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I got approved this morning....required a bit of stalking the customer service at Cigna but I have the golden number! I am so excited! Can't believe it happened finally..its been a 2 year journey but finally its time! YEAHHHHHH! For those still waiting or working through your pre op requirements...don't give up! You will get there!

Hi Rose! I'm waiting for approval, climbing the walls waiting for the call. Good luck to you!

Congrats on your surgery BaileyRose! Hope you have a speedy recovery. I went almost all of the last two years sort of blah about this until i went in for my last preop appointment....it then hit me that this is really happening. Now that surgery is so close, utter freak out! I hope the nerves will calm soon. I just have to keep putting one foot in front of the other..know that this will change my life for the better.

Congrats to all of you....I'm waiting for that call. Driving me NUTS!

Hi Sabrina! You have to make the decision that is best for you. This is your health and your body, noone has to live in it but you. it's ok to take care of you! That's probably the biggest thing I've learned so far. Most of the people on here have lost weight to some degree doing the usual (jenny, WW, etc) but not been able to keep it off. This is a tool to help us do that, it doesn't do all the work but it helps. I can't wait to be banded..I've already changed my habits and my thinking..I just need the final piece to really turn the page on this new chapter. Good luck to you! Holler if you need support

I know what you mean! I thought my 6 mos would never be over. I just finished last month and am now waiting for ins. approval. To be honest...once I got going with my preop stuff (clearances, gathering paperwork, started working out)....the time flew by. Before I knew it....I was at my 6 mo appointment and freaked out that I was now ready for surgery. Hang in there! It will be worth it. IM if you need motivation

Like many of you I am really struggling with this decision to tell people. I have told my brother, my immediate supervisor (had to because of all the pre op tests re time off of work). Other than that I don't know that I really want to tell people. I feel like this is a personal journey, a difficult one. I don't know...I'm weeks away from surgery and still trying to sort this out. Part of me wants to keep it to myself and part of me wants to share it (not with the world ) but with others who have faced this battle with their weight...to let them know there are options...

Hi! I grew up in Oak Park too, went to Trinity in RF. Would love to have local support. I am having the Realize band placed in September at Silver Cross. Let me know if you guys have time to get together!

Hi! I'm from Chicago, slated to have surgery in September. It's been such a journey to get to this point and I Can't wait!