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I go to my doctor tomorrow for a routine physical, my first in years, I'm going to talk to her about VSG. I'm excited and nervous all at the the same time. I'm hoping she gives me the referral and we can start the whole process! I'm hopeful but I don't want to get to excited just to be disappointed if it doesn't happen right away. I'm trying very hard to stay positive though.

Good luck.  My PCP was very open to chatting about it and agreed to give me a referral right away.  I did take the the sample letter the center suggested and also drafted my own, personal letter that I thought she could use.  She didn't automatically sign anything, but she asked to keep the two letters to help her while she drafts her note.  This Monday will have been two weeks since I saw her and asked for the referral.  On Friday the nurse told me it should be ready if I want to pick it up on Monday (but she will call and confirm). Although the process didn't move quite as quickly as I had hoped, I still have all the pre-approval stuff to do - currently in the supervised WL program, psych eval is in 2 weeks, etc. I won't get to submit to insurance until first week in January, but I'm trying to get everything gathered as quickly as possible.

Good luck to you and hope your visit goes as well as mine did!

Thank you so much. That is reassuring, I need positive vibes. Congratulations, i'm trying to do so much research in advance so that I know kind of what to expect and what hoops I have to jump through but its hard to get so informed on my own.

I did the same thing in June for my physical. I wanted my doctor to know I was serious about WLS so I typed up the different diet plans/ programs I had been on in the last 30 years. I also had my weight down on paper what it was in different years. Of course, I could not remember the exact but it did show my doctor I was serious. His reply was, "Well, it looks like you have really tried!" Just a thought that might help you. Good luck!

That is actually VERY helpful!Thank you so much. I've started kind of logging issues I've been having that could possibly contribute to my weight, in hopes that she'll take me seriously. So thank you so much for that suggestion!

you can insist that they give you a referral ,there required to for any medical procedure that is a normal treatment for any ailment

 as long as your bmi is over 35 you should get the referral

 my pcp did not what to give it to me but I insisted and then I changed doctors after getting the referral  to a more pro  wls   doctor

That's good to know. My bmi is definitely over 35, and since I haven't been to the doctor in so long so I was really sure what to expect or what to say but thank you so much for that.

I hope your doc is supportive!!  

Thank you! Me too. This is a new doctor to me and tomorrow will be my first time meeting her so I hope she is supportive!