Re: RE: What's Next - Help

[Guest guest]

Hi Gwen, you can fill out the on-line thingie now. When you get your appt.

with your primary dr. you need to decide the best way to approach him..you

know him best. With mine, I told him that I wanted to talk to him about

something that was very very important to me...and he just said " shoot " and

I told him what I wanted and he agreed readily. I had my manual all printed

out and with me and Dr. R's letter which I printed from Dr. R's site. I

didn't even need it. Then I drafted a letter for him to use as a guide which

told him what Dr. R needed from him. By the time I got my blood test, ekg,

and gathered up the medical records etc., insurance approval had come back

and I was ready to send my packet.

I sent my online info on April 13, PCP appointment was April 17, blood test

and ekg was April 21, got insurance approval on May 3, sent my packet on

May 7, got a date about the 10th and had surgery May 31.

My only suggestion is to read the manual over and over and do exactly what

it says. If you don't...you'll get lost. The process is all in place and

you need to be able to read and digest all of the material on Dr. R's site

to truly get this surgery and do what you need to do to recover from it.

Best wishes!

Flo from land posting from Raleigh

MGB 5/31/00

Re: Lori-e-vitamins

>

>---

>

>My nose is doing better it was weird there for awhile

>> --I had terrible drainage from my nose, and my throat is still sore

>> from the tube. About how long will this take to subside? Did this

>> happen to anyone else?

>> About the vitamins, on pg 35 of the manuel or pg 20 on the

>discharge

>> instructions. V. Supplements - " They may be started as soon as you

>> like after surgery " .

>> I figure since A & E are both healers and prevent ulcers, I d start

>> right away... THe bulk proteins can wait til I m eating more

>> yogurt....

>> I will be 6 days till clinic will he take out my stitches then? I m

>> glad your doing well. I know my energy level lately pertains to how

>> much salt I intake......the less the worse........... I dont find I

>m

>> loosing alot of water weight yet?

>>

>> See you Tuesday.

>> Lori

>>

>>

>> - In MiniGastricBypass (AT) e, " e "

>

>> wrote:

>> > Yes, I will be at the 9:00 clinic on Tuesday. I hope to see you

>> there! I may be " hanging out " for awhile until late afternoon when

>I

>> go to the airport to pick up Isaac.

>> >

>> > I'm so glad to hear you're doing well! I started the whey

>protein

>> and all the other stuff right away. As I mentioned yesterday, I

>put

>> all of them (citrucel, whey, glutamine, creatine) in one smoothie

>and

>> sip on it for a couple hours. It seems to work well that way. I

>> don't think you are supposed to start the Vitamin A until one week

>> post-op and then only take it for a week. Do you have copies of

>the

>> supplement charts? If you need them I can send them to you.

>They've

>> been helpful for me.

>> >

>> > I got my staples out yesterday and that felt SO good. I have

>been

>> putting Neosporin on the little porthole wounds to help minimize

>> scaring.

>> >

>> > My energy has been pretty good! Today is the first time I felt a

>> little tired and weak, but then I realized I need to drink

>something

>> (easy to forget when you're downing a smoothie all morning). So I

>> drank 18 ounces of gatorade over an hour and now I feel fine. I'm

>> thinking about adding a potassium supplement just to make sure I

>get

>> that in.

>> >

>> > Look forward to seeing you Tuesday!

>> >

>> > Best / e

>> > MGB 5/25/00

>> > 260/251/140

>> >

>> >

>> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Gwen, you can fill out the on-line thingie now. When you get your appt.

with your primary dr. you need to decide the best way to approach him..you

know him best. With mine, I told him that I wanted to talk to him about

something that was very very important to me...and he just said " shoot " and

I told him what I wanted and he agreed readily. I had my manual all printed

out and with me and Dr. R's letter which I printed from Dr. R's site. I

didn't even need it. Then I drafted a letter for him to use as a guide which

told him what Dr. R needed from him. By the time I got my blood test, ekg,

and gathered up the medical records etc., insurance approval had come back

and I was ready to send my packet.

I sent my online info on April 13, PCP appointment was April 17, blood test

and ekg was April 21, got insurance approval on May 3, sent my packet on

May 7, got a date about the 10th and had surgery May 31.

My only suggestion is to read the manual over and over and do exactly what

it says. If you don't...you'll get lost. The process is all in place and

you need to be able to read and digest all of the material on Dr. R's site

to truly get this surgery and do what you need to do to recover from it.

Best wishes!

Flo from land posting from Raleigh

MGB 5/31/00

Re: Lori-e-vitamins

>

>---

>

>My nose is doing better it was weird there for awhile

>> --I had terrible drainage from my nose, and my throat is still sore

>> from the tube. About how long will this take to subside? Did this

>> happen to anyone else?

>> About the vitamins, on pg 35 of the manuel or pg 20 on the

>discharge

>> instructions. V. Supplements - " They may be started as soon as you

>> like after surgery " .

>> I figure since A & E are both healers and prevent ulcers, I d start

>> right away... THe bulk proteins can wait til I m eating more

>> yogurt....

>> I will be 6 days till clinic will he take out my stitches then? I m

>> glad your doing well. I know my energy level lately pertains to how

>> much salt I intake......the less the worse........... I dont find I

>m

>> loosing alot of water weight yet?

>>

>> See you Tuesday.

>> Lori

>>

>>

>> - In MiniGastricBypass (AT) e, " e "

>

>> wrote:

>> > Yes, I will be at the 9:00 clinic on Tuesday. I hope to see you

>> there! I may be " hanging out " for awhile until late afternoon when

>I

>> go to the airport to pick up Isaac.

>> >

>> > I'm so glad to hear you're doing well! I started the whey

>protein

>> and all the other stuff right away. As I mentioned yesterday, I

>put

>> all of them (citrucel, whey, glutamine, creatine) in one smoothie

>and

>> sip on it for a couple hours. It seems to work well that way. I

>> don't think you are supposed to start the Vitamin A until one week

>> post-op and then only take it for a week. Do you have copies of

>the

>> supplement charts? If you need them I can send them to you.

>They've

>> been helpful for me.

>> >

>> > I got my staples out yesterday and that felt SO good. I have

>been

>> putting Neosporin on the little porthole wounds to help minimize

>> scaring.

>> >

>> > My energy has been pretty good! Today is the first time I felt a

>> little tired and weak, but then I realized I need to drink

>something

>> (easy to forget when you're downing a smoothie all morning). So I

>> drank 18 ounces of gatorade over an hour and now I feel fine. I'm

>> thinking about adding a potassium supplement just to make sure I

>get

>> that in.

>> >

>> > Look forward to seeing you Tuesday!

>> >

>> > Best / e

>> > MGB 5/25/00

>> > 260/251/140

>> >

>> >

>> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Gwen,

The first thing I did was fill out the patient information form on the

website. Then I signed releases for my medical records.> Next I wrote my

patient letter to Dr. Rutledge. Meanwhile I was approved for the procedure.

I copied the patient manual, the doctors letter and personalized it with my

docs name and my name. I then made an appointment to see my PCP. I made

sure when I scheduled that they knew I would be there for a while. I talked

to him, he was very supportive (I was very nervous) and said he was willing

to do anything to help. I have been going to this Doctor for about 15 years.

He did not ask me any female questions, just basics, have you every had

surgery, what other diets have you tried. Did you research other procedures?

He then ordered the tests needed and I was out the door. It is taking him

some time to write the letter to Dr. Rutledge, but that is okay. I am

waiting on that and my medical records from him and one other doctor. As far

as the female stuff goes he wants results that are 1 year old or less. I am

fortunate I just had mine. Hope this helps.

Lara

[Guest guest]

Hi Gwen,

I saw my PCP before I filled out the Patient Information form online because I

needed to have some testing done before I could answer all the questions on the

patient information form. I took a copy of the manual and Dr. R's letter for

your physician from the web site. I told my doctor that I was going to have

this done and needed him to support me. He had not heard of the MGB before, but

he had

referred 3 of his patients before for weight loss surgery (RNY). He is very

excited about the MGB and thinks it is a very sensible approach to the problem

of morbid obesity.

Once I did that and had the test results I needed to know of all my

co-morbidities, I filled out the patient information form online. That is what

Dr. R uses to write a letter to your insurance company. I did that a few days

ago, and haven't heard anything yet, but as I understand it, when Dr. R is done

with my letter it will be sent straight to the insurance company, and I will

also be sent a copy.

I don't think you would need to mention the OB/GYN to your PCP, but you will

need to send the results of your Pap in with your packet to Dr. R when you get

that all ready.

Now I am working on getting together all the items that have to be in my packet:

my letter, my family member's letter, medical records, etc. That way when I get

insurance approval I can move right ahead and get a date for the MGB.

Hope this helps you a bit. The manual and the web site have all the steps laid

out for you, but I know that I also had to figure out what order to do things

in, too.

Good luck, Gwen.

