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Getting banded next week, may 08! Just wondering there are any support groups formed in the area!!!!!

bc/bs of la. approved my surgery and now says they wont certify my surgery for tomorrow even though i met all requirements!!!! anyone else had this happen!!! and have to appeal :wink2:

good luck to all the girls on last week pre opt i know it is a holiday but the end is soooo near. everyone enjoy their shakes and just pretend it taste like bar b que! i am going to switch to the choc and indulge he he:thumbup:

oh of course! than i just see women say it sarcastic alot then thank you! my husband is dear too. sometimes lol!

ok can someone tell me what the abr. DH stands for???? as i am reading the only thing i can come up with it damn husband??lol:biggrin:

i did the wrong diet the first two days (miserable clear liquids) but my nutrition lady told me i could have a small high protein meal (heaven) plus to Protein shakes ohhhhh so much easier you can do it

there are a million pcp doctors out there. if you have tried to lose weight with this pcp does the surgeon have a copy of your medical records doesnt that show you have tried bcbs required that i had proof of six months of tried dieting with a medical prof. and that my pcp gave referral but i knew that before i ever went to my surgeon .... good luck :blushing:

ok when i went and saw my doctor on moday he gave me a packet for bypass surgery and told me to follow whatever it said then he sets me up an appointment with a nutrition lady for today and she totally change my diet and said i was on the wrong diet. i was on all clear and she changed me to 2 atkins shakes and 4 oz of protein meat and veggies. for the two days i was on the clear liquid thing i FAILED. :blushing:I WAS NOT EVEN happy that i was having the surgery i was so misrable. but when that lady told me today i could have one small piece of meat a day i felt like i hit the lottery!!!!!! i know i can do that. i made it all the way the the day on the clear liquids and presto i got to eat some solid food! the second day i chewed up some crackers and spit them out. talk about desprate :thumbup: boy i love that nutrition lady,,,, she cost me $600.00 to go to but was that was the best 600 i spent all week

imagine how many people lie to that doctor!

i went today to the nutritionilist ( i know i spelled that wrong) and i apparently was on the wrong diet i was on the bypass pre opt diet and not lapband. Maybe that is why it was so hard. hmmm is anyone else i totally clear liquid pre opt diet? if so i am soooo sorry for you cause that wassss hard. i know i will have to do it afterwards but when i dont feel well i dont eat anyway so hoorah for the nutrition lady !!!:blushing::thumbup: this i can do!

hey jazzy how do you get all that cool stuff on you post like the jazzy junes? where do you add it in your profile?thx

Congrats Shardenly!!!!! I Fell off the wagon the first day with a small piece of grilled chicken at lunch. this all started when i replied to a lady "the Ghost" said she had a months worth of last meals and said that I too a quiet a few last meals before i was to start pre opt. then laughed with a ha ha! then all of a sudden i am laughing at myself and hiding behind being fat! As a matter of fact I really wasnt ashamed of being fat lots of people in america are FAT! I am doing this because i have a back injury and i have to do it because of the pain. now if i was in a room of skinny people yeah i might have felt a little off but past that had not going to any great lenghths to become skinny. I am not a good dieter if i was i would not be fat and need the lap band to begin with.

:confused:ok i started this whole thing out of tired of being fat just like everyone else right. But at no point have i been excited. i am scared that i am going to do this surgery and fail. i cant even stick to this pre opt diet. not that i have fallen off horribly but wow! if i could diet successfully i would not be fat!!!! please no harping on me about how important it is because some doctors dont even require it. can you half way do this and get by. it is killing me mentally not physically.:confused2::confused2::confused2: i hope as i get closer to the date i will be way more excited!!!

Well Thnk You Doddie But I Wasnt Laughing At Myself Thank You I Replied To A Girl That Had A Month Worth Of Final Meals. And If The Pre Diet Is So Serious Why Is In Not Required By Every Doctor Straight Across The Board. Not Saying That I Am Not Going To Follow My Doctors Directions But I Fialed The First Day. If I Had The Will Power To Diet I Would Not Be Getting The Lap Band. Maybe You Should Be A Little Less Critical If Your Really Here For Support

I Am On My Pre Opt Diet And Well I Failed First Day! I Had Two Weeks Worth Of Last Meals Myself! Ha Haha

you :thumbup:mean your legs aren't supposed to rub together???? i know funny hun i have been fat so long i forgot that was even an issue! the biggest thing for me will not being judged by the skinny people anymore. i will look around the room and see if i see any other fat people so i can feel a little more comfortable. and is it sad but there are ALOT of fat people in America today. I am very rarely the only big person in the room. GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!!

yeah good luck !!!

mine is bcbs of la and i have 600.oo of fees that go to the dr for the nutitionist fee? i dont know about the psyc fee does any one else?

i have done the dietitian thing with my doctor i have been trying to medically lose the weight on my own with out surgery but with no sucess on keeping anything off. i have yet to do the pysch or blood work and i still need to see my doctors dietitian to start the two week pre opt diet. no sleep study and it took 4days from my first apt. but once the doctor approved my apt and sent it to insurance they immediatly can back with an approval. which i was really shocked i thought that they would denie it and we would have to argue but nope nothing.

I GOT MY RESPONSE WITH IN HOURS!!! I WAS IN A STORE WITH MY FRIEND AND I WAS JUMPING UP AND DOWN LIKE A LITTLE KID. I AM SO EXCITED THAT AFTER PONDERING THE IDEA OF SURGERY THAT IT WAS SO QUICK AFTER I MADE MY FIRST APPOINTMENT TO FIND OUT I WAS APPROVED BY BCBS.. YEHA YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!