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Have fun !! Sounds great !!

Congrats on your weight loss !!! Amazing !! I'll stick with the mixed drinks !

. Haha okay thanks !! Good to know

Awesome girl !! You sound like you are doing great !! Dont feel guilty !!! Thats fantastic that you were able to actually keep something down !!! I myself havent been baneded YET but im SOOO looking forward to it !!! You make it sound SO EASY !!!! Oh and i have GOT to try a Skinny girl Margrita !!! hahaah I dont drink often but the thought of never drinking again kind of scares me ! So you were able to drink that and be okay ? Does drinking fill you up ? Im still confused on that . Lol But anyhow you are doing FABULOUS !!!! =) The " Big D" as in Detroit ? Where are you ! ? haha

oh that stinks ! My spouse is very supportive but he's not going to let me get away with all this THAT EASY !! The jokes about how lil food intake i can have has already started !! Maybe hes just a lil scared of the new sexy body your gonna have =)

It JUST OCCURRED TO ME that if all goes well and smoothly i could possible be SMALLER FOR MY WEDDING !!! Omg !! Now im going to really stress about all this happening ASAP ! LOl Our date is set for Oct 1st of this year ! How awesome would that be ?! We arent having a huge wedding or anything but i want to look my very best for him . i really want him to be like " wow , she is beautiful !" . I really do have the best finace in the world. He is so supportive and i love him SO much. I just want to be the best ME i can .. for him and my son =-)

HAHA~ Yea i hear ya !!! Hell ill wait 6 months ! Its better than a lifetime ! As long as i KNOW its going to happen , im cool . lol

Yes ! Im going to call my old Dr in Florida and PRAY he still has my records! =)

Hiya ! Congrats on your weight loss !! Also , i havent been banded yet and im not much of a drinker but how exactly does that work ? Are you able to have mixed drinks of they arent carbonated ? Does a shot glass get you drunk ?

So my insurance DOES cover the Lap-Band surgery ! im so thrilled about that !! However, they wouldnt tell me all the requirements and records needed to get approved for it. She said it was up to my Dr to see what was needed ?? I dont understand that . So i made an appt with my new PCP this morning for Saturday and i have my very first appt with the surgeon on June 6th !! Im really hoping that he can provide everyhting that they will need because i dont have a history this past year. I was pregnant ! So the only thing anyone has on file is my Obgyn record of my weight durning that time. Do you think that would be enough ? I havent been to a regular PCP in a few years since moving to a different state . So im kindof worried about that : /

oF Course im THRILLED about this !! I just got off the phone ! ive been making calls ALL morning ! So the first step is to see my new Primary care Dr . I see him on Saturday. This should be good ... When i called for the appt , HE .. the Dr himself answered the phone on his cell phone while driving in his car and told me to come in today !!! I would have but my better half is at work today so my appt is on Saturday !! YAY ! I already chose North shore Surgical , Dr. Gellman to do my surgery .They take my insurance , the have a decent web site with all the questions and answers i need and she was SUPER nice to me on the phone ! The staff there seems to be really cool so far and willing to do whatever it takes to make sure that i get the surgery. I meet with the surgeon on june 6th !! Its already moving so fast !! im so happy ! Hopefully , it will all go smoothly and ill have everything i need to get this ball rolling !!! One thing my insurance company would nt go into full detail of all the requirements i needed to get approved. she said my PCP " might have you see a cardiologist, or a few other things . Its up to your Dr " . Whats that suppose to mean ? I guess ill find out.

