MerryHearted

Just curious -- how much is the surgery in Mexico? I'm self-pay as well, but had just planned to do it here. Is it a lot cheaper in Mexico? You can PM me if you don't want to post the cost publicly.

LOL at the gunk in your hair on the sleep study. I have done several of these and I've been on cpap since '96. Hopefully I won't have to do another one for the surgery, since my last one was a year or so ago and my weight has not changed much since then. I do know if I do this band I'll have to have them again as I lose weight, to readjust the pressure downwards. Yippee! One of my goals is to get rid of the darn machine altogether -- I would love to snuggly with DH at night and be able to go on vacations without wondering if I'll be able to plug my machine in near the bed.

I've decided to take the plunge. I've got a BMI of 45 and the usual laundry list of co-morbidities. I need that negative reinforcement to keep me eating the way I know I should be! So I start step 1 this weekend, which is the required seminar for the clinic I chose. I've been through the seminar at another clinic before, so I wish I didn't have to attend this, but I'll jump through the hoops they want. So for those of you who have had the surgery or have a date assigned: how long between the time you went in for initial consult & your surgery date? I won't be held up by insurance since I'm paying out of pocket (my insurance flat out refuses to cover this). I'm not in a huge rush, but I did hope to have it by the end of Sept. Is that wildly unrealistic? Are there usually long waiting lists for Lap Band surgery? Or is the wait more about having all the tests run?