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I know all insurance companies are different, but mine in particular did not stipulate if I had to lose or not, but my Dr. wanted me to do the best I could. One thing to remember is that this is going to be a total lifestyle change, and my insurance company wanted to make sure that I could try to make some of those changes on my six month diet. I know the 6 months is hard, but it will all be worth it in the end. I just completed mine on June 22nd and am now scheduled for surgery on July 9th. I wish you the best of luck and keep us posted.

That is so true, it was what my doctor kept telling me :tongue2: or as they call it Behavior Modifications :cursing: Every little bit will help, It was really amazing to me to see the things I did on a daily basis that contributed to me being heavy. The six months will fly by and you will be banded before you know it.

Hello all, I just completed my 6 month diet on June 22nd, and I will tell you it was very hard, but I kept looking at the goal. Every month I looked forward to seeing the dieticen because I wanted to see how well I did, and knew I was one step closer to at least having the chance to get the lap band ( pending approval ) I wish you luck, and hope you get approved. I am scheduled for surgery on July 9th.

Thansk for the reply Nicole, Yes, I am having it done at St. Alexius. Yeah the diet thing is pretty tough but I have stuck with it. Bad thing is its a all clear liquid diet, not protien or anything.

Well here is an odd one. My wife is not really liking the fact of me getting the lap band. I really do not know what to do. She is more scared that I will not be able to handle not being able to eat what I want. I am trying to look at it like its not that I wont be able to eat whatever I want, but more of how much I want. I know this is just a tool but I also feel that if I don't do this I will be dead in 5-10 years. Would love to hear other females/males perspective on what I should do or say for that matter.

Hello all, Just finished my 6 month supervised diet on Friday, paper work sent in on Monday, and got approved yesterday, and got scheduled today July 9th is my surgery date. VERY EXCITED and NERVOUS at the same time.

Just got My Surgery Date :thumbup: July 9th. Woooo Hooooo

Just got My Surgery Date :thumbup: July 9th. Woooo Hoooooo

Hello all, I just finished my 6 month supervised diet today, and have everything else done. So I am hoping to get my approval SOON, I am still very nervous, and excited. I am going through Dr. Wagner's office, and hopefully it will not be to long now

Hello all, I just finished my 6 month supervised diet today, and have everything else done. So I am hoping to get my approval SOON, I am still very nervous, and excited. I will keep everyone posted.

Well it has been a little over a week since I went to the seminar, and I am almost done with all the pre insurance stuff. I have my dietician eval last Friday, pysch eval today, and meet with Dr. Wagner tomorrow. After that my PCP is going to write his letter for the Physicians supervised weight loss over the past couple years. I am also going to go to the dietician for the next 6 months as a just in case. So we will see. Getting excited and nervous at the same time. I will keep everyone informed.

Thanks for the info, I am actually going to the seminar tomorrow morning so I am pretty excited and nervous at the same time. I have also found out that my insurance compny will pay for it as long as it is medically nessesary. Which it is. Anyway I will keep everyone posted as to what is going on. Thanks Gary

Hello everyone, I am thinking of having the lap band done, and will be self Pay is there anyone that has done this lately with Dr. Wagner, and could you tell me about what the cost is. Thanks