BarbeeM

Good luck to you. I could not sleep, so no real results for me. May have to have it again.

I am so happy for you. Congratulations and let the pounds roll off.

Oh I agree, you want to have it at a place that has high standards. So happy that is what your insurance company wants too. They want the best for you. I know you are a little disappointed with the set back, but I believe God is in control.

I am so happy for you. I am the same way worrying about being denied by insurance. I have my sleep study scheduled in July. My pshyc visit schedule in July and my first visit with the surgeon is the 28th of this month. I am making myself a nervous wreck. Isn't it sad when you hope you have enough wrong with you, to be approved for surgery? lol Good luck

That sounds like a lot in 8 days to me. I do not want to lose that fast. Congratulations

Grandma3, thanks for the information about the book, Bandwagon, and the blog site. I will see if I can get the book on my Nook. I will try not to get discouraged, now that I have made up my mind to do this. I am just feeling so good that I want to do this. I do not want to lose this happiness I have found.

Thank you everyone for replying to my post. Cassiem93, you don't have UHC for insurance do you? lol I am going to do some calling tomorrow to the surgeons office. I need to know how I am to prove these things. I have no way of proving I have done Atkins, Slim Fast, etc. Am I supposed to get something in writing from the two Chiropractors I have been to over the years. Am I to get something from Curves that I went to for a year. I think I understand, they will contact my Primary Care Physician, for my weight history? I will talk with them tomorrow and then start on the paperwork. I have been to busy today to start on it.

It has taken me a year to finally say I am going to do this for me. Why has it taken so long? I did not know anything about LapBand or anyone who has had it. Now I do. I have been talking with a friend of my childhood friend. She and I have been friends for over 40 years. She put me in contact with her friend who had surgery 6 months ago. She has been a blessing. I have spent the last 7 years as my husbands caretaker. He has been fighting heart disease for 11 years and has had 5 heart attacks and triple bypass surgery. He has a whole list of other health issues. I have let myself go. I have felt that concentrating on me for a change was selfish. HOWEVER, I have convinced myself that I need to take care of me now. I do not want to have all the health problems, he has. Today I received my packet from the surgeon, to fill out. I will meet with him for the first time June 28. The paperwork is overwhelming, as my insurance requires proof that I have tried to lose weight. REALLY, do they think I would want to go through this if dieting worked? So I am hoping I can pass to get approved or I will be terribly disappointed. I want this so bad and feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders since I finally decided to do it. Wish me luck. Barbee