Chris1982

I will be banded on Jan. 25 ye haw!!! lol Seems like the day would never come and here it is nocking at my door. I have bcbs of n.j. is anyone was wondering.

No offence but most of the errosions I hear of on this site have came out of mexico. I understand what you meant like I said I mean no offence but there may be a connection there.

I have bcbs of New Jersey Horizon ppo and I just got my aproval today it took a while but I finaly got it.

thanks I sure hope it will be in january what a way to start the new year huh?

:paranoid :phanvan :rolleyes how embarassing lol I didn't know what I wrote and tried to write it again cause that one didn't go through I thought haha o well:clap2: yaa for approval

Approved at last wow seems like it has taken forever but here I am approved I'm so happy anxious and excited all at the same time, thanks for all the support now I need to get all my pre op stuff done and get this show on the road lol.

Approved at last guys wow seems like it took forever I'm so excited what a relief now all I have to do is set up the appointment prior to surgery, thanks for all the support guys this site is great for people like us don't you think

I tell you what I waited and waited and the lady at the drs office was very generous and very prepared they had all the papers for me ready to be filled out that I needed . Ok so first in july I had my seminar, then I met with one of their drs and got all my info ready for insurance well come to find out that dr wasn't in my network so I had to do it all over again with one of theire other drs, consultation that is. Ok so in august my paperwork was received by insurance and like oct. they requested more info which was a physch eval and a group sesion and I did both and resubmited all that to them and it was sent to review on nov. 6 well finaly today after calling and calling and worrying to death about it, I've been approved on 12/29/06. So I hope to have mine done in late Jan. Hope this helps u in some way please be patient I had almost given up by the time this finaly came?>

Hi my fellow Tennesseeians lol I have bcbs of new jersey and I finally got approved to day! My doctor is in Chattanooga, anyone around that area in here?

Lots of trouble with mine but finaly got an approval it just takes a little time in some cases but most would say its worth the wait!

sorry about ur mom good job wow

January for me also been trying to get approved since august and finaly got my aproval today 12/29/06 so I hope within a month I can join the band wagon, all I have to do is an upper gi have bloodwork done and an ekg, then a 2 week pre op liquid diet.

Hello everyone I'm sure some of you are familiar with some of my threads, like the one last week were I said I had about given up. Well great news today I was told by my insurance today that I was elligable to go through with the lap band surgery, well I'm an ol country boy so I said "So by elligable you mean approved rite?" And he said yes I was aproved and I could go ahead and make preperations to have the lap band procedure, its been a long stugle but finally here I am. Time for band land lol. My first info was submitted to insurance in august so hang in there all you who are waiting and good luck!

Thanks everyone and no I called friday and still no answer tried today and they are off for the holliday so tommorow I will call again lol. My wife wants me to go on another diet and I probably will and probably will result like all my other diets but hey I've got to try something I've gained 100 lbs since me and her first met.

Kai Came really close guys I mean all eric had to do was go home and get the munchies and she would have one so I thought it was pretty close

Yea but they say 30 buisness days and we had a holiday last month so today was day 30 so I'm anxious once again to see what is said tom.

O yes I call once a week and they are always working on it they were supposed to have it all finished up today so I am going to call them again tommorow and see what they have to say its been in review for 6 long weeks and well here I am still waiting. But it was submitted to them like 3 months ago and they sent out some more requirements for me and after finishing those up it got submitted again and put into review on NOV 11 so who knows? Me and my hr department called together yesterday and it was supposedly on high priority on getting it finished..

Hey everyone well I had my seminar back in August and now in December I still haven't heard anything from my insurance which is bcbs of new jersey its really a discouraging situation waiting all this time. I mean hell I would just like to know yes or no, so I can stop worrying myself to death about it. I mean I went from being really anxious and excited to just totaly fed up and don't really care anymore. I dunno how everyone else feels while waiting but thats how I feel.

Yes Doctor Ponce is a great doctor in the Chattanooga area he has two partners that are with him also depending on what type of insurance you have but if you would like to set up a seminar I can get you the number for it just let me know.

I guess your rite with the fact that some stomache acids would come up to help, and really it should take a while for the solid foods to hourglass out if it was working properly perhaps I just wasn't patient enough but my wife was ready to kill me for making the kitchen and living room smell like tuna and babyfood so I had to end the experiment within an hour lol.

Ok Guys Experiment Tunafish/Babyfood! Ok I did and experiment last nite with a coke bottle turned upside down into a glass like a funnel. I was just wanting to see how long the hourglass effect would take to work, I know its a lame way to go lol but hey I'm very optimistic and have to use what tools I have, so anyways I first poured babyfood into my coke bottle and within minutes all the food was out of the bottle and into the glass. So the hourglass effect worked for babyfood going through the bottleneck, so my next experiment was tunafish on the bottom with some green beens on the top i ran that through the blender first and made sure it was somewhat juicy before putting it in the bottle, well all I can say is that the tuna for the most part stayed in the bottle even after I poured water on the top hoping it would make it fall out? But it didn't even after a full hour it remained so what do you think guys lame experiment or will the band be similar to the bottleneck?

lol well I've not been banded but I've heard other bandsters mention that the air can't get out except through the back door most of the time, good luck with that wish I had a solution but like I said I'm still a pre-bandster.

My Doctors partner Dr. Ponce told us that he actually had a couple of guys that were in Karate and are going to stay in it they just are now wearing a protective pad around their somache when sparing I'm sure you've seen them.

:clap2: Well most people here feel the same I think before being banded but hey if it gets the weight off its well worth it. I'm Chris and am hoping to be banded next month. Trust me this site will help ease your mind about alot of things.

Hi guys I'm Chris from TN, I'm from around the Chattanooga area going to be banded by Dr. Fromm at the gastric band institute in chattanooga.