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Approved!!! - They told me it would take 30-45 days for approval. It took 12, including 2 weekends. OMG! I still have to have my GB removed on May 28, and then they will schedule me for Sleev...

Q to all about GB + Sleeve - I posted in a lengthy way in the VSG forum but I wanted to ask everyone in general. I just found out that I have to have my gallbladder removed. My WLS surgeon is doing it but h...

Hasta la vista, gallbladder 5/28 - Okay so I met with the surgeon yesterday to discuss the abnormal result of my HIDA scan. Short version... "Well you don't have gall stones but your gall bladder basically doesn'...

Just one hour later... an update re Frustrated but - Got the coordinator on the phone, and she stayed with me until all the paperwork was ready to go. She officially submitted it for review to Aetna at 11:31am, and she even gave m...

You look wonderful!

Frustrated but focused - So 12 days ago I had my last NUT, where they SHOCKED me by saying my appointment with the surgeon was in 2 days. Met with the surgeon and the GP in the practice who works with t...

Subconscious food funeral - I think it's begun. Now that I am here waiting for my approval, I have found myself more interested in food than ever. Yesterday we went to PF Changs where I had honey chicken a...

Presurg appt with surgeon tomorrow - ... then they submit me for insurance. What kinds of things are likely to happen at this appointment? What questions should I be asking, now that I'm at the 11th hour of being a...

Holy moly! I think I'm nesting. - So I had my last NUT and successfully kept myself just over the 40 BMI mark - the mark that my insurance will approve pretty much no questions asked so long as I have done all m...

Last NUT is today! Any advice? - I have my final of 6 NUT meetings today - in about 2 hours. Any advice on what to ask her about? I'm bringing my presurg diet and samples of the Protein product we had discussed...

How long did you wait for insurance approval and s - A week from today I complete my last required NUT visit, then I will be submitted for insurance approval. It's been 7 long months but we're hitting the home stretch. Just curiou...

Presurgery concern about post surgery support - So yesterday I had my endoscopy - revealed gastritis but no HH. They biopsied for h pylori but gastro believes it will come back negative. Test results when they come back... we...

Endoscopy in the morning... - And I'm starting to feel the anxiety. Please keep me in your thoughts as we try to figure out if something more annoying is causing my acid reflux other than STRESS. I know they...

Saw PCP for heartburn, pain (preop) - Hi. Of course I've been working on my diet and on my post-surgery eating regimens over the last 6 months of waiting waiting waiting for the insurance hoops to be jumped through....

5 NUTS down, 1 to go - So I've completed 5 of my 6 required NUT visits. It's been an interesting journey these past 6 months...waiting waiting waiting turned into living living living. I'm in an odd p...

3 NUTS down, 3 to go - Well I had my 3rd NUT visit last Friday - a group meeting instead of one-on-one. My center does this for 3 of the 6 visits, which is awesome because (frankly) it's a lot cheaper...

I almost cried reading this. Wonderful news! Joy joy joy! Happy for...

WOW! You look amazing!

VSG vs RNY - A friend and I are going through this journey together. She's been advised by her surgeon to have RNY versus VSG. He told her that "it's not possible to eat around your RNY, whi...

Checking in - Hello all. Sorry I've been absent. It's been an insane few weeks in my life and I'm just a bit overwhelmed. As of last Tuesday I am the mom of 2 children, a 14 month old daughte...

I know you said the paragraph is just for you, but I wanted to send...

Lonely and I feel like eating - I'm such an emotional eater. I know it. It sucks. I wonder how I'm going to cope with this post-op. Anyway, so I'm on my own for a few weeks with the baby... DH is manning t...

Well I had to go looking for it but I found it. Looks really pretty! I bet if...

Simple eating changes = weight loss - Okay,  it's not much but you'll recall how I started eating more like a post-op per the advice of the NUT. These are the only changes I've made to my eating. (1) More protein, and ...

I hate it when the professionals are right - Okay so as you all know, because I know you hang on my every thought and word LOL, last Friday I visited the NUT and was given a few new rules to live by. In short they were: Eat (...