Re: pre-op

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Hi Odetta!!

I would ask your surgeon about the 6 month diet and getting under the

100 lb mark for the surgery. See what he/she says. Insurance

companies are such a pain in the tush!!! I'm sorry I don't have

the answer for you!!

Hugs!!!

PS: Let us know what your surgeon says, It would be intresting to

know.

>

> I am looking at bipass surgery this summer. I am just over 100 lbs.

> over weight. My insurance wants me to go on a phy. controled diet

for 6

> months before I can have the surgery. I am afraid I will lose some

and

> be under 100 over weight and then not qualify for the surgery. I

have

> been over weight my shole life! I have talked to many of my friends

and

> they say they know of people that have gone through the surgery and

are

> so glad they did. I am concerned about the things that could go

wrong.

> Let me know what you think. Thanks Odetta

>