Jo Lynne
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- Mar 6, 2015
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I had my first consult with my doctor on Feb 4. I have to get my insurance approval- Anthem b
B&BS. They require 6 months med supervised diet. My diabetes is so tough she agreed we have been working on diet for the past year with little success. Downside the fact that I have been diabetic nearly 20 years. The doctor says long term diabetes makes it tougher to resolve the diabetes through bariatric surgery. So I can hope. My mindset has been.... I want to take vitamins instead of insulin 3x/day, Bydureon, metformin, Farxiga, lisinopril, and simvistatin. So I will hope it does that for me.
I am getting the loop DS. It may take month before I get approved. Sooner is better than later for me because I am squish and can easily talk myself out of this. I was going to get a RNY several years ago, but it is so drastic it was scary. Then a coworker and a cousin died after the surgery so I chickened out. The loop DS doesn't scare me like the RNY did. It is a shorter operation and the process makes sense to me. So I just need to keep my head in the right place until I get this done.
B&BS. They require 6 months med supervised diet. My diabetes is so tough she agreed we have been working on diet for the past year with little success. Downside the fact that I have been diabetic nearly 20 years. The doctor says long term diabetes makes it tougher to resolve the diabetes through bariatric surgery. So I can hope. My mindset has been.... I want to take vitamins instead of insulin 3x/day, Bydureon, metformin, Farxiga, lisinopril, and simvistatin. So I will hope it does that for me.
I am getting the loop DS. It may take month before I get approved. Sooner is better than later for me because I am squish and can easily talk myself out of this. I was going to get a RNY several years ago, but it is so drastic it was scary. Then a coworker and a cousin died after the surgery so I chickened out. The loop DS doesn't scare me like the RNY did. It is a shorter operation and the process makes sense to me. So I just need to keep my head in the right place until I get this done.