loretta\ Baconton Georgia

we did it. we have made a commitment to a better life to start out our new year with.. I was banded Dec 20. I started out at 214 preop and then the day of surgery I was 201. Today I am 195-196. I have GOT to get rid of the scales and only weigh weekly. They torture me. I have had no pain.. No nausea. No vomiting. And better yet.. I have made it through the holidays. First fill is not until Feb 2.. Going to start an exercise routine of walking in Jan hoping to help increase my weigh loss without the fill. How are yall doing??? We have to stick together and support each other. I am here for ya.. If you need to ask me anything and I am not on here, you can send email to hlorettawilliams@gmail.com!

Your insurance is paying for your TT?

I suggest that you evaluate what you are doing to help yourself loose the weight. I see that u have joint problems so that may restrict your exercise. And how much food intake and the kind is important to evaluate. have you been for a fill? Have you talked to a dietician? some people just loose slow. I know I do too.

I was/ am the same way. I can tolerate but only in small portions. I was banded 12/20. When you start getting fills, u will hit miserable mark when u over eat or eat some thing u r not suppose to.

we did it. we have made a commitment to a better life to start out our new year with.. I was banded Dec 20. I started out at 214 preop and then the day of surgery I was 201. Today I am 195-196. I have GOT to get rid of the scales and only weigh weekly. They torture me. I have had no pain.. No nausea. No vomiting. And better yet.. I have made it through the holidays. First fill is not until Feb 2.. Going to start an exercise routine of walking in Jan hoping to help increase my weigh loss without the fill. How are yall doing??? We have to stick together and support each other. I am here for ya.. If you need to ask me anything and I am not on here, you can send email to hlorettawilliams@gmail.com!

I disagree with yall/ The human body can reject when the body has issues of its own.. sorta like rejecting the perfect man when she is having pms.. If she had issues that needed to heal properly without the band--- why does that make the surgeon sound like a bad person?? Not to me it does not.. And whether he charges he is irrelevant. My surgeon told me up front tthat some times people have had to have them taken out and then 3-6 months later put back in.. He does not charge for the second procedure HOWEVEr he did say that he could not say that the hospital would be as nice. This is suppose to be a forum to be of encouragement and not immediately doubting a professional. We live in a society that is all about blaming and lawsuits.. We need to change our way of thinking.Not every one is as money hungry as the tabloids want us to think. Good luck Honey. I hope it all goes well for you in the end.

we did it. we have made a commitment to a better life to start out our new year with.. I was banded Dec 20. I started out at 214 preop and then the day of surgery I was 201. Today I am 195-196. I have GOT to get rid of the scales and only weigh weekly. They torture me. I have had no pain.. No nausea. No vomiting. And better yet.. I have made it through the holidays. First fill is not until Feb 2.. Going to start an exercise routine of walking in Jan hoping to help increase my weigh loss without the fill. How are yall doing??? We have to stick together and support each other. I am here for ya.. If you need to ask me anything and I am not on here, you can send email to hlorettawilliams@gmail.com!

I would find out if y our insurance covers it so that you can go to a local dr. The support that you need for a lapband is woth the wait and hoops that you have to jump through for your insurancce company IF they cover it at all. What is your BMI? I can tell you for insurance most say yyou have to have a BMI of above 40 or a bmi of 35 if you have two comobidites.

I was banded on the 20th. I have really been laying around and allowing myself tto heal.. I somewhat feel like I wanna cry but I think that is tears of joy becaause it is time to start a journey to a better me. I am ready to show the world what I can do.. I like the Isopure drinks for protein.. tastes really good. and I am drinking chicken broth. it does stink that I can not have any christmas food but hey that is another 15 pounds that I will never have to try to loose..

FINALLY APPROVED BY BCBSI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
iT PROBABLY TOOK LIKE 7 DAYS TOTAL TO GET APPROVED.