Wow thanks!!! i didnt know anyone would even ready this !! ahah Thats really awesome ! I feel in my heart this is the right thing to do not only for myself but for my baby boy! So i totally relate to you !! Im going to add you as a friend if you dont mind !!!

hello Jesslyn ! nice to meet you !! Wow ! You have lost some serious weight ! That is amazing ! i havent been bannded yet but looking forward to it ! Nice to meet you ! xo

Geeze okay i wasnt going to post until AFTER i made the calls tomorrow but i cant get the Lapband off my brain ! its ALL im thinking about it ! im obsessing and i really need to chill the hell out !! on top of that my lil boy decided to stay up late tonight and so i didnt really have dinner . I did however just scarf down a mini size Milky way ., ugh what is wrong with me ? Actually i need to go food shopping . I really didnt have alot of choices. Oh ! I did have some carrots earlier tho. Lol Maybe they will cancel each other out ? Okay im going to bed hungry and ill post tomorrow !! YAYAYAYYAYA ! IM SO EXCITED ! I really hope my dreams arent crushed !!

Okay so here we go !!!! Im ready to make the " call " Yes , the call to my insurance company tomorrow morning to see if they will cover me and what my policy says. Why didn't I do this on Friday before the 3 day holiday weekend I have no idea ! I guess i like driving myself batty !! This is a lil about me and my situation. Iam a new mom . I have a son that is 10 weeks old. Iam engaged to the best man in the world and we are getting married on Oct 1st , 2011. The plan was to wait till we were married and i would go under his insurance BCBS and I would eventually get LapBand. All that changed when i found this site Friday of last week !! I seen a post where several people had the insurance i currently have and low and behold i found a entire site on Lap-band surgery and the hospitals they cover !! I dont know if i have the right plan under them YET !! Tomorrow morning tells all !! * fingers crosses* I just want to clear up that im not fat because ive just had a baby . haha id like to think that but thats not the case. I was heavy before pregnancy and have been most of my life. Ive ALWAYS been able to pull motivation out for a short period of time , ex cerise , diet to death lose about 70lbs and then I come to a screeching hault !! I wont lose or gain and ill stay at a very unheatlhy 190lbs. Which right now to be honest i would LOVE to be 190 ! So , im doing something about it !!! Together with support groups like lapbandtalk and all the lovely women ive already had the pleasure of corresponding with .. i know i can get thro this . IT IS POSSIBLE !!! Ill update tomorrow after the call and as soon as i can get my lil man down for a nap !! =) SO EXCITED !! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GOD LET THIS BE THE TICKET !! =)

I found the album here !!! I couldn't see if from my phone and just got on my laptop and seen that we have an album !!!! A awesome one at that !!!! Very inspiring !!!

Fabulous!! Thank you !! ill def have to find it this week !!! its so good to hear you are doing well ! ive been following a few bandsters blogs and i tell ya , some of them are freaking me out a bit. But not enough to not want it ahha xo

AMAZING!!! CONGRATS !!! THIS IS WHAT YOUVE BEEN WAITING FOR !!!! SO HAPPY FOR YOU !! XOX

Hello everyone !! okay , so ive been searching and searching for before * after photos from lapband surgery. Some of these are AMAZING !!! However , ive seen the same pics on other sites which makes me think they arent real. Ive seen a few like " lisathelosers" photos from 2009 and hers look awesome! But i havent seen anything recently as shes stopped her blog. Which btw , ive noticed alot of Bandsters dont keep up with their blogs and just seem to vanish ? Anyway , is there a Before & After lapband photo album somewhere that i can look at ? Or if you dont mind can i see yours ? post them here if you dont mind !! =)

Thanks! yea, i think im just going to go ahead and tell my Dr everything i can think of !! When you really think about it there are SO MANY things that being overweight interferes with ! Not only health wise but day to day ! =)

haha Ive actually done that a few times !!! It does help out the " girls" in the summer months !!! )

Thank you so much ! I never thought about using Noxeema ! I've used the Destin and baby ointment like the previous post said . I usually just wash it a few times a day and let it air dry when possiable. It's just so much worse in this heat and when I work out !

Awesome !!! So glad to meet you !! I will def keep in touch and I an on starting my blog Monday morning ! That's the day I'm making my insurance calls !! Err nervous already !!! Haha Who would have thought we would ALL want a procedure that takes away are ability to eat so badly !?