Hi ALL! I am so excited to be on here and see all these incredible stories of weight loss! In July I had my 1st appointment, my insurance only requires 3 visits. Since I was just on the border of being eligible due to my height of 5'7" the dr was on a mission to find 2 co-morbites. So he concluded that I have high cholesterol and I just found out yesterday, after taking the sleep apnea test on friday that I do in fact have a mild case of sleep apnea! Which in a way is great news, because now I have my 2 co-morbites!

I am soooo excited about this. I have one more Dr's visit left, a physical therapy visit, a psychologist visit, and a visit with the surgeon. They are saying they are pretty sure I can be on the schedule before the end of the year!!!!:smile2:

Anyone have any tips, pointers, advice for a newbie like me?? :thumbup:

Hi ALL! I am so excited to be on here and see all these incredible stories of weight loss! In July I had my 1st appointment, my insurance only requires 3 visits. Since I was just on the border of being eligible due to my height of 5'7" the dr was on a mission to find 2 co-morbites. So he concluded that I have high cholesterol and I just found out yesterday, after taking the sleep apnea test on friday that I do in fact have a mild case of sleep apnea! Which in a way is great news, because now I have my 2 co-morbites!

I am soooo excited about this. I have one more Dr's visit left, a physical therapy visit, a psychologist visit, and a visit with the surgeon. They are saying they are pretty sure I can be on the schedule before the end of the year!!!!:thumbup:

Anyone have any tips, pointers, advice for a newbie like me?? :drool:

I am in Hitchcock out by you! I am 7½ weeks post op. I am happy for you that your getting this surgery if that is what you want. It has been great for me, I have had no problems so far and hope I don't. I have had only one fill so far and lost about 23 lbs so far. I did not have to do a pre op diet because I was self pay and the Dr. did not require it. Are you going locally or in Houston. I went to Dr. Spivak in Houston I loved him, but I need a support group to go to close by. His meeting are in downtown Houston at night. I have not gone yet.

Feel free to private message me with any thing I can help you with. I do not know about the insurance process, but there are a lot of helpful people on this board. Keep in touch!:thumbup: