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Officially Post-Op - Well my big day came and went. I arrived at the hospital at 0515 Monday June 17th with my mom and sister. The check in process was actually pretty quick. I was so happy I had go...

Worried surgery may be post-poned - So everything has been going great. I've lost some weight on the pre-op diet and everything has been approved thru my insurance and of course I have my surgery date, but then on...

So I found out yesterday my surgery is scheduled the same day as...

I have a surgery date!!! - OMG...I can't believe how fast things are moving. I went to my surgeon consult yesterday and Dr. Waldrep went over all my labs and paperwork and said I'm a good candidate for th...

Pre-op diet failures - So I'm proud to say I'm done with all of my pre-op appointments (labs,ekg,dietician,chest x-ray, psych evaluation) and I'm meeting with my surgeon tomorrow to go over my paperwo...

70lbs is amazing!!! Hope everything works out for you :)

The ball is rolling - So I met with my PCP this past Monday and she sent my referral to my surgeon's office ( I hate having an HMO because I need referrals for EVERYTHING) I went to my surgeon's intr...

I'm in the same boat as you...I'm going to my surgeon's seminar...

Thanks for keeping us all updated. Being pre op myself it's helpful...

Mini Update - So I turned in all my paperwork to Dr. Machado's office (health history,insurance info,etc) and she personally called me back and said that Health Net has changed their policies...

I OFFICIALLY HAVE INSURANCE!!! - Well I met with my benefits department and I am officially insured I chose Healthnet HMO and am just waiting to get my insurance card and id #. I'm so excited because I've been ...

1st step-Bariatric Seminar - This is just a quick update. Last week I went to a free informational seminar hosted by Dr. Laura Machado. It was very informative and got me excited about the surgery. I think ...

Should I choose Kaiser of Health Net insurance - I will be starting a new job in two weeks that offers full health benefits. I haven't had insurance for about a year now and I'm having a hard time deciding between Kaiser and H...

YAAAY how exciting. Girl you are so close, I can't wait to be where...

A little change to the game plan - So I was all set on signing up for PCIP insurance and using that as the method of getting my surgery, until I got some great news. I got a new job!!! I will be starting later th...

yaay how exciting!!! I can't wait to see your journey. Hopefully I'll...

I've found a way to pay for my surgery!!! :) - So as I stated before I'm going to be using PCIP insurance as the method to get RNY. I've picked out my surgeon which hopefully will be Dr. Julie Ellner is San Diego. The max ou...

Does your insurance require a certain amount of weight loss before...

Where can I get a $2,500 loan with bad credit? - I qualify for PCIP (which is a pre existing condition insurance plan) which I will be apply for in about 2 weeks. They have a yearly max out of pocket expense of $2,500. I want ...