andrea0121

I work at a pharmaceutical company in clinical R&D medical writing. Everyone I work with is so nosy even when it comes to the tiniest ailment. So when I told my manager that I was having surgery, her eyeballs got all big and wanted me to go on further. I told her I was having a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure and left it at that. She only needs to know the dates (when I do get my date for surgery) and how long I'll be gone. I'm not sure how everyone else's workplace is, but you would think that would be standard procedure. Does anyone also have short term disability through their work that they can get while off from the surgery?

Patty, I'm not sure you would appreciate my input. I'm not a fan of the stereotypical born-again. They're usually the foam at the mouth type of Christian. The pick and choose from the Bible type of Christian. The "you're going to hell for this, this, and this" type of Christian. e.g., Not really a fan. :grouphug:

I'm sorry, I rarely post and lurk rather heavily. This post cracked me up. BIG WORDS BIG WORDS

Congrats!!!!! That too is one of my goals. I can't wait to break up with Lane Bryant, Torrid...fat lady clothes in general. When I lost 100lbs before (several years ago) I was able to shop in the misses section and OMG is stuff cheaper. Like, when things go on sale at LB, they go from a $50 shirt to a $30 shirt. Stuff onsale in the regular clothes size section gets CHEAP. I could get 5 shirts for what I was paying for 1 shirt at LB or Torrid. Can NOT wait!! Mucho congrats again!!!! :thumbup::thumbup:

Hi Michelle! How exciting that you're getting your band next week. Can't wait to be in your shoes!! Best of luck to you!! :confused:

Amaris - Thank you very much for the warm welcome! I'm super excited to get the ball rolling!! Dawn - I don't know when my surgery date is. I do know my insurance doesn't have any specific wait periods. I just have to have 2 co-morbidities, or have a BMI over 40 (which I have). So, hopefully, if all goes well at the consults, I'll be able to schedule pretty quickly for surgery. :confused: Can't wait to update again :thumbup:

Hi Dawn! Thanks for the welcome. I wanted to update. I just received a call from Aurora Sinai, my nutritionist and psych evaluation is on August 4th. :thumbup: I'm so excited!!!!

Hi there. I've lurked the forum for quiet a while now, finally registered for a user name and discovered the photo albums that tonsssss of members have put up. WOW what an inspiration!!! So, wanted to say hi. I attended a seminar for Dr. Chua in Milwaukee at Aurora Sinia. I sent my packet in (waiting for their mailroom to deliver the Fed-ex envelope I paid $10 for....) and am now ready to get the ball rolling. My insurance is wonderful, I don't have a waiting period or anything, I'm just at the mercy of Dr. Chua's staff and how fast they schedule everything. I'm pretty excited, especially after seeing how well so many of you do. I've had a handful of friends that have had bariatric surgery, but no-one has had the lap band yet. I'm the guinea pig. Hope to update soon with some promising dates of moving forward!!! Cheers! Andrea