434teresa

I to just went to a seminar, after reading the ends and out for about a year now. I have to jump threw some hoops before my insurance will pay so it will be awhile before I can get any surgery. My dr said maybe about april..

You have not been approved by your insurance yet but are doing the pre-op diet? I am a long way from gettting everything done I need to so my insurance will approve me but for some reason that seems odd to me.

I finally got a seminar in today. This is my 3rd try. Each time I went before they had changed the date and I did not know until I got there. My insurance requires that I do 6 months of WW(ect) while under the monthly care of my regular Dr. for weigh loss also. I started that about a week ago. So it will be awhile before I can have surgery. I also have to lose 10% of my body weight while on WW. I have tried many times to lose, even WW(weight watchers) but could only lose about 20 pounds then it would not move down anymore for nothing(weeks on end). So I know that this site is more for the lap band but what about the sleeve, anyone? The dr at the seminar says that he won't tell anyone which sugery to have but he made it seem like the sleeve was the better choice...he says is has less risk than the lap band and that he does about 35% lap band and 65% sleeve. He said that weigh loss was better with the sleeve. ......I am tore now as to which I might want to have done.

I am ready and have already started on making some changes. I usually jump in head first but this time I am cutting things out one by one. Doing weight watchers you can have about thing even sweets but my goal is to have non of that going in my mouth by the end of this month. After this week there is no more soda's. By the 3rd friday in this month i am going to be doing 30 full minutes of exercise a day..so that is my oct goals. then for dec ia m going to try for no red meats, just chicken and fish pretty much. by the end of nov I hope to be able to give up drinking ANYTHING with my meals..I have been doing that all my life so its going to be hard to brake that one.

I have been reading anything I could about this for awhile now. I went to WW last year for about 3 months and done just what they said. I walked a hour a day 6/6 days a week. Only to sa,e the same weight within about few oz from the first weighin to the last one I went to. I was eating more calories by eating the points number they gave me than I was before I start..I told them that only to be told that my body had to get use to the healthy lifestyle..I was told that I need to eat my points or I would not lose when I asked about dropping the points down some. Some days I would eat something just to get in my points for that day.........If I could lose just a pound or two a week I feel like I could stick with no soda,sweets and less fatty red meats (I dont eat bread much) but when you give all that up and not lose its hard to keep it up. I am not trying to get out of all the hard work like turning down foods I like now or exercise. I just need some extra help.. I have to work on no soda so I am not even going to start with the diet soda at all, just going to none at all. I have cut it back to one can a day and next week to none at all. He said that sleeve takes out all the hormones/ect that makes you feel hungery, and that the risk was lower with it. I have acid reflux and I am trying to find out which surgery would be best for that...

I dont think is a lie unless they ask you if you have some kind of surgery and you say,no...Thats a lie to me, but to only tell part of the reason you are getting smaller is not a lie.

I was just told today in a seminar by the dr I am going to see that he dont do the bypass anymore. He said it causes to many problems.

I hope you do very well

me either

make sure your broth is low sodium..it dont taste as good but the sodium in some broth is waaay up there and it can cause you not to lose

I am new to all this but keep in mind from everthing I have been reading pre op diets are not all the same. I have saw that some dr.s let you eat one meal a day where others do not,its all liquid stuff that is sugar free, and such.

That is super Keep up the hard work and soon you will be saying that you are in a size 12

I am from Tn. I have tencare bluecare. I cant seem to find out any info on if they will pay for the lap band surgery. I go to a seminar with Dr woodman next monday. I called the office and they told me that they think bluecare will cover it but I have to go to the seminar first to find out for sure. I dont want to go and set there about 1 hour & 1/2 to find out that it dont pay for it. If anyone knows would you happen to know the guildlines for them to pay?

I did call friday and really had no luck. I have been calling all morning. I finally called the prior authorization number, they said yes it would pay but did not know the guildlines for it to pay. They told me that the dr would know and that the dr that I am going to is on their list of Dr.s. So I jsut need to go to the seminar next monday and see what he has to say, then make me a dr apt with him.