hollyncharm

so after reading what so many other people have done with scheduling things with Dr's i decided to call the place that is doing my sleep study and see if they had something sooner. they did!!!! so instead of JULY 28th i now have one in 11 days. whoot. well it isn't the "sleep study" its the consultation for it but either way things are moving faster. in a way this kinda scares me cause i don't feel like I'm ready to have a real result but i guess i have spent enough time hobbling about being morbidly obese.

so after reading what so many other people have done with scheduling things with Dr's i decided to call the place that is doing my sleep study and see if they had something sooner. they did!!!! so instead of JULY 28th i now have one in 11 days. whoot. well it isn't the "sleep study" its the consultation for it but either way things are moving faster. in a way this kinda scares me cause i don't feel like I'm ready to have a real result but i guess i have spent enough time hobbling about being morbidly obese.

wow thats really great i don't think i have ever reached a half way mark to finishing anything. thats my problem and the reason why i think a lot of people are think that I'm wasting my money is cause i never stick with stuff but its get where i don't have a choice. wow half way......that is almost as exciting as reaching the goal. i cant wait. hearing that you have about the same weight goal i do and you are already half way there makes me really eager to get this moving faster.

thats really funny. i don't have any one that makes me think about them possibly being disgusted but i do feel like they are thinking I'm lazy and i don't deserve it. i really feel retired talking out it anymore, i feel like they are thinking, "well fat ass if you'd get up and stop crammin in the burgers..." but it isn't like that. I'm not very active but i also don't eat that much so i think its all in my head that people are thinking awful things. i know i will actually try once i get banded but every one else seems to think I'm wasting my time. how encouraging is that? any way 5'11 is freak awesome I'm like 5'5 and 245-260 (I'm not sure) and I'm not wearing it so well any more. what are you trying to get down too?

hey every one i have notice that all of the people in the KY thread are like 50+ and I'm 19 and want some one close to here and close to my age who has or is going to be banded. if you have been banded then great you can talk me through some of the stuff and if you haven't they great we can go through it all together. i just feel kinda alone. my fat friends are happy for me and my thin friends don't get why i cant diet but none of them get how scared i am or what this band could mean for me.

katiebug, are your friends fat? maybe their jealous of your awesome curves! lol that is super lame tho it would make me sad but then i would just be like, "you all SUCK i feel great!" but it would still bother me a little 60 is a lot i cant believe they haven't said anything. your tall aren't you? it normally shows better on tall people. i saw your picture with the collar bones, by the way and they look nice good for you. i think about that all the time. thats a goal in life for me have collarbones and wear sun dresses.

your welcome. I'm super scared about getting it but i keep going with my initial idea, like you said. i tend to make excuses for things and then end up backing out but i really want this and i keep telling myself I'm getting it. it helps when i tell other people. i have gotten more positive then negative. and every time i see a thin girl in a sun dress i smile cause next year that will be me but I will look BETTER than her ha ha ha ha : )

go to www.lapband.com its the manufacturer website and their is a video to tell you all about whats going on in their. not that it makes any difference but the reason I'm getting lapband instead of gastric bypass is mi aunt and i have the same life fat genes and she had bypass done and lost but has an awful scare and when she started having less restriction she couldn't have the Dr's do anything about it with lap band you can. you have more help and your less on you're own. my aunt is really encouraging me to get lap band done she said she wishes she would have looked into it more when she was getting hers done she would have chosen it instead of bypass. she broke her ankle and had to be off of her feet work weeks and she gained a lot of weight back and now she is having a REALLY hard time loosing it. i just feel like i will have more help with lapband like if i still want to eat too much then they make it to where i cant. you don't get that with bypass you get one size and your stuck with it with lapband it changes sizes according to my goals. also some of the people on here complain that they aren't loosing and its cause they went from eating 2 big macks to eating 2 cheese burgers and think that that is restriction. news flash it is all unneeded calories that will only work against you!!!! but i will say that their are some who do what they are told and still aren't losing but i have read enough of these posts to think that its only because they haven't gotten to the right place yet you have to get to that certain place (or sweet spot) or in the ballpark of that and then you loose. good luck tho and good for you for looking at both first. i am in the insurance phase so i don't have a date for banding yet.

