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06-02-2008, 03:17 PM
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| Whipper Snapper  Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: gulfcoast texas
Posts: 12
Weight Statistics june 16 2008 Start Date:
no date yet Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
426 lb Start Weight:
387 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
39 lb Weight Loss:
187 lb Lb Left to Lose:
9.15492957746 % % Lost:
dec. 09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 66.7137447093 BMI Start:
60.6061483627 BMI Current:
31.3210069058 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |  hi all
well, i went to the weight loss seminar at u of texas medical branch here in galveston texas a week ago. they have me for a dr; appointment for june 10. this will be the 1st since the seminar, im not sure what this is about, then on the 16th i have one for a dieticien and right after that the head surgeon, then i have another with the dieticien again a month after the 16 on july 16. i think the one ofn the 10 is to see a surg. admin. ,, how long after the seminar and how many doctors will i have to see before the gastric bypass will be done? thanks all, jimmy
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06-02-2008, 03:46 PM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North West, NJ
Posts: 1,419
Weight Statistics 1/14/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
330 lb Start Weight:
242 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
88 lb Weight Loss:
62 lb Lb Left to Lose:
26.6666666667 % % Lost:
Summer 09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 47.3448979592 BMI Start:
34.7195918367 BMI Current:
25.8244897959 BMI Goal:
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Hello and welcome! Really depends on surgeon, what you have to do prior and your insurance. Did you get approval from insurance yet? It was about 3 - 4 months from start to finish for me. I had to go to seminar psychologist nutritionist cardiologist sleep apnea hospital pre admitt surgeons pre surgery seminar and of course saw my pcp a few times in there. Good luck!
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06-02-2008, 04:03 PM
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| Big Loser Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: California
Posts: 159
Weight Statistics 6/1/07 Start Date:
6/1/07 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
242 lb Start Weight:
150 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
92 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.0165289256 % % Lost:
12/31/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 39.0555555556 BMI Start:
24.2079889807 BMI Current:
23.4010560147 BMI Goal:
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It depends on you insurance and your doctor. Be persistant in keeping up with whats going on, my paperwork was getting lost from my primary doctor to my surgeon. I had to keep calling. Some insurance requires you to go jump through more hoops than others. Good Luck!
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06-02-2008, 04:14 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 524
Weight Statistics March 12, 2008 Start Date:
December 4, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
259 lb Start Weight:
239 lb Current Weight:
135 lb Goal Weight:
20 lb Weight Loss:
104 lb Lb Left to Lose:
7.72200772201 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 45.8747795414 BMI Start:
42.3323255228 BMI Current:
23.9115646259 BMI Goal:
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My insurance didn't require me to have a 6 month nutritional diet so I just have the basic appts. Seminar last April 9 Gallbladder U/S April 13 Nutritionist May 13 Psychologist June 5 Nutiritionist June 10 Nutritionist July 7 Then I believe it gets submitted to insurance for final approval if all has gone well, then I meet with surgeon and get surgery date. So I'm hoping for a mid - late August surgery date. We'll see.
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06-02-2008, 04:49 PM
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| Whipper Snapper Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: gulfcoast texas
Posts: 12
Weight Statistics june 16 2008 Start Date:
no date yet Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
426 lb Start Weight:
387 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
39 lb Weight Loss:
187 lb Lb Left to Lose:
9.15492957746 % % Lost:
dec. 09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 66.7137447093 BMI Start:
60.6061483627 BMI Current:
31.3210069058 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
thanks all, i went thru the seminar about a year ago, thinking medicare would cover it ,( i have a disabilty) i have drop foot in my right leg which causes me to step sorta on my tip toes but i can walk some. i also have a treachaostomy from when i got disabled in the hospital for a 3 day stay for puemonia in 2000 which turned into a 45 day stay in a coma after getting MERSA in the hospital , which where i got several dicubulus on my foot rear end etc, took a year and a half to heal. not bitter and doing ok, i got the tracheaostomy at some point then and when i woke up on was on life support! i had sleep apnea before and thats why the doctors decided to keep it in me , it really doesnt bother me as the rubbery ones they have now are comfortable and i have no more sleep apnea, maybe if i lose weight after awhile it might come out ! well my hospital then was not a center of excellence and now they are , so thats why im starting from the beginning again, so medicare will be the insu. any more info. would be appreciated!! jimmy
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06-02-2008, 07:53 PM
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Welcome to the board, thank you for joining us. My, you've had a lot to deal with up to now. I am glad to know you've come through it in one piece. Wishing you the best in the pre op appointments and approval. (((((((HUGS)))))) May your journey go well.
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06-02-2008, 08:15 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: May 2007 Location: minnesota
Posts: 4,671
Weight Statistics july 21, 2007 Start Date:
august 17, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
339 lb Start Weight:
177 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
162 lb Weight Loss:
17 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.7876106195 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 54.7100550964 BMI Start:
28.5654269972 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
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welcome!! hope your journey goes well i had to see seminar shrink 3 times menometry (swallowing test) EGD dietician 3 times PT eval and my PCP a few times
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06-02-2008, 08:16 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 554
Weight Statistics August 4, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
271 lb Start Weight:
221 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
50 lb Weight Loss:
71 lb Lb Left to Lose:
18.4501845018 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 46.5119628906 BMI Start:
37.9304199219 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
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Welcome to this wondeerful community and good luck
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06-02-2008, 08:58 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Floyd County Virginia
Posts: 3,614
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics September 19th 2007 Start Date:
September 19th 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
363 lb Start Weight:
211 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
152 lb Weight Loss:
46 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.8732782369 % % Lost:
12/31/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 52.0793877551 BMI Start:
30.2720408163 BMI Current:
23.6724489796 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
Yep their right. It all depends on your surgeon and your insurance company. It is a very good idea I will say to call your insurance company and ask them what is required. This way if the Drs office tells you your insurance requires it you can show them different. Alot of them will email you the qualifcation list. BTW welcome to the boards. You have found a great place for information and support. Stick around and you wont regret it!
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06-03-2008, 07:00 AM
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| Whipper Snapper Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: gulfcoast texas
Posts: 12
Weight Statistics june 16 2008 Start Date:
no date yet Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
426 lb Start Weight:
387 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
39 lb Weight Loss:
187 lb Lb Left to Lose:
9.15492957746 % % Lost:
dec. 09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 66.7137447093 BMI Start:
60.6061483627 BMI Current:
31.3210069058 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
thanks all, i think im already qualified under medicare, though i might have to go thru the diet part again, i dont know yet? also since most of you are ladies ( yea) , let me passs along a website , i visit everyday , thebreastcancersite.com/clicktogive/home.faces?siteid=2 , it is a site you can click once a day thru sponsors a click a day will help pay for mamograms for women that cant afford them , i lost my girlfriend in 96 to this horrible diesease so i click ,, maybe somebody thats fimailar with this website can repost that somewhere where more may see it, jj , if that website page wont come up , just go to the thebreastcancersite.com and look for the click to give part.
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