catfish87

fills are a piece of cake! as far as losing your insurance goes, your Dr probably included a year or so of fills with the pricing of the surgery? i'd certainly hope so anyways.

Hi. I have aetna INS. I had to pay a program fee of "only" $375 to my dr. I think you are being taken! My opinion. Good luck!

My surgeon requires the week preop to be zero or very, very close to zero calories. It's pretty much the same the first week postop

I started at 324 on sept 17th......today I weigh 273-4. I drank broth, 5 calorie fruit "juice",lots of Water and sf Jello.

I was banded on Sept 28th. It couldn't have went better! I was home the next day by noon and had very little pain. The first week post op i was clear liquids, then full liquids, then mushies, the pretty much regular food as tolerable. I must say the 2nd week was when i felt some restriction and had to take it easy with what i "ate". No restriction at all now, can't wait for first fill on Nov 10th. Preop clear liquid week was difficult the first couple days, then the motivation kicked in and it really wasn't so bad after that......I did NOT cheat once and lost almost 20#'s that week preop. I am down almost 50# including the preop diet. All I can say is I am extremely glad I had it done so far.

What a great post!! Very motivational!

I would certainly suggest to stay in contact with your pcp office and your lap band surgeons office. They both want you to succeed! Myself and my partner both have aetna and both got denial letters at first. Within about a week, the proper paperwork was submitted, mine was 6 months of supervised dieting, she had a bmi of 38 with many family histories of weight related problems. Ours were both approved within a week or so of original denial. I was banded on sept 28, hers is nov 12. Hang in there and keep on them! You'll be banded before you know it. I've been banded a month tomorrow, and including pre-op am down 50 lb.