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Oh wow, CONGRATS! and of course good luck! I'm very happy for you and hope to someday get where you are!!

Hi, I am hoping that insurance will cover it, but I have to jump through their hoops, which I am going to do. I have to join an exercise/diet program that the insurance has as well as all the testing and counseling, and support groups which the closest one is an hour away. I'm hoping that next Tuesday I will know more after I talk to the head nurse. I'm ready to get started everything that I have to do. Did you hear back from your insurance?? I do the same thing, I keep looking at before and after pictures and am determined to not let them discourage me. Good Luck to you and thank you for your post!

Good Luck! I can't wait to be where you are, but like you said, we all have to work hard to get there. I hope everything goes well for you!

Thanks, today I'm feeling a little down, but I think that's just because I am waiting to hear if I can even be considered for the lap band surgery, I know that there will be up days and down days, All I can do now is wait to see if the referral is even accepted. Then if that happens then comes the seeing if I qualify, I'm so impatient!

As for the picture, I'll post one eventually, Again, thank you for the comment because it reminded me that yesterday was a good day and that I need to stop worrying.

Thank you both for the advice. I'm trying to gather everything so when I go to my PCP I have all my ducks in a row so to speak. Brenda, I live in Bellingham and if my insurance pays for it (GroupHealth) I will have to go through their approved surgeon. When I moved here 5 years ago my doctor at the time said my cholesterol was high and said I could try to control it with diet, but if I couldn't then he would put me on meds. I changed doctors (dumb move) and my cholesterol was never mentioned again. When I went in for my physical in January I asked my current doctor about checking my cholesterol and he told me not to worry about it!!! So needless to say I will bring this up and demand to have it tested again. If he refuses (no idea why he would) then I will go back to the doctor I saw when I moved, which coincidentally is the only doctor who has ever mentioned my weight problem and I have been over 200lbs since I was a pre-teen. I am just nervous I guess of them saying no. I think that I will at least have some questions answered after I see my dr next week. Thanks again for reading!