edited: hi loretta: glad your appt went well. im so sorry about your boys and hope they have a safe tour and get home quickly good luck!  judij

Loretta,
I had Dr.Kavlie in Bismarck and he has a Coordinator thats great (his whole team is) and they set my date at my 1st appointment. I had my doctors appointment on May 21st and we scheduled my surgery for (OH MY GOODNESS!) June 21st so that way there was enough time to get my approval which took less than a week and all my lab/xray/ekg stuff done which has to be done at least 10 days prior to surgery and also I had to start my 2 week Pre-Surgery diet on the 7th. So all in all it has been going pretty fast for me.

I'm 1 week pre-op but I drink the 100% whey and it makes me nauseated if I drink it cold. but if I heat it up and drink it like hot chocolate it doesn't bother me. I sure hope it doesn't after surgery.  Also i found at GNC there are Glass bottles (reminds me of the Arizona teas) of Isopure they're 40g protein and 0 carbs and fat. They're expensive but if you can't get your protein in on of them a day will help. They taste pretty good...the only flavor I've tried so far is the Orange Pineapple Banana. Hope that helps.

Well, here is how mine worked (Dr. Monson).  I saw Dr. Monson, then it was submitted to insurance.  Once insurance approval came through, I received my date the very day of the approval.  I also scheduled my pre-op at the same time. That being said, with a BMI under 40, my insurance denied coverage, and the appeal.  9 months later, I finally got approved.  I had kind of stopped trying for a while, I was so discouraged.  Yours will probably be fine, but I had a fight on my hands.   I am sorry you had to send your boys to Iraq, that must be very difficult.  I have 3 sons; though none of them are in the military, I can imagine how difficult that would be.  Hang in there! Good Luck with your insurance, and keep me posted!

Hi all,  I am here in south Fargo, just browsing thru all of this. I guess according to the login Ive been a menber for a while just havent found the time to return and loook thru all of the things this site has to offer. LIke.... the ND thing. I posted a lot on another web site for WLS but most of the people were from out East and the attitude of WLS is certainly different than here. {When after surgery can I drink coke?.....what?} so I just read the posts and dont post anymore, but I do like this site.      How are your support groups doing? I attend one offered by Dakota clinic on the last  {4th  }thursday of the month along with Dakota;s dietician. Pretty good.     Ok now its someone's else turn to talk...... Peggysue