what you need: yellow cake mix 2 cups of diet big red 1 box sugar free jello (strawberry is best cherry works to) 1 tub or sugar free coolwhip 1 box sugar free vanilla pudding bake the cake as normal. when the cake is done let cool then stab it to death with a fork. make as many holes as possible with out it falling apart. put one cup BigRed in a sauce pan and boil mix in jello packet. after the jello has liquefied pour over the cake then fallow up with the other cup of BigRed. let all of that cool and set up in the fridge. toping- mix the coolwhip and vanilla pudding in a bowl using a mixer works better than doing it by hand but use what ever you got. add about 1/3 of a cup of milk to the pudding and coolwhip mixture it will be runny so keep beating it until it get creamy then let it set for a few minutes it will thicken. it might not look like it will cover the cake but it will it always does. the jello sets up and you cant even tell its jello. it doesn't look or feel like jelly at all its really good and it makes the cake moist! the topping isn't too sweet either its the perfect compliment to the cake! i use to make it all the time for people at work.

when i was like 5 years old i was really over weight so my Dr had my mom make me drink 16oz of water before i eat every meal. sometimes i would be so hungry, well ready to eat, that i would chug the water then i would reel really bloated and not even want to eat. that wasn't very good but the point is is that the water took up that space. it doesn't work for me now i eat any way and then feel super miserable after but maybe it might work for you. i know your not suppose to drink while eating or for like an hour afterwords but i don't know about before. also Hershey's sugar free chocolate pieces are really good they don't even taste sugar free and they are a lot less calories. also if you want to try something thats really good (it isn't chocolate tho) its big red jello cake!!! you can get everything that goes into it sugar free except for the cake mix its self i haven't yet found sugar free cake mix. if you want i can give you the recipe

I'm one of those people that has to share their life events with everyone and so i have told a bunch of people that I'm trying to get banded and every one and i mean freakin EVERY has gotten all cocky about it and tell me that ill just have to diet the rest of my life why cant i just diet and save my money? that is making me so mad. my boyfriend even said something like that last night. i mean they have a point i guess but if i understand correctly after being on liquids you stomach shrinks so if you don't have much restriction then you still will get full faster and after a while if you have almost no restriction and you are ready for a fill then you get one and then you have restriction thus making it impossible to eat the way i did before without being miserable. am i wrong???? does that sound about right? i don't know i still get the feeling that they think I'm wasting my time and money on some gimmick. my boyfriend has more faith in me than anyone else he knows i want it to work and i know he wants if for me but he doesn't know much about it and i can tell there is still a bit of skepticism but he doesn't show it in his speech i don't know i just wish i had some one in my life that has been banded so at least i could talk to them. i have quite a few people in my family who has had gastric bypass and they gained all of their weight back and then some so of course i hear about that as well. i need encouragement please help its going to be a while before i can find out if I'm approved or not and i don't want to change my mind cause i listened to all the morons in my life.

yep they set a date but its isnt for 2 more month. well the consultation isnt for 2 more month i dont know how long it will take after that. that is only for the hospital down the stret from me so i might try the next closes one i think they can take me now but i have to take off of work cause they only do consultations during the day. i dont know how much it will cost or if my insurance covers it so i might have to wait the 2 or so months. i am trying to get set up with realestate classes and get put on birth control (prefereble implanon) and all of this will cost about $2000 and i dont have that kind of money. so wish me luck. by the way if you af wanting to switch birth controls or are just looking for one that wont make you gain weight impanon is great! its a small stick like thing that they inject (implant) into your arm and it last for 3 years. i want it but even with my insurance its still $750 because i havent met my deductible yet.

yep they set a date but its isnt for 2 more month. well the consultation isnt for 2 more month i dont know how long it will take after that. that is only for the hospital down the stret from me so i might try the next closes one i think they can take me now but i have to take off of work cause they only do consultations during the day. i dont know how much it will cost or if my insurance covers it so i might have to wait the 2 or so months. i am trying to get set up with realestate classes and get put on birth control (prefereble implanon) and all of this will cost about $2000 and i dont have that kind of money. so wish me luck. by the way if you af wanting to switch birth controls or are just looking for one that wont make you gain weight impanon is great! its a small stick like thing that they inject (implant) into your arm and it last for 3 years. i want it but even with my insurance its still $750 because i havent met my deductible yet.

