NY2LAGirl

Hi welcome to the club, I think if your not nervous before a surgery something is wrong with you! I am being banded in 10 days! I am so excited and nervous. Good luck to you. I have also found reading all these posts has been so helpful!! It's nice to be part of a club where everyone understands you.......

Welcome to the nightmare world of health care coverage in the United States!!!!! I ran a doc's office for 6 years dealing with them everyday and they has 2 purposes in life the first is to collect your monthly billing the second is to try and avoid paying for any medical needs you have!!!! I am a cash pay too since Blue Cross denied me. I am being banded on May 13th at Journey Lite in Thousand Oaks, CA by Dr Billy (who is a sweetheart). I am paying $14,500 and one thousand of that is fills and follow-up for life so worth it! My insurance did pay for all my pre-op testing. I just submitted the bills to them and they didn't question them. SURPRISE! I would ask your doctor what is included post-op should things go wrong for your own peace of mind! Good Luck! Stay Strong and committed.

Welcome to the May Flowers! My date is set for May 13th. I am a self pay $14,500 which includes follow-up and fills for life. All tests are done, did my pre-op blood tests Tuesday and all that's left is my pre-op visit with the surgeon which I am about to call and set-up. I also start my chewable vitamins today and my low carb high/protein diet. I am excited and scared at the same time! Can I curb my appetite? Can I eat healthy? Will I use this very expensive tool to its fullest advantage.........the same fears I am sure everyone of us going in for this has. My saving grace is my friend had her band last week so I call her everyday (we live across the country from each other) and she is so happy and has lost 20lbs combined with her pre-op diet. Her only complaint is shoulder pain that is still lingering. GOOD LUCK

add me may 13th!!!!

Lexy love your picture and your quote!

So how did you manage the 14lb loss so far?

I am so excited for all of us May Banders!!!!! I am fortunate enough to be using a doctor that does not require the pre-surgery liquid diet just low carb/high protein. If I could do the liquid diet without the band chances would be that I wouldn't be doing the surgery.

Thanks Lenore will give it a try later!

I was so glad to see this post. I was going to call my doctor today and yell at him because the only pre-op "diet" they put me on is start my chewable vitamins and try to eat a low carb hi protein diet the 2 weeks before my surgery so that begins today for me. I am also supposed to start not drinking with meals and chewing more. I have a BMI 0f 37. Now I feel better seeing he is not the only Dr. not having his patients doing liquids.

I am having the band May 13th and my starting weight is 195. I have sleep apnea and am praying it helps.

Hi Jacob nice to meet you! How is the process going for you? I get banded on May 13th in Los Angeles. All the best to your wife! Oh and I am a computer idiot and I have no idea how these creative people put all these wonderful images in their messages LOL

I'm on the books for May 13th..YEAH!!!!!!:coolgleamA:

Hi Everyone just stumbled onto this site and was so happy to have people to share with! I am 49 years old and my surgery date is May 13th. I am having my surgery at Journey Lite in Thousand Oaks CA with Dr Helmuth Billy. I am paying cash for my surgery because Blue Cross didn't consider my sleep apnea, high blood pressure or degenerative back disease sever enough to warrant surgery. I am looking forward to my surgery and just a bit nervous. My dear friend just had her lap band last week so I am getting daily updates from her so that is a help! I look forward to reading all of your success stories.