OhSoNique

Ohh ok, I went for my first appointment on 9/5 same thing went over insurance n all the different options and what other clearance I need... My insurance requires a 6 month diet( I been doing weight watchers since June so that's 4 months and hopefully they will count the weigh ins at the dr office from prior months) I'm hoping to have surgery be4 Christmas so I can use my personal days that I have to take anyways be4 the yr is over. Also a psych. Eval all schedule the first week of oct. I go see the dietician 9/27 the day after I get back from Jamaica ... Good thing too cuz I want to enjoy my vacations n last days of drinking n eating lol but I'm sooo excited for the next steps!!

How did your first appointment go??!

Congrats Gerogia_Peach!!! Did u get to go home after or had to stay ?

Good luck!! A few more days to go, you are almost there!!

Thank you so much!!

Yes we will!!!

46 lbs in less than a month?!! That's fantastic!!!!!!!

I'm so excited for u!! Hopefully this will be my story too! I got for my 1st appt next week and hopefully my process will be fast too Only bad thing is i know i'm going to have to go for tests n pysch tests n all that is needed n my work n school schedule might going to get in the way Good luck Deb!!!

Yonkers,NY

Welcome! And good luck on your recovery!

Hi everyone! 1st I just want to thank everyone on here, you guys have been such an great encouragement ! I stumble across this website by accident while searching for information on wls. This site has really pushed me to making the first step in my new journey that I'm looking forward to! I contacted my insurance company(united healthcare) back in June about wls but never followed up. Got busy with work and school, I started weight watchers back in June and I'm trying but I really need a lil more help(lap band). My manager lost over 50lb with them and every day is track track track with her. We write the point values on everything thru out the branch lol. She has been such a great inspiration to be myself together and lose. Now I'm so ready for this journey and know that's its gonna be a be challenge... Reading people's posts on here and I so identify with them and realize that I'm an emotional eater, I'm a cancer and we are very emotional people and have struggle with weight problems all my life so food is a comforter. So I called my insurance company again last week and had to re enroll in the program again (hopefully I don't have to start the whole six month diet thing again and they say the last few months don't count ) I'm hoping to have surgery by the end of the year. So I got my first appointment next week Sept 5th at the center of excellence in Ny Presbyterian hospital( my employer will put $1,000 in my MRA account if I go there) !!!! Hopefully everything will fall in place and go smoothly. I do have some kind of mass in front of my heart(the found it last dec and don't know what it is, and I had a PE (clots in the lungs) and I'm on lovenox but stopped a few months ago and cuz my hair was falling out and the bruising but just started back again a few weeks ago and bruises r back so the dr told me to stop again n get more tests done to see if I still need it and the right doses.) so some of that might be a Lil 'hiccup' in my journey but *fingers crossed* it won't be Reading the post and people's experiences on here have me starting to prepare for the changes I need to make and more aware of the habits I have.