OMG!!! those band-aids are amazing they freakin stay on forever!!! i had a cut on the back of my heal and bandaids wouldnt stay on it so my friends mom gave me one of those and i forgot it was there for like a week and a half the cut heald great but it was kinda gross to think about it being there for a week and half but through showers and the pool! thats amazing!!!

what all can i exect from the sleep study? my dr's office is incompatent and cant even send a fax so im going in another direction. its very likely that i have sleep apnea most of the people in my family do. my dr's office told me that my bmi isnt high enough and that the insurance Co. will probably turn me down unless i have sleep apnea but they would send a fax any way. i didnt want to have the sleep study test done but i dont sleep very well and its really starting to wear me down. i have put on some more weight sence the last drs apointment and i can tell it has afected my sleep even more. i was waking up once or twice a night and now i wake you almost 5 times a night and for no reason. i just wake up and toss and turn a bit then go back to sleep. i sit in a quiet room at a computer all b myself all day at work and it takes all i have to stay awake so i HAVE to do something. i was hoping you could tell me what i can expect with the sleep study. do they do them on saturdays? i dont want to take off work but i will if i have to.

so my dr's office hasnt been of any help. impretty sure i might have sleep apnea so i want to get a sleep study done cause i want o get the surgery and loose the wieght and look great for next summer but i cant get the ball rolling until my insurence aproves it. sleep apnea runs in my family big time and i have problems sleeping so im going to get it checked out. i didnt want to do this but i will i have to (one) cause i cant sleep and i feel super tired all the time and (two) cause i want lapband!!!!! gah!!! so i just need to ger it started.

so my dr's office hasnt been of any help. impretty sure i might have sleep apnea so i want to get a sleep study done cause i want o get the surgery and loose the wieght and look great for next summer but i cant get the ball rolling until my insurence aproves it. sleep apnea runs in my family big time and i have problems sleeping so im going to get it checked out. i didnt want to do this but i will i have to (one) cause i cant sleep and i feel super tired all the time and (two) cause i want lapband!!!!! gah!!! so i just need to ger it started.

i have united health care. well i don't think any of them know what they are talking about cause every one is telling me different things.... i don't have to see the Dr i went to but he is my normal Dr. i don't like him but I'm use to him..... i know sleep apnea is inheritable but if i can get approved with out the sleep study I'm gunna try. thank you for the post i really appreciate it! I'm calling my Dr's office in about an hour to start buggin her to call and fax! wish me luck!

so i had my assesment and they wanted me to come pick up the letter and mail it to my health insurance company. my health insurance company will only take it if it is directly from the Drs office. the IC wont give the the fax number so i have to give the DR office the phone number to call and get the fax number. the Drs office said that they dont do that stuff becuase they are too busy. i begged and she said that she will try to do it monday. im going to call back on monday and see if it went down or not. this is stupid. if it isnt their job than whos is it? the Drs office doesnt think they IC will take it cause i dont have dibeties, high blood pressure, or sleep apnia(that we know of) but my body mass index is 42. its low..... so i dont know i mean i could have sleep apnia my aut grandma and dad have/had it so its possible but im going to try this first and if they dont take it ill make an apointment.

so i had my assesment and they wanted me to come pick up the letter and mail it to my health insurance company. my health insurance company will only take it if it is directly from the Drs office. the IC wont give the the fax number so i have to give the DR office the phone number to call and get the fax number. the Drs office said that they dont do that stuff becuase they are too busy. i begged and she said that she will try to do it monday. im going to call back on monday and see if it went down or not. this is stupid. if it isnt their job than whos is it? the Drs office doesnt think they IC will take it cause i dont have dibeties, high blood pressure, or sleep apnia(that we know of) but my body mass index is 42. its low..... so i dont know i mean i could have sleep apnia my aut grandma and dad have/had it so its possible but im going to try this first and if they dont take it ill make an apointment.

i had my approval appointment and the only thing she told me was that i will probably get turned down unless i have sleep apnia. i told her that it sucked i had to pay for her to tell me that. she agreed. my aunt, dad and grandma had sleep apnia and i have some of the symptoms so I'm not SUPER worried about it but i am a little. they typed me a letter to send to the insurance company saying that i have a BMI of 41 but i dont know if it will work or not. i dont want to do the sleep study but i will if the letter doesn't work.

i had my approval appointment and the only thing she told me was that i will probably get turned down unless i have sleep apnia. i told her that it sucked i had to pay for her to tell me that. she agreed. my aunt, dad and grandma had sleep apnia and i have some of the symptoms so I'm not SUPER worried about it but i am a little. they typed me a letter to send to the insurance company saying that i have a BMI of 41 but i dont know if it will work or not. i dont want to do the sleep study but i will if the letter doesn't work.

dmu, thats what im thinking cause if you have to be 40 and above without comorbities and they make me do the diet i wont qaulify anymore.... im about 41 (BMI) as well....

does the pre surgery diets have to do with BMI.... is there any one who had a 40-45 BMI and had the pre-s diet?

yea me too. i don't know what it said either but i know it helps to incorporate a question sometimes, cause then people don't have to try as hard to think of a response. if you just state something i normally just think, "yep i agree...." but that isn't worth posting oh but if i disagree HA you better believe i have things to say! it harder to try not to say anything. you know what i mean?