eastindyguy

My wife and I had our surgeries on 10/24 and we're both doing pretty good. I had absolutely no problems with the surgery, and only minor soreness for a couple of days afterwards. My wife still has some soreness on her right side near where the port is located but it's almost back to normal and in a few days should be gone.
We are still on the post-op diet and won't be back on regular food until Sunday (I believe), but we have our first post-op appointment with the surgeon on Monday, and I already know I need a fill as I am typically hungry again in about 2 hours after eating, but my wife is hardly ever hungry.
So far she has lost 10 - 12 pounds, and I have lost around 16-18 (I forgot to take my BP meds the last day we weighed ourselves, so it may be more).

Got the date for my surgery late yesterday. I'll be banded on 10/24. Having a date I great and exciting, but makes it a bit scary. Does that make sense to anyone?

Just got the call that I have been approved by my insurance company. Originally they had said that I was going to need to do six months of supervised weight loss to get approved, but they approved me after 2-1/2 or 3 months (forget the exact date we started). I've given them a set of dates that fits into my work schedule, and I should hopefully have my date later today or tomorrow.
The only bummer is that my wife hasn't been approved yet. The insurance coordinator at our surgeons office is still working on her case and said that it may be one of those situations where one spouse is approved early and the other has to do the full six months (sounds odd to me but she said that is more common than I'd think).

Hi, everyone!
I am so happy to have found this forum. In doing my research on the surgery so much of the information was posted by, or written describing things from a woman's perspective (not that it's a bad thing). It's just that weight loss is different for men and women and I'm excited to see what other men's experiences were like going through the process.

Hi, everyone!
I am so happy to have found this forum. In doing my research on the surgery so much of the information was posted by, or written describing things from a woman's perspective (not that it's a bad thing). It's just that weight loss is different for men and women and I'm excited to see what other men's experiences were like going through the process.

Hi, everyone!
I am so happy to have found this forum. In doing my research on the surgery so much of the information was posted by, or written describing things from a woman's perspective (not that it's a bad thing). It's just that weight loss is different for men and women and I'm excited to see what other men's experiences were like going through the process.

Hi, everyone. I'm a noob here, and found this site while I was doing some research on what my first year after surgery will be like.
My wife and I were both just approved to have surgery (first try, yes!!!!!) and we have our consults with the surgeon, dietician, and psych evaluation coming up over the next couple of weeks. Once those are done, we will be able to schedule our surgery.
I'm so excited about being approved... I had been approved for the RNY surgery at one time but I gave up on it when my insurance company (at that time) started changing the requirements every time I got close to meeting them (that was years ago before I had ever heard of lap band surgery).
My surgeon will be Dr. McEwen with Community Bariatric in Indianapolis, IN.
Also, My wife and I are considering do a video diary of our experiences as we go through the process. If we do, I'll post links to new videos as they are available.

Hi, everyone. I'm a noob here, and found this site while I was doing some research on what my first year after surgery will be like.
My wife and I were both just approved to have surgery (first try, yes!!!!!) and we have our consults with the surgeon, dietician, and psych evaluation coming up over the next couple of weeks. Once those are done, we will be able to schedule our surgery.
I'm so excited about being approved... I had been approved for the RNY surgery at one time but I gave up on it when my insurance company (at that time) started changing the requirements every time I got close to meeting them (that was years ago before I had ever heard of lap band surgery).
My surgeon will be Dr. McEwen with Community Bariatric in Indianapolis, IN.
Also, My wife and I are considering do a video diary of our experiences as we go through the process. If we do, I'll post links to new videos as they are available.

Hi, everyone. I'm a noob here, and found this site while I was doing some research on what my first year after surgery will be like.
My wife and I were both just approved to have surgery (first try, yes!!!!!) and we have our consults with the surgeon, dietician, and psych evaluation coming up over the next couple of weeks. Once those are done, we will be able to schedule our surgery.
I'm so excited about being approved... I had been approved for the RNY surgery at one time but I gave up on it when my insurance company (at that time) started changing the requirements every time I got close to meeting them (that was years ago before I had ever heard of lap band surgery).
My surgeon will be Dr. McEwen with Community Bariatric in Indianapolis, IN.
Also, My wife and I are considering do a video diary of our experiences as we go through the process. If we do, I'll post links to new videos as they are available.

Hi, everyone. I'm a noob here, and found this site while I was doing some research on what my first year after surgery will be like.
My wife and I were both just approved to have surgery (first try, yes!!!!!) and we have our consults with the surgeon, dietician, and psych evaluation coming up over the next couple of weeks. Once those are done, we will be able to schedule our surgery.
I'm so excited about being approved... I had been approved for the RNY surgery at one time but I gave up on it when my insurance company (at that time) started changing the requirements every time I got close to meeting them (that was years ago before I had ever heard of lap band surgery).
My surgeon will be Dr. McEwen with Community Bariatric in Indianapolis, IN.
Also, My wife and I are considering do a video diary of our experiences as we go through the process. If we do, I'll post links to new videos as they are available.