Josette

So I haven't had the surgery yet and I have a bmi of 51. I want to track my weight loss at home but I can't seem to find a scale that goes up past 330 pounds. I'm currently 385. Any suggestions? :help: Thanks everyone!

My name is Josette and I'm 30 years old. I live in Lansing, Michigan. I'm married with no children (yet). We have 2 german shepards and a big black kitty cat (he needs a lapband too). I haven't been banned yet but made the decision a few weeks ago to improve my life for good. My job unfortunately is going through a software overhaul, which means lots of training, so I have to wait till April 11th to go to my PCP to get my forms filled out. Then I get to start the consult with my Lap Band doctor and all the fun begins! My husband is being very supportive to me. He's scared about it but supports my decision because he says "I know you're a smart woman that makes good choices" awwwwwwww! I also have the support of my 19 year old brother and my father. My mother, who was my best friend, passed away 5 months ago and I know I need to live a healthy life for her. I've decided not to share the fact that I'm getting the surgery with very many people but I did tell my mom's best friend, who in turn told me that she knows in her gut my mother wouldn't approve. This hurt me deeply but I choose to believe that I knew her better and I know she'd support me and I know she's supporting me from above. :angel: I was going to wait until I was banned to join this group but I find myself coming here everyday to read what's going on so I'm jumping in the group pool with both feet! Did anybody else find themselves pigging out once they made the decision to do it before they get to the first consult?? I need to be STOPPED! haha :faint: So I just ate my LAST Dove chocolate minature and it was wrapped in foil that has those little inspirational notes inside and it read "IF THEY CAN DO IT, YOU KNOW YOU CAN" Do you think it's a sign???

So I can completely relate with you. I have a good job and I've been married since Dec 2004. My husband is 25 and I'm 30. We really want kids but I've been through a LOT in the past year+ and gained a lot of weight. I'd be putting myself at a huge risk if I tried to concieve right now. Plus I also have PCOS. I'm planning to get banded this summer so I can hopefully start trying next summer. I'm also scared that I waited too long. My mother always wanted to be a grandma and for the past 10 years she'd joke with me about when am I gonna find Mr. Right so I can make her a grandma. Now that I have Mr. Right she's gone and it's so upsetting that I don't know if I could handle having a baby so soon after she's died. This is a major theraputic time for me and losing the weight is going to help me so much. Hang in there Kim and things will all fall in place. 30's not too old! :faint:

weren't you terrified to have the surgery in mexico. I think I'd be a little bit scared. But that might just make me niave. Did you research local doctors or did you choose mexico due to lack of insurance?

I'm just starting the banding process :faint: ! I take 20mg of Lexapro a day right now. I've been taking 10mg a day for a couple years. I don't have depression but I do suffer from severe anxiety so I have to have something or I start having anxiety attacks. Lexapro works well for me but since I upped it to 20 mg a few months ago, after my mom died, I have noticed a decrease in my sex drive, much to the hubby's dismay! I'm thinking about getting it switched since reading all these posts. Thanks for the info everyone!

I have BCBS PPO. Do you know if you can schedule appts for the same day prior to you surgery, like the nutritionist and the psych eval? I live in Lansing and I don't know about taking all this time off work. I hope I can minimize it as much as possible.

:clap2: I had my seminar with Dr. Deol last night and I really enjoyed it. She was awesome and I am ready to jump on board to get this done and start my new way of life. My insurance already stated that I'm 100% covered so I'm ready to get this rolling. Would anybody recommend that I go through the seminar in Port Huron also before deciding? I loved Dr. Deol.

Thanks for the support! I'm looking forward to going down this road. I tried the optifast diet through my local hospital back in July and lost 20 pounds in a month but I had a very very hard time with hunger and ended up dropping it when my mother was hospitalized for the entire month of September and half of October and then passed away. I've only gained back 10 pounds of the 20 I had lost. Me and my husband would like to have children but I'm so overweight and I also have been diagnosed with PCOS so I don't know if it will even be possible once I lost the weight. We'll see I guess. I'm glad I found you guys and I look forward to taking this journey together! :hungry:

I'm in Lansing and I've just started looking in to getting the LapBand. I'm attending a seminar with Dr. Deol on March 7th. I'm pretty excited! :faint: Josette