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Lisa, I'm glad your surgery went well. I like reading as much about these experiences as possible while I'm still not scheduled yet. :0)

Thank you for such great info. I will definitely take into account what the doc says too, but this is good info. I appreciate your reply.

Just curious, if some of the bandsters can give us "looking into getting banded" some tips of things we may want to have at home, ready and waiting before the day arrives. I know that we will probably get some info at our pre op appts, but ....maybe there are other things we may not even be thinking of that you can help with, Such as.....changing our daily vitamins over to chewable ones. (I never would have even thought of that---until after. :-) Thanks for any info you can give.

Hi. Good to see more Carolina folks here. I hope you have great success on you band.

Hi. Good to see more Carolina folks here. I hope you have great success on you band.

Oh my. This post is funny..... however....it has my stomach in knots just thinking of this part of the surgery! And I don't even have my surgery date yet. Oh my!

I am not scheduled for it yet, but I'm using my time reading posts and asking questions, and getting really mentally ready for it. I sometimes, get fearful too, but after reading all the positive posts and knowing that I just need this extra tool to help me lose and keep it off, is what I need. That's where my thinking is right now, anyhow. I wish you well with whatever choice you make.

I will try tomorrow. Thank you.

Highland, I hope you have a great surgery. Sorry your ins does not cover it. I sure hope my new plan year will cover it better than my current one. God bless.

Okurt, thank you for your reply. I think this is the way I would like to go too.

I totally understand that feeling, as well. I would crop mine as well, if possible. but usually if it's a group pic that I would be in, i tried to get to the back so that my body (or at least most of it) was hidden behind others. My friend found a pic of me when I was at my highest weight of 289 and gave it to me (a year or two ago) because she knew I had come a ways from that. I am still down to 250 at this point, although I had gotten down to 215, so I have definitely been on that rollercoaster of just that part of weight gain for 2 or more years now. I refuse to ever get back to that weight. Pictures can be a wake up calll, for sure.

Wow, I can only hope that a boiled egg is all I'll crave. I look forward to hearing more about the plications bandsters' journey. I wish you welll and I'll be looking forward to your posts. Hopefully I'll be telling my own story in a few months.

BTW, did you know that Marilyn Monroe would be considered a plus size model by today's standards? What a world. Sad world we live in, huh? The models look very anorexic and there is nothing about that look, that's flattering, to me. Too skinny. I would be happy at this point, to be back in a 14 ( I haven't seen that since, geez....., about 23 years ago, or more. And even then, I thought I was sooooo overweight. I'll take that now, any day compared to this size 20 I have crept back up to.. I'm not sure what is a realistic goal, but as I've been a Weight Watcher follower so so so long now, I just gave myself mini goals, such as focusing on ten pounds at a time. It seemed so much for reachable than the overall BIG picture. I wish you well. I will look forward to seeing more of your posts, especially with the plication also. The more I read about that,t he better, safer it seems.

Every time I do this, ithe message comes up that someone will get to me asap, yet nobody ever does. ?

Thanks all. I ordered it. Will be looking forward to reading it.

The plication just sounds better all the time. Is the recovery time much longer/ if any?

Wow! LVgirl, that was quick. So..can you give me some tips on things I can do right while I wait? I work at a primary care dr office so I know I can do some of it there. Or is it too far away from Sept? Thank you.

Ashleigh, I'm glad all went well with you. Do you think you'll put your story on the "My Day of surgery" thread? If so, I would love to read all the details. It's even better to read about the actual Dr./place where I may be having it eventually. Did you go with the Plication also? I wish you much success with this. Thanks!

Congrats! I am not banded yet, but sure is nice to read a good, positive post. Thank you.

Thank you for that info, Rachel and for her blog link. I will definitely check it out. But will probably go with Amazon if no shipping. :0) but will be good to read her blog.

Okay. Thank you all. :0)

Oh and I do have insurance' but waiting until Sept since my new ins plan year will start so I will have different plans to pick from. When I wrote "with no ins. covg, I meant no covg for the actual plication, but now we know about the " no cpt code" for it. Thank you for your reply. I wish you much success on your surgery. I look forward to reading success stories.

Bazooka, My memory was jogged when reading your replies. I do remember in the brief mention of the plication, the surgeon did say something about it being so new there was not even a code to use for billing it. So maybe that is a positive in this case. :0)