Sara

waiting for insurance approval

Gwen DeWitt wrote:

> I have my first Dr appt next week with my PCP, I have to talk to him and see

if he will agree to help me. What do i take with me, information wise to explain

the MGB to him and what his part will be in this? I don't even know where to

start with him. I also have an appt set with OB/GYN for all the female stuff, do

I need (or have to) mention all this to him?

> After I get my Dr to agree, whats next?

> Do I fill out the online paper work before or after I have seen PCP?

> When do I contact Dr.R. about getting insurance approval?

> I know I am so full of questions and I am sorry about that, but I am lost.

Someone please help me so I can get this surgery, if for no other reason than I

need a full nights sleep. I found the MGB site a month ago and have not slept

all night since, I am either on the computer reading/lurking about it or

dreaming about it. I can't remember the last time in my life I was this excited

about anything.

> I have BCBS of Arkansas and know they cover gastric bypass but don't know

about MGB, so I am real anxious about that,too.

>

> Thanx

> Seeking the Other Side

> Gwen

[Guest guest]

Hi Gwen,

I saw my PCP before I filled out the Patient Information form online because I

needed to have some testing done before I could answer all the questions on the

patient information form. I took a copy of the manual and Dr. R's letter for

your physician from the web site. I told my doctor that I was going to have

this done and needed him to support me. He had not heard of the MGB before, but

he had

referred 3 of his patients before for weight loss surgery (RNY). He is very

excited about the MGB and thinks it is a very sensible approach to the problem

of morbid obesity.

Once I did that and had the test results I needed to know of all my

co-morbidities, I filled out the patient information form online. That is what

Dr. R uses to write a letter to your insurance company. I did that a few days

ago, and haven't heard anything yet, but as I understand it, when Dr. R is done

with my letter it will be sent straight to the insurance company, and I will

also be sent a copy.

I don't think you would need to mention the OB/GYN to your PCP, but you will

need to send the results of your Pap in with your packet to Dr. R when you get

that all ready.

Now I am working on getting together all the items that have to be in my packet:

my letter, my family member's letter, medical records, etc. That way when I get

insurance approval I can move right ahead and get a date for the MGB.

Hope this helps you a bit. The manual and the web site have all the steps laid

out for you, but I know that I also had to figure out what order to do things

in, too.

Good luck, Gwen.

Sara

waiting for insurance approval

Gwen DeWitt wrote:

> I have my first Dr appt next week with my PCP, I have to talk to him and see

if he will agree to help me. What do i take with me, information wise to explain

the MGB to him and what his part will be in this? I don't even know where to

start with him. I also have an appt set with OB/GYN for all the female stuff, do

I need (or have to) mention all this to him?

> After I get my Dr to agree, whats next?

> Do I fill out the online paper work before or after I have seen PCP?

> When do I contact Dr.R. about getting insurance approval?

> I know I am so full of questions and I am sorry about that, but I am lost.

Someone please help me so I can get this surgery, if for no other reason than I

need a full nights sleep. I found the MGB site a month ago and have not slept

all night since, I am either on the computer reading/lurking about it or

dreaming about it. I can't remember the last time in my life I was this excited

about anything.

> I have BCBS of Arkansas and know they cover gastric bypass but don't know

about MGB, so I am real anxious about that,too.

>

> Thanx

> Seeking the Other Side

> Gwen

[Guest guest]

Hi Gwen,

I saw my PCP before I filled out the Patient Information form online because I

needed to have some testing done before I could answer all the questions on the

patient information form. I took a copy of the manual and Dr. R's letter for

your physician from the web site. I told my doctor that I was going to have

this done and needed him to support me. He had not heard of the MGB before, but

he had

referred 3 of his patients before for weight loss surgery (RNY). He is very

excited about the MGB and thinks it is a very sensible approach to the problem

of morbid obesity.

Once I did that and had the test results I needed to know of all my

co-morbidities, I filled out the patient information form online. That is what

Dr. R uses to write a letter to your insurance company. I did that a few days

ago, and haven't heard anything yet, but as I understand it, when Dr. R is done

with my letter it will be sent straight to the insurance company, and I will

also be sent a copy.

I don't think you would need to mention the OB/GYN to your PCP, but you will

need to send the results of your Pap in with your packet to Dr. R when you get

that all ready.

Now I am working on getting together all the items that have to be in my packet:

my letter, my family member's letter, medical records, etc. That way when I get

insurance approval I can move right ahead and get a date for the MGB.

Hope this helps you a bit. The manual and the web site have all the steps laid

out for you, but I know that I also had to figure out what order to do things

in, too.

Good luck, Gwen.

