Jodie N.

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Naes Wls J. 22 years, 11 months ago

Hello there, I just want to say CONGRATULATIONS on your wls approval. May you have a speedy recovery and NO complications what so ever. Hang in there and God Bless. Hugs

Jodie N. 22 years, 11 months ago

05/23/03 - I GOT APPROVAL!!! I called my insurance carrier, Great West Medical PPO, today and my surgery has been approved. A phone call will be made to Dr. Bour's office and an official letter will be mailed on Tuesday. I'm ready!!! I'll keep you posted on a date.

donnaa62 22 years, 11 months ago

Hi Jodi, My prayer for you is that God will bless and keep you during this journey.. His peace and joy be on you and may the surgery and recovery be all that you could want... Hugs

Jodie N. 22 years, 11 months ago

05/05/03 Let the waiting begin. I had my consult with Dr. Bour on April 25th. Dr.'s notes were received back from the transcriptionist today. Hopefully it won't be too long. Please keep me in your prayers.

Naes Wls J. 23 years ago

Best wishes to you on your wls approval process, may you have a very short wait. Hang in there and remember everyday is a blessing. Hugs

Jodie N. 23 years ago

I am sooooooooooooo excited. I met with Dr. Eric Bour, Bariatric Solutions for my first one on one session. He is wonderful. Very attentive. I can't imagine what it's going to be like when I have the surgery. He explained the process from start to finish. They will be sending off my paperwork to the insurance company next Friday. Then we wait. I will be having the Gastric By-pass - Lap version. My younger brother also had his one on one session with Dr. Bour this morning. I also found out that 2 patients of Dr. Bour that I went to see 2 days after their surgery lost 17 pounds their first week. I am just praying that all goes well and I'll post again hopefully soon.

Jodie N. 23 years, 1 month ago

I attended my informational session today! Bariatric Solutions - Greenville, SC. I was excited but had more anxiety. There were 5 people including myself at the meeting. 2 people had a support person with them. We met Kim, Program Coordinator and the "shrink" Dr. Spearman. Both were very nice. When Kim called us back the first thing we had to do is weigh! UUUUUuggggggghhhh! Why is that always the first thing you have to do. Well once we weighed, there was a print out that included our age, weight, BMI and other stuff. We went into a conference room and sat around the table waiting for Dr. Spearman to come in. He was very nice. Very opened and really put my mind at ease. One thing that I like about him was how he used analogies to help us understand that we have an addiction and it needs to be treated as any other addiction. After the informational, Kim came back and talked to us about Program enrollment and insurance. She told us we could go home and think about it and call back to set up an appointment to pay our enrollment and get our packet of information. Well I DID IT!!!! I signed up today. I have my first psych appointment on March 17th. I didn't need to do a whole lot of thinking. As Dr. Spearman was talking, tears just filled my eyes because I realized being over weight I'm not only hurting myself but if my life is cut short, although none of us know how long we have, I'm doing a great injustice to my family and friends who love me so much. My brother signed up for the program and has attended a couple of support meetings. I read his information this past weekend so there was really nothing to think about. I'm looking forward to this experience and with God's help, I'll be healthier in no time.

MommaAngel 23 years, 2 months ago

HI JODIE I just want you to know that I am praying that everything will go smooth as you journey to the losing side. LORD BLESS

Jodie N. 23 years, 2 months ago

02/26/03 - My information date is Wednesday, March 5 @ 9:45. I've already got my initial payment for my Psych/Consult visits so I will probably have my first as soon as they can see me. My younger brother has had is consult and has is first Psych visit Monday, March 3rd. He has had me laughing so hard. He said after he went for his consult, he left the office and went to the mall and walked passed all those stores he's never been able to shop in just thinking about how he will be able to shop any where he wants to after WLS. His surgery date will probably be sometime in May. He says we both don't need to have surgery at the same time because mom won't be able to take care of us. He wants to go first but of course I too want to go first. Since he has already started I guess I will let him go first and probably schedule mine about 3 weeks after him. I too am looking so forward to getting rid of this weight and feeling very Blessed that I will have my younger brother to lean on.