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You can complain all you want about it!!!! I would lol. It will come sooner then you think! GOOD LUCK HUN!

My doc said he didnt put me on a pre-op diet, because I have a lower bmi. He said it was for higher bmi's

Is there a lolly pop shape? lol

MEEEEEE TOOOOOOO! :faint:

spaghetti sandwich?:cry

Cascadian, That is two days before mine. I just started to get scared today. good luck! Havent been able to sleep much. I gave into a nap after work today. I figure if I am not able to sleep much at night I may as well sleep during the day anyway. My husband is on 8pm to 8am anyway so I got to sleep at the same time as him for at least 2 hours.

They told me I couldnt resume untill a month after my sugery. My doctors practice is in NYC. nomoreobesity.com

NOOOOOO I had a tummy tuck and Had to go off the birth control pills then too! It increase your risk of blood clots and that is why they tell you to stop smoking too! Please listen to me! If you dont stop you can be putting yourself in a life threatening situation! I stoped as soon as I started seeing my surgen and all that, since I wouldnt know how soon I would get a date.

Thanx! TraceyKS

faithmd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Noooooooooooooo pill pack to watch!!! You need to be off the pill for a month before sugery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You guys need to look in the TV guide and see when "Homeless to Harvard" is going to be on life time again. This is a true story. It proves that no matter what you have if you want to learn and be somthing your will work you tushie off. Librarys are free... Doesnt mean that I did well in school by any means. I am not saying that! Just please watch the movie! Plus it was really good too!

I am so glad to have helped you. PM me if you have any questions you think I may be able to help you with as far as the ducks go lol quack quack Susie

good, good, Julie day 2 took all my pills

Yeah, wear a pad

yeah Kara I have never heard that before about it not being able to be above 60. weird? Maybe you should talk to another doc and see!

Omg Omg Omg Omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

here is a post about the ticker http://www.lapbandtalk.com/get-ticker-your-t16218.html

No one is ever on when I go on.

I didnt know that I was wondering what that meant

wow. How are you feeling now?

well it's day one and I took all my pills lol. 6 more days to go

Guys, I am sooooo happy you responded to my thread! Thanx, I hope I can keep it up and add a new one every week lol. Susie,

TheCascadian, I am glad you started this thread. I am on the other, but not one realy seems to read or comment on my post lol. You seem like a real funny guy. Do you get that a lot?

Congratz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant wait to get rid of my 40D bra!!!!!!!!

Here are a few things I did on my own. You need to make sure you doctors will write letters to the surgeon telling why they think you are a good candidate for lap band. Think of any symptoms you have that "may" be attributed to being over weight. I have bad knees and a bad back. I asked my orthopedist if they "could" go away with weight lose and he said yes. He wrote me a letter saying that. I have regular period and stress urinary incontenace which if you say you have they take your word for it. Not something they examine you for. This is when you sneeze or cause you can have a little urine leak. So my gyno sent a letter saying that my irregular period and stress urinary incontinence "may" be fixed by losing weight. I have started snoring and cant sleep very well. I had a sleep study done. They said that I have "slight" sleep apnea. Losing weight "may" help this. I have shortness of breath when exerting myself. now high blood pressure. This is do to my anxiety and my anxiety meds help it. My doc just wrote that I have high blood pressure, they don't ask what it is due to. I hope I have covered everything that go me approved. The main thing is getting all you duck in a row as my husband would say lol. Start making all these doctor visits on your own before your consult. You can have the visit tell them you are considering lap band and then when you need the letter you can just call the doc since you have already seen them for this problem. If you are worried about the 6 month diet. They just want six months of your weight being recorded. I was lucky I had seen my doc every 3 months for a while do to my anxiety, but every time you see your doc they weigh you. when I wasn't sure if I was going to be approved I was sure to see my doc once a month and when making the appointment I said it was a follow up on weight loss so I could get the appointment easily. Once you have done all that you need write all your appointments down on a calendar. This was my g-d sent. For example- my psych eval letter was holding me back it hadn't been faxed over. I call them on feb 20th and say" I am looking on my calendar now and i see i had seen the doc on feb 1st and i am still waiting for this letter. They called me back and said he is working on it right now. Yeah right he probably forgot about it. back to the psych eval make sure when you are talking to them you let them know you know that the lap band is only a "tool" and you are willing to work and do the rest on your own. i had a friend fail the psych eval for not making that clear enough. back to the letters. Make sure you get to proof read them for yourself. My primary doc who was the one who had so much important information in hers wrote that I was 26 not 27. to me that is a big deal so I'm sure to the insurance company it was. through this process the woman that was working with me at my surgeons office who I spoke to like everyday to follow up on the letters had kept my "date" open for me. April 2nd. This was like the most important part for me since my vacation from work started that day and I wouldn't have to miss any work if I did it this day. Well, while I was waiting for all these letters so I she could finally submit everything for me to the insurance company she told me that my surgeon was going to be away that day. OMG THAT DAY I FREAKED. Anxiety attack at work while the kids in my class were playing recess. I had to have a kid bring me my water and my "purse". Had to take my meds that I hardly ever have to take. The woman said I have everything and I am submitting everything to the insurance company. I still didn't know what my date would be though at that point I would have taken any surgeon in the practice. Next day on my lunch break after all that freaking out, I got "the call". It was Laurie the woman from my surgeons office. She says "hi, what are you doing" I was like "eating lunch?" She said "how are you", I said "good, and you". She said "good, is march 30th ok for a sugary date"? (that would mean I would only have to take one extra day off of work and I would have my surgeon). I said it was great. Then, said says" oh, and you are approved". I told her I loved her lol. I have the empire plan as my insurance company and it only took two days to approve. I hope this stuff helps someone.