Jaime P.

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Sleeved..and apparently couldn't come at a better - Yesterday (7/22) I had my surgery scheduled at 3:30pm. Because it was late in the day, I ended up getting pushed back until 6pm (18 hours of no food or liquids sucks). My doctor ca...

Sleeved..and apparently couldn't come at a better - Yesterday (7/22) I had my surgery scheduled at 3:30pm. Because it was late in the day, I ended up getting pushed back until 6pm (18 hours of no food or liquids sucks). My doctor ca...

Roll Call - Surgery this week? - I have two more days! Tues, July 22nd. Was just wondering who else is going with me this week and to wish you all good luck on your surgeries!

Drain? - I've never had real major surgery except the lap band 3 times and I found out in my nutrition class the other day that I will most likely be sent home with a drain for a week due t...

Denial, Approval, Surgery Date! - Insurance denied me in early June saying that I did not prove the lap band surgery worked for me so they wouldn't cover the sleeve. According to the appeal my doc sent June 12th, t...

Got the call! - If you saw my previous posts, you know my last year has been more than bumpy.. just plain horrible actually in my personal life. Hoping that will change quickly. After a battle wit...

Finally good news! - Several weeks ago I get a call from the finance person and was told that insurance had denied the sleeve surgery. I was sad but tried not to worry. They sent an appeals letter addr...

Insurance denied - 6/6/14 - Insurance denies the code to remove the band for the sleeve. Something about me not showing that I really tried to lose weight with the band.. because 2 replacements, 80 l...

256.. Waiting on insurance to approve revision from band to sleeve.

Insurance denials and protein allergies - The last few days were not that great. I found out my insurance denied me on Friday. The PA sent an appeal this afternoon so I'm hoping that's all I need for approval. I'm trying n...

Help.. Whey protein - A little background.. I have pretty bad allergies, like to every plant, tree, animal, dust etc in varying degrees.. And I get 3 shots a week to maintain it.  I tried whey protein ...

set back.. - I've been calling my insurance to keep up with approval after I found out the Dr's office didn't send my stuff in when I was told they did. I called yesterday and they told me my r...

Congrats and take it easy! Can't wait for my turn!

thoughts.. - Last Friday I decided to call my insurance and see how my approval was coming (doc told me it usually takes 1 to 2 weeks to hear back and this was a week & a half out) Turns out, m...

moving right along - I met with my surgeon today (whom I love!) and we went over the surgery, what to expect, and my history with my band and what's different with the sleeve. He also brought in the nu...

Road to Revision part 2 - So something about 'True Results' did not sit well with me, so I went back to my original hospital where I had lap band surgery. My original surgeon does not do revisions or the sl...

Back again and better this time. - A few weeks ago I posted about all my issues with my root canal (which didn't end there), a year after my marriage ended (cheating jerk), and the absolute worse...My bariatric cent...

Road to Revision - Lapband to VSG - 4/11/14 - First Visit at Kim Bariatric Institute - Surgeon Dr. Holden 4/22/14 - Cardiac Clearance; complete unfill of lap band 4/24/14 - Psych Eval 4/27/14 - Sleep Study for sle...

So frustrated. -   Here it goes - I got the lap band around 6 years ago - lost about 80lbs.. 2 replacements later and endless times getting stuck or throwing up, I am done with the band have been ...