Sara

waiting for insurance approval

Gwen DeWitt wrote:

> I have my first Dr appt next week with my PCP, I have to talk to him and see

if he will agree to help me. What do i take with me, information wise to explain

the MGB to him and what his part will be in this? I don't even know where to

start with him. I also have an appt set with OB/GYN for all the female stuff, do

I need (or have to) mention all this to him?

> After I get my Dr to agree, whats next?

> Do I fill out the online paper work before or after I have seen PCP?

> When do I contact Dr.R. about getting insurance approval?

> I know I am so full of questions and I am sorry about that, but I am lost.

Someone please help me so I can get this surgery, if for no other reason than I

need a full nights sleep. I found the MGB site a month ago and have not slept

all night since, I am either on the computer reading/lurking about it or

dreaming about it. I can't remember the last time in my life I was this excited

about anything.

> I have BCBS of Arkansas and know they cover gastric bypass but don't know

about MGB, so I am real anxious about that,too.

>

> Thanx

> Seeking the Other Side

> Gwen

[Guest guest]

Hi Gwen,

I would make up a really nice folder with the new handbook, any support

letters you have, Dr. R's letter to PCPs and any other information you

feel would support your case. Make it neat and professional. They like

that kind of stuff!

a

PreOp 5/29/00

Gwen DeWitt wrote:

>

> I have my first Dr appt next week with my PCP, I have to talk to him and see

if he will agree to help me. What do i take with me, information wise to explain

the MGB to him and what his part will be in this? I don't even know where to

start with him. I also have an appt set with OB/GYN for all the female stuff, do

I need (or have to) mention all this to him?

> After I get my Dr to agree, whats next?

> Do I fill out the online paper work before or after I have seen PCP?

> When do I contact Dr.R. about getting insurance approval?

> I know I am so full of questions and I am sorry about that, but I am lost.

Someone please help me so I can get this surgery, if for no other reason than I

need a full nights sleep. I found the MGB site a month ago and have not slept

all night since, I am either on the computer reading/lurking about it or

dreaming about it. I can't remember the last time in my life I was this excited

about anything.

> I have BCBS of Arkansas and know they cover gastric bypass but don't know

about MGB, so I am real anxious about that,too.

>

> Thanx

> Seeking the Other Side

> Gwen

>

> - Re: Lori-e-vitamins

>

> ---

>

> My nose is doing better it was weird there for awhile

> > --I had terrible drainage from my nose, and my throat is still sore

> > from the tube. About how long will this take to subside? Did this

> > happen to anyone else?

> > About the vitamins, on pg 35 of the manuel or pg 20 on the

> discharge

> > instructions. V. Supplements - " They may be started as soon as you

> > like after surgery " .

> > I figure since A & E are both healers and prevent ulcers, I d start

> > right away... THe bulk proteins can wait til I m eating more

> > yogurt....

> > I will be 6 days till clinic will he take out my stitches then? I m

> > glad your doing well. I know my energy level lately pertains to how

> > much salt I intake......the less the worse........... I dont find I

> m

> > loosing alot of water weight yet?

> >

> > See you Tuesday.

> > Lori

> >

> >

> > - In MiniGastricBypass (AT) e, " e "

>

> > wrote:

> > > Yes, I will be at the 9:00 clinic on Tuesday. I hope to see you

> > there! I may be " hanging out " for awhile until late afternoon when

> I

> > go to the airport to pick up Isaac.

> > >

> > > I'm so glad to hear you're doing well! I started the whey

> protein

> > and all the other stuff right away. As I mentioned yesterday, I

> put

> > all of them (citrucel, whey, glutamine, creatine) in one smoothie

> and

> > sip on it for a couple hours. It seems to work well that way. I

> > don't think you are supposed to start the Vitamin A until one week

> > post-op and then only take it for a week. Do you have copies of

> the

> > supplement charts? If you need them I can send them to you.

> They've

> > been helpful for me.

> > >

> > > I got my staples out yesterday and that felt SO good. I have

> been

> > putting Neosporin on the little porthole wounds to help minimize

> > scaring.

> > >

> > > My energy has been pretty good! Today is the first time I felt a

> > little tired and weak, but then I realized I need to drink

> something

> > (easy to forget when you're downing a smoothie all morning). So I

> > drank 18 ounces of gatorade over an hour and now I feel fine. I'm

> > thinking about adding a potassium supplement just to make sure I

> get

> > that in.

> > >

> > > Look forward to seeing you Tuesday!

> > >

> > > Best / e

> > > MGB 5/25/00

> > > 260/251/140

> > >

> > >

> > >