some other ideas. Good Luck.

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What kind of tests did you have to do before the insurance paperwork was sent in? Did you have to do EKG, etc or is the preoperation just before your surgeries took place?

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Congrats!! I just recently got approval also and will be banded on July 27th! Keep us posted on your progress and I will do the same1

Thank you Dian. Congratulations on your approval and good luck with the banding!!!

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Hi Kim. Welcome and congratulations on your approval. This is going to be an exciting change for you.

I have absolutely no liquid diet tips other than to just do it and keep your mind on the prize!

Keep us posted.

Thank you Devana. I'm definitely going to keep my eye on the prize.

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Hi Kim,

You should have gotten Protein mix from your surgeon to mix with Water. If not, I've seen ads for unjury (I use what I got from my surgeon). You will want to drink one for Breakfast and one for lunch and then a Protein such as chicken or fish and a veggie for dinner. Just the instructions from my surgeon, I don't know what other people may have done but there is lots of info on the posts on this site so you may want to read some of them to get some other ideas. Good Luck.

Hi greytz :( I did get a packet of info from the surgeon's office but I think I'll get more when I attend some type of seminar/meeting before surgery. I've been reading lots of posts on what to prepare for and also have been researching different types of Protein drinks (I'm leaning toward the nectar ones).

Thank you for your help...Kim

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What kind of tests did you have to do before the insurance paperwork was sent in? Did you have to do EKG, etc or is the preoperation just before your surgeries took place?

I can't speak for everyone else but I had to have pre-op before I could do anything which consisted of, EKG, chest X-Ray, blood work up and psych eval plus a letter from my regular doctor explaining my personal health risks factors and one from my cardio surgeon because I have a heart condition and he had to ok the surgery.

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Hi greytz :( I did get a packet of info from the surgeon's office but I think I'll get more when I attend some type of seminar/meeting before surgery. I've been reading lots of posts on what to prepare for and also have been researching different types of Protein drinks (I'm leaning toward the nectar ones).

Thank you for your help...Kim

Cool, just really hang in there the first two weeks. It seems like there were a lot of people like I was wanting to give up. It is kind of hard the first couple of weeks but once you get out of liquids it is soooo much better.

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What kind of tests did you have to do before the insurance paperwork was sent in? Did you have to do EKG, etc or is the preoperation just before your surgeries took place?

I had to have a preop exam with bloodwork, a ekg, a chest x-ray, a mammogram and also a phych exam before my surgery was approved.

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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.

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