davinahope

Hey I am from Gainesville, too. My surgeon will be Dr. Ben-David, provided insurance approves me. I've read great things in here about him. Someone said he is strict but supportive. Could anyone give examples of how his follow up appointments are post-op? Thanks. I've only seen him during my consult and he seemed very supportive, but yes also strict; told me to lose 10 pounds and theorized I would be out of the hospital the same day as my surgery. It excited me but also kind of made me cringe about the weight loss. :smile: Hopefully I am doing well with the latter, aside from the last week and a half-ish. Anyone who wants to get together as a group or stuff, I am up for making friends with the lapband. I could definitely use the support since my family is passive aggressive supportive (you probably know the type - telling you what you can and cannot eat, yet shoveling donuts into their mouths in front of you at 10pm, all the while still telling you not to touch one of the other donuts. A bit annoying, really.)

Hi guys! I am 20 years old and weighed 237.8 pounds at my local gym on Tuesday (3/17/09). On February 12th, I had my consult with the surgeon. On February 26th, I was approved by the psychiatrist. Now it is 3 weeks out from the psych approval, 2 weeks out since contacting the surgeon's office again, and about 2 more weeks possibly until I know whether I am approved or not.

At any rate, I am pursuing this harder than I have anything else except my college degrees. :smile:

Oh, I live in Gainesville, FL (thus the title) and I noticed another UF-area person is on here. Also part of a lapband community, and wls community, together on LJ so hey there!

My surgeon will be Dr. Kfir Ben-David at Shands & UF, as long as I am approved.

So yeah, hi again!