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Hi Lalaj. I am Deb, Welcome to the group. I am happy you got approved and i am sure they will give you a date soon. I am waiting for approval but suppose to have it by the start of April. I am hoping for an end of April surgery date. This is a fantastic group of ppl i think you will find it helpfull and suportive

Main thing to do is check out your insurance coverage. What do they require. Some require that you have a period of time you was under a dr care trying to lose weight. I had to list 2 years of things i tried for my dr he did not require proof just a list of what i tried and for how long and if any was successfull. My insurance though required that I do 6 mos of what is called CareWIse. Where I had to talk to a nurse and a dietican on the phone every few weeks for 6 mos. I am on my last month of that. Good Luck!

Hi Dhales.... welcome to our group. Pull up a chair and join the converstions. Think you will find it helpful supportive and also at times Silly (everyone needs a little silly in their life and to laugh at themself) Sue.. !! hey you. I am also thinking omg how am i going to chew chew chew when i have to run back onto the floor... lol going to be interesting but dang it i am going to do it someway or other. I am going to be bout me. I was teasing them the other day told them i am going to do this loose down to a 165 lbs grow my hair down my back and show up to work in stilitos .. thing is one of the girls busted out laughing i was hey why you laughing she was omg deb i can see you doing that... lol

Hi Dhales.... welcome to our group. Pull up a chair and join the converstions. Think you will find it helpful supportive and also at times Silly (everyone needs a little silly in their life and to laugh at themself) Sue.. !! hey you. I am also thinking omg how am i going to chew chew chew when i have to run back onto the floor... lol going to be interesting but dang it i am going to do it someway or other. I am going to be bout me. I was teasing them the other day told them i am going to do this loose down to a 165 lbs grow my hair down my back and show up to work in stilitos .. thing is one of the girls busted out laughing i was hey why you laughing she was omg deb i can see you doing that... lol

Hi glg wow so many rn's in the group. I M like you all excited and can't wait

Hi glg wow so many rn's in the group. I M like you all excited and can't wait

hI pa... Guess i am lucky in that a couple of ppl in my dept has already done the lapband and been very successfull at it. So i have chosen to tell just bout everyone. Plus i am such an open person i dont keep secrets well especially ones i am so excited bout.. Everyone i work with knows details bout my Vacation in April and the lapband... lol i am sure they are tired of hearing me. I am not having my surgery where i work though. I am actually traveling 2 1/2 hours away but thats cause my hospital dont perform it and the closest is and hour and half away so choose to drive the extra hour to use a guy i knew had a good success rate.

I work till 11 pm so when i get home i have to unwind usually so even days i am off work i still tend to stay up till 2 or so .. the dark circles under my eyes tell i never sleep enough. Last night i had a hard time for sure getting to bed like you i kept checking on here.. Hope you all have a fantastic sunday.

I have not been told my diet yet by my surgeon but 2 friends used the same group a couple years ago so they sorta gave me heads up. All the fat free jello and popscyle i want to eat. Broth drained from Chicken noodle and veggie soup. they also named some other items that i did not take well heed of. They said they was only on it 1 week but i think i am going to do 2 weeks to be sure to have that liver down small so they can do my surgery without postponing in anyway. WIll fill in more when i get more info..

HI Lap band Blondie... Glad you found out little group Looking forward to gettting to know you better. Deb

Hey ElizabethAnna... lol we both tend to be posting crazy tonight ... You then me then you then me... So since we was both posting every few mins figure would say a big HELLO to you "_

I love how we are growing with new members each day. Think of all the ppl we will have to help us all in our journey. To cheer us on (grabs the pompoms) and to give advice.. This is GREAT!!!! I am so excited for each of us and for this group!!!!

Hello Kelly Gosh cant believe i missed you ... Went to read and there you was. Welcome to the group.. lol and trust me you cant go on and on more then me. I am sorta i think the loud mouth of the group... lol but hey thas my way. I tend to be a bit of a personality comes with being and ER nurse i think. As for the supervised diet. I had to do 6 mos of phone calls with a Nurse *yea funny a nurse telling a nurse what to do and not do) Las tthing she said to me is wow your really a nurse cause i have scedualed my days off even though i dont have a surgery date yet. I also had to talk to a dietican and well i like ONE more phone call from her and it was suppose to be friday the 9th but she got ill and canceled on me so now wont be till the 16th (whine whine whine) once that is done like you i have everything done and they are suppose to have it all turned in to the insurance by the 22 and i am so hoping by april 1 i am approved and can secedaul my day!!! Went to dinner with my daughter in law * who i love like mine* and she wanted to know if i was scared of the surgery. Thing is i am NOT i am excited and i am scared i wont use it right and not lose like i want to. More scared i will fail then the labpand. .. Oh yea i am on my soap box ( picks up my soap box and puts it back in the closet) LOL

Yay Marlene i see you found us!!! Welcome. Wow 5 kids... I had 4, 3 of them less then 3years apart but all grown now my baby is 18 but acts 12... lol She has never had to grow up and thats ok with me..... Welcome to this fantastic group of ppl...

Marlena Wait a min i am sending you an INvite OK!!!

Hi Hasana I am sorry didnt see your post earler... welcome to the group we are sure happy you chose to join us and YES we will each be able to help in our journeys!

Great info Julz...

Welcome to the Group Amy I took it by your name that you have tattoos.. Least i thought the pretty in ink meant that. I have one as well and i very likly will get one more but not till the weight is off. This is a great group to be part of.

Ty Julz ... lol i know it sounds like i am whining. Oh well next saturday lets hope its all done and said and i can get them to tell me when they will submit my insurance so i can get a date and hope for April 25 th.

This morning was suppose to be my last phone call from carewise before surgery could be approved. I was all excited and have been all week. THis morning i get a call from Carewise to inform me that the girl who normally calls me is ill and thus cant call me. They wanted to postpone till the 20 th but i was like no way i can wait that long. So instead gotta wait till next saturday now. Sigh. I so want this part of my journey to be over so i can move on to the next part the schedualing surgery.

I am going to do that. I did it the last time before i lost weight. It really does make a change.

I know once i am approved the time willl pass quickly. I am in the middle of preparing for vacation which happens April 7 and i will be in florida for 7 days. So that will sure keep me busy. I am of course going to be pin and needles till i am approved. I hope friday when i talk to the dietican again she gives me a better idea of when i might be approved.

Ok the Rn call went great. She said oh i am looking for you to have a mid april surgery date. I was well i am already planning on an April 25 day she felt that was a good date to plan that my insurance will be approved by then. She said that once i talk to the dietiacan on Friday that she felt that it would all be ready to be submited to the insurance. I am so excited!!! one more step towards my goal...

Gm all my fellow springy springers. I am up this morning awaiting a phone call from the RN for the Carewise program. This is my last phone call from her. THen i have one more from the dietican then its up to them to turn in the info and get me approved. I wish it was the 22 already so i would know the package is turned in and I would be days away from hopefully approval. SO how are each of you this morning. For some of you its just days away from the big day. Wow I am a tad jealous. Wish it was me but then I had always planned an april date since i found out i couldnt have it the month after i went to the seminar... LOL Ok i was a bit nieve to think i would get it that easy with no hoops to jump though. Just wanted to pop on and say HI.

TY hon. We are still cleaning up big time here. But I do have internet again and things are more normal then before. It will take a long time for these ppl who was harmed and clean up what is left of their lifes.