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OK - I'm trying with the ticker again. I forgot to save the signature line. Let's see if this works now.

Hang in there Wenjea. I haven't had the surgery yet but from what everyone says it definitely gets easier. I'm praying for you. Just keep thinking about how great you will feel once things have settled down and you're losing all the weight YIPPEE!! I haven't even had the surgery yet and I think that I had some blues today myself. I started worrying over how I was going to take care of my family for a while and hoping that my husband will be able to handle the kids and me. YIKES. I have a 3 and a 4.5 year old. They're really great kids (of course I probably biased) but sometimes I think that they overwhelm my husband a little bit. Enough of that, I'm just going to keep thinking positive. A few of you were talking about hernias. Do you know if they find and repair one, does that add to the cost?? Maybe it just depends on your dr? Just curious since I'm trying to account for every penny. I'm trying out my ticker - hopefully it works. Thanks for the help with that.:clap2:

LJUHT115, Hi, I'm getting banded with Dr. Srikanth on June 12. It was supposed to be June 5th, but I had trouble getting all the pre-op stuff done in time so I asked to push it back a week. I'm a self pay, but my general physician is ordering all the tests for me so that theyll be covered by insurance - that's part of the hold up. I can't wait. Wenjea and Pine nut, congratulations!!! I'm so glad that everything seems to have gone pretty well for you guys. It really helps to hear everyones stories. Question - how do you do one of these ticker things?

Does anyone live in the Pacific / Auburn area. I live in Pacific and would love to get together with other people going through this.

Hi everyone, Well, my date is set for June 5th. Wow - it's right around the corner. I have to start my liquid diet 10 days pre-op. Dr. says I can have a protein shake - is that what you guys are talking about with the chocolate shake? Where do you get this protein stuff from? He referred me to Vitalady. Is this a good place to go? I'm really excited but getting pretty nervous about the surgery. Good luck to everyone who is getting banded this week. My prayers are with all of you.

Hello, I'm new to the site and exactly sure what I'm doing. I've been looking into the lapband for quite a while now and have finally selected a doctor, Dr. Srikanth in Federal Way. He seems very nice and has quite a lot of experience so hopefully I made the right choice. I think that I will be getting banded the first week of June. I'll be a self paying patient so that kind of speeded up the process quite a bit. My husband's company excludes this surgery - makes me very angry. How can people who aren't even doctors decide what surgery you do or don't need. Anyways, enough of that. I'm sure I'm not the only one with insurance woes. So does anyone else have Dr. Srikanth for a doctor? If so, how has your experience been? I'm very excited but also very, very nervous. I've checked out about 5 different doctors and I liked him the best.