4jin

how much did you weight when you started the band and how much have you lost?

wow $2800? not really but like you said lana24 if you gain more weight it will cost you that much in wardrobe let alone the money we all fork up trying to loose the weight again.. i agree money well spent..!!! plus medical expense deduction on your taxes

something like this is exactly what I have been looking for. I will soon join your team on yahoo too. I will be purchasing this book today....! thanks so much...it means a great deal. I am being honest with myself and know that I have to fix my mental thoughts as well to have longterm sucess after getting banded. glad i am not alone!

way to go Ellisa!!!!! on both your news on Anthem only $750.....!!! and on the 5lbs loss!!! I ordered unjury Protein to try out. I should receive today or tomw. I was not given a preop diet but I am going to start my own liquid preop..just to get a head start! but sshhhh...I'm not starting it until the new year...LOL... sorry. hope your hunger goes away...

Oh...I'm sorry to hear....that's why I am choosing January giving people whose coverage is changing a chance to get in by the end of December. They ask at the doc office..... wasn't that nice of me...?!

I want to cross my legs and not have to exchange it every 3 minutes because the leg got too heavy. I want to be able to sit indian style and not be in pain. I want to run down the steps and not hurt or feel pain in any of my ankles. I want to run up steps and continue to my vehicle and be able to breathe normal. I want to get on a ride without having to worry about weight. I want to be told I am a complete pretty package vs just a pretty face.

nice SpecialK... thanks for the info

Ok there is threads here for low BMI'ers....there is threads for High BMI'ers....what about the rest of us.... My BMI was between the lines... I am at BMI of 41 Whats yours?

Tonight I am going to attend the mandatory support group meeting. then I will be 1/2 way there. Next week is the preop testing ...after that I will be 3/4 of the way there....... Dietician will be after the new year.

Ok so update!!! I had my psych eval. It went well. Actually Piece of cake. He was awesome! as I entered the office he said to take a comfy spot and make myself at home. He had very nice furniture. Has nice soft relaxing music in the background that he turned off once we officially began. He just asked regular questions to get to know you and where in life you are such as married, education, children, extended family life, friends, extended support system you may have..etc. Then he began asking more information has co morbidities if any, explained lap-band procedure, gave some statistics about it, stressed on finding support online or via groups for a better sucess rate longterm. He asked general questions regarding thoughts or how you perceive yourself, etc. Types of diets, what plans, weight history. Then came a written psych eval....He determined based on my previous answers I qualified for the short version. Which as jst4kel mentioned do you hear voices? Do you have hallucinations? and open ended questions for me to answer like..... When I was a child _______________ I just wrote in a sentence. At the end he came into the exam room looked over the written calculated points....and informed me I passed and that he would provide his summary and report directly to the insurance company, to the surgeon, to my PCP and mail me one as well. He was great! Not at all what I expected....even better....

Hi there.... I am on the same boat as AudricIan. My husband does not even know. He knows I am having a surgery but does not know anything else. He is sometimes supportive, and sometimes he is not. I did ask him if I lost all this weight and kept it off for 6 months would he pay for a Tummy Tuck. And surprisingly he said yes. I mean he does spoil me at times, but when it comes to that kind of stuff not so much. I don't blame him all the diets I have done, all the money spent...the track record is not in my favor. But I know once he starts to see the difference he will be very supportive. My mother is also my support besides this website. She is even excited for me. As to your hubby I am sure once he begans to see your loss and notice your health and energy levels get better and better and see that you don't go back to old ways...who knows he might even go down the same path with you. Just be open minded!

Welcome......................

I think I'm going to start looking into it. nice thread!

Welcome To Lapband

I think I am going to start practicing.

Remember slower..doesn't have to be a bad thing... 1. People will think you lost it by just diet and exercise without any tools 2. Your skin...skin...skin....has time to heal...so it tends to not hang as terrible as on gastric bypass patients from what I've seen that is a plus any day in my book!

Ok after reading this I'm scared...LOL

interesting..I had to do the 3 hours seminar thing...and a support group meeting

My husband knows I am having surgery, he just doesn't know what it is for..... is that terrible of me? He is being supportive..and I did mention I will be loosing weight because of it....

Well I haven't told....

I thought I heard the surgeon say avoid juices as you can easily add calories...to sub for crystal light

congrats!!!! but why do you have to wait so long to see her? 2/21/08?...

Thanks so much Susan, What was your journey like?

Jacole, I have heard from others that when you are on a medically supervised program required by insurance company that if you loose great but they are just looking to see if you will continue to fight and pursue this. Show them you can do it! Remotivate.....or if right now you can't focus on loosing...try not to gain any.....

My Life Back, I promised to post after I came back from the psych eval. Here it goes..... Piece of cake. He was awesome! as I entered the office he said to take a comfy spot and make myself at home. He had very nice furniture. Has nice soft relaxing music in the background that he turned off once we officially began. He just asked regular questions to get to know you and where in life you are such as married, education, children, extended family life, friends, extended support system you may have..etc. Then he began asking more information has co morbidities if any, explained lap-band procedure, gave some statistics about it, stressed on finding support online or via groups for a better sucess rate longterm. He asked general questions regarding thoughts or how you perceive yourself, etc. Types of diets, what plans, weight history. Then came a written psych eval....He determined based on my previous answers I qualified for the short version. Which as jst4kel mentioned do you hear voices? Do you have hallucinations? and open ended questions for me to answer like..... When I was a child _______________ I just wrote in a sentence. At the end he came into the exam room looked over the written calculated points....and informed me I passed and that he would provide his summary and report directly to the insurance company, to the surgeon, to my PCP and mail me one as well. He was great! Not at all what I expected....even better....