October 23, got my date

Hey guys, My date was confirmed over this past week, it's in 9 days, Any advice would be appreciated.   Bobby

Hey Bobby, Great news, eh? The best advice is probably follow your doc's orders, stick the pre-op diet (especially important to help shrink our fatty livers), and try to be active in advance. Post-op, the guys will tell you to walk, walk, walk, walk and sip, sip, sip. You're at an exciting place and if you're like I was, alternating between joy and some nagging anxieties. All normal--or as normal guys having obesity surgery can be! Your life is on track to get better and better. Enjoy every moment and remember that the payoff is worth the pre-op and post-op attentiveness and bit of discomfort. Keep us informed as you progress.

I know that everyone has extremely tough insurance issues in the USA,  I was wondering what you had to go through to get approved for weightloss surgery?

 

Congratulations and good luck

 

Kevin Hodges

Hi Kevin, Up here in Canada we have a heck of a time getting approval.  First off there is only one doctor locally that will do the surgery.  He is about 2 hours away in Victoria, BC.  He has a waiting list of about 4 years from initial referral. There was a surgeon here in Vancouver that was approved to do them as well.  Unfortunately the local health authority didn't feel Bariatric Surgery was worth giving OR time for.  I applied through our provincial insurance to go out of country and was approved 12 days later.   I didn't do anything special other than get this local surgeon to fill out the form and then I provided the testing documentation that I needed this surgery due to my co-morbidities.  I also wrote a letter explaining how my weight as effected me healthy wise and socially. Hope that helps, Bobby  

YahooooooO!!!! Congratulations!