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10-10-2011, 07:34 PM
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| | Cub Reporter
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 61
Weight Statistics 9/7/2011 Start Date:
January 27, 2012 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
303 lb Start Weight:
211 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
92 lb Weight Loss:
86 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.3630363036 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index52.0041503906 BMI Start:
36.2141113281 BMI Current:
21.4538574219 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
|  Frustrated and feeling guilty about it
Hi folks,
I went to my second nutrition appointment today. I am down 18 1/2 pounds. which is a YAY...
But even though I am following everything to a "T"... and even though my insurance has no pre-requisites as far as weight loss (no 5%, etc)... and even though they have no requirements as far as how many nutrition visits I have to have since I already have 6 months of documented weight loss attempts...
Despite all that, my nutritionist wont clear me until I have one more visit with her. WAY the hell next month! Which puts my surgical consult to probably the end of next month. Which means I can't do surgery til after the holidays...
And I feel frustrated about all that and, honestly, a bit angry! 
But also guilty because I know some of you waited SOOOOOO long to be approved...
*sigh* Sorry... I just needed to vent.
Peace and blessings to all. 
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10-10-2011, 08:16 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Texas
Posts: 3,671
Weight Statistics 7/27/10 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
379 lb Start Weight:
175 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
204 lb Weight Loss:
10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
53.8258575198 % % Lost:
July 27, 2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index65.0480957031 BMI Start:
30.0354003906 BMI Current:
28.3190917969 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Heck you can manage that long I know it seems like a long time off but with the holidays coming up you will keep busy, and go ahead and keep up the good eating habits through the holidays, if you can do that you are ahead of the game!! I had several delays with different things that kept coming up and ended up waiting 8 months, hang in there and keep up the good work you are already doing!
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10-11-2011, 02:17 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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10-13-2011, 08:02 PM
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| | Cub Reporter
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 61
Weight Statistics 9/7/2011 Start Date:
January 27, 2012 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
303 lb Start Weight:
211 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
92 lb Weight Loss:
86 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.3630363036 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index52.0041503906 BMI Start:
36.2141113281 BMI Current:
21.4538574219 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Thanks Nell and Doc S. I feel some better now, but am still frustrated. I did go for a weigh-in at my PCP today and am down another 2 pounds. So thats a big plus. I think maybe I am afraid that, like all the other times, this wont last until surgery...
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11-03-2011, 03:32 PM
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| | Newbie
Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Richmond, VA
Posts: 2
Weight Statistics 11/01/2011 Start Date:
11/15/2011 Surgery Date:
5' 11"
Height:
266 lb Start Weight:
263 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
3 lb Weight Loss:
113 lb Lb Left to Lose:
1.12781954887 % % Lost:
12/06/2013 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index37.0954175759 BMI Start:
36.6770482047 BMI Current:
20.9184685578 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodSleeve Gastrectomy
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I'm sure it does seem like forever away, but you've made great progress so far. And yes some of us have waited years. I'm going to surgery on 11/15 after starting the process in 2009. And others have waited longer. You will get to surgery, and your life will move on. Just take some time now to get everything in order and enjoy the holidays.
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11-03-2011, 06:02 PM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: May 2011 Location: Colorado
Posts: 769
Weight Statistics February 1, 2011 Start Date:
AUGUST 30TH, 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
274 lb Start Weight:
170 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
104 lb Weight Loss:
10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.9562043796 % % Lost:
1 year Goal Date:
Body Mass Index44.2199265381 BMI Start:
27.4357208448 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I SOOOOO had that happen to me. I was mad myself! I couldn't believe it. I felt like a child and felt like someone was trying to control me. I did not feel like it was helpful...even through it was supposed to help me I just felt like it was derailing me.
I called her and asked her to "split" the difference with me and only delayed for 2 weeks. It did make me feel better then.
With that said...I have to say it really doesn't matter whether you are having it today, tomorrow or the day before Christmas. You are changing your life. You are making those changes. And they should stand true during any holiday. Surgery during the holiday will suck a bit, however, if you plan a bit ahead and shop or have someone else plan to cook or you cook within your plan or your new RNY plan.
I wanted my birthday cake and I have wanted things since but this is more so it just doesn't matter!
Good luck!
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11-03-2011, 07:28 PM
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| | WLS Mentor
Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Colorado
Posts: 1,081
Weight Statistics August 15th, 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
278 lb Start Weight:
176 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
102 lb Weight Loss:
11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
36.690647482 % % Lost:
August 2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index39.8844897959 BMI Start:
25.2506122449 BMI Current:
23.6724489796 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodSleeve Gastrectomy
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OH the hoops!! Do what you have to do, it will all be worth it. You think they'd figure out that at 45 (my age) I'm not going to manage my weight in my next 45 years. I think the most difficult part of that process was knowing that my insurance company might not approve the surgery after all that time...but they did and all that jumping through hoops is a distant memory. Good luck and enjoy the holidays- the last of your "old" life!! YAY!
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11-03-2011, 11:00 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,641
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.5714285714 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I wanted to do it in August, but couldn't quite hit it, so I had to wait another semester for it. The day after fall semester finals I started my two-week liquid diet. Two days after Christmas I had surgery. I was two weeks out when I was back in front of the class again.
You know what? There's a time for everyone. That was mine. Yours is when it happens. Use the extra time you have been given to prepare by following all the rules to the fullest extent possible. Form those good habits in advance so you'll be slipping back into them instead of trying to form them when they let you start eating again.
There is a whole lot you can do to use this time wisely. Put it into high gear and start your new life now! There's no better time!!
CT
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11-03-2011, 11:39 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 161
Weight Statistics April 2011 Start Date:
Dec.12th, 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
307 lb Start Weight:
210 lb Current Weight:
155 lb Goal Weight:
97 lb Weight Loss:
55 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.5960912052 % % Lost:
Jan 2014 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index44.0451020408 BMI Start:
30.1285714286 BMI Current:
22.237755102 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I feel the same way sister! I've been tumbling through this process for a year. I did all the classes attended all the appointments and the psych eval wants me to commit another 6 months.....I almost got up and punched her tiny face off. This is my dream and now they're telling me not now? I don't really have six months to do the surgery. I have friends and family getting married and I have to travel to get to them. And stay for about two months. So I either get the surgery soon, or look at possibly another yr on top of this one. I'm getting a second opinion next week on the 15th. My health insurance isn't really the problem....my husbands Army and I live in the medical side of things so they're eager to jump and train on anyone who'd let them. But I'll pray that things work out for you.
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11-06-2011, 07:19 PM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: New London, WI
Posts: 692
Weight Statistics 1/13/11 started on pre-op diet Start Date:
August 16, 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 1"
Height:
268 lb Start Weight:
137 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
131 lb Weight Loss:
12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
48.8805970149 % % Lost:
whenever it happens Goal Date:
Body Mass Index50.6326256383 BMI Start:
25.883095942 BMI Current:
23.6159634507 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I went through all those frustrations and feelings, trust me, but my surgery happened when it was meant to happen. The way I see it now, I know there was a method to their madness in having me jump through all their hoops, but I trusted the process, prayed a whole lot, and now my life is changed completely. I didn't have my surgery when I wanted it, but the delay just gave me more time to learn and practice what I would be doing after surgery. It will happen, and these frustrating times will seem like they never happened.
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