I am having Roux on the same day as you have your sleeve. Have started the 3 weeks of Optifast to shrink the live. Alottle scared - one minute hope that they will call me early for surgery and the next hoping teh time goes slow. This will be the beginning of the greatest phase of my life - I jkust know it!

Thanks.  I've pretty much been calling everyday.  My BMI is about 45, I think.  I'm just so frustrated because I have jumped through all the hoops for months and now I feel like it's finally almost here and it might get cancelled anyway.  I am trying to stay positive.  Hopefully I will here today.  Thanks for the support. 

Hello all!

I will be having my RNY on 2/8/11. I am scared, nervous and excited all at the same time. Some days I want to cry, others I am very excited for what my future holds. I go for my all day pre-op appt on Thurs the 27th. So either the end of this week or start of next week, I will begin my liquid diet. YIPPEE!!! Best of luck to all of you, and I wish you a speedy recovery! 

So, I've had my Feb 10th date for about a month now.  About two weeks ago the surgeond office called to say my insurance had approved me and I was good to go.  Then, two days later I get a call from the insurance saying I was denied becasue they didn't have my psych eval or diet history.  So, the surgeon's secretary (who is kind of an idiot) sent both over and they denied me again last week saying that I needed a six month supervised diet.  Sooo, I have been back and forth with the 1-800 customer service people at my insurance company and they told me that Weigh****chers was considered a supervised diet and if I faxed over six monthes worth of payment reciepts and weight logs, I would be approved.  Well, now I am 16 days from surgery and still not approved!!!  I've been calling them everyday and they keep telling me it is still being reviewed.  Then this afternoon I FINALLY talked to the person who is actually in charge of my case and she said sh is presenting it to the medical staff for approval today or tomorrow, but it could go either way!!!  This is so completely ridiculous and I am freaking out!!!  She said they might want 6 months of physician supervised diet and nutrition.  Well, why do I need that when customer service told me people get approved with the weigh****chers info all the time?  And why did I not know about the required diet when I started this process in August?  I'm sorry for the rant, but I feel like my surgery date is finally almost here and I'm scared to death that It's going to have to be cancelled.  This is the most frustrating thing ever....   

The same to you = we can be on the Losers bench together - my date is February 11th