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Man I can't believe so much has happened since I posted at the end of the summer.  I had all my pre op appts.  and finally on Nov 27 at 7:30 in the morning they wheeled me in for my surgery.  Man it was a long process to get to that point.  I had no problems, everything went really well.  So now just 7 short weeks later I am approaching a 50 lbs loss (48).  I can't believe that those pounds are gone forever.  Everytime I hit another 10 and can say goodbye to a number I feel incredible.  In 2 more lbs I get to say goodbye to another 10 lb mark and I can't wait.  I will try to keep up on my posting as I know this will help me keep track of my journey.  

See ya!

So summer officially ended yesterday.  This weekend was full of swimming and family.  It was a great time.  

I have come a long way since my last post here.  I finally emailed the Bariatric center I am using and got a response.  They had lots of turnover and somehow my paperwork got lost in the shuffle.  Friday I got the call I had been waiting for.  My insurance company approved the surgery for me.  Yeah!  Happy Dance!  I can now set up my Cardiac and Pulmunary appts and get on with the process.  I have set up my psycological eval and my dietician appt which will be later this month.  I am hoping to attend a support group meeting this week (Thurs) and I will try again to get a hold of the Preop Education class coordinator and PT.  Hopefully I can get through this week to set this all up.  I just want to get on with this!

Angel

So last Monday I spoke with a woman at work that I had never met before but she was talking about her wls and I had to get into the conversation.  She went to a location in Kansas and was very pleased.  She told me where to go to find info on their surgery stuff and I looked and there was a seminar the next day (Tuesday)  Wow!  I have signed up for the Seminar that is for Dr. Scott's group but I wanted to see about this location since it is much closer to me.  Well I went with my dh, and I was very impressed.  I am almost finised with the paperwork.  I have to get all the medical records still but I feel like the process is on the way. 

I have hit a little snag with the paperwork.  My insurance covers the surgery at 100% as long as I meet all the requirements (no problem) and the dr is in my plan, however the hospital he does the surgery just lost the contract with my insurance.  I am so upset.  I guess they are trying to work it all out but I just hate the delays.