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I was able to get approved for the Realize band, and my insurance(Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware PPO) paid everything, without me needing "six months of nutritionist counseling". Because I used TheDailyPlate.com faithfully for over 6 months, (Actually over 2 years) They approved me, and waived the need for additional wait time / 6 months of counseling. You just have to fax your surgeon's office the FAQ on thedailyplate.com informational page. This is important because I saved a TON of money & time, by not needing to pay for a nutritionist, nor Weight Watchers Online. This program is very similar to Weight Watchers Online, but it's free! Love it, use it after surgery now, to track my calories, glasses of water, and protein. It's great, can't say enough good about it But insurance initially denied coverage, because they didn't know enough about it! Because of my case, now they are educated about the Daily Plate. So Start to finish process, with all the clearances I had to attend: pulmonologist, cardiologist, endocrinologist etc, it only took me ONE MONTH from beginning of this journey, to surgery date on Dec 6th. Just an FYI of Hope! B

Hi Karen, I'm just south of Dover, but my surgery was in Christiana. My surg date was December 6th, 2010, this past Monday. I also had a hernia repair, I'm not so much starving as BORED! Having a hard time getting down all the liquids I need to, and I think the Protein shakes are awful!

Hi, I got banded this Monday, Dec 6, 2010. I went in at 8am, and was scheduled to stay the night in the hospital. I had a terrible reaction to the anesthesia, nausea, extreme pain, retching, gagging. I was kept overnight, and they wanted to keep me a second night. My WBC went high, higher than they expected for surgery, up to 18. Also I cannot take any opiates (and obviously now no NSAIDs) for pain, so all I could take is Tylenol. This is my 4th day post-op, and I was very nauseated this morning. I believe the sites are healing well, no fever, drinking liquids, but just still having some mild discomfort, so using Tylenol every 6 hours. I walked today, just to my post office and back, and I'm trying non-medication distracting/healing, using music, massage, etc. Drinking as much fluid as I can stand. I'm down 9 lbs so far, and still tracking all my fluid, calorie and protein intake on Livestrong.com Good luck to everyone..

Hello all. This is my first time posting on this site. One of my biggest reasons for wanting to lose weight was to be a more fit rider. I hated the way I looked in photos while horseback riding, and I wanted to be more kind to my petite elderly Arabian mare, while riding. I wanted to look more, in proportion with her while riding. The only downside to me hoping to lose this weight, is I just bought a very nice Tucker trail saddle; hoping it'll get to be too big for me! I can't wait to ride again, I'll wait 2-3 weeks, and then just do a short flat walk for a bit. See how I feel. B