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Hi Rebecca, Glad to hear you are moving along. I had hoped to be under 200(lose 28) by my birthday(oct) maybe too unrealistic but it doesn't look like I'm going to have a surgery date untilAug(or later ) so now I 'm thinking maybe meet my goal by my next birthday. I don't have a mini goal yet.

very encouraging for someone just starting out..thanks for the updates

Hi, sorry I never went to a seminar. I went to the surgeon straight out and he recommended a web seminar for me and we started everything the same day. every DR office is different, though

It sounds terrible I have mine scheduled for 15 Jun I hope I can keep it all down so they can see what they need to see

I'm very happy that you are approved I thought u do all ur exams & then they submit everything to the insurance company am I misunderstanding the process

I feel the same way I read all the post & I get really motivated to get started but I don't want the insurance co to say no I don't submit my paperwork until the end of July so I don't know if they will use my intial weight or my current weight so I am just working on increasing my water to 64 oz and eating really slow so that don't be a challenge Sydney u get banded

Slime...sounds really gross does everyone get that what can I GI to prevent it

I am a now person too I found out the earliest psych exam is 18 Jul part of me says wait there is no rush the other part is like call around & get someone else...right now I'm just waiting ill have everything else done by 15 Jun then ill just wait for that appt hopefully it won't take the full 30 days for the insurance co to make a decision

I am a now person too I found out the earliest psych exam is 18 Jul part of me says wait there is no rush the other part is like call around & get someone else...right now I'm just waiting ill have everything else done by 15 Jun then ill just wait for that appt hopefully it won't take the full 30 days for the insurance co to make a decision

great attitude I am so happy that you ar getting results I am very impatent to get started but I have to wait( for insurance to say yay or nay) but as I look at diffrent profile my wait seems like it will be shorter than the average so that makes me stop complaining. In my minds eye I see the thin person I can be and I am ready to fire up the engines...I am hoping to be where you are by August wish me luck

I haven't beend banded yet but I read in one forum that when you first get surgery the can be swelling so your band might be tight so maybe that is treu and now the swelling is gone just a suggestion you might want to look into

sorry I never heard of "gauged foods" if I find out anything I will share

well tha kinda of sicks I was think once I paid the balance to the hospital I would not have anymore out of pocket expenses for the rest of the year. Sorry you are having so much trouble.

Hi I just joined the group are we planning a challenge for June?

Great Jim, way to stick with it the weeks with not results can really be discouraging but you got there. I am hoping to join you by August. I'm more nervois about the pre surgery diet. Obviously sticking with diets are not my strong suit( or I wouldn't be here) but I have time before I need to worry about that(the pre-worrier that I am) Good luck and Happy losing....

I thought that you pay your portion of the bill up front. If you do have to it should make you meet your out of pocket expense, right? so I shouldn't have to pay co-pays after that right? not sure that I understand how it works. my total out of pocket expense right now is $2381.00 but my deductible is $650.00 my plan is a 80/20 plan so do I just have to pay the $650 before surgery and they bill me the rest? I thought I had to pay the 2381.00 when surgery is scheduled.

congrats to you and Good luck I am so excited for you and I can't wait to join you

I am so sorry for you one option is to get your PCP to print out all your vitals that show your wieght and if he had a conversation with you about the importance of getting your wieght down( which they never fail to mention) at those visits it can be considered a "supervised" weight loss. it might work or at least shorten some..Good Luck

Sorry but you are ahead of me I'm still in the approval process but congrats to you and Good Luck

Hi and welcome , I know that you will do well to stop smoking. it's all for your health. I'm not a smoker but I can imagine it is diffucult but not impossible Good luck